Reinhold Messner
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Reinhold Andreas Messner is an Italian climber, explorer, and author from the German-speaking province of South Tyrol. He made the first solo ascent of Mount Everest and, along with Peter Habeler, the
Messner in 2024
Reinhold Messner in Koeln 2009
Reinhold Messner in 1985 in Pamir Mountains.
Rupal face of Nanga Parbat.
Ed Viesturs
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Edmund Viesturs is an American high-altitude mountaineer, corporate speaker, and well known author in the mountain climbing community. He was the first American to climb all 14 of the eight-thousander
Reinhold Messner
…and natural imprecision in proving many of these records. Nevertheless, on 18 September 2023, GWR stripped Messner of the record and awarded it to Ed Viesturs. Messner retorted: "I don’t care if my name is in the Guinness World Records book. You cannot take a record I never claimed away from me." GWR based…
Ed Viesturs, 2008