The North Face of the Eiger in Switzerland had not been conquered by an American -- or a woman -- until Saturday. Americans Sasha DiGiulian, 22, and Carlo Traversi, 27, free climbed Magic Mushroom, ...
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Like many serious climbers, I’ve long dreamed of climbing the Eiger Nordwand, the north face of the Alps’ most notorious peak. Fortunately, I always wake up ...
HIKING beneath the north face of the Eiger, I peered up and marvelled at how any human being could climb such a vertical rockface of such a mighty mountain, stretching far into the sky above the ...