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A Massive Rockfall Cascades Down the Eiger's North Face
The most ominous feature of the Eiger - the 5,900-foot North Face known as Mordwand or the ‘Death Wall’, has attracted and deterred mountaineers from around the world for centuries.
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A New Route Up the Extreme North Face of the Eiger Will Have to Wait
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 ...
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Eiger North Face: English winter attempt of Russian route
The video of the march 2013 attempt by Andy Kirkpatrick, Ross Kain and Neil Chelton to repeat the Russian route up the North Face of the Eiger. Talk about baptism of fire: in March 2013 Andy ...
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Climbing the iconic Eiger mountain in Switzerland
The Eiger, situated in the Bernese Oberland in central Switzerland, is one of the most famous mountains in the Swiss Alps. The north face of the iconic 3,967-metre peak and its other challenging ...