Click on this text to read a recent interview with Messner ... he soloed the North face of Droites, he climbed the North fce of the Eiger in 10 hours, he did an alpine style ascent of Hidden Peak, he soloed Everest without oxygen, and he was the first man to climb all fourteen 8000 meter peaks.
QUOTE OF THE WEEK ... I want to solve a climbing problem in the mountains, not in the sporting goods store.
Reinhold Messner