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Wielicki 's unstoppable force flows between these pages in a frank and honest way. An amazing sports and personal career that makes him a symbol of what it means to be a mountaineer, of the values that this sport represents and of what it is to become one of the greatest mountaineers in history.

Krzysztof Wielicki (Poland, 1950) is one of the great figures in the history of octa-milism that earned him the 2018 Princess of Asturias Award for Sports together with Reinhold Messner, and the 2019 Golden Piolet for his entire alpine career. He has been one of the great protagonists of the "golden age" of Polish Himalayanism, which during the eighties reaped great achievements on the highest peaks on Earth.

In this, his first autobiography, Wielicki answers journalist Piotr Drózdz's questions and presents us with all his achievements in the first person.

He tells us about his childhood, his university career and about the beginning of his passion for the mountains, to then guide us through each of his ascents and expeditions. It narrates, in a very vivid way, his winter conquests: Everest, Kangchenjunga and Lhotse, and the ascent to the top of Broad Peak in one day, without precedent in the history of Himalayanism. Or his dramatic fight on the legendary south wall of Lhotse and his confrontation with the mythical K2.

Wielicki also takes us to his most famous solo ascents, Dhaulagiri and Shisha Pangma, as well as one of his greatest achievements: the mythical Nanga Parbat.

For the first time, it reveals unknown details of the 2013 winter expedition to Broad Peak, which ended with success but also with great tragedy.

His narration does not lack themes from his private life, his professional activity as a businessman, his way of understanding life and his vision of the world.

• Author: Piotr Drozdz
• ISBN: 9788498294873
• Pages: 272
• Languages: Spanish
• Dimensions: 15x23cm.
• Binding: Rustic with flap
• Edition: 1
• Edition date: 2019