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Mountain in the Bernese Alps, Switzerland
The Eiger (Swiss Standard German pronunciation: [ˈaɪɡər] ) is a 3,967-metre (13,015 ft) mountain of the Bernese Alps, overlooking Grindelwald and Lauterbrunnen
Eiger
German rabbi (1761–1837)
Akiva Eiger (/eɪɡər/, also spelled Eger; Hebrew: עקיבא איגר, Yiddish: עקיבא אייגער), or Akiva Güns (8 November 1761 – 12 October 1837) was a Talmudic
Akiva_Eiger
1975 film by Clint Eastwood
The Eiger Sanction is a 1975 American action film directed by and starring Clint Eastwood. Based on the 1972 novel The Eiger Sanction by Trevanian, the
The_Eiger_Sanction_(film)
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up Eiger in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The Eiger is a mountain in Switzerland. Eiger may also refer to: Eiger (Greenland), a mountain in the
Eiger_(disambiguation)
Topics referred to by the same term
The Eiger Sanction may refer to The Eiger Sanction (novel), a 1972 thriller novel by Trevanian, the pen name of Rodney William Whitaker The Eiger Sanction
The_Eiger_Sanction
Mountain face in the Swiss Alps
The Eiger (3,967 m (13,015 ft)) is part of the Bernese Alps in Switzerland, and its north face (one of the great north faces of the Alps) rises over 1
North_face_of_the_Eiger
Polish-Colombian art curator
Casimiro Eiger (born Kazimierz Mieczysław Eiger; 22 September 1909 – 15 March 1987), was a Polish immigrant activist, art critic, gallerist, and diplomatic
Casimiro_Eiger
Gondola cableway in Switzerland
The Eiger Express is a tricable gondola lift linking Grindelwald with the Eigergletscher that opened in December 2020. The Eiger Express was constructed
Eiger_Express
1979 British film
The Underground Eiger is a made-for-television documentary that was released in 1979. It details a world-record-breaking cave dive of 6,000 ft (1,800 m)
The_Underground_Eiger
Austrian mountaineer and author (1912–2006)
four-man climbing team that made the first ascent of the North Face of the Eiger, the "last problem" of the Alps, in July 1938. Harrer and the team flew
Heinrich_Harrer
Glacier in the Bernese Alps, Switzerland
The Eiger Glacier (German: Eigergletscher) is a glacier situated on the northwest side of the Eiger in the Bernese Alps of Switzerland, within the municipality
Eiger_Glacier
Thin client operating system from Microsoft
Fundamentals for Legacy PCs was originally announced with the code name "Eiger" on 12 May 2005. ("Mönch" was announced as a potential follow-up project
Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs
Windows_Fundamentals_for_Legacy_PCs
Japanese multinational corporation
only U.S. manufacturing facility in Rome, Georgia and begins producing the Eiger series of ATVs. 2003: Suzuki is No.1 in Kei car sales for the 30th consecutive
Suzuki
Norwegian sports club
Eiger Fotballklubb, formerly Eiger Idrettslag, is a Norwegian association football club from Eigerøy, Rogaland. It was founded on 19 March 1961. The men's
Eiger_FK
Mountain pass in Switzerland
pass at an elevation of 2,061 m (6,762 ft), situated below and between the Eiger and Lauberhorn peaks in the Bernese Oberland region of Switzerland. The
Kleine_Scheidegg
Logic-based number-placement puzzle
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KenKen
recorded history of climbing of the Eiger mountain in Switzerland starts in the 1800s. It is split between the Eiger pre-north face era, when the main summits
Timeline of climbing the Eiger
Timeline_of_climbing_the_Eiger
Book by Jon Krakauer
Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men and Mountains is a non-fiction collection of articles and essays by Jon Krakauer on mountaineering and rock climbing
Eiger_Dreams
Book by Trevanian
The Eiger Sanction is a 1972 thriller novel by Trevanian, the pen name of Rodney William Whitaker. The story is about a classical art professor and collector
The_Eiger_Sanction_(novel)
1973 novel by Trevanian
The Loo Sanction is a 1973 sequel novel to The Eiger Sanction written by Trevanian. In London, England, Jonathan Hemlock is blackmailed into performing
The_Loo_Sanction
Most famous alpine climbing routes
July 1937; Eiger, first ascent in July 1938; Grandes Jorasses, first ascent in August 1938. Three of the six great north faces — the Eiger, the Matterhorn
Great_north_faces_of_the_Alps
Swiss mountaineer and rock climber (1976–2017)
the North Face of the Eiger and the Bonatti Pillar in the Mont Blanc massif. In June 2004, he and Stephan Siegrist climbed the Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau
Ueli_Steck
Municipality in Canton of Bern, Switzerland
overlooked by a section of the Bernese Alps from the Wetterhorn to the Eiger, which creates a natural barrier. Together with the adjacent valley of Lauterbrunnen
Grindelwald
Austrian mountaineer (1909–1936)
Austrian mountaineer. He was one of the four climbers who died in the 1936 Eiger north face climbing disaster, along with Toni Kurz, Andreas Hinterstoisser
Eduard_Rainer
Swiss skydiver (1971–2009)
Lumpur's Petronas Towers (22 times in one day) as well as jumps off of the Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau peaks all in one day. In 2000, he and Felix Baumgartner
Ueli_Gegenschatz
Late 1990s portable solid state digital audio player
mid-1998. Around the same time, Eiger Labs, Inc. imported and rebranded the player in two models, the Eiger MPMan F10, and Eiger MPMan F20. Owners could upgrade
MPMan
Mountaineering disaster
of four climbers died while attempting to ascend the north face of the Eiger mountain in Switzerland. After a deadly and unsuccessful German attempt
1936_Eiger_climbing_disaster
German mountaineer
German mountain climber and guide who led the first successful ascent of the Eiger north face in July 1938. The most experienced mountaineer in a group consisting
Anderl_Heckmair
American actor (1925–2016)
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot; The Good Guys and the Bad Guys; Earthquake; The Eiger Sanction and The Delta Force. Kennedy is the only actor to appear in all
George_Kennedy
American writer and journalist (born 1954)
climbed a new route on the Devils Thumb, an experience he described in Eiger Dreams and in Into the Wild. In 1992, he made his way to Cerro Torre in
Jon_Krakauer
1959 book by Heinrich Harrer about the first ascent of the Eiger's north face in 1937
the first successful ascent of the infamous north face (Nordwand) of the Eiger, a mountain in the Berner Oberland of the Swiss Alps, with sections devoted
The_White_Spider
American climber and BASE jumper (1972–2015)
alpine climbing route, Deep Blue Sea 5.12 (7b/+), on the north face of the Eiger. Potter invented freeBASEing as a combination of free solo climbing (rock
Dean_Potter
American actor and filmmaker (born 1930)
he would never work for United Artists again. Eastwood's next film The Eiger Sanction (1975) was based on Trevanian's critically acclaimed spy novel
Clint_Eastwood
Railway station in Switzerland
canton of Bern. It is the valley station for two cableways: the Eiger Express to the Eiger Glacier, and the Grindelwald–Männlichen to the Männlichen. Trains
Grindelwald Terminal railway station
Grindelwald_Terminal_railway_station
Italian mountaineer
famous for his 1957 effort to climb the 1938 route on the North Face of the Eiger, during which his party was stranded and a massive rescue operation was
Claudio_Corti_(climber)
Austrian mountaineer
summit to the South Col in only one hour and climbing the North Face of the Eiger in ten hours. Other eight-thousanders (mountains over 8,000 meters) that
Peter_Habeler
Mountain cogwheel railway in Switzerland
runs essentially within the Jungfrau Tunnel, built into the neighbouring Eiger and Mönch, to protect the line from snow and extreme weather. The Jungfrau
Jungfrau_Railway
German mountaineer
in 1936 during an attempt to climb the then-unclimbed north face of the Eiger with his partner Andreas Hinterstoisser. Toni Kurz was born on 13 January
Toni_Kurz
Mountain summit in the Bernese Alps, between the Swiss cantons of Bern and Valais
canton of Valais, halfway between Interlaken and Fiesch. Together with the Eiger and Mönch, the Jungfrau forms a massive wall of mountains overlooking the
Jungfrau
Type of mountaineering
climbs of north-faces, such as in The White Spider that recounts the 1936 Eiger climbing disaster). The derived term "alpine style" alludes to the fashion
Alpine_climbing
Irish mountain climber (1834–1901)
the first team to successfully climb the Eiger on 11 August 1858. Heinrich Harrer, in his book about the Eiger north face – The White Spider (1959) – noted
Charles Barrington (mountaineer)
Charles_Barrington_(mountaineer)
German mountaineer
Kasparek, and Anderl Heckmair, he successfully climbed the north face of the Eiger in 1938, which was regarded as unclimbable at the time. He also made the
Ludwig_Vörg
German mountaineer
German mountain climber active in the 1930s. He was killed in the 1936 Eiger north face climbing disaster during an attempted summit via that route with
Andreas_Hinterstoisser
Austrian mountaineer (1910–1954)
mountaineer who was on the team that made the first successful ascent of the Eiger north face. Kasparek gained his first alpine experiences on the Peilstein
Fritz_Kasparek
Swiss extreme mountaineer (born 1984)
face of the Eiger". "Schweizer Kletterer bricht Speed-Rekord von Ueli Steck". 15 August 2018. "Fastest time to climb the north face of the Eiger, Guinness
Dani_Arnold
British mountain climber (1940–1977)
accident in 1962. In 1965, shortly before his ascent of Harlin Direct on the Eiger, Haston was sentenced to 60 days in prison having run down and killed 18-year-old
Dougal_Haston
Austrian mountaineer
Austrian mountaineer. He was one of four mountaineers who died in the 1936 Eiger north face climbing disaster, along with Toni Kurz, Andreas Hinterstoisser
Willy_Angerer
Swiss manufacturer of clothing
mountain sports, hiking, skiing, trail running and other activities. Mammut's Eiger Extreme Collection is geared towards the conditions of extreme mountaineering
Mammut_Sports_Group
Swiss mountaineer
in Lower Valais. By the age of 18, he had climbed the north face of the Eiger for the first time, followed by ascents of the north faces of the Matterhorn
Nicolas_Hojac
Mountain with prominence of 1,500 metres
such peaks on Earth. Some well-known peaks, such as the Matterhorn and Eiger, are not ultras because they are connected to higher mountains by high cols
Ultra-prominent_peak
Mountain in the Bernese Alps, in Switzerland
480 ft) is a mountain in the Bernese Alps, in Switzerland. Together with the Eiger and the Jungfrau, it forms a highly recognisable group of mountains, visible
Mönch
American actress (1945–2010)
then-boyfriend Max Julien. In 1975, she was Clint Eastwood's co-star in The Eiger Sanction. She was a regular on the 1987 Universal Television situation comedy
Vonetta_McGee
Railway station in Switzerland
and the Wengernalp railway. The station takes its name from the adjacent Eiger Glacier, and is the Jungfraubahn's last station in the open air, before
Eigergletscher railway station
Eigergletscher_railway_station
For mountain peaks only
first ascent of the summit of the Eiger in 1858, but not the more famous first ascent of the north face of the Eiger in 1938. Mountains portal List of
List of first ascents of mountain summits
List_of_first_ascents_of_mountain_summits
American actress (1951–2006)
Harley and said a few short, sweet things." Rialson had a small role in The Eiger Sanction (1975) as an art student in college who volunteers to do anything
Candice_Rialson
2025 American drama film
Birney Cinematography Ryan Jackson-Healy Edited by Zach Clark Music by Isaac Eiger Production company Fusion Entertainment Distributed by Obscured Releasing
Blue_Film_(2025_film)
Hot Jupiter
HD 130322 b, officially named Eiger, is an exoplanet with a minimum mass slightly more than that of Jupiter. It orbits the star in a very close orbit
HD_130322_b
American indie rock band
project of guitarist and vocalist Isaac Eiger and bassist Fred Nixon in their hometown of Bozeman, Montana. Eiger and Nixon bonded over their love of bands
Strange_Ranger
2007 British film
retraces the 1936 Eiger north face climbing disaster where five climbers perished while attempting to scale the north face of the Eiger mountain in Switzerland
The_Beckoning_Silence
Mountain summit in Switzerland
summit has a panoramic view which spans from the Titlis, Jungfrau, Mönch, Eiger, over the Bernese Alps and the Jura Mountains up to the Vosges Mountains
Schilthorn
Swedish-American aerospace company
to design a rocket that could launch "anytime, from anywhere". Pythom's Eiger rocket was selected as one of ten finalists, before the competition ultimately
Pythom
20th-century British mountain climber (1962–1995)
first for any climber. This feat included climbing the north face of the Eiger in the Alps. Hargreaves also climbed 6,812-metre (22,349 ft) Ama Dablam
Alison_Hargreaves
Country in Central Europe
containing 72 waterfalls, is well known for the Jungfrau (4,158 m or 13,642 ft) Eiger and Mönch peaks, and its many picturesque valleys. In the southeast the
Switzerland
American actor (1927–1978)
Big Man (1970), Charlie Robbins in Save the Tiger (1973), Dragon in The Eiger Sanction (1975), fight promoter Miles Jergens in Rocky (1976), and private
Thayer_David
British mountaineer and author
Spider by Heinrich Harrer, about the first ascent of the North Face of the Eiger by Harrer with Anderl Heckmair, Fritz Kasparek, and Ludwig Vörg in 1938
Joe_Simpson_(mountaineer)
Glacier saddle in the Swiss Alps
Kleine Scheidegg, running partly underground through a tunnel through the Eiger and Mönch. The Jungfraujoch railway station, at an elevation of 3,454 metres
Jungfraujoch
Earth's highest mountain
Some examples are Kangchenjunga, K2, Annapurna, Nanga Parbat, and the Eiger (especially the nordwand). Some factors that affect total mountain lethality
Mount_Everest
Canadian actor
made-for-television movies and feature films most notably playing Lieutenant Eiger in Star Trek: First Contact (1996). She later starred in the Canadian legal
Marnie_McPhail
Railway station in Switzerland
Kleine Scheidegg. The station is located just behind the north wall of the Eiger and its principal purpose was to allow passengers to observe the view through
Eigerwand_railway_station
2026 studio album by Adéla
Brady Blake Slatkin The Dare Cashmere Cat Count Baldor Atlgrandma Isaac Eiger Billy Walsh Julia Michaels Adéla chronology The Provocateur (2025) Prima
Prima_(album)
German actor (born 1942)
film roles that include Karl Freytag in the Clint Eastwood thriller The Eiger Sanction, Shinnok in Mortal Kombat Annihilation, and Green Goblin and Optimus
Reiner_Schöne
British rock climber and alpinist (1988–2019)
a new rock route on the Eiger in 2009, naming it "Seven Pillars of Wisdom," and completed the first solo climb of the Eiger winter route "Piola-Sprungli"
Tom_Ballard_(climber)
Railway in Switzerland
the top of the line, there are also views of the imposing peaks of the Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau. The line opened, using steam traction, in May 1893
Schynige_Platte_Railway
Village and municipality in Switzerland
Lauterbrunnental), located at the foot of the Bernese Alps. It is overlooked by the Eiger, Mönch, Jungfrau and many other high peaks. The valley, drained by the White
Lauterbrunnen
Historic alpine hotel in the Bernese Oberland, Switzerland
level, it lies between the valleys of Grindelwald and Wengen, beneath the Eiger, Mönch, and Jungfrau peaks. The Hôtel Bellevue des Alpes, with 60 rooms
Hotel_Bellevue_des_Alpes
Computer operating system
Unsupported: Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs NT 5.1.2600 July 8, 2006 Eiger, Mönch Unsupported: Windows Vista NT 6.0.6003 January 30, 2007 Longhorn
Microsoft_Windows
1996 nonfiction book by Jon Krakauer
Pages 224 ISBN 0-679-42850-X OCLC 35559213 Dewey Decimal 917.9804/5 20 LC Class CT9971.M38 K73 1997 Preceded by Eiger Dreams Followed by Into Thin Air
Into_the_Wild_(Krakauer_book)
American screenwriter (1937–2023)
17, 2023) was an American screenwriter. He worked on such films as The Eiger Sanction, Zorro, The Gay Blade, and Sssssss. He is credited with writing
Hal_Dresner
Japanese mountaineer (born 1942)
face of the Eiger. She was also the first Japanese woman to scale all of the three great north faces of the Alps (the Matterhorn, the Eiger, and the Grandes
Michiko_Imai
American mountaineer (1935–1966)
Force pilot who was killed while making an ascent of the north face of the Eiger at age 30. Harlin graduated from Sequoia High School and Stanford University
John_Harlin
Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel (2024–present)
the son of Miriam Ita, a descendant of Rabbi Akiva Eiger through his grandson Rabbi Leibel Eiger and the Rebbes of Izhbitza-Radzin. He studied at the
Kalman_Ber
2008 German film by Philipp Stölzl
Fürmann, Florian Lukas, Johanna Wokalek, and Ulrich Tukur. Based on the 1936 Eiger climbing disaster, the film is about two German climbers involved in a competition
North_Face_(film)
Mountaineers, rock climbers, and ice climbers
Christian Almer (1826–1898) Switzerland, numerous first ascents, including Eiger Ashraf Aman (born 1943) Pakistan, first Pakistani ascent of K2 Luigi Amedeo
List of climbers and mountaineers
List_of_climbers_and_mountaineers
Mountain hut in the Swiss Alps
mountain hut in the Swiss Alps, located on the Mittellegi ridge of the Eiger above Grindelwald. It is the highest mountain hut in the canton of Bern
Mittellegi_Hut
American author
series with Richard Sapir in 1971. A screenwriter (Lethal Weapon 2, The Eiger Sanction) as well as a novelist, his work won a dozen national awards, including
Warren_Murphy
2012 Irish film
a short time span. Reconstructions were filmed on the North face of the Eiger and on the Jungfraujoch glacier in Switzerland in March 2011. Pemba Gyalje
The_Summit_(2012_film)
Funicular railway at Interlaken, Canton of Bern, Switzerland
Heimwehfluhbahn The funicular with Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau (postcard sent 1918) Overview Other name Drahtseilbahn Interlaken–Heimwehfluh Status In operation
Heimwehfluhbahn
British mountain climber
clients, including the first British guided ascent of the north face of the Eiger in 2007 with polar explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes, then in his sixties, who
Kenton_Cool
Welsh mountaineer
Eiger in 1981, and for his climbs on the Matterhorn and South Col on Mount Everest. In 1986, he became the first person to BASE jump from the Eiger.
Eric_Jones_(climber)
American film scholar and writer (1931–2005)
the age of 40 when he was teaching at the University of Texas, was The Eiger Sanction, a thriller that became a worldwide best seller. In 1974, it was
Trevanian
French rock climber and mountaineer
complete the winter alpine solo attempts of the "north face trilogy" of the Eiger, the Grandes Jorasses, and the Matterhorn. She made Himalayan and high-altitude
Catherine_Destivelle
English occultist (1875–1947)
Club. The following year he returned to the Bernese Alps, climbing the Eiger, Trift, Jungfrau, Mönch, and Wetterhorn. Having adopted the name of Aleister
Aleister_Crowley
Airline based in Switzerland
Chair Airlines Chair Airlines Airbus A320 IATA ICAO Call sign CS CSW EIGER Founded August 2014; 12 years ago (2014-08) (as Germania Flug) Commenced operations
Chair_Airlines
American film director, cinematographer and mountaineer (1918–2017)
Dyhrenfurth was the chief technical advisor for the 1975 Clint Eastwood movie The Eiger Sanction. Experienced mountaineers including Mike Hoover, Dougal Haston
Norman_Dyhrenfurth
Co-ed's Ass In 'The Eiger Sanction'". Decider. Archived from the original on December 5, 2020. Retrieved December 6, 2020. "'Eiger Sanction,' Film of Climbing
Clint_Eastwood_filmography
Astronomical observatory in Switzerland
adjacent to the observatory. It offers views of the Jungfrau, Mönch, and Eiger peaks, all within a few kilometers. The scientific part of the Sphinx observatory
Sphinx_Observatory
Mountain village in Switzerland
with tourists. The village features a view of the three towering mountains Eiger, Mönch, and Jungfrau. Mürren has a year-round population of 430, but has
Mürren
American actor (1928–2015)
Eastwood's films Joe Kidd (1972), Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974), The Eiger Sanction (1975), and Every Which Way but Loose (1978). Walcott made a guest
Gregory_Walcott
American mountain climber
Up in 1984. His first major involvement in commercial film was with The Eiger Sanction (1975), in which he taught Clint Eastwood how to climb in the Yosemite
Mike_Hoover
1997 American film
beginning of the film, Harrer, who notably climbed the north face of the Eiger in 1938, is hailed as a "German hero", and replies: "Thank you, but I'm
Seven Years in Tibet (1997 film)
Seven_Years_in_Tibet_(1997_film)
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