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Andreas "Anderl"
Heckmair (12
October 1906 – 1
February 2005) was a
German mountain climber and
guide who led the
first successful ascent of the Eiger...
- groups, led by the
experienced Heckmair,
decided to join
their forces and
roped together as a
single group of four.
Heckmair later wrote: "We, the sons of...
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Heckmair is a surname.
Notable people with the
surname include:
Anderl Heckmair (1906–2005),
German mountain climber and
guide Burgl Heckmair (born 1976)...
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mountain routes (with the
gradient of the snow/ice fields) (e.g. the 1938
Heckmair Route on the
Eiger is graded: ED2 (IFAS), VI− (UIAA), A0 (A-grade), WI4...
- Vörg and
Anderl Heckmair from Germany. The four
decided to make the rest of the
climb as a
single team, with the
experienced Heckmair leading. Throughout...
- two men were
Anderl Heckmair and
Ludwig Vörg, who were front-pointing on the Eiger's
second ice field. They
joined with
Heckmair and
Fritz Kasparek to...
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climbing grades. For example, the
famous 1,800-metre
Eiger North Face 1938
Heckmair Route is
graded ED2 even
though the rock
climbing is
graded UIAA V− and...
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Burgl Heckmair (born 2
January 1976) is a
German snowboarder. She
competed in the women's
giant slalom event at the 1998
Winter Olympics. Evans, Hilary;...
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Hinterstoisser traverse on the Eiger,
which was the key to the
famous 1938
Heckmair Route; and the Fitz Roy
traverses (both directions) of the
Cerro Chaltén...
- new
speed record for a rope team on the
Eiger North Face,
climbing the
Heckmair route in just 3
hours and 46 minutes. In the
years following,
Hojac specialized...
