The Matterhorn is probably the most famous mountain in Switzerland and Europe. No wonder even a Swiss chocolate - the Toblerone - is shaped after it... On the border between Switzerland and Italy, it towers Zermatt at north, and on the south Cervinia. Even though it is not among the highest mountains of Switzerland and the Alps, it was first climbed in the middle of the XIX century. Edward Whymper was the first alpinist who seriously took at heart the ascent and, in 1865, finally succeded, beating all the fears it had inspired to the first generation of mountaineers. Although he came back home safe and sound, his companions were not so lucky: descending four of them died, falling on the Matterhorn Glacier. After the first set of different attempts, today all the four faces of the Matterhorn have been ascended, even though the climb is considered a difficult one, if the mountaineer isn't skilled. The real Matterhorn is one, but some other countries unofficially called their mountains Matternhorn too: Ama Dablam, is the Matterhorm of the Himalaya, the Machhapuchre is the one of Nepal and so on.