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The Mountain's View

Tell the story of one of the attempts to climb the North Face from the point of view of the mountain itself.

North Face Climbing Route

Make a poster map of the North Face of the Eiger, including a map of the climbing route that you would choose up the face.

Mountain Poem

Write a poem about a climb up the North Face of the Eiger.

Climbing-Rope Timeline

Make a timeline that is a rope with knots tied in at at important points. Label the knots with important accomplishments in the history of the Eiger.

Bivouac Memory

During a bivouac on Harrer's climb up the North Face, he remembers climbing a mountain as a young boy and seeing eagles feasting on a carcass. Imagine that you are climbing the North Face of the Eiger. What memory you would recall on your bivouac, and why would...

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