1 The backpack
2 An existential decision
3 First years of life in Beirut
4 Bern and World War II
5 La Paz: Snowcapped mountains and poverty in Bolivia
6 Lima: Upper class life in Perú
7 Alone to highschool in Switzerland
8 University and army service
9 From Zermatt to Kathmandu
10 On foot from Kathmandu to Everest North Col
11 Break-off and Retreat
12 Illegality
13 A Swiss farming village
14 Arviat: Inuit village in Canada
15 Killiniq: Another Inuit village in Canada
16 Return to Perú and Bolivia
17 Army service and marriage
18 To Perú with my family
19 Pangnirtung on Baffinland, Canada
20 A Swiss Mountain School
21 Development work in Nepal and Honduras
22 Bern: family life and loneliness in my own home
23 Tourism in Rongbuk and last reunion with Everest team
24 Verena and my final return to Switzerland
25 How ideas influence language
26 Homage to important persons of my life
27 My thoughts in the evening of life
246 pages / Paperback Format 21.6/14/1.3 cm or e-Book / 66 pictures b&w