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speed climbing the eiger north face ..

by peterbowes on June 11, 2011

Ueli Steck climbs the Eiger in under 3 hours ..

This mountain has killed over 60 people since the thirties

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  1. Jo Bryant #

    WOW…

    June 12, 2011
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  2. John #

    “And you know if I fall….” Fuck me!!

    June 28, 2011
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    • peterbowes #

      – at 8.12 Adi Mayr risked that long stride out of ‘ The Silver Trench ‘ again – and in shadow was the body that slipped that morning from the trench and hardly struck the Face during its fall of nearly four thousand feet.

      The White Spider by Heinrich Harrer – and account of a solo climb that ended in tragedy in 1961 –

      June 28, 2011
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