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“Corti Drama”

Death and Rescue at the Eiger, 1957-1961

Few mountain accidents have stirred so much emotion in Switzerland as the tragedy on the Eiger North Wall in 1957. Three climbers were killed but one was spectacularly rescued.

Daniel Anker and Rainer Rettner describe and comment on the media event of the day in an illustrated book entitled “Corti Drama” (AZ publishing house), accompanied by Albert Winkler’s photographs.

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