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Reinhold Andreas Messner (German: [ˈʁaɪnhɔlt ˈmɛsnɐ]; born 17 September 1944) is an Italian climber, explorer, and author from the German-speaking province of South Tyrol. He made the first solo ascent of Mount Everest and, along with Peter Habeler, the first ascent of Everest without
Peter Habeler (born 1942) Austria, first ascent without supplementary oxygen Everest (1978) with Reinhold Messner Douglas Robert Hadow (1846–1865) UK, died on first ascent Matterhorn (1865) Dave Hahn (born 1961) US, 11 Everest ascents, 26 Vinson Massif ascents, 19 Denali ascents
(The first official successful climb on this route was the Chinese ascent of 1960). [7] The British also investigated a route via the north wall flanks of the mountain and to ascend by the later so called Norton Couloir to the Third Step and to the summit. (This route was used by Reinhold Messner on his first solo ascent in 1980).
The 1924 British Mount Everest expedition was—after the 1922 British Mount Everest expedition—the 2nd expedition with the goal of achieving the first ascent of Mount Everest. [ 1 ] : 1 After two summit attempts in which Edward Norton set a world altitude record of 8,572.8 metres (28,126 ft), [ 1 ] : 11 the mountaineers George Mallory and ...
Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler on 8 May 1978 (first ascent of Everest without supplementary oxygen) [21] Austrian Franz Oppurg summited solo in 1978 [22] Sixteen people summited in October 1978 as part of the Franco-Deutsch expedition led by Dr. Karl Herrligkoffer: [15] Hubert Hillmaier; Sepp Mack (without supplementary oxygen)
May 14 – First ascent by a Brazilian, Waldemar Niclevicz and Mozart Catão. Niclevicz summited again in 2005. [79] Alison Hargreaves became the first woman (and second person after Reinhold Messner) to climb Everest alone without oxygen tanks or support from a Sherpa team. [80]
The first person to summit all 14 eight-thousanders was the Italian climber Reinhold Messner in 1986, who did not use any supplementary oxygen. In 2010, Edurne Pasaban , a Basque Spanish mountaineer became the first woman to summit all 14 eight-thousanders, but with the aid of supplementary oxygen.
First ascent without supplemental oxygen Summited Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler Italy, Austria May 8, 1978 First winter ascent Summited Krzysztof Wielicki and Leszek Cichy Poland February 17, 1980 First solo ascent, simultaneously first solo ascent without supplemental oxygen Summited Reinhold Messner Italy August 20, 1980