EIGER NORTH FACE, Successful Firsts

EIGER NORTH FACE, The first 10 ascents and some other notable milestones.

Compiled from THE WHITE SPIDER

THE FIRST 10 SUCCESSFUL ASCENTS
(All via the 1938 route)

1) 1938, 21-24 July
Anderl Heckmair & Ludwig Vörg
Fritz Kasparek & Heinrich Harrer

2) 1947, 14-16 July
Louis Lachenal & Lionel Terray

3) 1947, 4-5 August
Gottfried Jermann, Hans & Karl Schlunegger

4) 1950, 26 July (The first single day ascent - 18 hours)
Leo Forstenlechner & Erich Waschak

5) 1950, 25-27 July
Jean Fuchs, Marcel Hamel, Raymond Monney, & Robert Seiler

6) 1952, 22-23 July
Maurice Coutin & Pierre Julien

7) 1952, 26-27 July
Sepp Larch & Karl Winter

8) 1952, 26-28 July
Hermann Buhl & Sepp Jöchler
Otto & Sepp Maag
Gaston Rébuffat, Jean Bruneau, Paul Habran, Pierre Leroux, & Guido Magnone

9) 1952, 6-8 August
Karl Lugmayer, Hans Ratay, & Erich Vanis

10) 1952, 14-15 August
Karl Blach & Jürgen Wellenkamp


SOME OTHER NOTABLE ASCENTS

First Winter Ascent:

1961, 6-12 March
Toni Hiebeler with Walter Almberger, Toni Kinshofer, & Anderl Mannhardt (also the 18th ascent)

First Solo Ascent:

1963, 2-3 August
Michel Darbellay (a Swiss Mountain Guide) 18 hours.

The Fiftieth Ascent & First Female Ascent:

1964, 1-3 September
Werner Bittner & Daisy Voog. Daisy Voog was the first successful woman climber.

First New Route:

1966, 23 February - 25 March: John Harlin Route
Dougal Haston, Jörg Lehne, Günther Strobel, Roland Votteler, and Siegfried Hupfauer

John Harlin was killed during the ascent when a fixed rope broke.

External Links

Since 1966, there have been numerous successful ascents of the original 1938 route and many new routes have been established on the face. See: Eiger NF routes

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