REINHOLD MESSNER is often called the greatest living mountaineer.
He was the first man to summit Everest without supplementary
oxygen, the first to solo Everest, and the first to climb all
fourteen of the world's 8,000-meter peaks. He is the author of
numerous books, including The Crystal Horizon and Antarctica.
Interviewer Thomas Hüetlin is an award-winning correspondent for
the German magazine Der Spiegel and divides his time between Berlin
and London. Translator Tim Carruthers has climbed extensively in
Europe, the United States, and South America and has translated
works by Hermann Buhl, Heinrich Harrer, Anderl Heckmair, and
Reinhold Messner.
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