Athletics-Hojac and Brugger shatter speed record by almost 10 hours in Swiss Alps


FILE PHOTO: People walk in front of the North face of the Eiger mountain at the Kleine Scheidegg in Wengen, Switzerland, January 14, 2022. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo

(Reuters) -Swiss climber Nicolas Hojac and his Austrian partner Philipp Brugger shattered a 21-year record by completing the North Faces of the Eiger, Monch, and Jungfrau in only 15 hours and 30 minutes - shattering the previous record by almost 10 hours, it was announced on Tuesday.

The climb in the Bernese Alps, completed on April 5, saw the pair broke the previous record of 25 hours by Swiss alpinists Ueli Steck and Stephan Siegrist in 2004.

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