No. of
Ascent | Date. | Names. | Route taken. | Remarks. |
| 1865. | | | |
| 1 | July 13-15 | LordFrancisDouglas.
D. Hadow.
Charles Hudson.
Edward Whymper. | Zermatt
(Or Northern route.) | Guides—Michel Croz, Peter Taugwalder pÈre, Peter Taugwalder fils. See pp. 271-290. |
| 2 | July 16-18 | Jean-Antoine Carrel.
J. Baptiste Bich.
AmÉ Gorret.
J.-Augustin Meynet. | Breil
(Or Southern route.) | The first two named only ascended to the summit. See pp. 282, 304-6. |
| 1867. | | | |
| 3 | Aug. 13-15 | F. Craufurd Grove | Breil | Guides—J. A. Carrel, Salamon Meynet, and J. B. Bich. |
| 4 | Sept. 12-14 | Jos. Maquignaz.
J.-Pierre Maquignaz.
Victor Maquignaz.
CÆsar Carrel.
J.-B. Carrel. | Breil | An easier route was discovered by this party than that taken upon July 17, 1865. The first two named only ascended to the summit. See p. 309. |
| 5 | Oct. 1-3 | W. Leighton Jordan | Breil | Guides—the Maquignaz’s just named, CÆsar Carrel, and F. Ansermin. The Maquignaz’s and Mr. Jordan alone reached the summit. |
| 1868. | | | |
| 6 | July 24-25 | J. M. Elliott | Zermatt | Guides—Jos. Marie Lochmatter and Peter Knubel. |
| 7 | July 26-28 | J. Tyndall | Up Breil side and down Zermatt side. | Guides—Jos. and Pierre Maquignaz, and three others. |
| 8 | Aug. 2-4 | O. Hoiler.
F. Thioly. | ”? | Account given in hotel-book at Breil is not very clear. Guides seem to have been Jos. and Victor Maquignaz and Elie Pession. |
| 9 | Aug. 3-4 | G. E. Foster | Zermatt | Guides—Hans Baumann, Peter Bernett, and Peter Knubel. |
| 10 | Aug. 8 | Paul Guessfeldt | Zermatt | Guides—Jos. Marie Lochmatter, Nich. Knubel, and Peter Knubel. |
| 11 | Sept. 1-2 | A. G. Girdlestone.
F. Craufurd Grove.
W. E. U. Kelso. | Zermatt | Guides—Jos. Marie Lochmatter and the two Knubels. |
| 12 | Sept. 2-3 | G. B. Marke | Zermatt | Guides—Nich. Knubel and Pierre Zurbriggen (Saas). |
| 13 | Sept. 3-5 | F. Giordano | Up Breil side and down Zermatt side. | Guides—J. A. Carrel and Jos. Maquignaz. See p. 310. |
| 14 | Sept. 8-9 | Paul Sauzet | Breil | Guides—J. A. Carrel and Jos. Maquignaz. |
| 1869. | | | |
| 15 | July 20 | James Eccles | Breil | Guides—J. A. Carrel, Bich, and two Payots (Chamounix). |
| 16 | Aug. 26-27 | R. B. Heathcote | Breil | Guides—The four Maquignaz’s (Val Tournanche). |
| 18
—J. A. Carrel and P. Knubel. Ascent made in one day. |
| 81 | Aug. 31 | H. N. Malan | Zermatt | Guides—Jean Martin and A. Lochmatter. |
| 82 | Sept. 1-2 | W. A. Lewis | Zermatt | Guides—J. M. Lochmatter and P. Imboden. |
| 83 | Sept. 2 | E. Dent.
C. T. Dent. | Zermatt | Guide—A. Burgener. |
| 84 | Sept. 2 | J. W. Borel | Zermatt | Guides—A. Pollinger and J. J. Truffer. |
| 85 | Sept. 3 | Ernst Calbenla | Zermatt | Guides—P. Bohren and P. MÜller. |
| 86 | Sept. 8 | A. H. Simpson.
M. Cullinan. | Zermatt | Guides—P. Knubel, P. J. Knubel, and P. Truffer. |
| 87 | Sept. 8 | A. H. Burton | Zermatt | Guides—P. Baumann, P. Taugwalder, and B. Nageli. |
| 88 | Sept. 9 | E. Pigeon.
— Pigeon. | Zermatt | Guides—N. and J. Knubel, and F. Sarbach. |
| 89 | Sept. 16-17 | W. NÄgeli | Zermatt | Guides—J. and P. Knubel. |
| 1875. | | | |
| 90 | May 10 | — Corona | ? | Guides—J. A. Carrel and J. J. Maquignaz. Account is perfectly illegible. |
| 91 | Aug. 2-3 | L. Brioschi | Zermatt | Guides—F. and A. Imseng and P. J. Andermatten. |
| 92 | Aug. 10 | J. W. Hartley | Zermatt | Guides—P. Rubi and J. Moser. |
| 93 | Aug. 10-11 | F. T. Wethered | Zermatt | Guides—Ch. Almer and A. Pollinger. |
| 94 | Aug. 11 | A. Fairbanks.
W. Fairbanks. | Zermatt | Guide—J. Perrn, and a porter. |
| 95 | Aug. 12 | D. L. Pickman | Zermatt | Guides—J. Taugwalder and F. Biener. Ascent made in one day. |
| 96 | Aug. 16 | D. Merritt | Zermatt | Guides—No information. |
| 97 | Aug. 16 | E. Hornby | Zermatt | Guides—A. and F. Pollinger. |
| 98 | Aug. 16 | J. J. Morgan.
C. L. Morgan. | Zermatt | Guides—J. Imboden and J. Sarbach. |
| 99 | Aug. 16 | A. W. Payne | Zermatt | Guide—J. Taugwalder. |
| 100 | Aug. 17 | J. H. Pratt.
W. Leaf. | Breil to Zermatt | Guides—J. A. Carrel and N. Knubel. |
| 101 | Aug. 19-20 | F. Tendron.
G. F. Vernon. | Zermatt | Guides—F. and P. Sarbach and J. Taugwalder. |
| 102 | Aug. 23-24 | H. R. Whitehouse | Zermatt | Guides—P. J. Knubel and P. T. Truffer. |
| 103 | Aug. 26-27 | F. Morshead.
A. O. Prickard.
H. S. Wilson. | Zermatt | Guides—M. Anderegg, Ch. Lauener, and J. Moser. |
| 104 | Sept. 7 | H. G. Gotch | Zermatt | Guides—Ig. and Jos. Sarbach. |
| 105 | Sept. 8 | R. King | Zermatt | Guides—J. A. Carrel and Jos. Coulter, and (porter) A. Payot. |
| 106 | Sept. 8 | H. Loschge | Breil to Zermatt | Guides—J. Petrus and A. Ranier. |
The above table is known to be imperfect, and the Author will be obliged if correspondents will enable him to correct and extend it. Communications should be addressed to him Care of the Publisher.
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