which the Chinese had not yet destroyed, and from there climbed, alone, as far as No. 1 camp on the northern ascent route to Everest." He arrived in Nepal in 1952 where he worked as a cartographer and then in New Delhi, for the Indian Army. In 1955, he first-ascended Ronti (6063 m) in the Garhwal Himalaya together with Canadian George Hampson in pure alpine style. He eventually obtained a Nepalese passport which allowed him access to many restricted remote areas and he discovered valuable early Buddhist frescos. Aufschnaiter spent most of his remaining years in Nepal, working as an agricultural engineer. At first he worked for Swiss Technical Aid. From 1956 on he held a position as an agriculture expert for the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization. Death Aufschnaiter returned to Austria much later in life and died in Innsbruck in 1973 at the age of 73. He is buried at Kitzbüheler Bergfriedhof, Austria. Only very late in his life, the introverted Aufschnaiter began writing memoirs but did not see them published. After his death, the manuscript was first in the possession of mountaineer Paul Bauer. Finally it was edited and published by Tibet scholar Martin Brauen of the Museum of Ethnology at the University of Zurich. In the 1997 film Seven Years in Tibet, Aufschnaiter, who was portrayed by David Thewlis, falls in love with the local tailor Pema Lhaki, and marries her. Filmography Seven Years in Tibet See also List of climbers, alpinists and mountaineers List of Austrian mountaineers List of Austrians Heinrich Harrer Seven Years in Tibet (book by Heinrich Harrer) Lhasa Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama References External links - Peter Aufschnaiter's report of the 1939 Nanga Parbat Expedition (in English). 1899 births 1973 deaths Austro-Hungarian military personnel of World War I Austrian explorers Austrian mountain climbers Aufschnaider, Peter Austrian geographers Austrian agronomists Austrian cartographers Tibet Austrian Nazis Austrian expatriates in Germany Austrian expatriates in Pakistan Austrian expatriates in India Austrian expatriates in Nepal Austrian escapees Escapees from British military detention Austrian expatriates in Tibet Sportspeople from Tyrol (state) People from Kitzbühel 20th-century geographers Explorers of Nepal 20th-century cartographers 20th-century agronomists