The author of this book is Honored Master of Sports, International Master of Sports in mountaineering, Master of Sports in rock climbing, Honored Trainer of Ukraine Sergey Bershov, who devoted almost half a century to climbing. His climbing biography includes unique ascents, including Everest (the buttress of the South-West Face and twice a classic), Lhotse along the considered impassable South Face, and legendary expeditions. These are true friends, unforgettable meetings, incredible stories and impressions. As an active athlete, he cannot help but be concerned about the problems of modern mountaineering and the directions of its development. Sergei Bershov states: mountaineering is a harsh man's game, but it is always the game of gentlemen, men of honor and duty. Even if every single peak on the planet is climbed, it will not be in danger of decline, because the planet will never run out of people for whom mountains and climbing are a wonderful world, the only possible way of life. Sergei Bershov’s book will be of interest to everyone who loves mountains, travel and adventure, who strives to visit “the other side of everyday life.”