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A New Route Up the Extreme North Face of the Eiger Will Have to Wait
in Switzerland presents one of the most daunting climbs in the Alps ... North Face of the Eiger is actually best climbed in winter, because ice and hard snow fuse together the fragile rock.
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Thomas Huber Returns to Finish 'Memoriam' on the North Face of the Eiger
As we write, Thomas Huber is on the legendary North Face of the Eiger in the Swiss Alps, trying to finish a ... from the best rock to scary fractures to steep ice." Huber enrolled Siegrist for ...
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Tunnel Vision
When the Welsh chronicler Adam of Usk traveled over Switzerland's wild and ... north-south routes through the Alps. Only one final stretch of virgin rock remained to be dug on the cold and snowy ...
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The routes
Running along a piece of the Aletschgletscher, the Alps ... in Switzerland, a pyramidal summit reached by four rock and snow ridges. The normal route that leads to the 4357m high summit is the South ...
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Snowboarder's death in Swiss Alps avalanche is a reminder that even pros face risk
The incident resulting in Hediger's death occurred when she and a companion had gone snowboarding in the town of Arosa, in the Swiss Alps, local police said in an online statement. The pair had ...