Who was the first man to go up the north face of the Eiger in the Alps?
2007-01-30 06:25:43 · 12 answers · asked by ? 2 in Sports ➔ Winter Sports ➔ Other - Winter Sports
1934 First attempt on the north face by Willy Beck, Kurt Löwinger and Georg Löwinger reaching 2,900 m.
"""""1938: First ascent of north face by Anderl Heckmair, Heinrich Harrer, Fritz Kasparek and Ludwig Vorg (three days)."""""
1961 First winter ascent of the north face by Toni Kinshofer, Anderl Mannhardt, Walter Almberger and Toni Hiebeler.
1962 First all-British ascent of the north face by Chris Bonington and Ian Clough
1963: August 2-3: First solo ascent of the north face by Michel Darbellay, in around 18 hours of climbing
1964: German Daisy Voog first womanb to summit via the north face
1966: After a fixed rope breaks, American John Harlin falls to his death while making an ascent of the north face by the direttissima, or "most direct" route. His colleagues (Haston, Lehne, Votteler and Hupfauer) push on to achieve the first direttissima ascent, which is named the "John Harlin route" in his honor.
1968: July 28-31: First ascent of the north ridge, by Polish team: Cielecki, Łaukajtys, Szafirski, Zyzak
1981: Ueli Bühler solos the face in eight and a half hours.
1983: Austrian Thomas Bubendorfer solos the face without a rope in four hours and fifty minutes, almost halving Bühler's time. This record has not been broken to date
2007-01-30 06:41:50 · answer #1 · answered by Antman 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
ANDERL Heckmair, a German mountain guide who led the first team to conquer the notorious north face of the Eiger in the Swiss Alps
2007-01-30 06:35:30 · answer #2 · answered by Hayley- Lou :) 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Clint Eastwood in The Eiger Sanction
2007-01-30 06:33:25 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I know you have been provided with the answer, but if you ever want to see a great movie, watch 'the Eiger Sanction'.... Clint Eastwood did his own climbing on the Eiger.
2007-01-30 06:34:28 · answer #4 · answered by jh 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was first climbed on July 24, 1938 by Anderl Heckmair, Ludwig Vörg, Heinrich Harrer and Fritz Kasparek of a German–Austrian group.
2007-01-30 06:31:10 · answer #5 · answered by Xan 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
As a complete side issue, Heinrich Harrer and a friend were the only Germans to escape captivity in WW 2. He escaped in India and used his Alpine skills to get to Tibet, where he stayed for 7 years. He wrote a book about his experiences called Seven Years in Tibet.
2007-01-30 17:10:42 · answer #6 · answered by iansand 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Clint Eastwood closely followed by Rocky Stallone.
2007-01-30 06:33:52 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Eddie the eagle, hes due for a return.
2007-01-30 06:31:41 · answer #8 · answered by wilster 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Anderi heckmair
2007-01-30 06:32:58 · answer #9 · answered by Ken J 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/1517471.stm
2007-01-30 06:31:21 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋