Eiger North Face - the classic 1938 Heckmair route First ascent ... rock V-, aid (A0), and ice slopes up to 60°. Usually the climb requires between 1 - 3 days, depending on the ability of the climbers ...

This route is far more accommodating than the perilous and infamous North Face. The Eiger is infamous for the many tragedies involving climbing expeditions. Since 1935, at least 64 climbers have ...

An international trio comprised of Roger Schäli (Switzerland), Robert Jasper (Germany) and Simon Gietl (Italy) have established Odyssee (8a+, 1400m), a difficult and serious new rock climb up the ...

IFMGA Mountain Guide Tim Blakemore explains how to climb the Eiger. At 3,970m, the Eiger fails to hit the magical 4,000m height so collected in the Alps, and is much better for that. Its North Face is ...

Swiss mountaineer Nicolas Hojac is known for scaling peaks all over the world – including many speedy ascents of the Eiger north face in his home country.

The Schiefer Riss route up the north face of Sagwandspitze may be the most terrifying climb in the Austrian Tyrol. Last week, ...

As we write, Thomas Huber is on the legendary North Face of the Eiger in the Swiss Alps ... All shared Huber's style and vision of climbing and lost their lives in the mountains.

A famous Scottish climber who once sold his Glen Coe cottage ... before working as an adviser on Clint Eastwood's film The Eiger Sanction as well as Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

IFMGA Mountain Guide Tim Blakemore explains how to climb the Eiger. At 3,970m, the Eiger fails to hit the magical 4,000m height so collected in the Alps, and is much better for that. Its North Face is ...