The White Spider

A captivating biography sports adventure memoir of mountaineering legends

A classic of mountaineering literature, this is the story of the harrowing first ascent of the North Face of the Eiger, the most legendary and terrifying climb in history.

Informationen zum Autor Heinrich Harrer was born in 1912 in Carinthia. His skiing prowess won him a place in the 1936 Austrian Olympic team. He was imprisoned by the British in India during the Second World War, but escaped and travelled to Tibet, a story he recounts in the classic Seven Years in Tibet. He died in 2006. Klappentext A classic of mountaineering literature: this title tells the story of the harrowing first ascent of the Eiger's north wall. Zusammenfassung A classic of mountaineering literature! this is the story of the harrowing first ascent of the North Face of the Eiger! the most legendary and terrifying climb in history.

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A classic of mountaineering literature: this title tells the story of the harrowing first ascent of the Eiger's north wall.

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A classic of mountaineering literature, this is the story of the harrowing first ascent of the North Face of the Eiger, the most legendary and terrifying climb in history.