Quizás vivir sea esto

When he was fourteen, Jorge Egocheaga ran away from home to climb Naranjo de Bulnes in the middle of a storm, purely for personal satisfaction. Years later, his drive to overcome challenges led him to embark on the conquest of the fourteen highest peaks on the planet. Perhaps This Is What Living Is is a book of passions and dreams, of valuable lessons, where Jorge bares his soul in an intimate account that allows the reader to feel the cold, the exhaustion, the joys, the pain, and the loneliness. It is also the heartbreaking story of the deaths of his wife, Joëlle, and his best friend, the renowned mountaineer Iñaki Ochoa de Olza, as they pursued their shared dream of climbing all fourteen eight-thousanders. So, when Jorge reaches the summit of the last of the fourteen peaks, he is overcome with emotion, dedicating it to the people who truly loved him and are no longer by his side.