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Rock fall at Eiger

par tonayo     Suisse > Espace Mittelland > Bern

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N 46° 37.049' E 008° 03.376' (WGS84)

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 Taille : aucune boîte
Statut : verrouillé, visible
 Caché en : 12. juin 2010
 Affiché depuis : 01. août 2010
 Dernière mise à jour : 28. février 2018
 Inscription : https://opencaching.de/OCABF9
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Description    English (Anglais)

 

  Rock fall at Eiger

There is hardly anywhere else in the whole of the Alps where the connection between climate change and natural hazards can be observed as clearly as here, high above the Lower Grindelwald glacier.

 

Rock fall at Eiger

 

On the evening of July 13, More than 20 million cubic feet of rock came crashing down from the east face of the Eiger (13,025 feet) in Grindelwald, Switzerland - an amount comparable to half the size of the Empire State Building.

In early June, a 16-foot-wide crack appeared near the monster chunk of rock, measuring eight inches wide, but the crack grew (at 35 inches a day) to roughly 16 feet before it gave way. Since the appearance, scientists have warned of the eventual unsheathing of the Eiger’s east face, and only days before, a 100-foot high rock formation, dubbed 'Madonna', cut loose.

 

Rock fall at Eiger (WikiPedia)

Source: WikiPedia

 

The increase in massive rock fall on the Eiger stems from permafrost melting.

Permafrost is high altitude soil that stays frozen for more than two years in a row, and is responsible for holding much of the surface of the Alps together. Once this permafrost melts, water gets trapped inside the rock creating pressure. The fissure in the Eiger’s east face is a result of this pressure.

 


Start...

... your tour at the arial cableway station Pfingstegg. From here you can reach Berghaus Bäregg in 1.5 hours. On the trail to Berghaus Bäregg you can easily reach WP1 - WP4. All waypoints are located directly on the trail.

Questions

Please, head for waypoints mentioned below. At waypoint WP1 - WP3 you will find an information board. Read the board carefully and answer the following questions:

(1) - WP1 - N46 36.800 E8 03.259
Which trees were the first to put down roots to the barren soil after the glacier’s retreat?

(2) - WP2 - N46 36.443 E8 03.237
How many years ago the glacier was on the same level as the hiking trail?

(3) - WP3 - N46 36.069 E8 03.440
How many pictures about the fall on the Eiger can you see here? Who ist the author of those pictures?

(4) - WP4 - Please find this "Stone Formation". Which height has this "Stone Formation" in meters (estimated)?


Stone Formation


Attention! The precise details are required, provided on the boards! Unfortunately, solutions found in the internet cannot be accepted.

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We hope you will enjoy this EarthCache as much as we do. We thank you for your visit and are looking forward to your e-mails!

Kind regards, Tona & Yo!


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History

  • 2010.06.12 Listing created.


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