Swiss-Austrian duo break 21-year-old speed climbing record in the Bernese Alps Nicolas Hojac and Philipp Brugger summit Eiger, Mönch, and Jungfrau, shaving nearly 10 hours off the previous record Swiss climber Nicolas Hojac and Austrian partner Philipp Brugger have set a new speed record in the Swiss Alps, completing one of mountaineering’s most legendary endurance feats: climbing the north faces of the Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau - three of the most iconic and challenging peaks in the Bernese Alps - in just 15 hours and 30 minutes. Nicolas Hojac and Philipp Brugger on the Eiger summit as the sun rises on April 05, 2025. Photo: John Thornton / Red Bull Content Pool The feat, completed on 5 April 2025 with the aim of summiting all three peaks in under 24 hours, breaks...
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A Norwegian who is aiming to be the fastest climber to scale all the world’s 14 highest mountains said Tuesday that she can achieve her goal in half the time she initially planned. Kristin Harila, on return to Nepal’s capital from the mountains on Tuesday, said she is setting a new target of scaling the peaks in three months, having already climbed eight of them in 40 days. She is attempting to beat the 2019 record set by a male climber, who did in little more six months. Norwegian climber Kristin Harila, 37, right, and her guide Tenjen Sherpa pose for a photograph in Kathmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, June 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha) Harila, 37, is yet to climb Mount Manaslu in Nepal, which she hopes to do in the next few days, and then the five remaining peaks in Pakistan,...
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