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  | | Mountains(1st Edition) Mapping the Earth's Extremes by Stefan Dech, Reinhold Messner, Nils Sparwasser, German Aerospace Center Hardcover, 240 Pages, Published 2016 by Thames & Hudson ISBN-13: 978-0-500-51889-2, ISBN: 0-500-51889-0 "Unseen Extremes marks a new milestone in Earth observation and Alpine exploration, presenting thirteen of the world's great mountains in a manner never seen before. The German Centre for Aviation and Space Travel created very precise digital pictures of the mountains with the aid of satellite photographs taken from a height of several hundred kilometres. Scientists used these to produce models of the terrain, which were finally turned i ..." |
 | | Free Spirit(Updated) A Climber's Life, Revised Edition (Legends & Lore) by Reinhold Messner, Jill Neate, James Heath Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 2014 by Mountaineers Books ISBN-13: 978-1-59485-854-3, ISBN: 1-59485-854-3 "Reinhold Messner had the ideal childhood for a climber. Born in the South Tyrol under the shadow of the Geislerspitz of parents who took him on his first climb on the Sass Rigais at the age of five, he grew up loving and learning every metre of his native Dolomites, and honing on them the basic mountaineering skills which were to lead him to set himself the harder and harder challenges which in turn rolled back the frontiers of the poss ..." |
 | | The Naked Mountain(Reprint) by Reinhold Messner, Tim Carruthers Paperback, 315 Pages, Published 2011 by Mountaineers Books ISBN-13: 978-1-59485-663-1, ISBN: 1-59485-663-X "The legendary Messner writes about the most tragic event in his career! · Did Reinhold Messner sacrifice his brother to his ambition? · Publication of this book in Germany stirred controversy across Europe · The most personal book Messner has ever written · More than 45,000 copies sold of the German edition Reinhold Messner is famous for many firsts: First to climb all 14 8000 meter peaks; first (with Peter Habeler) to summit ..." |
 | | Everest(1st Edition) Expedition to the Ultimate by Reinhold Messner Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 1999 by Mountaineers Books ISBN-13: 978-0-89886-648-3, ISBN: 0-89886-648-0 "* Messner is the most highly acclaimed climber in mountaineering history* Includes updates on recent events plus a history of Everest ascents* Features full-color photographs Reinhold Messner, with his partner Peter Habeler, was the first to summit Everest without the aid of supplemental oxygen. In this riveting retelling of that climb, Messner says, "Everest by fair means -- that is the human dimension, and that is what interests me . ..." |
 | | The Crystal Horizon(1st Edition) Everest-The First Solo Ascent by Reinhold Messner, Audrey Salkeld, Jill Neate Paperback, 324 Pages, Published 1998 by Mountaineers Books ISBN-13: 978-0-89886-574-5, ISBN: 0-89886-574-3 "On August 20, 1980, Reinhold Messner, the world-renowned master of alpine-style climbing, became the first person to reach the summit of Everest solo and without supplemental oxygen. A vivid account of Messner's expedition, "The Crystal Horizon" also reflects on how he explored his innermost thoughts while facing the most extreme physical challenge he had ever encountered. The furthest point for mind and body he calls his crystal horizo ..." |
 | | Fall of Heaven(Reprint) Whymper's Tragic Matterhorn Climb by Reinhold Messner, Billi Bierling, J. Robert Harris Paperback, 224 Pages, Published 2017 by Mountaineers Books ISBN-13: 978-1-68051-085-0, ISBN: 1-68051-085-1 "A classic event in mountaineering history, dramatically retold by a classic mountaineer - Ascending the Matterhorn was the 19th century equivalent of standing on Mars - A great historical story of tension and drama - Author is uniquely qualified to delve into Whymper's complicated personality As Fall of Heaven begins, we join professional mountain guide Jean-Antoine Carrel as he tries and fails, again and again, to summit the Matterhorn ..." |
 | | Hermann Buhl(1st Edition) Climbing Without Compromise by Reinhold Messner, Horst Hofler, Hermann Buhl Hardcover, 208 Pages, Published 2000 by Mountaineers Books ISBN-13: 978-0-89886-678-0, ISBN: 0-89886-678-2 ""Mountaineering is a relentless pursuit. One climbs further and further yet never reaches the destination. Perhaps that is what gives it its own particular charm. One is constantly searching for something never to be found." - Hermann Buhl* Co-author Reinhold Messner is himself a legendary climber deeply influenced by Buhl's accomplishments* Draws upon previously unpublished resources and interviews with family and friends* Buhl wrote t ..." |
 | | All Fourteen 8,000ers(Updated) by Reinhold Messner Hardcover, 248 Pages, Published 1999 by Mountaineers Books ISBN-13: 978-0-89886-660-5, ISBN: 0-89886-660-X "Reinhold Messner is recognized as one of the greatest mountaineers of all time. When he reached the 8511-meter summit of Lhotse in Nepal, he became the first man to stand on all 14 of the world's 8000-meter peaks-an unbelievable achievement and a sensation in mountaineering history. What motivated Messner to be so dedicated in pursuit of his goal, despite unbelievable hardships, to keep confronting danger and death, loneliness and self ..." |
 | | Reinhold Messner My Life At The Limit (Legends and Lore) by Reinhold Messner, Thomas Hüetlin, Tim Carruthers Paperback, 251 Pages, Published 2014 by Mountaineers Books ISBN-13: 978-1-59485-852-9, ISBN: 1-59485-852-7 "• Reveals the long view from an icon who, with age, has added wisdom to his list of accomplishments• Messner climbing firsts: the world’s fourteen peaks taller than 8000 meters; Everest solo; Everest without supplemental oxygenReinhold Messner: My Life at the Limit is a conversation between Messner and interviewer Thomas Hüetlin, an award-winning German journalist. It reveals a more thoughtful and conversational Messner, covering not on ..." |
 | | Mountains from Space(1st Edition) Peaks and Ranges of the Seven Continents by Stefan Werner Dech, Reinhold Messner, Rudiger Glasser, Ralf-Peter Märtin, Sigmar Wittig Hardcover, 244 Pages, Published 2005 by Harry N. Abrams ISBN-13: 978-0-8109-5961-3, ISBN: 0-8109-5961-5 "The mountains have always been very special regions - the scenes of myths and the seats of the gods, spaces to retreat to and strategic bulwarks, but also places of natural and cultural diversity and multivarious living conditions over small areas. This book takes a completely new and unique look at the world's mountains. It brings together pictures that have been produced by computer on the basis of a new type of unusually precise sate ..." |
 | | The Naked Mountain(1st Edition) by Reinhold Messner, Tim Carruthers Hardcover, 320 Pages, Published 2003 by Mountaineers Books ISBN-13: 978-0-89886-959-0, ISBN: 0-89886-959-5 "The legendary Messner writes about the most tragic event in his career! · Did Reinhold Messner sacrifice his brother to his ambition? · Publication of this book in Germany stirred controversy across Europe · The most personal book Messner has ever written · More than 45,000 copies sold of the German edition Reinhold Messner is famous for many firsts: First to climb all 14 8000 meter peaks; first (with Peter Habeler) to summit Everest ..." |
 | | My Quest for the Yeti(1st Edition) The World's Greatest Mountain Climber Confronts the Himalayas' Deepest Mystery by Reinhold Messner, Peter Constantine Hardcover, 162 Pages, Published 2000 by St Martins Pr ISBN-13: 978-0-312-20394-8, ISBN: 0-312-20394-2 "Reinhold Messner, the famed Austrian alpinist, has spent much of three decades climbing in the Himalayas--and, as it turns out, looking along the way for evidence of the yeti, the legendary, supposedly humanoid inhabitant of the high mountains. Messner writes of having encountered "an apparition" at the Tibetan headwaters of the Mekong River. Remembering a photograph of a mysteriously shaped footprint that Eric Shipton had taken ..." |
 | | All 14 Eight-Thousanders(2nd Edition) by Reinhold Messner Hardcover, 252 Pages, Published 1999 by Crowood Pr ISBN-13: 978-1-86126-294-3, ISBN: 1-86126-294-9 "This is a peak by peak account of perhaps the greatest achievement of mountaineer Reinhold Messner - the ascent of the world's 14 8000 metre peaks between 1970 and 1986. The fourteen chapters describe the difficulties, tragedies and ultimate successes of the ascent of each peak. In these pages is the voice of a man suffering -loneliness, despair, hallucinations, the deaths of his brother and friends - but triumphing in the end - and the ..." |
 | | Free Spirit by Reinhold Messner, Jill Neate, James Heath Hardcover, 290 Pages, Published 2014 by Mountaineers Books ISBN-13: 978-1-59485-948-9, ISBN: 1-59485-948-5 "Reinhold Messner had the ideal childhood for a climber. Born in the South Tyrol under the shadow of the Geislerspitz of parents who took him on his first climb on the Sass Rigais at the age of five, he grew up loving and learning every metre of his native Dolomites, and honing on them the basic mountaineering skills which were to lead him to set himself the harder and harder challenges which in turn rolled back the frontiers of the poss ..." |
 | | My Quest for the Yeti Confronting the Himalayas' Deepest Mystery (Paperback) by Reinhold Messner Paperback, 192 Pages, Published 2013 by Macmillan ISBN-13: 978-0-230-76848-2, ISBN: 0-230-76848-2 |
 | | The Naked Mountain(Updated) by Reinhold Messner, Tim Carruthers Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 2005 by Gardners Books ISBN-13: 978-1-86126-801-3, ISBN: 1-86126-801-7 "The ascent of Nanga Parbat in 1970 marked the beginning of Reinhold Messner's remarkable career in Himalayan climbing. But this expedition has always been shrouded in controversy and mystery; his brother Gunther, who accompanied him, met his death on the mountain. Now, over thirty years later, a bitter quarrel has broken out between Messner and the other participants in the Himalayan expedition. Is Messner to blame for his brother's dea ..." |
 | | My Quest for the Yeti Confronting the Himalays' Deepest Mystery by Reinhold Messner Paperback, 192 Pages, Published 2001 by Pan Books ISBN-13: 978-0-330-39086-6, ISBN: 0-330-39086-4 "For over 20 years Reinhold Messner has been obsessed with the secret of the Yeti, the Himilayan creature of legend, who in the West became infamously known as the abominable snowman. Rather than fruitless speculation, Messner - the first person to climb Mount Everest without oxygen and the first to climb all 14 of the world's tallest peaks - provides his own first hand account. He begins by recouting his own terrifying run-ins with the ..." |
 | | Hermann Buhl Climbing Without Compromise Horst Hofler 1898573484(1st Edition) by Reinhold Messner, Hofler Horst Hardcover, 204 Pages, Published 2001 by Cordee ISBN-13: 978-1-898573-48-7, ISBN: 1-898573-48-4 "No Hermann Buhl Read a customer review or write one ." |
 | | My Quest for the Yeti(1st Edition) Confronting the Himalayas' Deepest Mystery by Reinhold Messner, Peter Constantine Paperback, 192 Pages, Published 2001 by St. Martin's Griffin ISBN-13: 978-0-312-27078-0, ISBN: 0-312-27078-X "In a terrifying moment during a solo climb in eastern Tibet, renowned mountaineer Reinhold Messner confronted a large unidentifiable creature that moved upright with astonishing agility. Convinced that he had found living proof of a legend, Messner began aquest to the remote monasteries and isolated villages of Nepal, Bhutan, India, and Nepal, seeking an answer to a mystery that has haunted the imagination for generations.AUTHORBIO: In ..." |
 | | Moving Mountains(1st Edition) Lessons on Life and Leadership by Reinhold Messner Hardcover, 250 Pages, Published 2001 by Executive Excellence Publishing ISBN-13: 978-1-890009-90-8, ISBN: 1-890009-90-3 "This book introduces us to Reinhold Messner, the first person to reach the summit of Everest solo and without supplemental oxygen." |
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