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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 (1952) and The White Spider (1959).
Heinrich Harrer (1912‑2006) a studiat la Universitatea din Graz, remarcindu‑se la geografie si la probele atletice. In 1936 a facut parte din echipa olimpica de schi a Austriei, iar in 1937 a cistigat Campionatul Mondial Universitar de schi. In 1938 a facut parte din echipa de alpinisti care a escaladat pentru prima data peretele nordic al ...
The Heinrich Harrer Limited Edition Portfolio of ten photographs is the only limited edition portfolio produced from Austrian explorer Heinrich Harrer’s unique treasury of 3,000 negatives of traditional Tibet, taken between 1948 and 1951. Each silver gelatin archival photograph is signed and numbered by Heinrich Harrer.
Heinrich Harrer recalled, “This photograph was taken while the teenaged Dalai Lama (second from the left) crossed the frigid Plain of Tuna while fleeing the communist Chinese invasion of Lhasa. Sixteen days after leaving Lhasa, the Dalai Lama’s caravan reached the Chumbi Valley, near Tibet’s border with Sikkim and Bhutan.”
Heinrich Harrer életrajza 1912. július 6-án született az ausztriai Hüttenbergben. A harmincas évekre Harrer már Európa legjobb hegymászója. Amikor 1938-ban sikerült elsőként megmásznia az Eiger rettegett északi falát, több náci vezető, köztük Hitler is sietett elismerését kifejezni.
About Seven Years in Tibet. Dramatized in a motion picture starring Brad Pitt, Seven Years in Tibet is the autobiographical account of a young Austrian adventurer and the escape from an internment camp that changed his life forever. In 1943, Heinrich Harrer, a noted mountain climber and skier, slipped out of captivity in India and made his way ...
