Reinhold Messner Libros

Walter Bonatti y Reinhold Messner ocupan un lugar privilegiado dentro de la historia del alpinismo. Dos grandes escaladores que, por desafortunadas circunstancias y a pesar del gran respeto que se profesaban, se mantuvieron alejados durante largos años. En 2004 tuvo lugar su primer encuentro, que marcó el inicio de una tardía pero fraternal amistad. -Walter Bonnati. Mi hermano en el alma- establece un paralelismo entre las vidas de ambos alpinistas a través de distintos registros la crónica de lo sucedido la larga noche del 30 al 31 de julio de 1954 en el K2, en la que Walter Bonatti estuvo a punto de morir y que, a posteriori, marcó toda su vida como alpinista y como hombre, la biografía de Bonatti, reconstruida en forma novelada por Sandro Filippini con ayuda de documentos de la época y testimonios directos, finalmente, el relato en primera persona de Messner, que comenta las vicisitudes de su amigo como alpinista y como persona y las confronta con las suyas propias. Impresiona la lucidez y la extraordinaria honestidad de Reinhold Messner, que con este testimonio conmovedor se desnuda como quizás nunca antes lo había hecho. Bonatti muere en 2011 a los 81 años de edad, un año después de recibir el reconocimiento del Piolet de Oro a toda su carrera. Messner con este libro rinde homenaje al alpinista, pero sobre todo al hombre que convirtió las cumbres en escuela de honestidad. Con prólogo de Sebastián Álvaro.

Awe-inspiring views of high peaks as they have never been seen before, using cutting-edge satellite technology Mountains marks a new milestone in Earth observation and Alpine exploration. For the first time, a special recording process and a technique developed at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) allow the satellite recording of three-dimensional views from 300 miles above with a resolution in the range of a few meters. Photorealistic images are created in this manner from perspectives denied even to mountaineers and helicopter pilots. In addition to highly accurate detailed models of individual regions, the DLR generates a global three-dimensional elevation model of Earth in unprecedented quality. For this purpose, two German satellites are currently circling the earth at a speed of more than 15,000 miles per hour—separated by a mere 500 feet. Taken together, both techniques offer a detailed view of a world that still pushes human beings to their limits—the mountainous regions of our planet. For this book Reinhold Messner has selected thirteen peaks and routes to feature, as they’ve never been seen before.

Illustrated throughout with colour photographs, this title aims to offer inspirational, informative and useful reading for climbers, mountaineers and all those interested in adventure travel.

This is a peak by peak account of perhaps the greatest achievement of mountaineer Reinhold Messner - the ascent of the world's 14 8000 metre peaks between 1970 and 1986. The fourteen chapters describe the difficulties, tragedies and ultimate successes of the ascent of each peak. In these pages is the voice of a man suffering -loneliness, despair, hallucinations, the deaths of his brother and friends - but triumphing in the end - and the voice of a man conquering the barriers set up by nature.

The ascent of Nanga Parbat in 1970 marked the beginning of Reinhold Messner's remarkable career in Himalayan climbing. But this expedition has always been shrouded in controversy and mystery; his brother Gunther, who accompanied him, met his death on the mountain. Now, over thirty years later, a bitter quarrel has broken out between Messner and the other participants in the Himalayan expedition. Is Messner to blame for his brother's death? Or was it the team that let the two of them down? In The Naked Mountain Messner gives his side of the story in full for the first time. This most personal account is a story of death and survival...and for those who want to understand what is the force that drives Messner on, this book is the key. Extensively reviewed in the German media, this book is sure to arouse enormous interest in the UK climbing fraternity.

Known as one of history's greatest Himalayan mountaineers, Reinhold Messner was the first person to climb all 14 of the world's 8,000-meter peaks, many of them solo. In this definitive work, he recalls his early climbs in the Alps, expeditions to the Himalaya, the first solo ascents, a trek across Antarctica, and numerous other adventures. 70 photos.

Messner's account of his first ascent on Everest, made without supplemental oxygen, and considered to be an impossible feat at the time.