Joy for the 11 year old who summits the Matterhorn
Jules Molyneaux, from Scotland - climbed the Swiss side, reaching 4,478 meters in around four hours - He had been training for two years to face the climb: ‘I have legs like jelly but I’m happy’
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Aged just 11 Jules Molyneaux has climbed the Matterhorn on the Swiss side, reaching an altitude of 4,478 meters - in about four hours. He was accompanied by his father and two local mountain guides, reports the newspaper ‘Le Nouvelliste’.
I feel tired, happy and relieved. It was a tiring experience and my legs felt like jelly after the climb. The sunrise from up there was incredible!
Inspired by climbing whilst at school - reports the BBC - he spent most of the lockdown period improving his physical fitness over a two year period ‘He continued training and a year ago he started taking it seriously - six months ago he decided he would give it a try’ shared his father, Chris Molyneaux.
However, his feat is not an absolute record: in the mid-2000s an eight-year-old girl had reached the top climbing from the Italian side.