Web Resources for the Eiger North Face

The following are some of the more interesting web links about the North Face of the Eiger.


Information Sites
Alpinist Magazine	Short account with good photo of the north face and routes
The Free Dictionary	Some basic info
Wikipedia	Some basic info - short history and the like.
	A site linked to a live broadcast by Swiss TV.

Web Cams
Grindelwald	A webcam looking cross the north face from Grindelwald.
	The view looking from Scheidegg.

Personal Accounts
Paul Harrington	An account of a winter ascent of the classic 1938 route.
Catherine Destivelle	Catherine’s solo ascent.
Current record	An example of how to move quickly from the current holder for the quickest time to climb the north face.
Good for a laugh	Dramatic, even melodramatic. Climbing hyperbole. Not at all sure if this is meant to be serious!

Books
	The best book about the early attempts and ascents of the Eiger north face. (The author was one of the first ascent party). In fact this is one of the best climbing books around.
	Not only includes the Eiger but other major climbs.

Information Sites