IT’S ALL ABOUT BELIEFS: It wasn’t until 1865 that the Matterhorn was first climbed. Four men in the party died during the descent. It took 30 years and 20 deaths before Everest was first successfully climbed and it was generally considered “Impossible without oxygen.” In 1975, 2 men made it. Mount Blanc used to take 3 days to climb. Last year, a climber did it in 7 hours. Now, athletes actually have a race to the top of Matterhorn, where they start at 2000 feet and run to the peak, up 35 degree inclines at a rate of 1500 meters an hour.