Veteran Alpinist Injures Leg in Fall on Eiger
Three of the best big mountain climbers of Europe have been trying to complete a new route on the famous north face for the past few years
Veteran alpinist Stefan Siegrist suffered an injury after taking a fall on a new route on the north face of the Eiger.
The route, which Siegrist was climbing with Thomas Huber and Jonas Child, has been many years in the making. “We wanted to dedicate a memorial route to our deceased mountaineering friends,” said Siegrist. “Maybe that’s why it’s such a headache?”
Huber and Siegrist started the project back in 2019 with Alex Huber. The route will be dedicated to several climbers who’ve died over the past decade, including Julian Zanker, David Lama, Dean Potter, Hansjorg Auer, Ueli Steck and Jeff Lowe.
Huber said the trio will have to wait until next year, when conditions are back in form. “The Eiger is probably over for the season,” he said. “Because of global warming, the days when you could climb the central part of the Eiger in summertime, even late spring, are long gone. But the Eiger isn’t going anywhere, and the motivation for the Vision Memoriam remains.”
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