The following is a script from "Taking on the Eiger" which aired on Nov. 29, 2015. Anderson Cooper is the correspondent. Tom Anderson, producer. The Eiger -- in the Swiss Alps -- is one of the most ...

This former graveyard of the ambitious into a playground for professionals. A journalist photographs the Eiger north face during a Media event on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the first ...

The following is a script from “Taking on the Eiger” which aired on Nov. 29, 2015, and was rebroadcast on Feb. 26, 2017. Anderson Cooper is the correspondent. Tom Anderson, producer. Michelle St. John ...

On Saturday morning, a major rockfall occurred on the North Face of the Eiger, covering the Swiss valley in a cloud of dust. A cloud of dust remained for hours after the rockfall. Photo: ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Like many serious climbers, I’ve long dreamed of climbing the Eiger Nordwand, the north face of the Alps’ most notorious peak. Fortunately, I always wake up ...

Backed by her history as a competitive indoor climber and a sport climber, DiGiulian’s bold attempt at La Paciencia was a break from her climbing roots and a rude introduction — it has been called one ...

Clint Eastwood has been at or near the top of the movie business for more than 60 years, from the actor’s early days as The Man with No Name in the films of Sergio Leone to his sometimes controversial ...

Nicolas Hojac and Philipp Brugger have shattered a 21-year-old record, scaling the north faces of the Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau in just 15 hours and 30 minutes. This is how they did it. Swiss pro ...

Benjamin Vedrines has wrapped up another non-stop alpine endeavor. Vedrines climbed the legendary North Faces of the Grandes Jorasses-Matterhorn-Eiger trilogy in a week, without motorized travel ...

THE Eiger – which translates as the Ogre- is is a 13,000ft mountain in the Bernese Alps in Switzerland. It became famous in the 1930s when people would gather to catch glimpses of climbing parties ...

The peak became famous in the 1930s when people would gather to catch glimpses of climbing parties ascending its vertical face THE Eiger – which translates as the Ogre- is is a 13,000ft mountain in ...