Anderl Heckmair Dies

Anderl Heckmair has died aged 98. He is best known for leading the famous 1938 ascent of the North Face of the Eiger (left) which marked the climax of the race to climb the great north faces of the Alps. Read the excellent obituary by Stephen Goodwin in the Independent.

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3 Feb, 2005
Was he the White Spider chap? If so that was the book that really drew me into climbing.
3 Feb, 2005
Im reading it now, man its a great book, been climbing 4 a while now bt im nt sure id like 2 try severe mountaineering after reading it!
3 Feb, 2005
But the book had a lot about Heckmair, right?
3 Feb, 2005
Shit, I never even knew he had died! If you (or anyone else) has not done so, read "Anderl Heckmair: My Life as a Mountaineer". Very inspirational. In the 30s he and his circle of friends had the choice between drawing unemployment benefit in the cities, or heading for the hills and scraping a living in huts. They did the latter.
3 Feb, 2005
The obit seemed to stop after the Nordwand. No mention of him climbing and skiing into his late 80s (or was it early 90s?).
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