Heinrich Harrer (6 July 1912 – 7 January 2006) was an Austrian mountaineer, sportsman, geographer, and author. 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. He wrote the books Seven Years in Tibet (1952) and The White Spider (1959).
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6 July 1912 Huttenberg, Carinthia
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Died |
7 January 2006 (aged 93) Friesach, Austria
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Zodiac | Cancer |
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