Quizás Vivir Sea Esto (Edición Actualizada) / Maybe This Is What Living Is (Updated Edition)
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Adventurers & ExplorersAthletesHiking & Climbing
Publisher Price: $23.95
ISBN13: 9788401034664
Publisher: Plaza & Janes Editores, S.A.
Published: Dec 8 2026
Pages: 248
Language: Spanish
Cuando tenÃa catorce años, Jorge Egocheaga se escapó de casa para subir el Naranjo de Bulnes en medio de una tormenta, solo por satisfacción personal. Años más tarde, su sentido de la superación lo llevó a lanzarse a la conquista de las catorce cimas más altas del planeta. Quizás vivir sea esto es un libro de pasiones y sueños, de valiosas lecciones, donde Jorge desnuda su alma en un relato Ãntimo que permite sentir el frÃo, el cansancio, las alegrÃas, el dolor y la soledad. Y también es el desgarrador relato de la muerte de su mujer, Joëlle, y su mejor amigo, el famoso alpinista Iñaki Ochoa de Olza, cuando perseguÃan el sueño compartido de escalar los catorce ochomiles. Asà que, cuando Jorge hace cumbre en la última de las catorce cimas, le embarga la emoción de ofrecérselo a las personas que realmente lo amaban y ya no están a su lado. «Hace ya tiempo que no busco la felicidad. Incluso llego a pensar que está sobrevalorada. Solo pretendo vivir con intensidad, aceptando lo bueno y malo que por ello me toca, dos caras de una misma moneda. Quizás, como en otras ocasiones, cuando menos uno se lo espera, aparezca una pequeña esquina blanca entre tanta oscuridad y escepticismo. Quizás uno de esos pequeños espacios escondidos que de repente se muestran creando un Ãnfimo haz de luz que ilumina y crea milagrosamente un etéreo instante de fe. Me niego a perder la esperanza a pesar de mi oscura densidad y ofuscación. Pero es que antes ya, cuando todo estaba perdido, ese pequeño mágico rayo de ilusión surgió como una pequeña flor, como aquel ruido de torrente, como el olor de un frutal en otoño, como la sonrisa de una chica anónima a la que he visto un segundo y nunca más volveré a encontrar, como la sonrisa cómplice de aquel niño ante un sincero guiño, como el frescor de la mañana en su amanecer, como el sabor del helado de chocolate tras una calurosa jornada de escalada, como el cantar del pájaro madrugador en la ventana, como la lectura de un libro sorpresa. Quizás vivir sea eso, sea esto. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
When he was fourteen, Jorge Egocheaga ran away from home to climb Naranjo de Bulnes in the middle of a storm, solely for personal satisfaction. Years later, his drive to push his limits led him to set out to conquer the fourteen highest peaks on the planet. Perhaps This Is What Living Is is a book of passions and dreams, of valuable lessons, in which Jorge bares his soul in an intimate account that lets you feel the cold, the exhaustion, the joys, the pain, and the loneliness. It is also the heart-wrenching account of the deaths of his wife, Joëlle, and his best friend, the famous mountaineer Iñaki Ochoa de Olza, as they pursued their shared dream of climbing all fourteen eight-thousanders. So, when Jorge reaches the summit of the last of the fourteen peaks, he is overcome with emotion as he dedicates the achievement to the people who truly loved him and are no longer by his side. «It's been a long time since I've sought happiness. I've even come to think it's overrated. I just aim to live intensely, accepting both the good and the bad that come my way--two sides of the same coin. Perhaps, as on other occasions, when one least expects it, a small white corner will appear amid so much darkness and skepticism. Perhaps one of those tiny hidden spaces that suddenly reveal themselves, creating a faint beam of light that illuminates and miraculously creates an ethereal moment of faith. I refuse to lose hope despite my dark gloom and confusion. But even before that, when all was lost, that small, magical ray of hope emerged like a tiny flower, like the roar of a mountain stream, like the scent of an orchard in autumn, like the smile of an anonymous girl I saw for a second and will never meet again, like the knowing smile of that child in response to a sincere wink, like the coolness of the morning at dawn, like the taste of chocolate ice cream after a hot day of climbing, like the song of the early-rising bird at the window, like reading a surprise book. Maybe that's what living is, maybe this is it.
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