Freiheit Ebook

For decades, the climber and extreme mountaineer Thomas Huber has been teetering on the edge, always at the limit. He recorded great success in first ascents and spectacular climbing tours that no one had dared to do before. He has suffered defeats and has survived serious accidents and a kidney tumor — but through every challenge and failure, he has had the strength to always get back up. In his autobiography, Huber talks about his childhood at the foot of the Alps, about the power of the first step, about passion, courage, and doubt. This book is both the story of one of the most famous mountaineers of our time and a hymn to freedom.

In FREIHEIT, Thomas Huber tells his life story, and it is like a speed train that is close to derailing. Each page kept me thinking, how does this dude keep his engine coaled up and his carriages buckled in, while proceeding with furious velocity up that mountain track he so often finds himself on? Thomas has swung ten lifetimes of ice axes, unfurled that BASE canopy, survived more rock fall, seen more tragedy, burned up more frequent flyers, and danced with transcendence, more than most intrepid folks do in one lifetime.  AND HE LIVES AMONGST US, STILL. —Dave Barnes, Common Climber