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Ropes on North Face of the Eiger, who puts them there? and how? In several places there are ropes ie the Hinterstoisser Traverse, but other places to. Do guides put them there or do teams take a spare rope just in case or what. Also if placed by guides do they climb the route just to place the ropes, or come through the tunnels or use a helicopter, or what?

In reply to SCrossley:

The same way bolts get put in Broad Stand.

In reply to SCrossley: Theres also lots of ropes left from filming over the years too.

In reply to blackcat:

They're all left from hideous epics when people have died of cold dangling from the ends of them or abseiled off the end of them in a storm.

In reply to Robert Durran:

Please don´t confuse the OP. It is a widely known fact that the ropes are put there by Swiss rope gnomes.

CB

In reply to SCrossley:

I left one up there some years ago after an epic retreat. My mate had a broken leg and the weather was atrocious despite the forecast. The rope got stuck after several abseils and I was too knackered to climb back up to release it.

In reply to GridNorth:

I understand that kind of thing, but there appear to be a certain number of fixed ropes, of dubious character I`m sure, but from what I uderstand it would be prudent to leave a rope at the Hinerstoisser but I doubt many take a rope to leave and in other places there seem to be one or two ropes in certain vital places. Just wondering how they get there.

In reply to SCrossley:

Just as the early climbers used the English Lake District crags as practice for alpine N faces, so modern climbers do so today.

In fact someone was out practicing leaving ropes on the abseil from Middlefell Buttress just the other day. A promising start for them to go out and leave ropes on the great N faces!











No offence!
;~))

In reply to SCrossley:

Buzz lightyear

In reply to GridNorth:


There might still be one of my relics from when I was a stupid enough to try it too? - 11mm blue perlon?

I had two epic storm lashed retreats from the hideous bastard - never went back for a third try!

In reply to Goucho: How high did you get up on both attempts.

In reply to blackcat:


Death Bivi on the first, Brittle Ledges on the second.

In reply to Goucho: Respect.

In reply to blackcat:


Hardly, I ran back across the second icefield both times like a whimpering child