The North Face, or Nordwand ... and polished ice fields on a mountain known locally as the Eigerwand, or "Eiger wall". It is regarded with awe by climbers, for whom its deep fascination was ...

A history of one of the worlds most challenging mountains the Eiger and its infamous north face The film gets to the heart of one of Europes most notorious peaks exploring its character and its ...

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 ...

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 ...

1800 meters in four and a half hours. Up the North Face of the Eiger. Following the line first climbed by Heckmaier, Vörg, Kasparek and Harrer. As if to say, The Route, The Wall and The Mountain. The ...

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 almost twice the size of many (1,800 vertical ... We’ve made it ...

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 almost twice the size of many (1,800 vertical ... We’ve made it ...

After working on a new route on the North Face of the Eiger for three days, Thomas Huber and Jonas Schild returned home. They plan to try again after Christmas, conditions permitting. Their reason ...