Reinhold Messner

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Majid_S

Mountain climber
Karkoekstan
Topic Author's Original Post - Jul 24, 2014 - 06:20pm PT
One of the best mountaineer ever

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uB4wyfV1Hgo
klk

Trad climber
cali
Jul 24, 2014 - 06:33pm PT
didnt realize this had been uploaded

tx
NutAgain!

Trad climber
South Pasadena, CA
Jan 22, 2016 - 10:56am PT
Maybe this movie is uploaded elsewhere, but this is a great documentary:
[Click to View YouTube Video]

Vitaliy M.

Mountain climber
San Francisco
Jan 22, 2016 - 03:15pm PT
How the hell was he able to afford to go up on all these expeditions??? From the movie it seems as if he was gone in the Himalayas constantly for at least two two month expeditions a year, at times more. Did he have to contact their 'discovery channel' and ask them to cover the cost of the trips for getting a chance to tape footage of him on it? He was taken on a plane level with Everest so that he could see how he feels at that altitude...I am sure it wasn't covered by some sort of a 9-5 job he had. Great video. Incredible achievements for his time.
SteveW

Trad climber
The state of confusion
Jan 22, 2016 - 04:08pm PT

Just don't forget Peter Habeler!
johntp

Trad climber
socal
Jan 22, 2016 - 05:19pm PT
Just don't forget Peter Habeler!

Roger that. Habeler was a great climber.
Vitaliy M.

Mountain climber
San Francisco
Jan 23, 2016 - 08:05am PT
I don't think one climber can or should ever be picked as the best. The area of expertise, era and interests are wayyyy too varied to even try IMHO.

John Muir, Jerzy Kukuczka, Walter Bonatti, Tommy Caldwell, Norman Clyde, Conrad Kain, Lionel Terray, Tomaz Humar, Ueli Steck, Royal Robbins, Alex Honnold, Chris Bonnington, Alex Lowe...

What I personally love about Messner's attitude is the drive to re-define what is possible.
WBraun

climber
Jan 23, 2016 - 08:18am PT
You know why he climbed to the top of all those mountains?

He was looking for that guy sitting up there who knew the whole shebang of everything.

He never found him and thus gave up and moved into a castle and became his own king ......:-)
JerryA

Mountain climber
Sacramento,CA
Jan 23, 2016 - 08:37am PT
His slide show in Berkeley in the 1990's was terrific . While the photography was not in Galen Rowells class ,his interests and enthusiasm was contagious .
Klimmer

Mountain climber
Jan 23, 2016 - 11:38am PT
Thanks for posting that documentary on Messner. Visionary for sure.

The part when they asked him about his brother and how he told his mother brought me to tears. You can really feel the pain and sorrow he felt losing his brother to an avalanche. Theirs a real spirituality it seems to Messner. He cares about the heart not just the head in all his adventures.

He's a seeker.
ionlyski

Trad climber
Kalispell, Montana
Jan 23, 2016 - 11:52am PT
vitaliy,

Messner worked his ass off each time he came home, giving lectures and teaching. He earned income from these obligations and though he sometimes detested these returns to the grindstone he recognized the vehicle to more expeditions.

Arne
limpingcrab

Trad climber
the middle of CA
Jan 23, 2016 - 12:00pm PT
The guy amazes me, to say the least. Every time I'm at elevation I think of him and realize it's not that bad and I'm being a sissy. One of the few people who provides tangible motivation for me. He's unreal.

Vitaliy, just quit climbing on weekends and pick up extra shifts and live somewhere cheaper and eat only ramen and teach night classes and you'll hate life but get to go on lots of expeditions! Had a friend who would be all work and overtime and no play for six months at a time and then be gone for six months at a time. Priorities I suppose. (Please, don't actually do this)
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