The Eiger, 13,015 ft., in Switzerland presents ... The northern side of the mountain rises more than 10,000 ft. above the two valleys of Grindelwald and Lauterbrunnen, the southern side faces ...

No other mountain in the Alps elicits emotions like the Eiger. Foreboding and dominant above the Alpine village of Grindelwald, it has been the inspiration for Hollywood films, books and countless ...

On 6/08 American climber Dean Potter carried out the first FreeBASE ascent of Deep Blue Sea (Eiger, 5.12+/7b+), climbing without a rope but with a B.A.S.E. parachute. Solo up Deep Blue Sea, the 300m ...

Christoph Hainz talks about his speed ascent up the North Face of the Eiger in 4 hours and 30 minutes. Christoph Hainz. Born in 1962, started climbing in 1982, Mountain Guide since 1992, he is also ...

It flew us up over the Jungfrau“ mountain in Switzerland, then I jumped out over the Jungfrau“ and flew towards the Eiger“ (there are three famous mountains, „eiger“, „mönch“ and ...

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

It's also as a base for mountain-climbing ascents up the iconic north face of Mount Eiger. Every year, sculptors from all over the world gather for the Grindelwald World Snow Festival (Jan. 16-22).

It's the side of the mountain range that gets all the sun during the early part of the ski season, and as you ascend you can see the famous Eiger, the Schreckhorn, the Wetterhorn and the ...

Adventurer Steve Backshall takes on one of the most notorious and deadly mountain climbs in the world - the north face of the Eiger. ABC iview Home Watch all your favourite ABC programs on ABC iview.

The Alps are Europe’s biggest mountain range and lie right at the ... Mont Blanc, and the Eiger. There are many glaciers here, these are massive blocks of ice that form high in the mountains.