German Himalaya expedition, 1936/37
The climbers Karl Wien, Guenter Hepp, Bauer and Adolf Goettner in the base camp during the Nanga Parbat-Expedition 1936/37. The climbing attempt demanded 16 deaths: among them Wien, Pert Fankhauser, Goettner, Hans Hartmann, Hepp, Peter Muehlritter, Martin Pfeffer, and others. An ice avalanche had buried them.