Heinrich Harrer
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Heinrich Harrer was born in 1912 in Carinthia. His skiing prowess won him a place in the 1936 Austrian Olympic team. He was in the party which first ascended the notorious North Wall of the Eiger in 1938, and he is the author of the classic climbing book The White Spider - a full history of the attempts to make that terrible climb. This biography was provided by the author or their representative.
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