Climbing the Eiger, 2005
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Glacier under southeast face of Monch we traversed in white-out conditions |
We knew we would have to follow the tracks the parties in front of us left across the Fieschergletscher to avoid the crevasses and seracs. We stashed the ropes and soloed. The last bit of the ridge ended in an adrenaline pumping icy corniced ridge of about 65 degrees where we would punch a hole with our ice axe into the cornice and see the glacier a few thousand feet below; a final goodbye from the Ogre before we hit the Fieschergletscher. We were now on relatively flat ground. It was now a snow slog underneath the entire southeast face of the Monch. We knew there were giant seracs hanging off the Monch above us as we had seen them earlier when it was clear. It was better not to see them in what were now white-out conditions.
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