Mountain climbers celebrate new speed record in Switzerland

Swiss climber Nicolas Hojac and his Austrian partner Philipp Brugger have set a new record after climbing three famous Swiss mountains in 15 and a half hours.

That's almost 10 hours faster than the previous record set more than two decades ago.

The pair took on the north faces of Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau, a well-known trio in Swiss mountaineering.

Swiss alpinists Ueli Steck and Stephan Siegrist managed to climb them in 25 hours back in 2004.

Eiger is 3970m, Mönch 4099m, and Jungfrau 4158m

Brugger said it was a challenge they had been looking forward to for a while, after it had previously been delayed due to illness.

He said: "We've been wanting to take on this project together for a year now...I never would have thought that I would be standing on the Jungfrau with Nico one year later."

The duo began their ascent in the darkness at 1am local time, but it didn't hold them back, and they made a strong start.

They reached Eiger in just under six hours - a distance that often takes many amateur climbers one or two days to do!

They didn't let their pace slow down and carried on powering through, with amazing results!

"This record feels completely surreal to me," Hojac said.

"We would have been very satisfied with 19 to 21 hours. The fact that we managed it in even less time shows that we're all often capable of more than we think."