In Zermatt, Switzerland – the ski town from which you can see the Matterhorn in the distance – there’s a fascinating and moving little cemetery behind the St. Mauritius Catholic Church. It memorializes those who died climbing (or descending) nearby mountains.

Mountaineers Cemetery

Headstone

Peter-Roderick Phillips – Who lost his life on the Matterhorn

Freda Currant – Who passed into fuller life from the Matterhorn

Hans Kampf

David Robinson – North face of the Matterhorn at age 24

Donald Stephen Williams – O, Breithorn, I chose to climb

Charles Hudson – Who perished in descending the Matterhorn

I Am the Resurrection and the Life

Headstone

Edouard de Gigord, Yves Guibert, Pierre Langlois, Pierre Le Bec – died ascending Breithorn

John Arthur, Gillah Emery

Mountaineers Cemetery

See also:
http://www.zermatt.ch/en/Media/Attractions/Mountaineers-cemetery

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