| From: | Austria 🇦🇹 |
| Date of birth: | 6th Jul 1912 |
| Age: | 93 years old |
| Date of death: | 7th Jan 2006 |
| Gender: | Male |
Austrian mountaineer, writer, and explorer. First ascentionist of the 1938 route on the North Face of the Eiger, described in his book The White Spider. Early member of the SA and briefly pre-war member of the SS. Interned in India at the start of World War Two, his escapes to Tibet and life there are described in Seven Years in Tibet.