Occupation: Mountaineer Birth: September 21, 1924 Death: June 27, 1957
Mountaineering is a relentless pursuit. One climbs further and further yet never reaches the destination. Perhaps that is what gives it its own parti….
After the climb, you should feel no trace of tiredness; on the contrary, it is then that you should be really fresh. Then you will have found the cor….
Why climb? For the natural experience; for the danger that draws us ever on; for the feeling of total freedom; for the monstrous drop beneath you. It….
There is probably nothing finer than to climb free and unencumbered by equipment, reveling in the gymnastic upward movement, like Preuss or a Dulfer ….