20 Oct The Eiger
The Eiger, probably one of the most famous mountains of the Bernese Oberland and also of Switzerland.
Facts
The Eiger is about 3967 m a.s.l. high, although it is always thought that the mountain is a so-called 4’000 he is. unfortunately that is still a misunderstanding. The Eiger is also known as the “main actor” of the triumvirate. To the triumvirate belong monk and virgin. What many do not know is that Mönch and Jungfrau are already on the side of the canton of Valais and therefore no longer belong to the Bernese Oberland. On the other hand, the Eiger is still fully on the side of the Canton of Berne.
Also known is the north face, the wall and / or the ascent of the summit is a must for every mountaineer. The Jungfrau Railway is also famous for its tunnel through the mountain up to the Jungfraujoch. In addition, there are up to 3 intermediate stops. There you can also see Grindelwald through windows in the north face.
The Jungfraujoch has been a tourist magnet since its opening in 1913 and has attracted over 1 million tourists in 2018 alone. Most of the tourists come from Asia.
Location
The Eiger lies above Grindelwald. It is also located on the Grindelwald mountain range in the sequence of Wetterhorn and Mettenberg. Since 20019 the Eiger has also belonged to the Unesco World Natural Heritage of the Swiss Alps and to the Aletsch Glacier massif.
First ascent
The summit of the Eiger was first climbed in 1883 by the Ramsau mountain guide Johann Grill and his guest John P. Farrar. The first attempts to climb through the north face to the summit. But it was not until 1911 that the Grindelwald mountain guide Christen Almer and his colleague from Zermatt, Joseph Schaller, undertook the ascent. In addition, their guest, the Englishman P. H. Thorp, also ascended with them. Unfortunately, however, they had to give up and were then roped up at the section below the Eigerwand and pulled up to the Jungfraubahn station of the same name (then under construction).
The first ascent was made on 20 August 1932 by the Swiss mountaineers Hans Lauper, Alfred Zürcher, Josef Knubel and Alexander Graven. They had climbed the north face without any artificial aids within one day. The first route today is also known as the Lauper Route and has some difficulties from V.
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