Charles Hudson (climber)

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Charles Hudson, drawn by Edward Whymper
Reminder plaque on Bahnhofstrasse in Zermatt

Charles Hudson (* 1828 ; † July 14, 1865 by crashing on the Hörnligrat, Matterhorn ) was an Anglican clergyman and alpinist from Skillington in Lincolnshire (Central England).

Hudson was one of the most important alpinists in the golden age of alpinism , and is considered to be the pioneer of winter mountaineering and guideless mountaineering in the western Alps . His first ascents include the Dufourspitze (4634 m) and the Mont Blanc du Tacul (4248 m).

He also belonged to the group of the first to climb the Matterhorn , who reached the summit on July 14, 1865. He had initially planned the ascent with his friends Kennedy, Birkbeck and M'Cormick. For various reasons, however, they were not in Zermatt on the day of departure . This gave his student Hadow the opportunity to take part in the seven-man expedition. During the descent, Charles Hudson and Robert Hadow , as well as the mountain guide Michel Croz and Lord Francis Douglas were killed. He rests under the altar of the English Church in Zermatt.

Web links

Commons : Charles Hudson  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. 140 years of the English Church in Zermatt. Zermatt.ch, accessed on January 21, 2017 .