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The White Spider

Heinrich Harrer

  • 315 pages · about 5 hours
  • First published 1959
  • 15 editions
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1 About this book

The White Spider (1959; with chapters added in 1964; original title: Die Weisse Spinne) is a non-fiction book by Heinrich Harrer that describes the first successful ascent of the infamous north face (Nordwand) of the Eiger, a mountain in the Berner Oberland of the Swiss Alps, with sections devoted to the history of mountaineering and alpine climbing in the area.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Good for readers who want: history and travel writing.

  • History
  • Mountaineering
  • Description and travel
  • Travel

2 About Heinrich Harrer

1912–2006

Heinrich Harrer (German:; 6 July 1912 – 7 January 2006) was an Austrian mountaineer, explorer, writer, sportsman, geographer, and an SS sergeant. He was a member of the four-man climbing team that made the first ascent of the North Face of the Eiger, the "last problem" of the Alps, in July 1938. Harrer and the team flew the Nazi flag atop the mountain.

Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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