Going to work on a high Nov 16, 2009
The cogwheel railway leaves the Kleine Scheidegg and goes into a tunnel through the Eiger and Mnch up to the Jungfraujoch station 3,454 metres above sea level. The train travels about nine kilometres and climbs about 1,400 metres. (SwissInfo.org, Switzerland)
A kick out of reading Sep 19, 2009
In the future I would like to read The Eiger Obsession: Facing the Mountain that Killed My Father by John Harlin - it is an adventure story about a man who goes back and climbs the Swiss mountain where his father perished attempting to make the climb. MICHAEL JAMISON CARLTON. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Swiss Police End Search for Missing U.S. Boy, 12 May 26, 2009
The Truemmelbach falls, which drain glacial waters from the country's famous Eiger, Moench and Jungfrau mountains, are part of the UNESCO world heritage site for Switzerland's Jungfrau-Aletsch-Bietschhorn glaciers. Thousands of tourists visit year to see 5,000 gallons of water rage through the rock each second. (Fox News)
Swiss end search for US boy; shoe found May 25, 2009
LAUTERBRUNNEN, Switzerland Swiss police said Monday they have broken off the search for a 12-year-old American boy missing near the Truemmelbach waterfall, which drains glacial waters from the country's famous Eiger, Monk and Jungfrau mountains. A shoe found at the exit of the gorge where the Indiana boy was hiking Friday with his family could belong to him, a spokeswoman for the Bernese cantonal (state) police said. (Yahoo News -- Politics)
Search for Boy May 25, 2009
LAUTERBRUNNEN, Switzerland Swiss police were searching Sunday for a 12-year-old American boy missing near the Truemmelbach waterfall, which drains glacier waters from the country's famous Eiger, Monk and Jungfrau mountains. Bernese state police spokeswoman Ursula Stauffer said the boy disappeared late Friday during a hike with his family at the waterfall near Lauterbrunnen, about 30 miles southeast of the capital, Bern. (Fox News)
Shane McConkey: Extreme skier Apr 3, 2009
In 2003, Mr. McConkey began to incorporate BASE jumping into his ski film segments, launching a double front flip from near the summit of Switzerland's Eiger and then deploying his parachute for the ride back to terra firma. Whistler-based free skier Mike Douglas, who often accompanied Mr. McConkey on film shoots, said that "Shane was always scheming about new projects to try, which is what attracted him to BASE jumping. When rumours first swirled about this gigantic gondola joining Whistler and... (Globe and Mail)
