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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
THE CLIMB UP TO HELL (212 pp.)—Jack Olsen—Harper & Row ($4.95). For two years, tourists poured into the little Swiss Alpine town of Kleine Scheidegg to gawk at a grisly spectacle. Hanging by a rope ...
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