Image I found copied from the 1975 Clint Eastwood movie:
Posted on 07/15/2022 1:03:07 PM PDT by BenLurkin
> Striding Edge, Lake District, England
The Lake District's famously changeable weather can make even the most bucolic of strolls a challenge.
>The Maze, Canyonlands, Utah, United States
It's the most remote part of Canyonlands, with visitors needing to negotiate long drives on dirt roads before setting out into the deep gullies, where rockfalls and flash floods are not uncommon and water from the area's few springs is hard to come by...
>HuaShan, China
This epic trail to the South Peak of HuaShan, one of China's Five Great Mountains, is often billed as the most dangerous hike in the world...
>Giro del Sorapiss, Italy
Hikers will need harnesses for clipping into the lines, as well as a helmet and ideally a guide who can provide the requisite equipment and show the way.
>Drakensberg Grand Traverse, South Africa and Lesotho
An epic, 230 kilometer (143 miles) journey that can take up to two weeks to complete...
>Cascade Saddle, New Zealand
"only for people with navigation and high level backcountry skills and experience,"
>Kalalau Trail, Hawaii
22-mile "out and back" along the Na Pali Coast
>Huayna Picchu, Peru
"stairs of death"
>Kokoda Track, Papua New Guinea
To prepare for the sweaty days and bitter nights in this remote corner of the world, organizers recommend training for up to a year.
>Daikiretto Traverse, Japan
one that's as close as they'll get to a technical climb without the need for ropes.
>Mount Washington, New Hampshire, United States
Conditions can flip at any minute, meaning you'll need to pack winter gear even in the height of summer.
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
Damn you!
;)
Ha, none of these come even close to climbing the Eiger in Switzerland. At the end of winter conditions in July of 1992 (I think) the ice fall and rock fall were terrible. I had a falling rock clip the fabric on the right shoulder of my parka, but did not touch me. It sounded like a bee going past. Our group of four were the first to summit that year with winter conditions lasting later than normal. Not close to the highest mountain I have climbed, but certainly the most dangerous. I would not do it again!
Mount WASHINGTON?
They don’t mention the only reason I could imagine for its inclusion: It was formerly believed to be the windiest place on Earth.
I think I had one of Camino del Rey’s albums...
Pretty. But gravity pulls way too hard on me for my size 13 EEEE’s to ever touch that path.
Image I found copied from the 1975 Clint Eastwood movie:
He was not made for longevity, that’s for sure.
That's the one I was thinking about. I had to hang on to the arms of my chair just to watch it......
Yep. I climbed the Eiger in 1992. That photo from the movie is on the Eiger, but nowhere close to the route.
Reading the comments, apparently the guy who made that video died two years later on a climb somewhere...
The ladder scaffold appears to be for a movie camera for a closeup.
Was the route somewhere in the background on the vertical face?
It looks like the ladder is at the top of the prominent step on the ridge on the right side. That is on the descent route.
There is a cog railroad that goes through the Eiger, through the Monch behind it and emerges at the summit of the Jungfrau for tourists to get a view from the top. I am sure there must be some legend behind the names of these three mountains whose names mean The Ogre, The Monk and The Young Girl.
That would be a No.
I’ll bet you weren’t wearing flip-flops.
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