THE Eiger – which translates as the Ogre- is is a 13,000ft mountain in the Bernese Alps in Switzerland. It became famous in the 1930s when people would gather to catch glimpses of climbing parties ...

The following is a script from "Taking on the Eiger" which aired on Nov. 29, 2015. Anderson Cooper is the correspondent. Tom Anderson, producer. The Eiger -- in the Swiss Alps -- is one of the most ...

This former graveyard of the ambitious into a playground for professionals. A journalist photographs the Eiger north face during a Media event on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the first ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... As a fighter pilot stationed in Germany during the 1960s, John Harlin II spent every free minute climbing in the Alps. Soon he became obsessed with one ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Like many serious climbers, I’ve long dreamed of climbing the Eiger Nordwand, the north face of the Alps’ most notorious peak. Fortunately, I always wake up ...

Sometimes, global warming can help put money in your pocket. Hansruedi Burgener has welcomed up to 800 people a day -- twice the average number of visitors -- to his remote mountain hostel in the Alps ...

The following is a script from “Taking on the Eiger” which aired on Nov. 29, 2015, and was rebroadcast on Feb. 26, 2017. Anderson Cooper is the correspondent. Tom Anderson, producer. Michelle St. John ...

Very much a minor entry to the Eastwood canon and certainly one of his most lacklustre and conventional directorial efforts, "The Eiger Sanction" concerns professional-assassin-turned-art-teacher ...

The peak became famous in the 1930s when people would gather to catch glimpses of climbing parties ascending its vertical face THE Eiger – which translates as the Ogre- is is a 13,000ft mountain in ...