Skiing the Matterhorn

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  • Опубліковано 15 січ 2025

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  • @jorgen3662
    @jorgen3662 11 місяців тому +10

    Absolute skiing G and criminal how underrated this video is, easily on par with some of the craziest ski descents ever made.

  • @kdogg7882
    @kdogg7882 8 років тому +30

    Not sure why anyone would say this video is fake... The iron statue is definitely on the Matterhorn. On the final ridge climb you can clearly see the Weisshorn to the climber's right. Absolutely insane and incredible.

  • @jlb8830
    @jlb8830 9 років тому +12

    Incredible. Just incredible.
    It would take me at least 5 lifetimes to accumulate enough BALLS to even think that I could do that.
    Bravo Mathias.

    • @roxannegordon6162
      @roxannegordon6162 9 років тому

      +J-L B I would also need mind altering drugs...........woo-hoo!

  • @saintrroy
    @saintrroy 9 років тому +11

    That is some climb, that nice 'walk in the park' on the ridge on the summit, certifiable or you must be a mountain kid/goat! The descent was incredible, relentlessly scary terrain, unbelievable climbing into your binding below that outcrop and then the skiing, often frozen water-slides, and the snow was brutal ! May 2015. You my man, posted the most extreme ski video in a long time, takes guts, incredible skill and mental prep to get that done. Congratulations! And you did this alone, no ski buddy, helicopter watching you ? Wow. Very Impressive, should be a Red Bull video..this was mind-freeze stuff.

  • @willlowe5901
    @willlowe5901 4 роки тому +38

    this must be how my grandparents got to school

  • @2richants
    @2richants 9 років тому +4

    great vid... earnt a beer after that run... must be super fit as that snow is hard going after a big climb.. nice to see some proper ski mountaineering.. good acid track as well

  • @TheWhitford73
    @TheWhitford73 9 років тому +3

    you are an incredible human being. you should had a film crew doing a documentary on you. how do you get that brave? wow

  • @camknapp5789
    @camknapp5789 3 роки тому +5

    I got chills watching this

  • @jiplinnartz5820
    @jiplinnartz5820 5 років тому +7

    dude this guy has MASSIVE balls. MASSIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @billdiama7607
    @billdiama7607 Рік тому +3

    Absolute insane.....perfect video passes andrenaline feelings..good job mate

  • @poppedouteyes
    @poppedouteyes 9 років тому +3

    You're really insane dude!! Climbing Matterhorn is like something I can only dream about. But to get back like this...? Big respect!!:)

  • @PhilBu
    @PhilBu 9 років тому +3

    Holy shit! :O Seriously, this is the bravest thing a man can do! I love mountains and I love skiing but this scary slope is just a suicide :D So my biggest respect to you! Greetings from Germany.

  • @mattfeltham8132
    @mattfeltham8132 9 років тому +1

    Thats mental. fair play, i wouldn't even get in in that lift if i knew where it was going!

  • @Henry-ro2bo
    @Henry-ro2bo 4 роки тому +10

    2:07 I thought that shadow in the distance was yours for a second.

    • @adamev
      @adamev Рік тому

      Looked back and it's kinda godlike for a second.

  • @paulgadams
    @paulgadams 8 років тому +1

    Excellent video and a great accomplishment - thanks for sharing that

  • @ClaesN1973
    @ClaesN1973 4 роки тому +10

    One big no-fall zone

  • @morikozaku_1
    @morikozaku_1 3 роки тому +8

    love how he just casually climbs the mountain like a pro when so many ppl died on this mountain trying to get on it, and he also skiis down it 😃, cool but damn.

  • @jiplinnartz5820
    @jiplinnartz5820 5 років тому +1

    legends never die. what a legend!

  • @MrFg1980
    @MrFg1980 9 років тому

    Nice descent ! Saves a bunch of walkin' !

  • @michizer0
    @michizer0 3 роки тому +5

    Sauber, reife Leistung! Wenigstens unverspurt 😃

  • @adamutti
    @adamutti 9 років тому

    Caspita che fegato! Mi ha coinvolto così tanto che mi sono trovata a indicargli il percorso da fare. Roba da matti!

  • @APX177
    @APX177 6 років тому +3

    If i didn't see, i can't believe it...!! OMG You are a MAD Man!!!! Looks Brutal!!! with GOA music :D:D

  • @elhior23
    @elhior23 9 років тому +1

    Scary, awesome, ridiculous ascent and descent.

  • @m0e571
    @m0e571 8 років тому +6

    This is fucking insane! I just skied the Big Couliar at Big Sky and I thought that was scary. Jesus u got some balls!

  • @xrv22c
    @xrv22c 9 років тому

    congratulations...really a cool movie and a great work! bravo!

  • @llamboghinii
    @llamboghinii 9 років тому +1

    Wow. Just wow. Excellent job. You sir, have some serious balls! I'm still trying to wrap my head around how steep that was. A very technical climb, and a very technical decent, and you made it look easy. Well, as easy as you can make skiing the Matterhorn look....What would you say that was? 60 degrees?
    That's one hell of an accomplishment that you'll remember the rest of your life. Enjoy the moment! I look forward to more of your videos!

    • @MatthiasKoenig86
      @MatthiasKoenig86  8 років тому +1

      +Michael Ricci Thank you very much! No, it's above 50 degrees for max. 300 meters, looks scarier as it really is...

  • @raphaelwellig5066
    @raphaelwellig5066 7 років тому +5

    Hallo Matthias
    Gratulation zu dieser super Leistung. Danke für den schönen Film!
    Mit besten Grüssen
    Sarah Elena, Margarethe und Raphael Wellig.

  • @boethiusm8438
    @boethiusm8438 9 років тому +2

    You have the courage of the gods. One question though. Did tell anyone of your route?

  • @ArashHamedaninia
    @ArashHamedaninia 9 років тому +1

    Thanks for sharing such an experience dude.

  • @adamutti
    @adamutti 9 років тому

    Un video da cardiopalma!!! Bellissimo e bravissimi tutti!

  • @sethhall6200
    @sethhall6200 5 років тому +7

    Looks like a green run in my area

    • @Someone-yt8le
      @Someone-yt8le 5 років тому

      Let‘s hope you‘re not actually serious

  • @freddurst6204
    @freddurst6204 5 років тому +2

    You sir are talented.

  • @frankblangeard8865
    @frankblangeard8865 3 роки тому +3

    The statue of Saint Bernard is at 1:40. He was a great proponent of the Second Crusade which was largely a failure.

  • @fusik6485
    @fusik6485 7 років тому +1

    That is very impressive. Congratulations! Good luck for the next big adventure! (Daniel from the Rochefort Ridge)

  • @gordo7300
    @gordo7300 2 роки тому +11

    That’s not skiing, it’s surviving.

  • @augustomachete1715
    @augustomachete1715 8 років тому +1

    Good stuff. Thanks for uploading.

  • @ernestschofield6360
    @ernestschofield6360 9 років тому

    Balls of steel Nice run Bra!!!!

  • @tomaszradecki220
    @tomaszradecki220 9 років тому +1

    Awesome. I wonder if one has to report such attempt in advance in case something goes wrong or to get some kind of approval.

  • @qianwang7670
    @qianwang7670 2 роки тому +1

    Brave guy! Respect you!!🥳🥳🥳

  • @paulstanek156
    @paulstanek156 5 років тому +3

    Impressive, I like the fact when ascending their is no safety line from the ice axe to a climbing harness true alpine

  • @marcinbednarz3855
    @marcinbednarz3855 9 років тому

    that was awesome and good music in a background

  • @jonnymauser2433
    @jonnymauser2433 6 років тому +2

    I didn't know this is possible. Looks absolutly insane

  • @raphaelwellig5066
    @raphaelwellig5066 8 років тому +2

    Hallo MatthiasHerzliche Gratulation Matthias. Das ist eine grossartige Leistung. Weiter so. Danke für schönen Film, da werden viele tolle Erinnerungen aus meiner Heimat wach.Wir wünschen dir weiterhin viele schöne Touren, und viel Spass.Liebe Grüsse vonSarah Elena, Margarethe und Raphael Wellig

    • @Holz5675_
      @Holz5675_ 5 років тому

      Erstmal 34 Mal die gleiche Nachricht 😂😂😂😂😂

  • @ast453000
    @ast453000 9 років тому +2

    It's unfortunate you cut out certain sections, like 4:23, where you probably rappelled a bit. I would have liked to see that.

  • @jakobnabialek
    @jakobnabialek 9 років тому +2

    You should upload an uncut version

  • @paulhortop2581
    @paulhortop2581 4 роки тому +4

    Badass ☝️

  • @PeptoTapeworm
    @PeptoTapeworm 9 років тому +1

    Pretty impressive, dude.

  • @BoschPianoMusic
    @BoschPianoMusic 9 років тому +1

    That was great dude

  • @lebaillidessavoies3889
    @lebaillidessavoies3889 5 років тому +5

    8 heures pour monter, 1/2 heure pour descendre. Bravo quand même....

  • @maciejweiss55
    @maciejweiss55 9 років тому +2

    geeez...you've got balls buddy...

  • @kronbons
    @kronbons 9 років тому +1

    Seriously badass!

  • @Tim542
    @Tim542 9 років тому

    Respect from Lausanne!!!

  • @qbdinh
    @qbdinh 9 років тому +1

    Respect!

  • @Fidelityoverother
    @Fidelityoverother 7 років тому +2

    Hahahhaha i laughed so hard when i saw your drawing of the line at 2:52. Looks absolutely ridicoulus.

  • @davemanago7678
    @davemanago7678 5 років тому +1

    Amazing. Love the raw footage!! I'm from Colorado, I'm hoping to ski it with my buddy May 10th. Would love to get some advice from you.

    • @davemanago7678
      @davemanago7678 5 років тому +1

      At 3:05 is that you starting to ski after abseiling? Do you have a GPS route to share?

    • @jaromatt3747
      @jaromatt3747 5 років тому +5

      How was it? Still alive?

  • @Jim-be8sj
    @Jim-be8sj 6 років тому +3

    Does anybody know the average angle of that face? It seems pretty steep. For sure it is way, way above my skill level to ski on something like that, but overall this doesn't seem as extreme as I was imagining it would ( and that's probably mostly due to the amazing skill of Matthias).

    • @fluffyusa
      @fluffyusa 5 років тому +2

      Dude this is extreme as F! I visited the Matterhorn twice! That's extreme steep as hell! If you want to play suicidal with your life skiing down it or going alone to climb it, your chances of dying greatly increase 10's fold! Awesome footage from this dude and glad he made alright! Prost/cheers from Bavaria!

    • @Someone-yt8le
      @Someone-yt8le 5 років тому

      If you‘re standing at the base of the mountain it looks almost vertical at some places, no idea how that dude got down there

    • @thorstenreitz7302
      @thorstenreitz7302 4 роки тому +1

      The average angle is around 45° over an elevation difference of 850m (some 2.700ft), with some sections being over 50°. Especially the part where he used the ixe axe is often very steep, icy and has to be downclimbed.

    • @Jim-be8sj
      @Jim-be8sj 4 роки тому

      @@thorstenreitz7302 Thank you. That puts it in perspective. Wow. Very steep skiing!

  • @HIHIMIII56
    @HIHIMIII56 9 років тому

    Bien fait, Bonhomme!

  • @klemenmeso
    @klemenmeso 9 років тому

    bravo gutte ski und gutte muzic.. kikiriki:))

  • @joepetch308
    @joepetch308 5 років тому

    Hardcore. My hat goes off you to. 👌🏻

  • @IR240474
    @IR240474 6 років тому +2

    WOW and WOWOWOWOWOWOW....Well I know now how to get down faster when its my turn to climb The Matterhorn, almost safer to ski down than to walk, I skied the Wall in Bulgaria and this looked less steeper in some places... There is snow in May.. Cool....

  • @patrikstika8051
    @patrikstika8051 8 років тому +1

    Amazing!

  • @marchoer5900
    @marchoer5900 9 років тому +1

    Wow. Impressive. How steep is it? Could you try and rate it?

    • @MatthiasKoenig86
      @MatthiasKoenig86  8 років тому

      +Marc Hoer Thanks a lot! It's actually only above 50° on the last 300 meters, but it's a little narrow in some places. The rest of the lower face is 45-48 and really nice for skiing! Cheers!

  • @aemonomm2509
    @aemonomm2509 9 років тому

    Man! Toll.

  • @Kid222
    @Kid222 9 років тому +1

    i guess there's no colour black enough to describe steepness of this hill... good job!

  • @Henry-ro2bo
    @Henry-ro2bo 4 роки тому +5

    I think I’ll just stick to Zermatt.

  • @katarinamuranska3350
    @katarinamuranska3350 8 років тому

    len pre tých najlepších "!! 💖...

  • @harrytwigg111
    @harrytwigg111 6 років тому +5

    Which piste is that?

  • @teleoski
    @teleoski 9 років тому +1

    complimenti

  • @adamev
    @adamev Рік тому +2

    That is amazing and the achievement must have felt great, but I have to say that it looked like it was absolutely no fun whatsoever.

  • @SerranoALEJANDROE
    @SerranoALEJANDROE 9 років тому +3

    Matthias you are absolutely crazy, take this vídeo out, some other people will see and maybe would think it is easy , for sure some one will try this and maybe would died.

  • @seventhfocus
    @seventhfocus 5 років тому +1

    Respect

  • @georgecoulter9669
    @georgecoulter9669 2 роки тому +5

    Imagine skiing the mountain that is on the Toblerone bar.

  • @kufarg
    @kufarg 9 років тому

    were you holding the ice axe alongside your ski poles?
    great video!
    can I come and try it with you next year?

    • @roxannegordon6162
      @roxannegordon6162 9 років тому +1

      +kufarg Yeah me too. I have to learn how to ski first, grow some balls....wish me luck with that one......and try to figure out how to get my legs that strong. huummmm .....maybe I need to stay home and watch the video from my sofa!!

    • @MatthiasKoenig86
      @MatthiasKoenig86  8 років тому

      +kufarg Hi! I used the ice axe on a little icy section of 10 metres, instead of rappelling. For the rest it's of no use I think.

  • @stevenjepsen5153
    @stevenjepsen5153 7 років тому +1

    Nice accomplishment, and thanks for posting. Anyone know what the slope is?

  • @jeanclaudedardenne9012
    @jeanclaudedardenne9012 4 роки тому +1

    instructive for me...

  • @nik3718
    @nik3718 8 років тому +2

    This is the Matterhorn

  • @chanmicky99
    @chanmicky99 6 років тому +3

    Who put that statue at the top?

  • @balintmadas9234
    @balintmadas9234 9 років тому

    I want to ski like Mattias.

  • @sebastiaovanuden2482
    @sebastiaovanuden2482 9 років тому

    That is absolutely gorgeous, I want to do that since ever (well since I saw the Claim movie lol)!
    Do you think May is the best time to that or after you doing would you go time?

    • @MatthiasKoenig86
      @MatthiasKoenig86  8 років тому

      +Sebastião van Uden Hi Sebastiao, yes I would from April to End of May. Depends on the stability of the snow. Cheers!

    • @ptolmaios
      @ptolmaios 8 років тому

      +Matthias Koenig this is clearly NOT the matterhorn dude. the name of the mountain is dolgi hrbet and it is in slowenia. this video is a fake.
      ive already been few times on the peek and the view is completely different :)

    • @robbystafford8273
      @robbystafford8273 3 роки тому

      @@ptolmaios you are a clown

  • @jeremytrudell2547
    @jeremytrudell2547 7 років тому +3

    Dude...who are these people with no fear of death?

  • @leovasea2274
    @leovasea2274 Рік тому +2

    Mad man

  • @MrBlueboy6666
    @MrBlueboy6666 9 років тому

    that whole damn thing was a no fall zone

  • @quint4785
    @quint4785 9 років тому +3

    sliding down the matterhorn (just kidding nice surviving out there :) )

  • @diabl2master
    @diabl2master 5 років тому +9

    You didn't need the music!

  • @kristine6996
    @kristine6996 7 років тому +1

    WoW 🎯

  • @xsniperwolf9457
    @xsniperwolf9457 5 років тому +3

    Mate you took such a risk climbing the matterhorn is such a danger let alone skiing down it you have to be so talented and what you did could of caused an avalanche while you were skiing down

    • @jiplinnartz5820
      @jiplinnartz5820 5 років тому +8

      did you see the snow conditions? lmao no avalanche mate. that was very icy snow......

  •  8 років тому

    Amazing

  • @corndog9482
    @corndog9482 3 роки тому +5

    Do you think this would be harder than a resort?

    • @DMC619
      @DMC619 2 роки тому +4

      Hope your messing

    • @xxdeniskaxx
      @xxdeniskaxx 2 роки тому +2

      Yes brother very much. U do know this is the alps right?

  • @G009131337
    @G009131337 9 років тому

    awesome! stay safe ;)

  • @avatar191981
    @avatar191981 8 років тому

    Thanks...

  • @daveb9494
    @daveb9494 6 років тому +20

    Impressive... But stupid to do solo.

    • @IR240474
      @IR240474 6 років тому +3

      He had the camera and the world watching!!

    • @isaiahdobesh5109
      @isaiahdobesh5109 5 років тому

      @David Keane only if he made it out alive...

  • @Imantsalex
    @Imantsalex 7 років тому

    Nice / Amazing, keep it up ;)

  • @Ammmericanpie
    @Ammmericanpie 8 місяців тому +3

    Why don't you go straight? (I can't ski)

    • @imjustyog
      @imjustyog 7 місяців тому +5

      Because he will most likely fall. Even the top skiers in the world will do some jump turns or parallel turns on these things. It would be so extremely hard and dangerous if he straightlines it, and since this isn't a mandatory straightline, he won't straightline it.

  • @djsunji
    @djsunji 9 років тому +2

    holy shiiiiiiiiiiit

  • @tiberiuspapp
    @tiberiuspapp 5 років тому

    Cooool!!!!

  • @eltfell
    @eltfell 4 роки тому +3

    Nach meiner Erinnerung wurde die erste offizielle Skiabfahrt durch die Ostwand im Mai 1985 von einem Japaner durchgeführt.

    • @raphaelwellig5066
      @raphaelwellig5066 7 місяців тому +1

      Hallo Eltfell
      Danke für Deine Nachricht. Die Erstbefahrung hat Toni Valeruz im 1975 gemacht. Die zweit Befahrung Jean-Marc Boivin 1978. Ich wünsche Dir gute Touren.
      Mit alpinen Grüssen
      Raphael Wellig

  • @-liberexcogitatoris-8137
    @-liberexcogitatoris-8137 8 років тому

    20 Minutes said this isn't Matterhorn, what was the real Montain?

    • @fredriklofdahl3121
      @fredriklofdahl3121 8 років тому +3

      +FollowTheStory This is the matterhorn! The other video that was released a few video was fake and not from the matterhorn since you cant ski from the summit. This video however is matterhorn since he climbs down a few hundred meters before he sets off

  • @neilhosler4482
    @neilhosler4482 5 років тому +2

    Just don't slip and fall or yer fucked
    Awesome job😊

  • @eracer1111
    @eracer1111 Рік тому +2

    Testicles, meet bladder.

  • @jeanclaudedardenne9012
    @jeanclaudedardenne9012 4 роки тому +1

    well done man, nice video exept the 30 last seconds