Eiger
ddobbs | July 17, 2006I enjoy most any mix of science and mountaineering — part of why I so like Mark Bowen's Thin Ice, his book about climatologist Lonnie Thompson's remarkable work documenting global warming in high-altitude glaciers. Scientific work done at rarefied altitudes. How can you not like it?
The North Face of the Eiger, 2005 — aka the Eigerwand of climbing fame. The east face, photos of which I couldn't find, is out of sight around the corner.
Photo by Dirk Beyer via Wikipedia Commons.
I'm less thrilled to see global warming meet alpinism on the Eiger, where last Thursday about 400,000 cubic…