{"id":749,"date":"2018-12-02T23:02:24","date_gmt":"2018-12-02T23:02:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jochenhemmleb.com\/web\/?page_id=749"},"modified":"2018-12-02T23:02:24","modified_gmt":"2018-12-02T23:02:24","slug":"mont-blanc-1990","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jochenhemmleb.com\/web\/en\/tours-expeditions\/mont-blanc-1990\/","title":{"rendered":"Mont Blanc – 1990"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mont Blanc<\/h1>\n

1990<\/h2>\n

The highest peak of the Alps (4807 m) will always hold a special meaning for me personally \u2013 as one of the (so far) three major turning points of my life. In 1990 it provided an escape from a deeply depressing life situation. When we \u2013 my friends Stefan Schr\u00f6der, Stefan Behrens, and I \u2013 reached the summit, we looked down onto the world as from an airplane. At the end of the climb, when we arrived at Aiguille du Midi, I had the feeling that I\u2019d given all I\u2019ve got, physically and mentally. And this \u201call\u201d now seemed spread out in front of me like the summit view. For a few moments it appeared as I had gained an overview of the world and myself as a whole. I wrote in my diary:<\/p>\n

\u201c…and therefore, at the end of my strength I feel more alive than ever.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n