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Show Russell Jacobs 2 December 2009 day to one side or the other. Mostly it's on the left face. But they did it in ten hours. And this is, I think, before he summit-ed Everest without oxygen , uh, him and his partner. Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler, uh, climbed Everest. .. they were the first to climb Everest without oxygen. But, um ... MD: So, you took this four-day hike ... ? RJ: Four-day hike and just looked at the Eiger and was able to get a good view of it and just. .. and actually, while I was there, there was an older gentleman that was in the hut with me, and he says, "Do you want to climb the Eiger?" Of course, you know , I'm like, "Oh yeah, I'm gonna go climb the Eiger." His ... he really wanted ... his idea was just to climb a route that was an easier one that was on the shoulder in a day. I mean, it would have been a, you know, horrendous day. I mean, six thousand feet. And then go over to the train and then take the train down, I would assume. But I was able to see that, and I said to myself, ''I'm gonna go back to Salt Lake. I'm almost finished with my two-year tour of the military. And find out how to come back and climb this mountain." And I, you know, to this day, I have not. It's very .. .it's hard to find climbing partners that have, you know, the wherewithal to manage a trip like that. And with that, uh, the expertise. Um, most climbers, you know, they specialize in one facet of the climbing or another and, to me, that was never, never something that I wanted to do, just specialize. I wanted to do all the facets. And I think I've mentioned that to you before. MD: Um-hum. RJ: But, you know, climbing offers a lot of wonderful, uh, time that you spend in the mountains that are different from other. .. from say ice climbing or big wall climbing or 11 |
