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Reinhold Andreas Messner (German: [ˈʁaɪnhɔlt ˈmɛsnɐ]; born 17 September 1944) is an Italian climber, explorer, and author from the German-speaking province of South Tyrol. He made the first solo ascent of Mount Everest and, along with Peter Habeler, the first ascent of Everest without
Aug 30, 2020 · Reinhold reached his first 1,000-metre summit at the age of five. Before bedtime, their mother read them fantastic stories of the great British alpinists of the Twenties – stories that still...
Sep 13, 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.
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Dec 1, 2021 · On May 8, 1978, 33-year-old Reinhold Messner and 35-year-old Peter Habeler became the first to climb Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen. In 1980, Messner repeated the feat solo. What was in your rucksack?
Oct 6, 2022 · Just five years old, Reinhold climbed the Sass Rigais, a semi-technical peak close to his home. Later, as a teen, he climbed most often with Günther, two years his junior. Their equipment and sustenance were simple—a few pitons, a rope, a loaf of bread, and a hunk of cheese.
Aug 19, 2020 · For a long time, the first man to climb all 14 eight-thousanders described the Everest solo as the “icing on the cake” of his mountaineering career. Now, four decades later, Reinhold Messner classifies his pioneering achievement differently. I spoke with the 75-year-old.
Reinhold Messner, who was born in South Tyrol in 1944, climbed his first 3000 metre peak with his father when he was only 5 years old. After studying engineering he worked for a short time as a secondary school teacher before devoting himself entirely to mountaineering – and became an explorer of limits.
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