A fantastic week of 1:1 guided mountaineering culminating in climbing the Eiger.
1:1 guiding for 6 days with an IFMGA Mountain Guide ensures maximum climbing time, After 3 days of acclimatisation on AD graded routes we will head to Grindelwald to climb the Eiger by the Mittellegi ridge.
The difficulty and physical challenge of climbing the Eiger should not be underestimated! It is a long and sustained rock climb with spectacular exposure from the moment you leave the hut. Getting to the hut is maybe the technical crux with some tricky climbing off the glacier. It is often said that reaching the summit is only halfway and this is very true on the Eiger - the descent of the South ridge followed by the climb back up on excellent, red gneiss to the Sudliches Eigerjoch can feel endless! Good fitness plus recent rock climbing and scrambling experience is useful. A couple of days' prior personal acclimatisation before the trip will really help.
