The book The World is Beautiful , by Andrej Stritar , is an inspiring personal narrative that takes the reader through a rich human life journey, strung between cutting-edge science and pristine nature. The author masterfully intertwines his two worlds in the work: his professional journey as an internationally renowned expert in nuclear safety and his passionate exploration of mountain expanses around the world.
In the book, the author describes his beginnings as a mountaineer, when he and his wife Urška were discovering classic routes in Slovenian walls, all the way to his later years, when they explored forgotten passes at home and abroad with equal enthusiasm. The story takes us to the most remote parts of the planet, where they preferred to tackle mountaineering challenges. In addition to personal experiences, the book also sheds light on Stritar's invaluable contribution to Slovenian mountaineering. He was the author of the many-reprinted bestseller 111 Excursions through Slovenian Mountains, a pioneer in the digitalization of Planinski vestnik, and the editor of cartography at the Mountaineering Association of Slovenia, where he modernized the production of mountain maps, which are used today by most Slovenian mountaineers.