Outspoken, charismatic, daring and brilliant, few individuals hold the respect of the mountaineering community like Reinhold ... Where climbing Everest was concerned, Messner was quoted as saying ...
He is widely regarded as the greatest mountaineer of all time. He made the first ascent of Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen, along with Peter Habeler, and was the first climber to ...
Record of the first ascent of Everest made without the use of oxygen equipment, made in May 1978 by Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler. Could it be done? Would their blood vessels burst?