Heinrich Harrer

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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.

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From: Austria 🇦🇹
Date of birth: 6th Jul 1912
Date of death: 7th Jan 2006
Age: 93 years old
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.

Contributors
10 contributions since 14th February 2026.
1 contribution since 19th October 2023.

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The 1938 Route ED2 Alternate Leads | alpine Between 21st Jul 1938 and 24th Jul 1938
First ascent. With Fritz Kasparek.