Versante Sud Banana Fingers called me climbing novel

Banana Fingers called me is the story of Ron Fawcett, the man who revolutionized climbing in the 1970s, pushing this sport to levels never seen before with routes like "Lord of the Flies" and "Strawberries", still considered extreme challenges today. In this book, Fawcett tells for the first time his incredible journey, from a boy in love with nature to the first professional climber in history, a path marked by an almost obsessive dedication to training that took him to the top of the world but also nearly consumed him. Thus, the hidden side of a legend is revealed, his struggle against the pressure of fame and the choice to withdraw from the scene to find himself, an honest and gripping tale about a passion that can turn into a gilded cage.