The seventh sense

Life and survival between Greenland and K2. Kurt Diemberger's life as a mountaineer is marked by great successes on high peaks, but also by terrible tragedies. That he has survived all his adventures is due to his ability to make the right decision at the right moment - to listen to his inner voice. Kurt Diemberger is one of the Grand Old Men of mountaineering. He looks back on a long alpine career that began in the 1950s with challenging rock and ice climbs in the Alps, crowned by the first ascents of Broad Peak and Dhaulagiri, and led to the summits of four more eight-thousanders (Makalu, Everest, Gasherbrum II, and K2). However, it also confronted him with critical situations, such as Hermann Buhl's fall on Chogolisa - the book includes the untold story of the descent after Buhl's disappearance on the Wechten Ridge.