N AT H A N C H A N 9 .

THE WHITE SPIDER

BY HEINRICH HARRER

SUMMARY

The first successful ascent

the Eigers north face

GENERAL
I N F O R M AT I O N

Written by Heinrich Harrer

genre: Autobiography

AUTHOR

Name: Heinrich Harrer

Born on July 6 1912

Passed away on January

2006
Austrian climber and writer
First person to successfully

climb Eigers north face

LINK TO THE UNIT

based on a historic event

It is the authors personal experience

LITERARY
TERMS

The spider on the

Eigers Face is white. Its

body consist of ice and
eternal snow. Its legs and
its predatory arms, all
hundreds of feet long, are
white too. Page 21
(Imagery)

LITERARY TERMS

Even the clouds have already dumped their load of

rain on their approach to the hills. Page 32

(Personification)

R E C O M M E N D AT I O N S

T H O S E W H O A R E I N T E R E S T E D I N M O U N TA I N E E R I N G
R AT I N G : 7 / 1 0

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