The White SpiderA classic of mountaineering literature, this is the story of the harrowing first ascent of the North Face of the Eiger, the most legendary and terrifying climb in history. Heinrich Harrer, author of Seven Years in Tibet and one of the twentieth centurys greatest mountaineers, was part of the team that finally conquered the Eigers fearsome North Face in 1938. It was a landmark expedition that pitted the explorers against treacherous conditions and the