Eduard Rainer

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Eduard Rainer (1909 – 21 July 1936) was an Austrian mountaineer. He was one of the four climbers who died in the 1936 Eiger north face climbing disaster, along with Toni Kurz, Andreas Hinterstoisser and Willy Angerer. In the early 1930s, Rainer joined the Sturmabteilung, which had been banned in Austria. In October 1933, he was sentenced to 14 days in jail for working for the Nazi Party, but later escaped from custody. Rainer moved to Germany in the spring of 1934. He received German citizenship and was accepted into the Austrian Legion. He last lived in Hesse, from where he set out on the journey to Switzerland. The two Austrians, Rainer and Angerer, also a member of the SA, knew that the German duo, Max Sedlmayer and Karl Mehringer had spent a long time on the First Band during their fatal attempt in 1935. On 6 July 1936 Rainer and Angerer ventured out and decided to search for a line that would bring them to the Rote Fluh from where they intended to reach the First Icefield. They retreated because of the wet icy conditions.