Eiger. The second and third conquests of the Nordwand were recorded during the summer of 1947. Two French guides, Louis Lachenal, of Annecy, and Lionel Terray, of Chamonix, made the ascent in July, between 2.00 P.M. on the 14th and 2.25 P.M. on the 16th, following the route of the German-Austrian party of 1938. The first Swiss ascent was accomplished on August 4th and 5th, by Gottfried Jermann and the guides Karl and Hans Schlunegger, of Wengen.*

* Die Alpen, XXIII (August 1947), 195; (September 1947), 214. Alpinisme (September 1947), 236.