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However, Whymper was not always the winner of these competitions.<br />
Peter Perren set foot on the summit of the Dent d’Hérens before Edward<br />
Whymper did. Only a few days before, Whymper, guided by Jean Antoine<br />
Carrel, had to stop and turn back. Thomas Stuart Kennedy beat Whymper<br />
to the Dent Blanche, with the participation of Johann Kronig. And when<br />
Whymper attempted to climb it shortly after, he turned around just before<br />
reaching the peak, because when he laid eyes on a stone man, he realised<br />
that someone had been there before him. He allegedly said that he<br />
was not interested in peaks that had already been conquered.<br />
Dent d’Hérens. Peter Perren<br />
participated in the first ascent<br />
as a mountain guide. Whymper<br />
and Jean Antoine Carrel were<br />
forced to throw in the towel a<br />
few days earlier.<br />
30 The conquest of the Zermatt Mountains
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