Explorers & Contenders: Lucy Walker

Published: April 30, 2020, 9 a.m.

b'Lucy Walker (1836-1916) was a British mountaineer who was the first known woman to climb the Matterhorn, a famously tall peak in the Alps that measures 14,692 ft. All in all, she completed 98 expeditions in her life, all at a time when women were urged not to exercise strenuously.'