The Eiger North Face: who would want to climb that lethal thing? Meanwhile me and David are doing the Mittellegi, the ridge that runs along the top edge of it. [2200 words, 10min
Thanks for the two parts of your post about the Eiger wall, about the death of climbers in the Eiger, it can be said that the desire to win is a wise behavior, according to Mesner, climbing Bonn, the risk of death is not the risk of climbing, but I am not looking for death, thank you
In the continuation of the comment, it should be said that climbing is fraught with danger, and the techniques and technical devices of the past are vastly different from the modern era. In the new century, they climb the Eiger wall in the shortest possible time, thanks to Alpine tools and techniques.
Yes, the main difference today is the front-pointing technique, with two iceaxes, allowing the icefields to be climbed in crampons without cutting steps; also, climbing between Autumn and Spring when the face is frozen, eliminating the stonefall. But Ueli Steck, speed climbing the North Face solo and unprotected in under 3 hours, was still accepting a high chance of getting killed - he actually died solo-climbing on Lhotse in the Himalayas. Today's 'Alpine-style' climbers in the Greater Ranges, and free solo climbers like Alex Honnold, have a death rate almost as high as those early Eiger climbers.
Hello Ronald, I liked your comment. You mentioned an important category, the category of luck in alpine climbs, which did not apply to the Olistick, which was known as the Swiss car. Thank you.
Thanks for the two parts of your post about the Eiger wall, about the death of climbers in the Eiger, it can be said that the desire to win is a wise behavior, according to Mesner, climbing Bonn, the risk of death is not the risk of climbing, but I am not looking for death, thank you
In the continuation of the comment, it should be said that climbing is fraught with danger, and the techniques and technical devices of the past are vastly different from the modern era. In the new century, they climb the Eiger wall in the shortest possible time, thanks to Alpine tools and techniques.
Yes, the main difference today is the front-pointing technique, with two iceaxes, allowing the icefields to be climbed in crampons without cutting steps; also, climbing between Autumn and Spring when the face is frozen, eliminating the stonefall. But Ueli Steck, speed climbing the North Face solo and unprotected in under 3 hours, was still accepting a high chance of getting killed - he actually died solo-climbing on Lhotse in the Himalayas. Today's 'Alpine-style' climbers in the Greater Ranges, and free solo climbers like Alex Honnold, have a death rate almost as high as those early Eiger climbers.
Hello Ronald, I liked your comment. You mentioned an important category, the category of luck in alpine climbs, which did not apply to the Olistick, which was known as the Swiss car. Thank you.