Mountaineers Thomas Huber, 58, and Stfan Siegrist, 52, have been working on a new route on the North Face of the iconic Eiger for over five years. Huber and Alpinist Jonas Schild, 32, recently ...
The Eiger, 13,015 ft., in Switzerland presents one of the most daunting climbs in the Alps. While it offers various routes, the North Face remains a prestigious and perilous challenge for even the ...
Interview with British alpinist Tom Ballard after the first ascent of ‘Titanic' (A3/M5/6b, 2000m), a new climb up the North Face of the Eiger (Switzerland), first ascended together with Marcin ...
The most popular is the traverse of the mountain via Mittellegi or North East Ridge and then South Ridge (D). The others are the Classic North face route (often called the 1938 route) ED2, The South ...
The most popular is the traverse of the mountain via Mittellegi or North East Ridge and then South Ridge (D). The others are the Classic North face route (often called the 1938 route) ED2, The South ...
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 ...