A new book tours the archive of an acclaimed British climbing photographer. Here are our favorite shots and the stories ...

A few days ago Swiss alpinist Roger Schaeli reached an important milestone in his climbing career: 50 complete ascents of the Eiger. Nicknamed "Mister Eiger" for good reason evidently, the mountain ...

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From 19-24 August Swiss alpinists Silvan Schüpbach and Peter von Känel made the first ascent of Renaissance, a big new climb on the North Face of the Eiger in Switzerland. The pair climbed the 1220m ...

Sasha DiGiulian was rock climbing in Southern California this past June when a friend brought up an article he’d read about Swiss alpinists Ueli Steck and Stephan Siegrist, who pioneered a route on ...

The iconic Eiger stands proudly in the Bernese Alps of Switzerland. Standing 13,015 ft., it is one of the most recognized and beautiful peaks in the world. It represents one of the most cherished and ...

Sasha DiGiulian is already a champion climber, but now the 22-year-old is scaling the dangerous and deadly Eiger mountain in the Swiss Alps. In the summer between her junior and senior year at ...

From the top of the Eiger, where the air is thin, the grand reveal is a monumental view of Switzerland’s most storied region. The vast Bernese Alps stretch out on all sides, with their colossal ...

No other mountain in the Alps elicits emotions like the Eiger. Foreboding and dominant above the Alpine village of Grindelwald, it has been the inspiration for Hollywood films, books and countless ...

A college student is in the record books after becoming the first woman to tackle one of the world's toughest climbs, reports CBS News correspondent Vinita Nair. Sasha DiGiulian free climbed the north ...