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Translator’s introduction
Introduction to the 1998 edition
– In the mountains of North Tyrol –
‘They’ll never make a climber of me’
A lesson from death
End of an Alpine apprenticeship
Grade VI – in the limestone cliffs
Three routes on the Schüsselkar
The dying mountain – the north wall of the Praxmarerkarspitze
Head-first to life
The extreme edge of the abyss – the Mauk west wall
Straight on up – the Laliderer wall
Change of occupation – the ski-racer
Avalanches, plaster casts and a hint of spring
– The Dolomite fairyland –
Smuggler’s journey into fairyland
Once in a lifetime – Goldkappel south wall
The north-east wall of the Furchetta
A climb on probation
Ice-glazed rock, waterfalls and stones
The Royal Wall of the Civetta
– Winter training –
In the hell of a blizzard – Schüsselkar wall
Twenty-five summits in thirty-three hours
The cold arête
– In the ice of the Western Alps –
The wall of ice and grit
The north wall of the Triolet
Only eight hours – but productive!
Christmas on the Precipices
Climbing on steeples
Turned down by the Jorasses
– Dreams come true –
Thunder on the Aiguille Noire
A storm on the monarch
The south-west wall of the Marmolada, in winter
Down a crevasse and an Alpine wager
The buttress of the Grandes Jorasses
Fifteen peaks at one bite
The Matterhorn and a flagon of wine
Gymnastics on rock – the north wall of the Western Zinne
A climber went a-wooing
We had to bivouac after all – on the Tofana Buttress
Badile – north-east wall
– Preparation for a great objective –
The mountain crucible – the Eiger north wall
The daily round intervenes
Alone on a winter’s night – east wall of the Watzmann
– Nanga Parbat –
Below 26,000 feet …
… Above 26,000 feet
Epilogue
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