Voytek Kurtyka's guest appearances

Voytek Kurtyka

Alpinist

Claire Carter

Nick Bullock

David Roberts

Tommy Caldwell

Mark Twight

Jimmy Chin

Conrad Anker

Jim Herrington

David Stevenson

Madaleine Sorkin

Barry Blanchard

Brette Harrington

Chris Kalous

Kathy Karlo

Margo Talbot

OwlTail

Perhaps no other writer has explored Cold War and post-Soviet era mountaineering more than Bernadette McDonald has. In this episode, Bernadette McDonald discusses her award-winning book, Art of Freedom, a biography of Voytek Kurtyka, one of the most accomplished, and reclusive, alpinists of our time. Known for his philosophical approach, Kurtyka believed in the transformative power of climbing. He wrote, “When we entrust our faith to an absurdly beautiful mountain, we are being true to our vocation…. This is why I find climbing to be one of the most encouraging and exhilarating efforts of my life. This is the drug of mountaineering—the liberation.”

<p>Perhaps no other writer has explored Cold War and post-Soviet era mountaineering more than Bernadette McDonald has. In this episode, Bernadette McDonald discusses her award-winning book, Art of Freedom, a biography of Voytek Kurtyka, one of the most accomplished, and reclusive, alpinists of our time. Known for his philosophical approach, Kurtyka believed in the transformative power of climbing. He wrote, “When we entrust our faith to an absurdly beautiful mountain, we are being true to our vocation…. This is why I find climbing to be one of the most encouraging and exhilarating efforts of my life. This is the drug of mountaineering—the liberation.”</p>

Art of Freedom: Bernadette McDonald and Voytek Kurtyka