Im Angesicht des Manaslu 

Benedikt Böhm’s Book on Speed Climbing in the Death Zone

Benedikt Böhm’s book “Im Angesicht des Manaslu” was published on 14 April 2014. In it, he reflects on the major avalanche disaster on Manaslu in autumn 2012, in which around forty mountaineers were buried, and describes why he nevertheless stood on the summit of this eight-thousander just one week later. Looking back, he highlights the key moments of his mountaineering career and explains how to balance expeditions, family and work.

In ‘Im Angesicht des Mansalu’, Benedikt Böhm recounts his skiing expedition to the world’s eighth-highest mountain and the avalanche accident of 2012, which fundamentally changed his understanding of risk, responsibility and humility in the high mountains.

Since November 2015, “Im Angesicht des Manaslu” has been available as a National Geographic paperback.

Benedikt Böhm with Christiane Böhm | In the Face of Manaslu, Speed Climbing in the Death Zone | Malik Verlag | 272 pages with 32 pages of colour photographs and a map | hardback with dust jacket | ISBN 978-3-89029-446-9