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The White Spider
1959 book by Heinrich Harrer about the first ascent of the Eiger's north face in 1937 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the book. For other uses, see White spider (disambiguation).
The White Spider (1959; with chapters added in 1964; original title: Die Weisse Spinne) is a non-fiction book by Heinrich Harrer that describes the first successful ascent of the infamous north face (Nordwand) of the Eiger, a mountain in the Berner Oberland of the Swiss Alps, with sections devoted to the history of mountaineering in the area.
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