Interview with Max Berger

In recent years, the articles that Max Berger has written for ‘bergundsteigen’ have polarised opinions. The mountain guide and Country Manager for Petzl Austria has garnered recognition over the decades both for his alpine pursuits – a project of his was nominated for a Piolet d’Or this year – as well as for his wide-ranging expertise and straight-talking attitude. This year, for the first time, he guided clients on two eight-thousand-metre peaks, so we wanted to ask him how he got on in the Karakoram.