Art of Freedom: The Life and Climbs of Voytek Kurtyka

by Bernadette McDonald

the existence of a God who, in Voytek’s opinion, seemed to have all the attributes of the most common and base human longings for limitless power, blind loyalty and cruelty – he considered poisonous to an intelligent mind. “This is a God that is a reflection of the lowest of human desires,” he declared.

And is the triumph of a beautiful life A beautiful death?