Climbing the Eiger, 2005

Every mountaineer knows the Eiger as a Swiss mountain steeped in legend with stories of epics and deaths. In summer 2005, Brian Phillips and Peter Barlow (co-chairs of our chapter’s technical climbing committee), scaled the "Ogre" (English translation of Eiger). After an initial attempt on the Northeast Pillar that resulted in a freezing bivouac and an epic rappel, they did summit on their second attempt via the Mittellegi route. The slide show chronicles their adventures and provides information on Swiss Alps mountaineering. Peter has been tech climbing Chair or Co-Chair for twenty seven years and has climbed rock and ice for thirty years. He has taught literally hundreds of people to climb safely in AMC classes. Brian has climbed rock and ice for sixteen years throughout the United States and abroad.