(Bio taken fron The L. A Times) Ulrich Inderbinen, a Swiss mountain guide who made his last climb of the storied Matterhorn at the age of 90 and led other hikers until he was 95, has died at the age of 103.
Inderbinen was known as The "King of the Alps," to admirers around the world, and spent 70 years leading mountaineers up Switzerland's most forbidding peaks.
Even in his 90s, he regularly climbed peaks of more than 13,000 feet and estimated that he had stood on the summit of Matterhorn at least 370 times.
One of nine children, Inderbinen was born Dec. 3, 1900, and spent most of his childhood tending animals in the mountains above Zermatt.
Inderbinen made his first climb of the Matterhorn in September 1921 with his younger sister. The two of them wore boots studded with nails customary at the time for gripping snow and ice.
"If you want to see almighty God, you must go to the mountains."
Inderbinen was known as The "King of the Alps," to admirers around the world, and spent 70 years leading mountaineers up Switzerland's most forbidding peaks.
Even in his 90s, he regularly climbed peaks of more than 13,000 feet and estimated that he had stood on the summit of Matterhorn at least 370 times.
One of nine children, Inderbinen was born Dec. 3, 1900, and spent most of his childhood tending animals in the mountains above Zermatt.
Inderbinen made his first climb of the Matterhorn in September 1921 with his younger sister. The two of them wore boots studded with nails customary at the time for gripping snow and ice.
"If you want to see almighty God, you must go to the mountains."
(Bio taken fron The L. A Times) Ulrich Inderbinen, a Swiss mountain guide who made his last climb of the storied Matterhorn at the age of 90 and led other hikers until he was 95, has died at the age of 103.
Inderbinen was known as The "King of the Alps," to admirers around the world, and spent 70 years leading mountaineers up Switzerland's most forbidding peaks.
Even in his 90s, he regularly climbed peaks of more than 13,000 feet and estimated that he had stood on the summit of Matterhorn at least 370 times.
One of nine children, Inderbinen was born Dec. 3, 1900, and spent most of his childhood tending animals in the mountains above Zermatt.
Inderbinen made his first climb of the Matterhorn in September 1921 with his younger sister. The two of them wore boots studded with nails customary at the time for gripping snow and ice.
"If you want to see almighty God, you must go to the mountains."
Inderbinen was known as The "King of the Alps," to admirers around the world, and spent 70 years leading mountaineers up Switzerland's most forbidding peaks.
Even in his 90s, he regularly climbed peaks of more than 13,000 feet and estimated that he had stood on the summit of Matterhorn at least 370 times.
One of nine children, Inderbinen was born Dec. 3, 1900, and spent most of his childhood tending animals in the mountains above Zermatt.
Inderbinen made his first climb of the Matterhorn in September 1921 with his younger sister. The two of them wore boots studded with nails customary at the time for gripping snow and ice.
"If you want to see almighty God, you must go to the mountains."
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