14 Eight-Thousanders
1980
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Everest
Irvine
legendary
Mallory
Messner
mountaineers
oxygen
Reinhold
Solo Ascent
summit
the roof of the world
Tibet
Wilson
Product details
- ISBN 9781861261762
- Weight: 690g
- Dimensions: 157 x 190mm
- Publication Date: 27 Jul 1998
- Publisher: The Crowood Press Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Messner describes with clarity and passion his journey through Tibet. He identifies with legendary mountaineers who have been before him - Mallory, Irvine and Wilson come to life as he makes his ascent to the roof of the world.
An Italian mountaineer, explorer, and author from South Tyrol. He made the first solo ascent of Mount Everest and, along with Peter Habeler, the first ascent of Everest without supplemental oxygen. He was the first climber to ascend all fourteen peaks over 8,000 metres (26,000 ft) above sea level without oxygen. Messner was the first to cross Antarctica and Greenland with neither snowmobiles nor dog sleds. He also crossed the Gobi Desert alone. He is widely considered one of the greatest mountaineers of all time.
