The Matterhorn

Location: Switzerland and Italy (on the border in the Alps Mountains) (Continent of Europe)
Date created: About 50-60 million years ago by the African and Eurasian tectonic plates
Size: It is 14,692 ft (4,478 m) tall (Mt Everest is 29,032 ft (8,849 m), and is the world’s tallest)
It is one of the most recognized mountains in Europe because it is an almost perfect pyramid shape, and it is the 12th tallest mountain in Europe.
Each side of the peak of the mountain faces the cardinal directions (North, South, East, West)
On the 14th of July 1865, Edward Whymper and his team were the first people to have ever completed the climb to the top of the Matterhorn, after others had made several unsuccessful attempts. Seven men went up the mountain for that first climb, but only three returned. The four men died after a rope broke on their way back down the mountain.
At the summit is a metal cross to remember the estimated 500 people who have lost their lives trying to climb this mountain.
On July 14th, 2015, the 150th anniversary of the first successful climb, they closed the mountain for climbing for the day and placed solar lights along the path that the first climbers took. The light along the path was white except where the four climbers lost their lives
There is an igloo resort at the mountain’s base. You can rent a room!
The oldest person to have climbed the mountain was 89-year-old Ulrich Inderbinen.
About 3,000 people every year climb the Matterhorn.