As a foil to Britain’s attempts on Mount Everest, Mr. Ellsworth tells of Germany and Austria’s deadly obsession with the 26,660-foot Nanga Parbat, the westernmost of the 14 peaks taller than 26,240 feet, located in what is now Pakistan. In 1934, a massive storm caught many German and Sherpa climbers high on the mountain. Struggling to descend, Erwin Schneider and Peter Aschenbrenner unroped themselves from their Sherpa companions, “strapped on their skis, and took off.” They emerged from the storm unscathed, but of the three Sherpas they deserted, only one survived. Elsewhere on the mountain, three other Germans and four Sherpas died in the storm. An even worse disaster hit the Germans during a 1937 effort on the same mountain when an avalanche entombed seven Germans and nine Sherpas.
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BTW look up 1934 Nanga Parbat disaster. Truly devastating for the National Socialists, but that's bad luck for you.
>As a foil to Britain’s attempts on Mount Everest, Mr. Ellsworth tells of Germany and Austria’s deadly obsession with the 26,660-foot Nanga Parbat, the westernmost of the 14 peaks taller than 26,240 feet, located in what is now Pakistan. In 1934, a massive storm caught many German and Sherpa climbers high on the mountain. Struggling to descend, **Erwin Schneider and Peter Aschenbrenner unroped themselves from their Sherpa companions, “strapped on their skis, and took off.” They emerged from the storm unscathed, but of the three Sherpas they deserted, only one survived.** Elsewhere on the mountain, three other Germans and four Sherpas died in the storm. An even worse disaster hit the Germans during a 1937 effort on the same mountain when an avalanche entombed seven Germans and nine Sherpas.
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BTW look up 1934 Nanga Parbat disaster. Truly devastating for the National Socialists, but that's bad luck for you.
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