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SCRAMBLES AMONGST THE ALPS.
appendix.
F. TABLE OF ATTEMPTS MADE TO ASCEND THE MATTERHORN
PREVIOUS TO THE FIRST ASCENT.
| No. of Attempt. | Date. | Names. | Side upon which the attempt was made, and place arrived at. | Greatest height attained. | Remarks. |
| 1 | 1855-9. | J.-Antoine Carrel. J.-Jacques Carrel. Victor Carrel. Gab. Maquignaz. Abbé Gorret. | Breil side "Chimney." | 12,650 | Several attempts were made before this height was attained; the men concerned cannot remember how many. See p. 84. |
| 2 | 1860. July | Alfred Parker. Charles Parker. Sandbach Parker. | Zermatt side. East face. | 11,500? | Without guides. p. 85. |
| 3 | August | V. Hawkins. J. Tyndall. | Breil side Hawkins got to foot of "Great Tower," Tyndall a few feet higher. | 12,992 13,050 ? | Guides—J. J. Bennen and J.-Jacques Carrel. Pp. 85-7. |
| 4 | 1861. July | Messrs. Parker | Zermatt side. East face. | 11,700 ? | No guides. P. 87. |
| 5 | Aug. 29 | J.-Antoine Carrel. J.-Jacques Carrel. | Breil side "Créte du Coq." | 13,230 ? | See p. 95. |
| 6 | Aug. 29-30 | Edward Whymper | Breil side "Chimney." | 12,650 | Camped upon the mountain, with an Oberland guide. Pp. 90-5. |
| 7 | January | T. S. Kennedy | Zermatt side. East face. | 11,000 ? | Winter attempt. Pp. 96-7. |
| 8 | July 7-8 | R. J. S. Macdonald. Edward Whymper. | Breil side Arête below "Chimney." | 12,000 | Guides—Johann zum Taugwald and Johann Kronig. Pp. 102-3. |
| 9 | July 9-10 | R. J. S. Macdonald. Edward Whymper. | Breil side "Great Tower." | 12,992 | Guides—J.-A. Carrel and Pession. P. 104. |
| 9„ | July 18-19 | {{{1}}}„{{{1}}}„ | Breil side Somewhat higher than the lowest part of the "Cravate." | 13,400 | Alone. Pp. 105-119. |
| 10 | July 23-24 | {{{1}}}„{{{1}}}„ | Breil side "Crête du Coq." | 13,150 | Guides—J.-A. Carrel, Cæsar Carrel, and Luc Meynet. P. 123. |
| 11 | July 25-26 | {{{1}}}„{{{1}}}„ | Breil side Nearly as high as the highest part of the "Cravate." | 13,460 | With Luc Meynet. Pp. 125-6. |
| 12 | July 27-28 | J. Tyndall | Breil side "The Shoulder," to foot of final peak. | 13,970 | Guides—J. J. Bennen and Anton Walter; porters—J.-Antoine Carrel, Cæsar Carrel, and another. Pp. 126-9, 133-4. |
| 13 | 1863. Aug. 10-11 | Edward Whymper | Breil side "Crâte du Coq." | 13,280 | Guides—J.-A. Carrel, Cæsar Carrel, Luc Meynet, and two porters. Pp. 169-176. |
| 14 | 1865. June 21 | {{{1}}}„{{{1}}}„ | South-east face | 11,200 ? | Guides—Michel Croz, Christian Almer, Franz Biener; porter-Luc Meynet. Pp. 290-3. |
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