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Cheating death, beautifully

  April 30, 2011 at 10:00 am

  Austin Frakt

Some things I will never do. Never. Watch one of them. For best results, watch it while wearing headphones. If it doesn’t blow your mind, you may not have one.

Thank you Bill Gardner. Also, and amazingly, Steck no longer holds the speed record for this climb.

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- by Mark Spohr on April 30th, 2011 at 12:26
  
  Sometimes you can’t cheat death:
  http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/30/sports/30loretan.html
  
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- by Bill Gardner on April 30th, 2011 at 17:24
  
  The Eiger has produced some remarkable literature, including Jon Kracauer’s first book, “Eiger Dreams”, and James Salter’s novel, “Solo Faces”. The introduction of John Keegan’s book, “The Face of Battle”, has a brief but great discussion of the early attempts to climb the Eiger North Face.
  
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- by James on April 30th, 2011 at 21:12
  
  The Swiss Machine is indeed a sight to behold
  
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