by Heinrich Harrer · Harper Perennial · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780007197842
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«The White Spider» is Heinrich Harrer's mountaineering account, published by Harper Perennial in paperback (336 pages, in English).
Heinrich Harrer recalls the first ascent of the north face of the Eiger, one of the most celebrated and demanding feats in alpinism. Harrer was part of the team that reached the summit in 1938 and describes the extreme conditions and the physical and mental toll of the expedition. This edition includes an introduction by Joe Simpson, author of «Touching the Void».
Heinrich Harrer is also the author of «Siete años en el Tíbet». The first British edition appeared in 1959.
For readers of mountaineering classics and historical accounts of exploration and endurance.
Heinrich Harrer 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. Harrer had joined the Nazi Party shortly after the annexation of Austria in March 1938, and was personally received by Hitler after the climb. A year later in 1939, he and the climbing team went on an expedition to the Indian Himalayas, where they were arrested by British colonial authorities due to the outbreak of World War II. He eventually escaped to Tibet, staying there until 1951. He is the author of two autobiographical books, Seven Years in Tibet (1952) and The White Spider (1959).
