Chris Jones, who has died aged 84, was a British climber who in the 1960s and 1970s established bold new alpine climbs in Canada, the US and South America, and pushed the limits of “big wall” climbing ...
This former graveyard of the ambitious into a playground for professionals. A journalist photographs the Eiger north face during a Media event on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the first ...
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 completing his ambitious Direttissima route. Fifty-nine years later, we look ...
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 ...
A mountaineering dispute continues to simmer after climber Stephan Siegrist questioned a new speed record set by Nicolas Hojac and Philipp Brugger. Brugger and Hojac had climbed the north faces of the ...
On Tuesday 30 July Siebe Vanhee, supported Tommy Caldwell, succeeded in making a one-day ascent of Odyssee on the North Face of the Eiger. Boasting difficulties up to 8a+, this 33-pitch outing ...
Chris Bonington and the Tragedy of Climbing's Greatest Generation By Clint Willis Carroll & Graf. 535 pp. $27.95 One of the drawbacks to being a big-mountain climber is that you end up with a lot of ...
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