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  Posted by jacob on April 21, 2026 at 1:36 am

  The most beautiful view of my life was from the summit of the Matterhorn. The most terrifying moment came three hours later, when a rock the size of a refrigerator broke loose above me and clipped my shoulder, spinning me off balance. I arrested my fall with my ice axe, but my shoulder was clearly dislocated, and I couldn’t pull myself back up. My guide called for a rescue, but the helicopter couldn’t land on the ridge. A Swiss mountain guide team climbed up to me, stabilized my shoulder, and lowered me in a harness for 500 meters to a point where the helicopter could winch me up. The hospital in Zermatt reset the joint and found a hairline fracture in my scapula. The total bill – helicopter, two rescue teams, surgery, five nights in hospital – was 62,000 Swiss francs. I handed them my Sport Travelling travel insurance mountaineering card. The admissions clerk made one call, then smiled and said, ‘You are fully covered, including your hotel for the recovery week.’ I walked out without paying a franc. That is the difference between a disaster and an adventure.

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