Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On Saturday morning, a major rockfall occurred on the North Face of the Eiger, covering the Swiss valley in a cloud of dust. A ...

Extremely stable conditions across the Swiss Alps have resulted in an unprecedented run of ascents of the classic 1938 Heckmair route on the North Face of the Eiger, the most remarkable of which is no ...

On March 8th, Jana Möhrer and I climbed the Heckmair route on the north face of the Eiger, in a day. Two weeks earlier I had been looking for a partner to go back to the Heckmair, which I had tried a ...

On March 25, the 25-year-old Austrian alpinist Laura Tiefenthaler soloed the historic Heckmair Route (M5; 5,900 feet) on the North Face of The Eiger (13,015 feet). Hers is just the second known female ...

A massive rockfall blasted down the treacherous North Face of the Eiger on September 7th. The thunderous explosion distributed mountainous dust throughout the Swiss valley below the iconic peak. The ...

Secretly, I have always believed that lurking within me, waiting for an opportunity to manifest itself, is the ability to socialize with important people without making an ass of myself. My chosen ...

Nicolas Hojac has made history with a spectacular record on the Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau. In this interview, he talks about risk, routine - and the formative lessons of Ueli Steck. Next Sunday, May ...