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Jan 1, 1989 · On August 20, 1980, Reinhold Messner, the world-renowned master of alpine-style climbing, became the first person to reach the summit of Everest solo and without supplemental oxygen. A vivid account of Messner's expedition, The Crystal Horizon also reflects on how he explored his innermost thoughts while facing the most extreme physical ...
- Reinhold Messner
Apr 1, 2000 · Reinhold Messner, the famed Austrian alpinist, has spent much of three decades climbing in the Himalayas--and, as it turns out, looking along the way for evidence of the yeti, the legendary, supposedly humanoid inhabitant of the high mountains. Messner writes of having encountered "an apparition" at the Tibetan headwaters of the Mekong River.
- Reinhold Messner
Jan 1, 1978 · Reinhold Messner (born September 17, 1944) is an Italian mountaineer and explorer from South Tyrol, often cited as the greatest mountain climber of all time. He is renowned for making the first solo ascents of Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen and for being the first climber to ascend all fourteen "eight-thousanders" (peaks over 8,000 ...
Jan 1, 1991 · Reinhold Messner Free Spirit: A Climber's Life. Hardcover – January 1, 1991. He is known as one of history's greates Himalayan mountaineers, a man who pushed back the frontiers of the possible for a whole generation of climbers. In his revealing autobiography Reinhold Messner reflects on his remarkable career.
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The Crystal Horizon by Reinhold Messner This memoir from 1982 by Reinhold Messner covers his 1980 successful solo ascent of Mt Everest. He was the first to climb Everest solo and this necessitated doing so without oxygen as well. Only a handful of people (I counted four) have achieved this solo feat but even more have died trying.
Jan 1, 2001 · Reinhold Messner. Reinhold Messner (born September 17, 1944) is an Italian mountaineer and explorer from South Tyrol, often cited as the greatest mountain climber of all time. He is renowned for making the first solo ascents of Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen and for being the first climber to ascend all fourteen "eight-thousanders ...
Jan 1, 1998 · Paperback – January 1, 1998. Known as one of history's greatest Himalayan mountaineers, Reinhold Messner was the first person to climb all 14 of the world's 8,000-meter peaks, many of them solo. In this definitive work, he recalls his early climbs in the Alps, expeditions to the Himalaya, the first solo ascents, a trek across Antarctica, and ...
- Reinhold Messner
