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THE MATTERHORN 'SPEAKS'
CLINGING closely to the cliff during a particular difficult stretch, one of the climbers holds tightly to a rope as he inches his way upward. Only one man at a time makes the ascent.
TAKING a welcome breather before continuing the arduous climb, Sumner Howard of Flint, Mich... and Nanette Massey of Stamford, Conn., rest comfortably in warm sunshine.
THE demons which superstitious Bwiss peasants
Tönce thought inhabited the mighty Matter-
born would have howled with rage at a recent expedition to the 14,470-foot peak. Hauling. transmitters, antennae and batteries to the sum mit, a former, British paratrooper, John Lamb, and two technicians from the Lausanne radio station, staged a "man-in-the-street" broadcast.
Lamb and his group of "guest stars" found' the elements in their favour. Brilliant sunshine, and complete lack of wind made the ascent relatively easy. Earlier in the week, however, as the men were preparing to scale the peak which towers over the Italian-Swiss border near the (town of Zermatt, the mountain had lashed out in anger. Violcat storms swept the Alpine cliffs and two Frenchmen who had sought to climb the Italian side without guides were never seon again.
The radio expedition went up the Hoernli ridge, along the northeast side of the Matterhorn, the route ploneered by Edward Whymper nearly A century ago.,
Packing a total of 188 pounds of radio equip- ment, the men carried double the weight actually needed. In order to prevent interruption of the broadcast by technical failures, they brought two of each item.
Climbing the Malterhom is no job for the timid or the week, ts can bo soon from this photo taken on a rocky lodge. Sometimes, the "road" is straight ups
FOLLOWING his guido, Edward Marinat, 38-yearsold radio technician, keeps his eyes" glued to the snowy path. On stretches like this one, the men rope themselves together.
THROUGH his open window in Zermatt, Marcel Chasset can see the tip of the Matterhorn as he monitors transmission. He designed equipment for broadcast.
• FROM the nafrów ledge stop the Blätterbörs, recording the success of the supedition and ope
niñete Zermatt,