The Beckoning Silence, part 5/8
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Read "The White Spider" by Heinrich Harrer, who was on the team that did the first successful ascent of the Eiger North Face. He gives the history of climbing on the north face. Excellent read.
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@Billieboy43 I don't know whether these guys on this particular climb were equipped with crampons (Steigeisen) but a German Himalaya expedition in 1932 (German Kangchenjunga expedition) apparently already used them as given in the book "Fallen Giants".
Crampons were invented by an englishman in 1908, though, ironically, the english discarded them as unsportsman-like, leaving it to others to introduce them into mountaineering...
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@Billieboy43 "steigeisen" auf Englisch ist "Crampons" :)
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...as you can see all four climbers wearing "steigeisen", sorry, I don´t know the english word....in those days (1936) they didn´t exist....the first climbers with "steigeisen" were heckmair and vörg 1938....sorry for my bad english....thx for posting this vids....
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been desperate for something similar to touching the void. this is just the ticket.
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Hindsight is always 20/20
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Being to cocky lost them.
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at 1:25 he said "Hey he doesent get forward"
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I can't believe they didn't realize the knot would be a problem. They should have just sent up a hot thermos (surely they brought one), then gone back for a proper rope.
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@cinesimonj hmm...in that case, maybe they would have been better off pushing for the summit and then going down the other side?
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Very interesting! Thank you for putting this up!
agsibarani 2 years ago 7
This documentary takes hold of your heart and soul and literally drags you across the vertiginous slopes of the Eiger. You are spellbound throughout by the drama and exhausted by the tragic ending. A gripping film of the highest quality.
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