My SEVEN SUMMITS QUEST : A Surgeon climbs the Highest Mountain of each Continent （1. Auflage. 2016. 221 S. 93 pictures6 illustrations. 21.5 cm）

Hundeshagen, Gregor

KINZEL（2016発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版
• 商品コード 9783955440732

Description

(Text)
Seven Summits - the highest mountain of each of the seven continents, the dream of many a mountaineer and adventurer.In his honest and openly natural account of his adventures, Gregor Hundeshagen, oral and maxillofacial surgeon, describes under what conditions one can get to the top of these highest peaks as an amateur and - particularly important! - down again.'Most books and presentations about mountaineering are written by professional or semi-professional mountaineers. This book, however, is written from the view of a total amateur.'In the year 2000, following a spontaneous ides, Gregor Hundeshagen climbed Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa and hence one of the Seven Summits. Lacking in high mountain experience and with no idea what a long and adventurous journey he'd let himself in for, he discovered his passion for mountains which took him from continent to continent until finally, in 2013, he stood on the "roof of the world", the last and highest of the Seven Summits, Mount Everest. However, before he got as far as belonging to the small group of those who have conquered all the Seven Summits, he had to overcome many abstacles, not only related to the height of the mountains but also those to the height of the mountains but also those in his private and professional life.In this book the successful oral and maxillofacial surgeon Hundeshagen describes his Seven Summits Quest which he experiences not anly as a sporting challenge but also as a spiritual one.
(Extract)
Mountaineer's tragedy, mountaineer's luckFocussed on what had tob e done reach my goal and ultimately concentrating on survival, I had experienced part of what makes up the powerful and infinite drama calles "Everest". My own story in this intricate mountain drama was successful despite considerable danger, particularly on the descent, but I'd seen enough to know that the Everest chronicle since the discovery in 1852 has also been filled with tragic turns, with failure, losses and death. Even as our group was successfully reaching the top and fighting their way back to base camp, things were happening which should be told in ordert o communicate perhaps not a complete picture, but a more realistic one about what happens on the hieghest mountain in the world.A tragic fate had crossed my path ...
(Author portrait)
Dr. Dr. Gregor Hundeshagen was born in Gotha, Thuringia. Studied in Jena, Dresden and Leipzig and operates two treatment centres for oral and maxillofacial surgery in Dessau and Halle, Germany.The Catholic, marathon runner and hobby pianist hast wo grown up sons.After he had indulged his passion fort he highest mountains oft he world he devotes himself today with the same energy and passion to kite surfing.