Authors: Heinrich Harrer, Hugh Merrick
ISBN-13: 9780874779400, ISBN-10: 0874779405
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA)
Date Published: September 1998
Edition: Reprint
"Come Back Safe, My Friends" | 1 | |
The "White Spider" | 9 | |
The First Attempt on the North Face | 19 | |
The Tragedy of Toni Kurz | 31 | |
1937: On the Eiger | 52 | |
The First Ascent of the Face | 80 | |
Further Successful Ascents | 137 | |
1952: The Great Year on the Eiger | 163 | |
The Wall of Life and Death | 192 | |
The Tragedy of 1957 | 208 | |
The International Rescue Team | 234 | |
Epilogue | 256 | |
Fate Made the Amendments | 263 | |
Four Shirts and an Overcoat | 271 | |
Ascendancy of the Armchair | 275 | |
The Silver Trench | 278 | |
Climbers have a Language of their Own | 285 | |
"I am Sorry, Brian ..." | 294 | |
July 31: Start and Finish | 304 | |
The Mass Assault | 313 | |
The Year of Chivalry | 320 | |
Man, the Deciding Factor | 328 | |
Route Guide to the North Face | 334 | |
Attempts and Successes on the North Face | 337 | |
Index | 359 |