Karl Mehringer [SEP] date of death
Karl Mehringer
Karl Mehringer (died 1935) was a German mountaineer and climber. Notable for being part of the first team to attempt to climb the Eiger Nordwand or North Face in 1935. He and Max Sedlmeyer climbed as far as the top of the "Flat Iron" ("Bügeleisen" in German) feature where they were overtaken by a storm and died.
His body was found in 1962 on the second icefield by a German rope team.
Bibliography.
- "The White Spider," Heinrich
: an impeccable piece of realistic fiction, with routine material transcended by art at its most clear-eyed and unpretentious".
- Martyn Goff in the "Daily Telegraph" writes "It is difficult to convey the marvellous quality of this book. Constance Keating is a major fictional portrait, her death finally noble".
Publication history.
- 1981, UK, Hamish Hamilton, , Pub date 17 Sep 1981, Hardback
- 1982, US, William Morrow, , Pub date Jan 1982, Hardback