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Reinhold Messner

Born

in Brixen, Italy

September 17, 1944

Genre

Outdoors & Nature

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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 metres above sea level). He is the author of at least 63 books (in German, 1970–2006), many of which have been translated into other languages. ...more

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Average rating: 3.92 · 7,823 ratings · 679 reviews · 202 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Crystal Horizon: Everest-The First Solo Ascent 4.03 avg rating — 1,019 ratings — published 1989 — 31 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Naked Mountain 4.13 avg rating — 840 ratings — published 2002 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Life at the Limit by Reinhold Messner, Thomas Hüetlin 3.80 avg rating — 886 ratings — published 2004 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Everest : Expedition to the Ultimate 3.95 avg rating — 553 ratings — published 1978 — 34 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Solo: Nanga Parbat 4.09 avg rating — 338 ratings — published 1971 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Reinhold Messner, Free Spirit: A Climber's Life 4.02 avg rating — 278 ratings — published 1991 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Quest for the Yeti: Confronting the Himalayas' Deepest Mystery by Reinhold Messner, Peter Constantine (Translator) 3.51 avg rating — 296 ratings — published 1998 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	All Fourteen 8,000ers 4.15 avg rating — 238 ratings — published 1987 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Über Leben 3.26 avg rating — 163 ratings — published 2014 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Second Death of George Mallory: The Enigma and Spirit of Mount Everest 3.40 avg rating — 154 ratings — published 2000 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“The wonderful things in life are the things you do, not the things you have.”
― Reinhold Messner

tags: inspiration, life, meaning-of-life

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“Not only during the ascent, but also during the descent my willpower is dulled. The longer I climb the less important the goal
seems to me, the more indifferent I become to myself. My attention
has diminished, my memory is weakened. My mental fatigue is now
greater than the bodily. It is so pleasant to sit doing nothing - and therefore so dangerous. Death through exhaustion is like death
through freezing - a pleasant one.”
― Reinhold Messner, The Crystal Horizon: Everest-The First Solo Ascent

tags: climbing-mountains, death, freezing, willpower

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“...seen from above, landscapes are made up of mountains and watercourses. Just as a transparent model of the human body consists of a framework of bone and a network of arteries, the earth's crust is structured in mountain ridges, river, creeks, and gullies.”
― Reinhold Messner, Mountains from Space: Peaks and Ranges of the Seven Continents

tags: earth, landscape, mountains

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