Max Sedlmeyer

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Max Sedlmeyer (died 1935) is a German Mountaineer and Climber. A member of the first team to attempt the North Face of the Eiger in 1935. After three days he and Karl Mehringer were overtaken by a storm at the top of the "Flat Iron" ("Bügeleisen" in German) feature of the face and both were killed.

[edit] Bibliography

  • The White Spider, Heinrich Harrer, 1958
  • The Beckoning Silence, Joe Simpson, 2002
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