Our mountaineering expert considers the world’s greatest mountaineers throughout history, as well as casting an eye on those ...

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Messner’s first 8,000-meter climb was tinged with tragedy and marred by controversy. In 1970, brothers Reinhold and Günther made the first ascent of Nanga Parbat’s hugely challenging Rupal ...

Messner (pictured), 79, from Tyrol in Italy, is considered to be one of the greatest climbers alive after being the first to scale the world's 14 mountains over 8,000 metres in 1986.

M oments after the elation of reaching the summit of Nanga Parbat at sunset alongside his younger brother, Gunther, Reinhold Messner’s descent into despair began.. At 8,126 metres, on top of the ...

A legendary climber has had his records taken away because he was five metres short of one summit.. Reinhold Messner was believed to have been the first man to climb the world’s 8,000 metre ...

Reinhold Messner is one such person. This Saturday, the legendary mountaineer will share some of his death-defying stories as the keynote speaker at the annual Mountaineers Gala in Seattle.