Experience power plants and scandalous mountains, superlatives and insider tips - Bene Benedikt traverses the Alps, from Allgäu to the Dolomites, from Salzkammergut to Mont Blanc. Time and again, he returns here, having traveled the world professionally for four decades. He takes the reader along blooming alpine pastures, rugged ridges, and heavenly ladders, tests glacier music and spring skiing, and visits romantic inns and high-tech huts. He explores clichés like the alpine glow, encounters the ibex, analyzes falls on the mountain and at the snow bar. He knows the stars of the scene and the healing power of fruit brandy and marmot fat, the poetry of summit books, and the last paradises that stretch over 1200 kilometers through the heart of Europe.