The mountain is an icon of values, feelings, states of mind and human aspirations: a symbol of the relationship between people and nature, explored, described and rediscovered here.

Dealing with the most famous peaks on the planet, divided by continent, the book presents among others the summits of the Himalaya and the Karakorum, which form the roof of the world. And of course there is Patagonia, an extreme place, a frontier of the imagination full of natural scenes that seem to be the beginning and the end of everything.