# Mr. Hadow — Scrambles Amongst the Alps in the Years 1860–69 character guide

> Mr. Hadow in Scrambles Amongst the Alps in the Years 1860–69 by Edward Whymper.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Hadow, D. Hadow

**First appearance:** 0025-xxi-the-first-ascent-of-the-matterhorn

## Snapshot

A young Englishman whose inexperience on the Matterhorn's treacherous slopes made him the least tested member of Whymper's party on the mountain's descent.

## Who they are

Mr. Hadow arrives on the Matterhorn with more enthusiasm than Alpine seasoning, a fact that becomes painfully relevant as the party navigates the mountain's difficult upper sections. He is the kind of climber Whymper might have preferred to vet more carefully, yet circumstances and ambition brought him onto the rope. His relative lack of experience among hardened guides and veterans creates an undercurrent of unease that Whymper's narrative does not fully suppress.

## In the story

### [Descent of the Matterhorn](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/scrambles_amongst_the_alps_in_the_years_1860_69_se/chapters/xxii-descent-of-the-matterhorn)

Inexperienced climber; slips and triggers the fatal fall; body recovered and buried.

### [E: Ascents of the Matterhorn](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/scrambles_amongst_the_alps_in_the_years_1860_69_se/chapters/e-ascents-of-the-matterhorn)

Member of the first ascent party in 1865.

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