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The Eiger (Swiss Standard German pronunciation: [ˈaɪɡər] ) is a 3,967-metre (13,015 ft) mountain of the Bernese Alps, overlooking Grindelwald and Lauterbrunnen

The Eiger Glacier (German: Eigergletscher) is a glacier situated on the northwest side of the Eiger in the Bernese Alps of Switzerland, within the municipality

height. The "Trilogy" is the three hardest of these north faces, being the Eiger, the Grandes Jorasses, and the Matterhorn. The six great north faces are

or has held several speed records on the six great north faces of the Alps: Eiger North Face (2011) – New record with 2 hours 28 minutes via the Heckmair

expeditions on the north face of the Eiger. Kleine Scheidegg is among the most celebrated mountain passes in the Swiss Alps because of its position just north

The Eiger Sanction is a 1975 American action film directed by and starring Clint Eastwood. Based on the 1972 novel The Eiger Sanction by Trevanian, the

six great north faces of the Alps was climbed with the first ascent of the Eiger Nordwand (north face of the Eiger). The Alps provide lowland Europe with

Journal. It concerns a variety of topics, from ascending the Eiger Nordwand in the Swiss Alps, Denali in Alaska or K2 in the Karakoram, to the well-known

Alps, located between the northern canton of Bern and the southern canton of Valais, halfway between Interlaken and Fiesch. Together with the Eiger and

the Alps since the golden age of alpinism in the 19th century. It is overlooked by a section of the Bernese Alps from the Wetterhorn to the Eiger, which