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by Heinrich Harrer · Harper Perennial · tapa blanda · 336 pages
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The White Spider es un relato clásico de la primera ascensión a la cara norte del Eiger, una de las escaladas más legendarias y aterradoras de la historia. Heinrich Harrer, autor de Siete años en el Tíbet y uno de los montañeros más importantes del siglo XX, formó parte del equipo que finalmente conquistó la temible cara norte del Eiger en 1938. Fue una expedición histórica que enfrentó a los exploradores a condiciones traicioneras y a los límites de la resistencia humana, y que muchos han intentado emular sin éxito desde entonces. Armado con un conocimiento íntimo que sólo proviene de la experiencia de primera mano de la escalada del Eiger, Harrer ofrece un relato apasionante de audacia física y resistencia mental. Una nueva introducción de Joe Simpson, autor de Touching the Void, confirma la perdurable relevancia de este verdadero clásico de la aventura.
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).
