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Lucy Walker (1836–1916) was a
British mountaineer and the first woman to climb the
Matterhorn.
Miss Walker began her climbing rather modestly in 1858 when she was advised by her doctor to take up walking as a cure for rheumatism. Accompanied by her father Frank Walker and her brother
Horace Walker, both of whom were early members of the
Alpine Club, and Oberland guide
Melchior Anderegg, she became the first woman to regularly climb in the
Alps.
Walker's achievements were, at first, largely unnoticed except by those in her immediate company. Early successes included the first ascent of the
Balmhorn (1864), and the first female ascent of the
Wetterhorn (1866),
Lyskamm (1868) and
Piz Bernina (1869). In 1871 she learned that her rival
Meta Brevoort, an American female mountaineer, was planning an expedition to climb the Matterhorn. Walker hastily assembled a group and on August 22, while wearing a white print dress, she became the first woman to stand atop the Matterhorn, and with it gained world renown. Also in that year she completed her fourth ascent of the
Eiger during which she's said to have lived on a diet of sponge cake,
champagne and Asti Spumante.
In all Lucy Walker completed a total of 98 expeditions. In 1909 she became a member of the newly formed
Ladies’ Alpine Club where she was acclaimed as the pioneer of women climbers. In 1913 she was elected its second President and served in that capacity until 1915. She died at her home in
Liverpool,
England on September 10, 1916.
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