Everest : Expedition to the Ultimate

reinhold messner

In 1978 Messner and Habeler became the first to make a successful ascent and descent of Everest without using supplementary oxygen. This is Messner''s account of this landmark in the history of human physical endeavour.'

Genres adventurenonfictionmountaineeringtravelclimbingmemoirsports

286 pages, Paperback

First published January 1,1978

This edition

Format: 286 pages, Paperback
Published: January 1, 1999 by Cordee
ISBN: 9781898573456
ASIN: 189857345X
Language: English

About the author

reinhold messner

Reinhold Messner (born September 17, 1944) is an Italian mountaineer and explorer from South Tyrol, often cited as the greatest mountain climber of all time. He is renowned 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). He is the author of at least 63 books (in German, 1970–2006), many of which have been translated into other languages.