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Günther Messner (18 May 1946 – 29 June 1970) was an Italian mountaineer from South Tyrol and the younger brother of Reinhold Messner. Günther climbed some of the most difficult routes in the Alps during the 1960s, and joined the Nanga Parbat-Expedition in 1970 just before the beginning of the expedition due to an opening within the team.
Jun 9, 2022 · Reinhold Messner lost his brother Guenther on Nanga Parbat in 1970. Last week, he relived the tragedy again. “The second shoe of my brother Günther was found at the foot of the Diamir Glacier by local people,” wrote Messner on social media.
Günther Messner (* 18. Mai 1946 in Brixen, Südtirol; † 29. Juni 1970 am Nanga Parbat, Pakistan) war Bankkaufmann, Bergsteiger und ein jüngerer Bruder von Reinhold Messner. Er starb während einer Expedition unter Leitung von Karl Herrligkoffer zum Achttausender Nanga Parbat.
What is known now is that Reinhold and Günther Messner descended the Diamir Face, thereby achieving the first traverse of Nanga Parbat and second traverse of an eight-thousander after Mount Everest in 1963. Reinhold arrived in the valley six days later with severe frostbite, but survived.
Oct 6, 2022 · In 2005, a heatwave melted out a significant part of the glacier beneath the Diamir Face where Messner claimed Günther had been killed. A leg bone and a three-layer leather boot—replete with a custom cord that Günther had rigged thirty-five years earlier—were compelling evidence that Messner had been right all along.
Jan 25, 2004 · The brother of Reinhold Messner, who died in 1970 during an ascent of Nanga Parbat, was identified by his boots and jacket. The finding confirms the version of Reinhold, who denied having abandoned his brother during the descent.
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Jun 10, 2022 · The leather boot belonged to Guenther Messner, a young Italian climber who died on the ice-shrouded slopes of 8,126m-high (26,660ft) Nanga Parbat in Pakistan in 1970.
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