Once again, the North Face of the Eiger has thwarted Thomas Huber, Stefan Siegrist, and Jonas Schild. The trio was attempting ...

Philipp Brugger from Austria and Nicolas Hojac from Switzerland climbed the north faces of Eiger, Mönch & Jungfrau in 15 ...

“I thought the best and only way to attempt the notorious Eiger north face was to climb in a group of people tied together with a rope of trust, that is, they trusted each other from the bottom ...

Nicolas Hojac and Philipp Brugger have shattered a 21-year-old record, scaling the north faces of the Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau in just 15 hours and 30 minutes. This is how they did it.

The first successful summit of the Eiger was on August 11, 1858 by Swiss climbers Christian Almer, Peter Bohren, ang Charles Barrington, via the west flank and west ridge. This route is far more ...

Swiss climber Nicolas Hojac and his Austrian partner Philipp Brugger have set a new record after climbing three famous Swiss mountains in 15 and a half hours - almost 10 hours faster than the previous ...

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 ...

Swiss climber Nicolas Hojac and Austrian Philipp Brugger broke the 21-year-old record for climbing the North Faces of the ...

Benjamin Vedrines has climbed the North Faces of the Grandes Jorasses-Matterhorn-Eiger trilogy in a week, without motorized ...

Swiss climber Nicolas Hojac and his Austrian partner Philipp Brugger shattered a 21-year record by completing the North Faces ...

IFMGA Mountain Guide Tim Blakemore explains how to climb the Eiger. 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 ...

Amateur mountaineers usually need one to two days to climb the Eiger's north face alone. Reflecting on their achievement, Hojac described the experience as "completely surreal." Initially ...