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Heinrich Harrer

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born

July 06, 1912 in Hüttenberg, Austria

died

January 07, 2006

gender

male

website

http://www.harrerportfolio.com/

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Heinrich Harrer (6 de Julho de 1912 – 7 de Janeiro de 2006) foi um montanhista, investigador, geógrafo e escritor austríaco.
Heinrich Harrer nasceu em Hüttenberg na região de Caríntia. Entre 1933 e 1938 Harrer estudou geografia e desporto na Universidade Karl-Franzens em Graz.
Harrer fez parte da primeira equipe que escalou a face norte do Eiger na Suíça, junto com Anderl Heckmair, Fritz Kasparek e Ludwig Vörg, a 24 de Julho de 1938. Mais tarde Harrer recontou esta escalada no livro The White Spider.
Com a ascensão do partido Nazista na Áustria, Harrer tornou-se membro da SS, tendo em 1938 integrado uma expedição alemã ao Nanga Parbat nos Himalaias, atualmente parte do Paquistão. Após o início da II Guerra Mundial em 1939, Harrer foi capturado...more

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Average rating: 3.94 · 3,380 ratings · 287 reviews · 17 distinct works

	Seven Years in Tibet 3.96 avg rating — 2,844 ratings — published 1952 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The White Spider 4.00 avg rating — 379 ratings — published 1960 — 9 editions	My rating:
	Return to Tibet 3.46 avg rating — 112 ratings — published 1983 — 10 editions	My rating:
	Lost Lhasa: Heinrich Harrer's Tibet 4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1992 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Mein Leben 3.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2002	My rating:
	Beyond Seven Years In Tibet: My Life Before, During And After 3.22 avg rating — 9 ratings	My rating:
	Bilder Aus Tibetdas Alte Lhasa 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2007	My rating:
	Vengo De La Edad De Piedra 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1998	My rating:
	De laatste 500: een expeditie naar de dwergvolken van de Andamanen by Heinrich Harrer, Chris van der Hoorn (Translator) 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1979 — 3 editions	My rating:
	The White Spider: The Story of the North Face of the Eiger 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1959	My rating:

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Quotes by Heinrich Harrer

“All our dreams begin in youth.”
― Heinrich Harrer, Seven Years in Tibet

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