The Becherhaus in the Stubai Alps, the Brixner refuge and the Dolomites – three different locations, three different stories. Stories of the challenge of renovating a high-altitude mountain refuge; of a belated newcomer to the role of refuge caretaker; of professional mountaineers confronted with climate change. What they all have in common is a new focus on life – be it in pursuit of sustainability or in search of a new challenge.