<p>One of the best mountaineers of our generation finally revealsthe details of his many exciting extreme alpine ascents--ascents in which his only equipment is a pair of shoes and a smallbag for holding chalk. Clinging to the crevasses in mountain walls,with muscles bulging as he makes his free ascent, Huber has become one of the world's most recognized and photographed extreme alpine climbers. Along with many other legendary ascentsdetailed here, he and his brother set a new record of 2 hours and46 minutes on El Capitan, The Nose, Yosemite Park in the Fall of2007--a climb that usually takes three days.</p><p>When he free-soloed the Kommunist's famous peaks, AlexanderHuber declared, “Why? For me, it is the search for my limits. Onthe other side, I am aware that the time is limited.” With majorcorporate sponsors like Adidas and Atmoic, this is a fascinatinginsight into one of the world's best mountaineers.</p>