Reinhold Messner /Version polish and english/

Reinhold Messner (born September 17, 1944) is a mountaineer and explorer from South Tyrol in Italy, often cited as the greatest mountain climber of all time, noted for making the first solo ascents of Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen and for being the first climber to ascend all fourteen “eight-thousanders” (peaks over 8,000 metres above sea level).

His first major Himalayan climb in 1970, Nanga Parbat, turned out to be a tragic success. Both he and his brother Günther Messner reached the summit, but Günther died two days later on the descent. Reinhold lost seven toes and three fingers, which had become badly frostbitten during the climb and required amputation.

In the 1970s, Messner championed the cause for ascending Mount Everest without supplementary oxygen, saying that he would do it “by fair means” or not at all. In 1978, he summited Everest with Peter Habeler. He later summited Everest on the Tibetan side in 1980, the first solo summit. This was the first time anyone had been that high without bottled oxygen and Messner and Habeler proved what most doctors, specialists, and mountaineers thought impossible. It changed mountaineering forever.

In 1986, Messner became the first to climb all fourteen eight-thousanders (peaks over 8,000 metres above sea level. He has also made a solo ascent of the technically difficult Nanga Parbat. Messner has crossed Antarctica on skis with Arved Fuchs.

The fourteen 8,000 + peaks :

Official site : http://www.reinhold-messner.de/
Nanga Parbat

Nanga Parbat Reinhold Messner (ur. 17 września 1944 w Villnöss-Funes, w Tyrolu na terytorium Włoch) – himalaista i podróżnik, autor książek o tematyce górskiej. Jako pierwszy człowiek zdobył Koronę Himalajów – wszystkie 14 ośmiotysięczników świata. Dokonał tego w 1986, a zdobycie kompletu szczytów zajęło mu 16 lat. Preferował w swych wspinaczkach himalajskich styl alpejski- starał się nie korzystać z tragarzy, zakładał minimalną ilość obozów pośrednich i poręczówek. Nie używał też butli tlenowych. W roku 1970 on i jego brat Gunther wspinali się na Nanga Parbat. Ich zwycięstwo zamieniło się w klęskę, kiedy Gunther zginął przysypany lawiną. Oskarżany o brawurę i egoizm, obwiniany za śmierć brata Reinhold po wielu latach powraca na kartach swej książki / Reinhold Messner “Naga Góra” / do dramatycznych przeżyć z wyprawy. W 1978 zdobył wraz z Peterem Habelerem w stylu alpejskim Mount Everest, a następnie – samotnie – Nanga Parbat. Prawdopodobnie częste niedotlenianie na wysokościach doprowadziło do wykrytych ostatnio u Messnera uszkodzeń mózgu. W 1985, jako drugi człowiek na świecie, mógł poszczycić się zdobyciem Wielkiej Korony Ziemi – najwyższych szczytów na wszystkich kontynentach.

Ma swoja strone internetowa : http://www.reinhold-messner.it

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