About the Author

martin uitz died on 13 January 2007 aged 54 of heart failure while trekking in the Nepalese Himalayas. He was with his wife Renee. She said, 'We are grateful that he quit his life peacefully and without pain, accompanied by the sounds of Buddhist prayers amidst his well loved mountains. His whole life Martin was a traveller between many worlds and taught us to encounter the world with curiosity, tolerance and compassion.'