Willy Angerer
Personal information | |
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Nationality | Austrian |
Born | 1905 |
Died | 21 July 1936 Eiger, Bernese Alps, Switzerland | (aged 30–31)
Willy Angerer (c. 1905 – 21 July 1936) was an Austrian mountaineer. He was one of four mountaineers who died in the
Background
The
Angerer was an illegal member of the Sturmabteilung, which was banned in Austria at the time.[5][failed verification]
The climb
The two Austrians, Angerer and Rainer, reconnoitered the route for a good line on 6 July because the previous attempt by
Kurz was the last to die, hanging in his harness a few meters from a tunnel opening where a rescue team tried in vain to help him. With the mounting deaths on the Eiger's north face, the German press name "Nordwand" (North wall) was soon punned in sensational reports as "Mordwand" that translates in English as "murder wall".[3]
Legacy
Angerer and his fellow alpinists' tragedy became well known after the publication of Heinrich Harrer's classic 1960 book The White Spider.[6] The Edward Whymper disaster, during which four alpinists died, on the first ascent of the Matterhorn seventy-one years before, had formerly been the most publicised Alpine disaster.[4] The 1936 event was covered by Joe Simpson's 2007 book (and Emmy-winning TV documentary), The Beckoning Silence, as well as in the 2008 German dramatic movie North Face.[6][7]
References
- ^ Grindelwald: The Eiger (PDF), Jungfrau Region Marketing AG, pp. 1, 3, archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-05-23, retrieved 2016-12-28
- ISBN 978-1-91023-219-4.
- ^ ISBN 0-89886-054-7.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-47113-460-9.
- ^ "Nordwand, Mordwand". DER STANDARD (in Austrian German). Retrieved 2024-02-18.
- ^ a b Cooper, Kate (May 2008). "The Eiger Nordwand Revealed: Rainer Rettner Interview". UK Climbing. Retrieved 2016-12-28.
- IMDb
External links
- Rote Fluh and Hinterstoisser Traverse Eiger north face photos - Wayback Machine archive