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    The Matterhorn has weather all of its own.

4.50pm, 17/08/12
    First light on Monte Rosa.

6.05am, 18/08/12

Over dinner I had casually asked a neighbour who was also heading for the Rimpfischhorn what the normal rising time was -'2',  he said - and I nearly choked on my spaghetti, expecting him to say 5, or 4 at the earliest. 

I lingered over breakfast and got going at 2.50am, a strategic distance behind a guided party as I was unsure of the route after Pfulwe. It was a clear, dark and surprisingly warm night.
    Monte Rosa, the first sunlight.

6.30am, 18/08/12