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 ...

On Saturday morning, a major rockfall occurred on the North Face of the Eiger, covering the Swiss valley in a cloud of dust. A cloud of dust remained for hours after the rockfall. Photo: ...

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 ...

1. Which country borders the Gulf of Thailand — Cambodia or Pakistan? 2. Which country has direct access to the Red Sea — Turkey or Jordan? 3. Wood carvers are commissioned to make elaborate coffins ...

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 Alpine wall: the notorious north face of the ...

The Eiger Sanction is a 1975 action espionage film directed by Clint Eastwood, who also stars as the main character, Jonathan Hemlock. Based on the 1972 book of the same name by Trevanian, the story ...