Versante Sud The Bird climbing novel

The Bird is the story of the life of Jim "The Bird" Bridwell, for almost thirty years the strongest American climber and one of the best in the world, a man whose legend spanned from extreme free climbing to the peaks of the Himalayas. This book, edited by Michele Radici, reveals the imaginative and bold style of a born explorer, capable of triumphing where others had failed and whose second ascents, such as that of the Maestri route on Cerro Torre, have been celebrated more than the first ascents. It was not just the challenge that guided him, but an insatiable thirst for discovery that led him to explore Borneo, circumnavigate Everest, and venture into Western China, leaving a legacy that goes far beyond mountaineering to touch the very essence of adventure.