Hammer and Tongs

Lionell Daudet and Francois Carrell

Posted on: December 1, 2002


The Grandes Jorasses, the Matterhorn and the Eiger offer up the three definitive north faces of the Alps. A solo winter trilogy had never been achieved by fair means. One of France's finest alpinists gave it hell—and paid a premium in return.

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