Reinhold Messner (82) of South Tyrol has conquered the world's highest peaks. Yet within his own family, he has so far failed to achieve reconciliation. At stake are millions, hurt feelings, and his ...

Moments before a storm rolled in, Italian mountaineers Reinhold Messner and Hans Kammerlander charged up the blue alpine ice on the Northwest Face of 25,545-foot Annapurna to reach the summit ridge.

Everything these days seems to revolve around records - the fastest, the highest, the deepest, the toughest. To many, the ultimate keeper of such data is the Guinness Book Of World Records. One of the ...

Fifteen years ago today, Ben Folds Five released their third album, titled The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner. It is by no means a masterpiece (though it is ultimately underrated), and had ...

It was on October 16, 1986, that the legendary Italian mountaineer Reinhold Messner achieved the first-ever completion of all 14 peaks over 8,000 meters in human history. This feat was completed when ...

Reinhold Messner takes another step forward in the inheritance dispute with his family. In an interview, the 79-year-old mountaineering legend makes serious accusations against his son and three ...

"A tourist follows a trail, a mountaineer finds one." Outspoken, charismatic, daring and brilliant, few individuals hold the respect of the mountaineering community like Reinhold Messner. Widely ...

Messner was the first to climb Everest without oxygen and the first to climb it solo. (photo by ilker ender/ Flickr) Messner sporting some unorthodox backpacking gear (note the soccer shoes. (courtesy ...

SULDEN AM ORTLER — Is it okay to talk while walking? What is the secret of an adventure? And why have the “Last Generation” climate activists not understood nature? On a winter hike, 2248 meters up ...

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