From 19-24 August Swiss alpinists Silvan Schüpbach and Peter von Känel made the first ascent of Renaissance, a big new climb on the North Face of the Eiger in Switzerland. The pair climbed the 1220m ...

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 ...

After working on a new route on the North Face of the Eiger for three days, Thomas Huber and Jonas Schild returned home. They plan to try again after Christmas, conditions permitting. Their reason for ...

This former graveyard of the ambitious into a playground for professionals. A journalist photographs the Eiger north face during a Media event on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the first ...

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. Swiss pro ...

Marcin Tomaszewski and Tom Ballard preparing their gear prior to the first ascent of 'Titanic', North Face of the Eiger (A3/M5/6b, 1800m, 7 days, 29/11/2016 - 06/12/2016) Planetmountain.com is a site ...

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 gave it ...