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Heinrich Harrer (German: [ˈhaɪnʁɪç ˈhaʁɐ]; 6 July 1912 – 7 January 2006) was an Austrian SS sergeant, mountaineer, explorer, writer, sportsman, and geographer. 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.
Jan 10, 2006 · Jan. 10, 2006. Heinrich Harrer, a swashbuckling explorer who told of his magical life of conquering the world's highest peaks and tutoring the young Dalai Lama when Tibet seemed as exotic as Mars,...
Jan 8, 2006 · Jan. 8, 2006. Heinrich Harrer, an Austrian mountaineer and former Nazi who fled a British prisoner of war camp in India for the northern Himalayas, where he befriended and tutored the Dalai Lama,...
He died on 7 January 2006, at the age of 93. Facts About Heinrich Harrer. Heinrich Harrer was an accomplished mountaineer who successfully summited the formidable North Face of the Eiger in 1938, a remarkable feat at the time.
Heinrich Harrer, an Austrian mountaineer and former Nazi who befriended the young Dalai Lama and was portrayed by actor Brad Pitt in the film “Seven Years in Tibet,” has died. He was 93.
Jan 19, 2006 · Obituary. Heinrich Harrer, mountaineer and explorer, died on January 7th, aged 93. Jan 19th 2006 |. Keystone. WHEN Heinrich Harrer gazed for the first time on Lhasa, the capital of Tibet,...
Jan 9, 2006 · Born in Knappenberg in July 1912, Harrer first made his mark in mountaineering on July 24, 1938 as a member of a German-Austrian team that became the first to conquer the sheer 1,800 meter...
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