What are Heinrich Harrers other accomplishments?
Heinrich Harrer’s body of work spanned more than six decades of exploration on six continents. Heinrich Harrer was a world-renowned explorer and mountaineer who became known for his first accent of the North Face of the Eiger as part of an Austrian-German team in 1938. Harrer’s memoir, Seven Years in Tibet, has been translated into 53 languages and has sold more than four million copies. He received numerous honors, including the Eiger Gold Medal, Gold Humboldt Medal and the Explorers Club Medal for his many expedition and explorations, which number more than 600. Harrer wrote 23 books and received credit on more than 40 film productions, including Tristar’s feature film, Seven Years in Tibet. Mementoes of Heinrich Harrer’s adventurous life are on display at the Heinrich Harrer Museum in Hüttenberg, Austria, officially open by the Dalai Lama in 1992. (www.harrermuseum.at) In October 2002, His Holiness the Dalai Lama presented Heinrich Harrer with the International Campaign for Tibet’s
