Zermatt

Zermatt was the second stop of my solo trip after graduating from Stanford. By chance I was in town for the 150th anniversary of the first ascent of the Matterhorn.

To honor the infamous climb, local mountain guides installed solar lamps along the original route taken by Whymper and his ill-fated party. At night the lights would ceremoniously turn on one by one until the path reached the summit.

Illuminated, it looked like a constellation of stars had sighed, tired from sailing the skies, and had spread itself across the mountain to slumber.