Reinhard Karl: Ein Lebenm ohne Wenn und Aber by Tom Dauer (2002)

GERMAN LANGUAGE. I don't speak German so here's the Google translate of the dust jacket: 

“Reinhard Karl, a charismatic free climber from the very beginning, climber of the first Alpine route in Grade VII, and the first German to climb Everest, remains an idol to many climbers to this day. His books have had a significant influence on subsequent generations of climbers, and his photographs, in their modernity, transcend their era. He became a legend not least through his critical examination of mountaineering, including in the context of social and political change. His deliberately subjective view of the world and his exploration of his fears earned him the reputation of having revolutionized alpine literature.

This volume, published on the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of his death, makes Reinhard Karl's scattered and long-out-of-print original texts accessible again. Combining them with statements by his wife Eva Altmeier, his touring partners and companions Bernd Kullmann, Wolfgang Nairz, Oswald Oelz, Jim Bridwell, John Bachar, Eliza Moran, John Harlin III, Elizabeth Klobusicky-Mailänder, Andreas Kubin, Hans-Martin Götz, and Elmar Landes, and Tom Dauer's biographical research, a vivid picture of him and his mountaineering career emerges—with the intention of enriching the complex portrait that Reinhard Karl has drawn of himself with his texts and images with further context and details. The generous selection from the excellent image archive contributes to this, as does the enclosed CD, on which Reinhard Karl reports from, among other places, the K2 base camp in original audio recordings.”

This copy is in excellent condition, and does still have the CD. There is a note on the title page: “To Komito-San: In memory of a great times (sic) and great days at the old Komito Boots. Merry Christmas 2002. John + Adele.”

375 pages, German text. Hardcover with dust jacket in very nice condition and integrated cloth bookmark. Handsomely illustrated with many black-and-white photos, and a hefty amount of full-color inserts. Includes multi-media CD.