Books by Alexander Huber

Alexander Huber, born in 1968 in Trostberg, is one of the most successful German rock climbers and mountaineers of all time. His redpoint ascent of the Salathe Wall in 1995, coming two years after Lynn Hill's Nose ascent, signaled the renewed international interest in Yosemite. He subsequently completed four more free ascents of El Capitan: El Nino (1998), Freerider and Golden Gate (2000) and El Corazon (2001) In the Karakoram he took part in the first ascent of the West Face of Latok II (1997) and attempted the Ogre in 1999. In Europe his biggest climb is Bellavista (F8c/5.14) a free climb through Cima Ovest's North Face overhang. He has also free soloed the notorious Brandler/Hasse route on the Cima Grande. Heinz Zak, born in 1958 in Worgl, near Salzburg, is a leading Austrian climber, he is also one of the world's top climbing photographers who has chronicled the rise of sport climbing and its leading figures in his book, Rock Stars, and in other publications. In the traditional sphere he has climbed the Laliderer and Wetterstein classics as well as the Eigerwand. He first visited Yosemite Valley in 1979, and his free ascents there include the challenging Bachar/Yerian in Tuolumne, and The Phoenix. In partnership with Peter Janschek, he climbed Freerider and made a one-day speed ascent of The Nose and Half Dome's Regular Route. In Patagonia he has climbed (with Janschek) The Compressor Route on Cerro Torre and Royal Flush on FitzRoy.