The brief video of Ueli Steck and Kilian Jornet Burgada climbing the North Face of the Eigher via ... The aim: one of the symbols of the Alps, the North Face of the Eiger, via the historic Heckmaier ...

The North Face of The Eiger is the most iconic vertical mile of crumbling ice and rock in the world. 64 people have died trying to climb it and now Steve Backshall is determined to give it a go.

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 ...

The Eiger, situated in the Bernese Oberland in central Switzerland, is one of the most famous mountains in the Swiss Alps. The north face of the iconic 3,967-metre peak and its other challenging ...

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 ...

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 ...

He is forced to take a case where he must find out which of the members of a mountain climbing team is the Russian ... expedition to climb the treacherous Eiger.

The layering of the rocks reveals that this is low-grip limestone in the middle of Chamonix's granite climbing ... the words «north face» immediately brings to mind the Eiger north face: 1,800 ...

“The North Face of the Eiger is actually best climbed in winter, because ice and hard snow fuse together the fragile rock. It should be not too cold, so we can climb properly, but not too ...

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 ...