In , Heinrich Harrer, Anderl Heckmair, Fritz Kasparek, and Ludwig Vörg were the first to successfully climb the Eiger's north face. The infamous Nordwand had, to that point, turned back all such attempts with an almost living ruthlessness. 'The White Spider' takes the reader step-by-step through Harrer's historic first ascent. · The white spider: the story of the north face of the Eiger. , Granada. in English - 2nd rev. ed. / with additional chapters by Heinrich Harrer and Kurt Maix. cccc. Borrow Listen. Download for print-disabled. Libraries near you: WorldCat. "The White Spider" goes on to describe the first successful climb of the North Wall July , The Austrians Heinrich Harrer and Fritz Kasparek started and got about halfway up the mountain when they were caught up by two Germans, Andreas Heckmair and Ludwig Vörg.
Naming of The White Spider. The site name and logo design are a reference to the famous hanging ice-field on the 'classic route' of the North Wall of the Eiger. It's snow filled cracks radiating out in the shape of a spider became synonymous with mountaineering when Heinrich Harrer took its name for his landmark book detailing the. The White Spider dramatically recreates not only the harrowing, successful ascent made by Harrer and his comrades in , but also the previous, tragic attempts at a wall of rock that was recently enshrined in mountaineer Jon Krakauer's first work, Eiger Dreams. For a generation of American climbers, The White Spider has been a formative book. This item: The White Spider. by Heinrich Harrer Paperback. $ Only 1 left in stock (more on the way). Ships from and sold by www.doorway.ru $ shipping. Touching The Void. by Joe Simpson Paperback. $
by Harrer, Heinrich. The White Spider dramatically recreates not only the harrowing, successful ascent made by Harrer and his comrades in , but also the previous, tragic attempts at a wall of rock that was recently enshrined in mountaineer Jon Krakauer's first work, Eiger Dreams. For a generation of American climbers, The White Spider has been a formative book--yet it has long been out-of-print in America. The White Spider by Heinrich Harrer is a series of gripping tales about the successes and failures on the notorious North Face of the Eiger, from the first fatal attempt in August of through or so with additions. Harrer, author of Seven Years in Tibet, recounts his own success as part of the first team to climb the North Face. The White Spider dramatically recreates not only the harrowing, successful ascent made by Harrer and his comrades in , but also the previous, tragic attempts at a wall of rock that was recently enshrined in mountaineer Jon Krakauer's first work, Eiger Dreams. For a generation of American climbers, The White Spider has been a formative book.
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