Der schmale Grat

He fights for the smallest and most fragile – a passion that has shaped his medical career from the very beginning. Hubert Messner, brother of Reinhold Messner, is a neonatologist and newborn medicine specialist. When does life begin? When is it worth living? And when is it better to gently let a small patient go? All these questions moved him not only as the chief physician of the hospital in Bolzano, one of the most renowned neonatal intensive care units in Europe, where he has brought many premature babies into life, but also as a father whose eldest son was born far too early. Often, it is the balancing acts between extremes that provide the most profound learning experiences. Hubert Messner experiences this as well when he tackles Nanga Parbat with his brother Reinhold, crosses Greenland, or sets off for the North Pole. It is always about feeling the value of life and making the right decision in critical moments. With empathy and passion, Hubert Messner shares stories from his childhood and youth in the mountains, his professional work as a neonatologist, his most challenging cases, and the adventurous expeditions alongside his brother Reinhold. Features: 16 pages of images.