On May 8, 1978, world-renowned alpinist Reinhold Messner and his frequent partner, Peter Habeler, became the first to summit ...

However, it’s likely that critics of the rampant adventure tourism present on Everest today, such as the great Reinhold Messner, would refute the claim that May is the “best” time to climb ...

Next on Messner and Habeler’s hit list was Everest, which they successfully climbed in 1978 and again, without supplementary oxygen. This proved to the world that such a climb was possible.

Reinhold Messner, one of the first two men to summit Mount Everest without supplementary oxygen, will speak at a gala this Saturday hosted by The Mountaineers. Skip to content.

Mountain man: the miraculous life of Reinhold Messner, the world’s most controversial climber. He was the brash, brilliant and ego-fuelled climber who first scaled Everest without oxygen ...

Guinness Revoked Reinhold Messner’s 8,000er Record. That Was a Huge Mistake. An evolving climbing world has new standards but shouldn’t tarnish historic achievements ...

Memorabilia from the first successful ascent of Mount Everest has been bought by a world-renowned mountaineer. The archive, collected by Tom Stobart - a cameraman on the 1953 Everest expedition ...

On May 8, 1978, world-renowned alpinist Reinhold Messner and his frequent partner, Peter Habeler, became the first to summit Mount Everest (29,032 feet) without supplemental oxygen.

Italian mountaineer, explorer and author Reinhold Messner purchased the collection so it could be displayed at a museum in his home country. The items included a food packet signed by John Hunt ...