When a Japanese team completed a new direct route on the north face of the Eiger exactly 50 years ago, each climber needed much more than a small backpack, crampons and an ice axe. The five men ...
Thomas Huber is on the legendary North Face of the Eiger, trying to finish a new route called 'Memoriam.' It's a tribute to ...
Austrian climber Barbara "Babsi" Zengeri made history this weekend as the first person ever to flash climb a route on El ...
“It goes, boys!” Zangerl, 36, blasted up the 3,300-foot Free Rider on her first attempt, without a single fall ...
The aim: one of the symbols of the Alps, the North Face of the Eiger ... of the climbers and the conditons, and in some cases even more time may be required. The route is considered extremely ...
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 ...