From 19-24 August Swiss alpinists Silvan Schüpbach and Peter von Känel made the first ascent of Renaissance, a big new climb on the North Face of the Eiger in Switzerland. The pair climbed the 1220m ...
On March 25, the 25-year-old Austrian alpinist Laura Tiefenthaler soloed the historic Heckmair Route (M5; 5,900 feet) on the North Face of The Eiger (13,015 feet). Hers is just the second known female ...
Aug 27 : Fay Manners had climbed the Eiger North Face before. But this summer, the British alpinist returned not to follow an established route, but to create one of her own. With Swiss climbing ...
The North Face of the Eiger is among the most famous alpine faces on Earth. Sheer rock and ice rise for 1,800 meters out of the Bernese Oberland in central Switzerland, making it the tallest north ...
AKU Croda Boa GTX, a lightweight, agile and precise boot summer mountaineering. SCARPA SCARPA Ribelle Cross 2 - light hiking shoe The SCARPA Ribelle Cross 2 is a lightweight hiking shoe designed to ...
No route up Switzerland’s 13,025-foot Eiger is easy, but the 23-pitch, 3,000-foot La Paciencia—first bolted and free-climbed by Swiss alpinists Ueli Steck and Stephan Siegrist in 2008—is widely viewed ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On March 22, 1966, American climber John Harlin fell 1,000m to his death on the Eiger's North Face. He was just 600m from ...
The iconic Eiger stands proudly in the Bernese Alps of Switzerland. Standing 13,015 ft., it is one of the most recognized and beautiful peaks in the world. It represents one of the most cherished and ...
FILE PHOTO: The Patrouille Suisse performs in front of the North face of the Eiger before the Men's downhill training, in Wengen, Switzerland January 15, 2026. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo Aug ...