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14 of them. The first person to climb them all did so without supplemental oxygen. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinhold_Messner https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki
by RijilV 3mo ago
14 of them. The first person to climb them all did so without supplemental oxygen.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinhold_Messner https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinhold_Messner
- ijidak 3mo agoOk. This is the most interesting man in the world. Literally.
- modernerd 3mo agoIf you're ever in Northern Italy the Messner museum in Kronplatz is absolutely worth a visit. https://www.messner-mountain-museum.it/en/discover/corones/ https://www.messner-mountain-museum.it/en/discover/corones/
- m463 3mo agoHe made the first solo ascent of Mount Everest and, along with Peter Habeler, the first ascent of Everest without supplementary oxygen. He was the first person to climb all 14 eight-thousanders, doing so without supplementary oxygen. Messner was the first to cross Antarctica and Greenland with neither snowmobiles nor dog sleds and also crossed the Gobi Desert alone. He is widely considered to be the greatest mountaineer of all time. wow, even his hair is interesting