Climbing The Eiger via Mittellegi Ridge (Mittellegigrat) | August 2021

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  • čas přidán 8. 09. 2021
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    A few weeks before heading on this two day adventure, I learned that Thomas Shilter was visiting Switzerland for a few weeks. We had been talking on Instagram for a couple of months since we are both Peruvians and love climbing mountains but we had never met in person. We decided to make plans to climb something together, and the Eiger was a mountain we both had been wanting to climb for a while. So on the morning of Saturday 14th we met for the first time in Grindelwald with the intention of heading up to the Mittellegi Hut and summitting the Eiger the next morning.
    Day 1:
    We took the train to the Eismeer Station where we went down these tunnels that took us right to the glacier, with the view of the Mittellegi Hut in the distance. We crossed a few crevasses until we reached a wall where we prepared to start climbing a slabby section of granite (Rated 4b/5.7), which luckily for us was bolted because climbing it in hard mountaineering boots was a real challenge. Once we went up these 2-3 pitches, the rest was an easy scramble. Two an d a half hours after getting on the glacier, we were at the hut, getting ready to have dinner and discussing the logistics for the next morning.
    Day 2:
    We headed out at around 5 AM, it was still dark so we scrambled up the Mittellegi ridge with our headlamps on. There was only dry rock so we continued climbing without our crampons, switching leads every so often. The way to the summit had it all, we scrambled up some easy class 3 and 4 sections, we climbed up some thick fixed ropes past some wet and icy exposed sections, we pitched a few difficult boulders wearing our crampons and finally we walked up a snowy ridge to the summit. It took us 5 and a half hours to reach the summit from the hut and we were extremely happy. We just had about 7 more hours to go for the descend (via South Ridge), which turned out to be just as technical (but in a different way) than the route to the summit. By 6ish PM we were at the Mönch Hut eating dinner and rewarding ourselves with some good dessert 😁
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    Inspirations
    These are some of the channels that inspired me to start making these videos. I highly recommend you check them out :)
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Komentáře • 41

  • @bobelliott2748
    @bobelliott2748 Před 2 lety +3

    "It's pretty chill" I love the english language, That phrase actually means something.

  • @Abdolrezaebrahimi
    @Abdolrezaebrahimi Před 27 dny +1

    Awesome 😎

  • @user-or4hs7xq9u
    @user-or4hs7xq9u Před 24 dny

    Last bit looks scary. Imagine being one of the early attempts, must have been terrifying

  • @m1hax
    @m1hax Před 2 lety +4

    Wonderful video. Great view of Monch at the end there

    • @AndresVourakis
      @AndresVourakis  Před 2 lety +2

      Thank you, glad you enjoyed. I took so many photos of the Mönch that day, it was always in sight and it looked amazing during sunrise/sunset

  • @JediGorf
    @JediGorf Před 2 lety +3

    Andres, great climbing that day. Enjoyed sitting with you for dinner at the Monchsjochhutte!

    • @AndresVourakis
      @AndresVourakis  Před 2 lety

      Hey Geoff, it was a pleasure meeting you. Hope you had a successful climb the next day :)

  • @FishMH
    @FishMH Před 2 lety +1

    Thank you Wonderful

  • @InWilderPlaces
    @InWilderPlaces Před 2 lety +2

    Loved seeing the top of Eiger! What an adventure ☺️

  • @lronbutters5688
    @lronbutters5688 Před 2 lety +1

    Summer in CH. I love it ❤️♾

  • @SLCYoders
    @SLCYoders Před 2 lety +2

    Love your climbing videos. Wish there were more of them to watch. Thanks

    • @AndresVourakis
      @AndresVourakis  Před 2 lety

      I appreciate that very much :) I will be uploading more this winter!!

  • @maxonthetrack
    @maxonthetrack Před 2 lety +2

    so epic !! good job guys 🧗🧗‍♂️

  • @lottasandeback6478
    @lottasandeback6478 Před 2 lety +2

    Well done guys!! 💪🏼

  • @V14111
    @V14111 Před 2 lety +1

    👏👏👏👍

  • @curtbrooks7495
    @curtbrooks7495 Před 2 lety +1

    Great job

  • @theyetiguide
    @theyetiguide Před 2 lety

    Would you be kind and please,tell me which font you used to make your thumbnail its,epic I love it. 😎🇬🇧👍 or does anyone else,know the font name. thanks

  • @MrBlincster
    @MrBlincster Před 10 měsíci

    Isnt going with rope just a disadvantage when not using it only when anchor is needed?

  • @sotrax4259
    @sotrax4259 Před 2 lety

    Fantastic video, many thanks! Could you tell me which boots you are wearing?

    • @AndresVourakis
      @AndresVourakis  Před 2 lety

      I'm wearing "La Sportiva Nepal Cube GTX" :)

    • @sotrax4259
      @sotrax4259 Před 2 lety

      @@AndresVourakis Awesome, I thought so! Just bought them, happy to see them being used for such fun scrambles, too.

  • @user-od6re3cr4e
    @user-od6re3cr4e Před 2 lety

    nice!!!!! I wanna to climb eiger!

  • @steffverdonck4420
    @steffverdonck4420 Před 2 lety

    was it 7 hours from the top to monchjoch or 7h in totals? Thanks for sharing. Will be doing this in July!

    • @AndresVourakis
      @AndresVourakis  Před 2 lety

      7ish hours from the top to the Mönch Hut via the South Ridge. Good luck in July! :)

  • @rerarder
    @rerarder Před 2 lety

    is super slabby the same as very slabby????

  • @stevesosa8691
    @stevesosa8691 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Nice video and congrats on the successful climb. This is the second video where I’ve seen climbers carry a hand coil. It makes no sense. If you have pro you don’t want slack if you’re simul climbing. If you’re aren’t placing gear then why rope up?

    • @AndresVourakis
      @AndresVourakis  Před 8 měsíci

      Thanks for watching!
      It’s all about context, what I can tell you is that the majority of the time I carry a hand coil instead of untying for one main reason, it’s faster than untying and tying again 30 meters up the mountain! Sometimes you know you’ll have to place gear soon or have to short rope your partner.
      Does it get in the way sometimes? Yes, but sometimes it is more convenient to simply keep it on

  • @boza32321
    @boza32321 Před 2 lety +3

    How arent u scared?

    • @AndresVourakis
      @AndresVourakis  Před 2 lety +1

      There are certainly moments when I start to feel anxious or fearful but I try to regain my focus as quickly as possible and trust in my abilities to navigate the terrain. Otherwise it just gets more dangerous

    • @boza32321
      @boza32321 Před 2 lety

      @@AndresVourakis yeah man i can understand but im really scared of heights and i think i would pass out if i tried climbing something like this

    • @sc29607
      @sc29607 Před 2 lety +1

      @@boza32321 I was really scared of heights and now I work for a telecom company, climbing up telegraph poles, took me three runs for the training course till I got over my fear and trusted the gear.

  • @jacques42
    @jacques42 Před 2 lety

    Crazy! Walking so casually on that sharp ridge knowing that one can at any moment fall to the left or right! Wow! Hats off to you! What is your body weight, 80kg?

    • @AndresVourakis
      @AndresVourakis  Před 2 lety +1

      Thank you! I try not to think about the falling part 😁 and I'm usually around 55-60kg

    • @jacques42
      @jacques42 Před 2 lety

      @@AndresVourakis That is an impressively low weight and it sure helps with climbing not to drag a lot of extra kilograms with. I'm overweight and noticed that even when I dropped 3 kilograms how much of a positive difference this makes in my hiking strength.
      How on earth do you maintain your weight so low?

  • @AnthonyWilliams-ew3wp
    @AnthonyWilliams-ew3wp Před 2 lety

    I wouldn’t do this for a million pounds