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The Eiger is a 3,970 metres (13,020 feet) mountain of the
Bernese Alps, forgeting Grindelwald and Lauterbrunnen in the
Bernese Oberland.
It is the easternmost peak of a ridge crest that extends throughout the Mönch to the Jungfrau at 4,
158 m (13,642 feet), constituting among one of the most emblematic sights of the
Swiss Alps. While the northern side of the mountain rises more than
3,000 m (10,000 ft) above the valleys of Grindelwald and Lauterbrunnen, the southern side faces the large glaciers of the Jungfrau-Aletsch area, one of the most glaciated region in the
Alps. One of the most significant
function of the Eiger is its
1,800 m (5,900 feet) high north face, called Eigerwand or
Nordwand, which is the most significant north face in the . [3]
The first ascent of the Eiger was made by
Swiss guides
Christian Almer and
Peter Bohren and also
Irishman Charles Barrington, who climbed the west flank on August 11, 1858. The north face, considered amongst the most tough as well as unsafe ascents, was first climbed in
1938 by an Austrian-German expedition. [4] Since 1935, at least sixty-four mountain climbers have actually passed away attempting the north face, earning it the
German label Mordwand, actually "murder(ous) wall"-- a pun on its proper title of Nordwand (
North Wall). [5]
From
Kleine Scheidegg, near the base of the north face, a railway tunnel runs inside the Eiger, and 2 interior terminals give very easy access to viewing-windows in the mountainside. This
Jungfraubahn rack railway terminates in the Jungfraujoch, in between the Mönch as well as the Jungfrau, at the highest railway station in
Europe.
The Eiger is mentioned in records going back to the
13th century, yet there is no clear indication of how specifically the peak gained its name. The 3 mountains of the ridge are commonly recommendeded to as the
Virgin (German: Jungfrau-- means "virgin" or "initial"), the
Monk (Mönch), and the
Ogre (Eiger). The name has been connected to the
Latin term acer, suggesting "sharp" or "sharp", however much more commonly to the German eigen", meaning "own".
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