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 ...

The brief video of Ueli Steck and Kilian Jornet Burgada climbing the North Face of the Eigher via the Heckmair route. On Sunday two of the strongest and fastest mountain athletes of their generation, ...

This route is far more accommodating than the perilous ... Face came in 1938 by a German-Austrian team consisting of Anderl Heckmair, Ludwig Vörg, Heinrich Harrer, and Fritz Kasparek.