Living Dangerously

When asked why he wanted to climb Mt. Everest, the British explorer George Mallory famously replied: “Because it’s there.”



With that declaration, mountain and rock or alpine climbing have become an obsessive hobby and has become a craze for many people all over the world.



The most outstanding is daredevil Alain Roberts who in March this year climbed the newly built 800 metre, 160 storey Burj Khalifa. He conquered it in 6 hours. “Finally, there was nothing more to climb. I was on top of the world,” he said.



And there is Catherine Destivelle, the French wonder woman.

with sister Claire touching the heaven