Heinrich Harrer
Mountaineer
1912 – 2006
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Who was Heinrich Harrer?
Heinrich Harrer was an Austrian mountaineer, sportsman, geographer, and author. He is best known for being on the four-man climbing team that made the first ascent of the North Face of the Eiger in Switzerland, and for his books Seven Years in Tibet and The White Spider.
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- Born
- Jul 6, 1912
Hüttenberg - Spouses
- Katharina Haarhaus
(1962 - 2006/01/07) - Margaretha Truxa
(1953 - 1958) - Lotte Wegener
(1938 - )
- Katharina Haarhaus
- Ethnicity
- Caucasian race
- Nationality
- Austria
- Profession
- Education
- University of Graz
- Lived in
- Dehradun
- Died
- Jan 7, 2006
Friesach
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on July 23, 2013
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