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25/03/2016

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Men Against The Eiger

Dougal Haston talks about being first Briton to climb the Eiger by the Direct Route. 1966.

Dougal Haston talks about becoming the first Briton to climb the Eiger by the direct route on 25th March 1966. From May 1966.

Dougal Haston tells Jack Singleton about becoming the first Briton to climb the Eiger mountain of the Bernese Alps by the direct route on 25th March 1966.

With Chris Bonnington and Ian McNaught-Davis

Producer: Alex Turnbull

First broadcast on the BBC Third Programme in May 1966

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