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Who is the \'Sorcerer of the Clouds\'? How does he weave his magical spell over the mountain ranges of the world? For a mountainer there is only one aim-to get to the top, to reach that glittering summit. The supreme spires are his or hers to conquer, but is their destiny at the mercy of the clouds? Early climbers on Everest on the 1920s argued incessantly about the use of oxygen on the mountain. Was it sporting or was it cheating? Today aids come in all forms-better equipment, knowledge and communications technology-but few climbers would openly suffest that any modern device is anything other than an additional source of help in achieving their goal. An almost mystical new aid is that of the \'router\'. These dedicated meterologists, using real time, space age satellite imagery, can now advise climbers about the prevailing weather conditions on any mountain anywhere in the world. Even today debate rages on about the purity and morality of climbing, but is it not safety and humanity that are paramount? The Sorcerer of the Clouds can wave his wand to enhance the safely and the changes of success on any peak across the world, but it is the gods who will cast the final spell. This book tells the extraordinary story of one such wizard, Yan Giezendanner, who has climbed Everest more than twenty times from his wheelchair in Chamonix!