She stepped into the spotlight at the age of 25, in March 2022, with her solo ascent of the Eiger North Face. Since then, Austrian Laura Tiefenthaler has been earning a living as a mountain guide and building up her mountaineering skills, while preparing for her medical residency. Having just returned from Patagonia, where she roped up a number of climbs, and not the least of them, Laura, now 27, is one of the women mountaineers to watch. In this interview, she talks about her mountaineering, soloing, Patagonia and herself. With no filter.
She was discovered when she successfully completed a solo ascent of the Eiger North Face via the Heckmair route in 15 hours on 25 March 2022. Laura Tiefenthaler was 25 years old, and at the same time graduating in general medicine from the University of Innsbruck. Since this dazzling feat on the Eiger (a solo for