He is a geologist, entrepreneur and expert in leadership and experiential education. He has been a pioneer in the development of the technical escalation in Colombia, opening routes in Suesca and Cocuy, and participating in key expeditions such as the first Colombian cord in the Captain (Yosemite) and the ascents to Cho Oyu and Everest.
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The book “For what easy, if I can do the difficult thing”written by José F. Machado, presented an extensive conversation with the mountaineer Marcelo Arbeláez, framed by the recent loss of his friend in common, Juan Pablo Ruiz, at the end of 2023. Through this exchange, the authors approached, from maturity and the experience accumulated for five decades of mountaineering, central themes such as the meaning of life, friendship and personal purpose.
Far from focusing solely on sports achievements or expedition stories, the book seeks to answer an essential question: why climb? The answers do not focus on the summit itself, but on what it represents: a space for meaning, for personal encounter and to reaffirm fundamental values.
The prologue is in charge of the journalist Eduardo Arias Villa, who has followed the trajectory of both authors for more than 40 years and provides a useful context to understand the personal and collective dimension of this editorial project.
The authors
Marcelo Arbeláez Buraglia He is a geologist, entrepreneur and expert in leadership and experiential education. He has been a pioneer in the development of the technical escalation in Colombia, opening routes in Suesca and Cocuy, and participating in key expeditions such as the first Colombian cord in the Captain (Yosemite) and the ascents to Cho Oyu and Everest. Epopeya Colombia co -founder, has dedicated his career to forming teams and leadership through mountain experiences.
José F. Machado He is an architect, photographer and visual communicator. He has been author, editor and designer of more than 50 books, several of them related to mountaineering. He participated in the first Colombian expedition to Himalaya and has documented these types of projects from a close and reflective view. In addition, he has led initiatives in corporate communication and editorial content over more than three decades.
The highest It is not a technical book or a traditional biography. It is a space for conversation between two people who have traveled the same routes, lived the same losses and found, in the mountain, a common language to talk about the essential. An honest and leisurely testimony about what really matters at the end of the road.
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