The iconic Eiger stands proudly in the Bernese Alps of Switzerland. Standing 13,015 ft., it is one of the most recognized and beautiful peaks in the world. It represents one of the most cherished and ...

A mountaineering dispute continues to simmer after climber Stephan Siegrist questioned a new speed record set by Nicolas Hojac and Philipp Brugger. Brugger and Hojac had climbed the north faces of the ...

Climbing season continues in the Alps, attracting climbers from around the world to take on these famous peaks. The Eiger, joins Mont Blanc, the Matterhorn, and Gran Paradiso as major climbing ...

THE CLIMB UP TO HELL (212 pp.)—Jack Olsen—Harper & Row ($4.95). For two years, tourists poured into the little Swiss Alpine town of Kleine Scheidegg to gawk at a grisly spectacle. Hanging by a rope ...

Petzl Irvis Hybrid crampons for ski touring and approaches involving glacier travel. Planetmountain.com is a site about climbing, mountaineering, trekking, via ferrata, freeriding, ski mountaineering, ...