IFMGA Mountain Guide Tim Blakemore explains how to climb the Eiger. At 3,970m ... The leap in difficulty from the Hornli route on the Matterhorn to the Mittellegi on the Eiger is not just one of ...

IFMGA Mountain Guide Tim Blakemore explains how to climb the Eiger. At 3,970m ... The leap in difficulty from the Hornli route on the Matterhorn to the Mittellegi on the Eiger is not just one of ...

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 ...

When a Japanese team completed a new direct route on the north face of the ... best and only way to attempt the notorious Eiger north face was to climb in a group of people tied together with ...

On 6/08 American climber Dean Potter carried out the first FreeBASE ascent of Deep Blue Sea (Eiger, 5.12+/7b+), climbing without a rope but with a B.A.S.E. parachute. Solo up Deep Blue Sea, the 300m ...

Note that the North Face of the Eiger is actually best ... started this new route, which they called Memoriam as a tribute to deceased climbing friends. Thomas's brother, Alex Huber, joined ...

Ueli Steck from Switzerland has set a new speed record on the Eiger North face, climbing the Heckmair Route in 2:47:33. On February 13 Ueli Steck from Switzerland set a new speed record on the Eiger ...

In the film, John Harlin III attempts to climb the Eiger’s north face via the same route that claimed the life of his father in 1966. (The senior Harlin’s rope broke and he fell some 1,200 ...