Two mountaineers fall to deaths on Matterhorn

Two mountaineers have fallen to their deaths on the Matterhorn mountain near to Zermatt in southern Switzerland. The rope team were killed while descending via the Hörnligrat on Sunday for reasons that remained unknown. The accident occurred at around 11am at an altitude of approximately 4,030 metres, as the Valais Cantonal Public Prosecutor’s Office announced on Monday. The two mountaineers were on their way down at the time. + The legacy of the Matterhorn A third person alerted the emergency…