Hermann Buhl: Climbing Without Compromise

A legendary German climber, Hermann Buhl was the first man to summit Nanga Parbat. His account of that climb, Nanga Parbat Pilgrimage (see page X), remains a mountaineering classic, and Buhl himself continues to inspire today's mountaineers. This biography, written by Reinhold Messner and journalist and mountaineer Horst Hfler, includes material from Buhl's previously unavailable diaries, as well as interviews with Buhl's family and climbing partners, and essays and commentary by Messner, Hfler, and Buhl's own daughter. The book covers Buhl's childhood and development as a climber, his ascent of Nanga Parbat, his disappearance on Broad Peak (which he climbed with Kurt Diemberger), plus later views of his accomplishments.