Monte Rosa, the second highest summit in…
August 1855 CE
Monte Rosa had been studied by pioneering geologists and explorers, including Leonardo da Vinci in the late fifteenth century and Horace-Bénédict de Saussure in the late eighteenth century.
Following a long series of attempts beginning in the early nineteenth century, Monte Rosa's summit,at this time still called Höchste Spitze (English: Highest Peak), is first reached in 1855 from Zermatt by a party of eight climbers led by three guides.
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