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'''The White Spider: The Classic Account of the Ascent of the Eiger''' is a non-fictional book by Heinrich Harrer and Hugh Merrick documenting the first attempts to climb the Eiger Nordwand alpine face. The title of the book is derived from a spider-shaped ice field high on the north face of the mountain, towering above the town of Grindelwald, Switzerland.

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★ ''The White Spider: The Classic Account of the Ascent of the Eiger'' by Heinrich Harrer. It is a gripping and true story of the history of this dangerous north face. It contains an account of the first ascent, and the later editions contain additional ascent information. ISBN 0-00-719784-5