Nanga Parbat
Record of the 1934 German expedition to Nanga Parbat, led by Willy Merkl and with the full backing of the new Nazi government. Peter Aschenbrenner and Erwin Schneider reached an estimated height of 7,895m on July 6, but were forced to return because of worsening weather. On July 7 they and 14 others were trapped by a ferocious storm at 7,480m. During the desperate retreat that followed, three famous German mountaineers, Uli Wieland, Willo Welzenbach and Merkl himself, and six Sherpas died of exhaustion, exposure and altitude sickness, and several more suffered severe frostbite.
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Cast
Willy Merkl
Willi Welzenbach
Alfred Drexel
Ulrich Wieland
Fritz Bechtold
Erwin Schneider
Peter Aschenbrenner
Peter Müllritter
Willi Bernard
Hanns Hieronimus
Richard Finsterwalder
Walter Raechl
Peter Misch
Ang Tsering
Pintso Norbu Sherpa
Nima Norbu Sherpa
Nima Dorje II Sherpa
Hans von Tschammer und Osten
Gaylay Sherpa
Dakshi Sherpa
Nima Tashi Sherpa
