Reinhold Messner
Italian mountaineer, adventurer and explorer (born 1944)
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Reinhold Messner is an Italian mountaineer and explorer born in 1944 who became famous for his extreme climbing achievements and expeditions. He is historically significant for pushing the boundaries of high-altitude mountaineering and adventure exploration, making him an influential figure in the sport.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1944
- Works
- 160
Top works
- Internationalisierung des Strafrechts
- Montañas desde el espacio
- Alleingang Nanga Parbat
- Reinhold Messner
- EN LOS LÍMITES DE LA TIERRA
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Film & TV
Acting · Brixen, South Tyrol, Italy
Reinhold Messner, born September 17, 1944 in Bressanone/Brixen in South Tyrol, is a German-speaking Italian mountaineer, considered by many to be one of the best of the 20th century. A great defender of the alpine style and destroyer of the expedition style, he is notably known for having made the first ascent of Everest without oxygen supply with Peter Habeler, in May 1978, and was the first to…
Known for
- K2 Chasing Shadows — Self (archive footage)2025
- The Last Expedition — Self2024
- Sul Tetto del Mondo - Walter Bonatti e Rossana Podestà2021
- 14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible — Himself2021
- The Alpinist — Self2021
- Nanga Parbat - Mein Schlüsselberg — Self2021
Article
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 supplementary oxygen. He was the first person to climb all 14 eight-thousanders, doing so without supplementary oxygen. Messner was the first to cross Antarctica and Greenland with neither snowmobiles nor dog sleds and also crossed the Gobi Desert alone. He is widely considered to be the greatest mountaineer of all time.
From 1999 to 2004, Messner served as a member of the European Parliament for north-east Italy, as a member of the Federation of the Greens.