The Matterhorn reigns the heart of the Valais Alps, surrounded by other giants over 4000 metres high. At its feet Zermatt, a chic place crowded with tourists from all over the world who constantly turn their heads to the mountain, towards the image, reproduced in millions of objects, into everything consumism can produce. The power of the mountain turns a British sportsman into a ferocious conqueror and a Japanese tourist into an stubborn mountaineer. Patrick Gbarrou, an alpine guide, has decided to live in the mountains thanks to the Matterhorn and to a book written by Gaston Rebuffat - The Matterhorn, a model peak - which traces the story of its conquest by Whimper.