Eiger north face
The first people to try climbing it were were  Max Sedlmayr and Karl Mehringer, in 1935. People with telesocpes watched them. When they started, the weather was good. On the second day, they climbed what is called First Band; it was rated at the maximum difficulty level of that time. (VI). They reached the First Band of Ice, in the evening. They had climbed about , about  were left (in height).  Nearly the whole of the second day they spent traversing the second ice field. The weather turned, and the sight was lost. Three days later, the weather improved, and the sight was restored. Sedlmayer and Mehringer were spotted climbing somewhat higher up. The weather turned again, and the sight was lost again.