Appeso a un filo di seta

Year: 2005 Pages: 382 He has climbed thirteen eight-thousanders and countless other peaks. He often tackled extreme routes and risked daring ski descents from Nanga Parbat and Everest. Not infrequently he found himself testing his own limits, when surviving is a matter of pure luck. He says of himself that he is "mountain sick", trying to explain the reason for an existence lived in the name of risk. In Hanging by a Silk Thread Kammerlander recounts his reckless life and in particular the five attempts on K2, the "mountain of mountains", which he finally conquered on 22 July 2001. The description of the long journey that leads to K2 is interspersed with many episodes that led him into situations with seemingly no way out, whether due to mistakes made and exaggerated risks, or problems due to materials, bad weather or simply chance. Kammerlander tells us with simplicity and passion how he faced and overcame these situations, and above all what he learned from his beloved mountains!