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Climbing » Narratives

Anderl Heckmair, My Life

Memoirs of an Eiger North Face pioneer

£17.99

In 1938 Anderl Heckmair led the dramatic first ascent of the North Face of the Eiger one of the most important events in the history of alpinism.

The press had named the Eiger's north face the 'Mordwand', or 'death wall', and the Swiss attempted to ban climbers from it after a series of deaths on the mountain. Numerous attempts had been made on the peak before Heckmair, along with his German climbing partner Ludwig Vorg and the Austrians Fritz Kasparek and Heinrich Harrer, made their bid. During three days in July 1938 the two pairs linked up to make the first ascent of the long and committing North Face, fighting their way to success in deteriorating weather conditions.

Heckmair's account of their epic struggle forms the core of My Life. The climb was a propaganda windfall for the Nazi party, coming as it did in the build up to World War II. Although the Austrians had Nazi connections, the Germans had no overt political links, though they had received financial support for equipment and Heckmair, through the filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl, had found himself on a Nuremburg balcony with Hitler, saluting a torch-lit procession.

My Life provides a fascinating insight into the athletic, personal, fanatical and political mountaineering scene of the time. Heckmair was a talented mountaineer, yet a private character, and these memoirs serve as a window both into the catalysing events of a personal obsession, and a wider political catastrophe.

Born in Munich in 1906, Anderl Heckmair made history as one of the first four men to climb the North Face of the Eiger in 1938. He negotiated a difficult relationship with the Nazi party throughout his life, after Hitler appropriated his success in the mountains for propaganda. After serving on the Eastern Front in World War II, Heckmair worked as a mountain guide and initiated the formation of a professional association for mountain guides. Twice married, Heckmair died in Germany in 2005.

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Cordee Code: CNA061
Author: Anderl Heckmair
No of Pages: 272
Page Size: 150 x 230 mm
ISBN 10: 1898573557
ISBN 13: 9781898573555
Publisher: Baton Wicks Publications
Published Date: July 2002
Edition: July 2002
Binding: Hardback
Illustrations: 168 b&w photos
Weight: 600g

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