Keyword: mountaineering

A mountaineer had fallen into the rope during the ascent of the Eiger north face and could only be recovered dead by the rescue workers.

How do I feel when I stand alone on the summit? When I'm at the top and made it? Yeah, what's going on inside of me? Dani Arnold asks these and other questions in his book "Why all this?" and provides answers. Jeannine Zubler has read the book and is introducing it.

As the Swiss Alpine Club SAC communicated today, the Mittelaletsch bivouac was completely destroyed by an avalanche. It was a mountain guide who was traveling in the area and...

The German alpinist Michi Wohlleben is known for the ascent of difficult mixed routes, multi-pitch tours or his winter ascent of the Drei Zinnen. The following video shows...

Rockfalls are natural, but they happen more often. These alpinists were quite lucky and managed to avoid the block by a hair's breadth. We have reported several times...

Roger Schäli is not only one of the world's best professional alpinists and climbers because of his numerous first ascents on the north face of the Eiger. The one on the 8th...

One of the greatest alpinists of his time, Jeff Lowe, died last Friday evening at the age of 67. Jeff Lowe loved working in small teams or...

The two alpinists Simon Gietl and Vittorio Messini set a new speed record. You climb the north face of the Ortler, the Grosse Zinne and the...