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...they have succeeded in scaling seemingly impregnable peaks all over the world. That the Alpine Eigerwand (wall of the ogre) resisted their perennial attacks piqued German mountaineers. One morning last fortnight a pair of Austrians named Harrer & Kastarek, equipped with provisions for five days, left the base of Mt. Eiger, began to assail the ogre that had swallowed nine daredevils since the summer of 1935. Next morning two Bavarians, Voerg & Heckmaier, followed the first pair...
...Eiger, a 13,042-ft. peak in the Jungfrau range, was first scaled in 1858, has been climbed many times since. But until three years ago, the Eiger had never been tackled via its north wall-a terrifying, ice-coated precipice over a mile high. Then two glory-greedy Germans decided to attempt it. They never returned. Nor did seven others who tried...
Next day the natives shuddered. Mt. Eiger was enveloped in a swirling froth of snow. In spite of the fact that Swiss authorities had warned that local guides could no longer be asked to risk their lives trying to rescue Eigerwand climbers, two natives clambered to the summit over the usual route, peered down the overhanging wall when the storm let up for a moment, saw no one, returned to the valley. The following morning, as spectators ran to the telescopes for a morbid view of frozen corpses, the quartet calmly walked into Kleine Scheidegg. They had conquered the Eigerwand...