Some alpinists scoffed at a German climber's quest to ascend Mount Everest in winter. Now he's closer than ever to reaching ...

Outspoken, charismatic, daring and brilliant, few individuals hold the respect of the mountaineering community like Reinhold Messner ... person to climb Everest solo. mt everest from tibet ...

The summit of Africa’s Mt. Kilimanjaro ... a number of elite climbers who have summited Everest without oxygen. The great Italian Reinhold Messner, American Ed Viesturs and Austria’s Peter ...

Record of the first ascent of Everest made without the use of oxygen equipment, made in May 1978 by Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler. Could it be done? Would their blood vessels burst?