Point of view: conquering the Matterhorn

This content was published on July 25, 2015 - 12:00

Born in London, Thomas was a journalist at The Independent before moving to Bern in 2005. He speaks all three official Swiss languages and enjoys travelling the country and practising them, above all in pubs, restaurants and gelaterias.

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The personal account of how and why a swissinfo.ch journalist climbed Switzerland’s most famous landmark.

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