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Reinhold Andreas Messner ( German: [ˈʁaɪnhɔlt ˈmɛsnɐ]; born 17 September 1944) is an Italian climber, explorer, and author from South Tyrol. He made the first solo ascent of Mount Everest and, along with Peter Habeler, the first ascent of Everest without supplemental oxygen.
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- First solo ascent of Mount Everest and first ascent without supplemental oxygen
- First to climb all 14 eight-thousanders
Mar 26, 2024 · Reinhold Messner (born September 17, 1944, Bressanone [Brixon], Italy) is a mountain climber and polar trekker who was renowned for his pioneering and difficult ascents of the world’s highest peaks.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Dec 1, 2021 · On May 8, 1978, Reinhold Messner and his Tyrolean countryman Peter Habeler were the first ever to reach the top of Earth’s highest mountain — Mount Everest, 8,848 meters (29,029 feet) above sea level — without supplemental oxygen; Messner and Habeler are greeted by their wives at Munich-Riem Airport.
Feb 13, 2016 · For a man who’s been called the greatest mountaineer of all time, Reinhold Messner is surprisingly reserved and humble as he looks back on his 70 years on the planet. He’s explored and survived some of the most challenging and unforgiving terrain on Earth.
- Graeme Green
In the 1970s, two of its strongest proponents were Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler. Messner had achieved considerable notoriety by completing a series of spectacular Alpine rock climbs without...
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Aug 1, 2019 · Reinhold Messner holds a decades-long list of achievements on the world's toughest mountains and was the first climber to summit all 14 of the planet's 8,000-meter peaks.
Feb 24, 2015 · Messner, better than most mountaineers, is great at describing climbs, willing to dig a little deeper into himself, is not shy telling you what he thinks, and shows flashes of...
