By Caroline George The Bietschhorn reigns proudly on the northern slopes of the Valais and is the only snowcapped mountain visible from anywhere in the Rhone Valley. I first climbed this peak in 2005 during a Swiss Alpine Club training regimen.

Kent McBride’s window of opportunity to climb the Matterhorn in Switzerland was closing due to a forecasted storm. He had 24 hours to assemble his group and help guide them up the most dangerous mountain in Switzerland.