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Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Brief statements of a fact or experience, written down for review, or as an aid to memory, or to inform someone else; also includes short, informal letters.
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Notes and records between and relating to the climbers during the ascent., 1966.
File
Identifier: Acc.14376/6
Scope and Contents
The records in this file relate to the time the climbers were trying to make the main ascent of the north face of the Eiger. They consist of:Note to Peter Gillman informing him to call Kleine Scheidegg and that 'opposition has started';Certificate for Chris Bonington after he received medical treatment;Three invoices from the mountaineering supplier Eiselin Sport for various supplies used by the climbing team, including the rope that later broke resulting...
Dates:
1966.
Papers and records relating to the climbing of the north face of the Eiger., 1966-2018.
Series
Identifier: Acc.14376/1-10
Scope and Contents
The records here all relate to the climbing of the Eiger by a British-American team in March 1966.
Theys here include route plans, notes, receipts and photographs, as well as tapes recording communication between the climbers on the mountain face and their support team at Kleine Scheidegg.
Dates:
1966-2018.
Records relating to the media coverage of the climb of the north face of the Eiger., 1966.
File
Identifier: Acc.14376/9
Scope and Contents
The records here all relate to press coverage of the climb. They consist of:
Letters of John Anstey to John Harlin and Peter Gillman, 1966;
Notes for telephone calls with the Telegraph during the climb;
Telex regarding an interview with ITN;
Notes for various interviews during the climb.
Dates:
1966.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers relating to the climb featured in and the publication of 'Eiger Direct', by Dougal Haston, Peter Gillman and Chris Bonington.
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Papers and records relating to the climbing of the north face of the Eiger.
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Records relating to media coverage of the climb of the north face of the Eiger.