
Sir Ed Hillary: A living monument, my hero!

Yves Laforest: A friend, the first Quebecker to summit Everest.

Reinhold Messner: The modern mountain climber.

Erhard Loretan: What a climber, and what a tragic end…

Goran Kropp and Renata Chlumska: With them at base camp, and atop Everest.

Inaki Ochoa: Such splendid memories of shared laughter.

Dorjee Sherpa: My climbing partner, my friend, six-time Everest summiter!

Borge Ousland's motivation? Pure adventure, high challenges and total commitment!

Erlin Kagge: A Norwegian friend who also reached the South Pole and climbed Everest. My twin, you might say!

Lucien Berardini, with whom I shared my ascent of Aconcagua. Lucien managed the first ascent in 1954, via the south face.