“A real friend”
– Katharine Hepburn, 1996 letter to the author
“Fascinating!”
Mike Wallace, Emmy-winning TV journalist
“I wish I could have known you years ago.”
John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States
“A hero of mine.”
Yvon Chouinard, Founder and President of Patagonia and legendary climber
“A beautiful account of a life well lived.”
-Steve Schwartz, President of Chockstone Pictures, climber, and Academy award winner, Cannes Film Festival Palme d’Or winner, and Tony nominated producer
“Gripping”
-Norbu Tenzing Norgay, son of Sir Edmund Hillary’s summit partner on Mount Everest, Tenzing Norgay
“Even though I have never met Hans Kraus, I feel as though I know him. Every climber in the Gunks knows Hans.”
-Arthur Sulzberger, Jr., New York Times publisher and climber
“Sizzle and spunk, exuberance, confidence, great physical strength, high-voltage enthusiasm, bursting vitality…”
Sports Illustrated feature article, 6/15/81
“Groundbreaking”
-Rock and Ice Magazine 12/2004
