Gottfried, the main character of the book, is faced with the question of whether he should accept another major professional challenge at the age of almost 56. This leads him back to his career through the dramatic years he experienced at IBM, when the company rose to become an industry leader and global corporation, to personal highlights and defeats. He cannot avoid dealing with pressing issues of life and the present in politics, business, society and religion. His passion for the mountains provides for variety and excitement in his life as well as in his book. The book wants to show how undreamt-of possibilities can open up even at an advanced age and thus encourage people not to resign and wait and see, but to reflect on their abilities and set off for new goals. With the steadily increasing.