Peakbagging Page for Reinhold Messner |
Personal Climb LogsThe links below take you to dynamically generated lists of Reinhold Messner's peakbagging activity. - Ascent List: List of Reinhold Messner's hikes, climbs, summits, and attempts.
- Peak List: List of distinct summits attained, with peak statistics. Includes a peak's "Personal Isolation".
- List of Lists: Peakbagging Lists that Reinhold Messner is pursuing, showing progress for each list by number and percent of peaks climbed.
- Trip Report Index: Same as the main climb list, but only showing climbs with trip reports and/or GPS Tracks.
- Unsuccessful Ascent List: A badge of honor for real climbers--lessons learned when turning back.
- Multiple Ascents List: A listing of all peaks climbed more than once.
- Progressive Peak List: Time-ordered progressive lists for eight different metrics.
- Unique Peaks and Peak Pairs: Peaks and peak pairs that no other registered site users have climbed.
- Master Peak Map: Interactive worldwide map showing all peaks climbed, color-coded by elevation or prominence.
Social NetworkingReports showing a climber's buddies and other climbers. Click for More Info Personal ListsLists personally created by Reinhold Messner. (Search for Lists from other climbers). - No Custom Queries Entered Yet.
- Search for Lists: Search across all lists hosted on the site, both "main" lists and those created by all climbers.
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Time-Period Summary ReportsThese reports show number of peaks climbed, highest point reached, and other statistics grouped by year or month. |
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| Reinhold Messner is the Muhammad Ali of mountaineering: larger than life, outrageously outspoken, and skilled and accomplished enough to back up his arrogance and ego. And, like Ali, his sport has left him with brain damage, due to excessive time spent in the high-altitude death zone.
No one can question Messner's place as the pre-eminent big mountain climber of the 20th century. His most noted feats are being the first to climb all fourteen of the world's 8000-meter peaks, the first to climb Everest without oxygen, and the first to climb Everest solo. However, his legacy will be as the godfather of the alpine-style ascent, rejecting massive expeditions with porters and bottled oxygen while showing that the fast-and-light style could be adopted to any peak on earth.
The climb lists on this site have been entered using records of Messner's climbs from various web sites. The lists are not complete by any means, and there are likely many climbs not listed. Still, they record a very impressive list of ascents, from the hard faces of his native Italian Dolomites up to the giants of the Himalaya. Messner has done the "Seven Summits" and has also trekked across Antarctica. |
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