Life and Death at the Birth of Free-Climbing<\/p>\n
An intriguing biography of the renowned Austrian alpinist Paul Preuss, who
\nachieved international recognition both for his remarkable solo ascents and
\nfor his advocacy of an ethically «pure» alpinism (meaning without any
\nartificial aids).<\/p>\n
In the months before his death in 1913, from falling more than 300 metres
\nduring an attempt to make the first free solo ascent of the North Ridge of the
\nMandlkogel, Paul Preuss’s public presentations on his climbing adventures
\nfilled concert halls in Austria, Italy, and Germany.<\/p>\n
George Mallory, the famed English mountaineer who died on Mount Everest in
\n1924, said «no one will ever equal Preuss.»
\nReinhold Messner, the first climber to ascend all fourteen 8000 metre peaks,
\nwas so impressed by the young Austrian’s achievements that he built a
\nmountaineering museum around Preuss’s piton hammer, wrote two books (in
\nGerman) about him and instituted a foundation in Preuss’s name.<\/p>\n
Alex Honnold, the first and only person to free solo El Capitan in Yosemite
\nNational Park, has thought about Preuss? untimely and surprising death and
\nimagined it to have likely been «the worst four seconds» of Preuss? life.<\/p>\n
Although he died at only 27 years old, modern climbing may never have
\ndeveloped the ethical, existential core that it has today if not for Preuss’s
\nbold style. Even the most trenchant traditionalists remain unsure about
\nwhether to add him to their pantheon or dismiss him as at worst a lunatic or
\nat best an indelicate subject better left ignored.<\/p>\n
Smart’s biography is the first English language volume to be published and is
\ncertain to bring the remarkable story of Paul Preuss to a whole new generation
\nof climbers.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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