13 successful ascents recorded.
| Climber | Style | Ascent Date | Suggested Grade | |
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| Anderl Heckmair | Lead | alpine | Between 21st Jul 1938 and 24th Jul 1938 | ||
| First ascent. With Ludwig Vörg. | ||||
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Heckmair started the climb with Vörg. They caught up with Harrer and Kasparek who had started the climb independently before them. The two teams joined forces after which Heckmair led the majority of the hard climbing. References[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eiger#First_ascent_of_the_north_face |
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| Fritz Kasparek | Alternate Leads | alpine | Between 21st Jul 1938 and 24th Jul 1938 | ||
| First ascent. With Heinrich Harrer. | ||||
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Kasparek started the route with Harrer, joining forces with Vörg and Heckmair after the latter team caught them up on the route. |
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| Heinrich Harrer | Alternate Leads | alpine | Between 21st Jul 1938 and 24th Jul 1938 | ||
| First ascent. With Fritz Kasparek. | ||||
| Ludwig Vörg | Alternate Leads | alpine | Between 21st Jul 1938 and 24th Jul 1938 | ||
| First ascent. With Anderl Heckmair. | ||||
| Chris Bonington | Alternate Leads | alpine | 1962 | ||
| With Ian Clough. | ||||
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First British ascent. |
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| Ian Clough | Alternate Leads | alpine | 1962 | ||
| With Chris Bonington. | ||||
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First British ascent. |
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| John Harlin | Alternate Leads | 1962 | ||
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The first American ascent. |
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| Dougal Haston | Alternate Leads | alpine | 1963 | ||
| With Rusty Baillie. | ||||
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Second 'British' ascent (Baillie was from Rhodesia - now Zimbabwe). |
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| Rusty Baillie | Alternate Leads | alpine | 1963 | ||
| With Dougal Haston. | ||||
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Second 'British' ascent (Baillie was from Rhodesia - now Zimbabwe). |
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| Eric Jones | Solo | alpine | 1981 | ||
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First Briton to solo the route. |
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| Brendan Murphy | Alternate Leads | Mar 1989 | ||
| With Robert Durran. | ||||
| Robert Durran | Alternate Leads | Mar 1989 | ||
| With Brendan Murphy. | ||||
References[1] https://www.ukclimbing.com/articles/features/five_days_on_the_eigerwand-16209 [2] https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.2213348262027215&type=3 [3] Mountain 138 (1991) /library/11319/mountain-138 |
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| Catherine Destivelle | Solo | onsight | 1992 | ||
| First female ascent. | ||||
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In winter! References[1] https://www.ukclimbing.com/articles/features/catherine_destivelle_-_rock_queen-15666 |
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