Reinhold Messner

Reinhold Messner sits at the absolute edge of what I think humans are capable of. The first solo ascent of Everest, the first oxygen-free Everest climb with Habeler, and the first person to summit all fourteen eight-thousanders without bottled oxygen, these are not records so much as redefinitions of possibility. To enter the death zone with nothing but your own body is closer to philosophy than sport. That he also became a serious writer, explorer and politician only deepens my admiration. I find his obsessive purity slightly terrifying and completely inspiring, the work of a man determined to test the limit itself.

Name (English)

Reinhold Messner

Name (Japanese)

ラインホルト・メスナー

Reading

らいんほると・めすなー

Born

September 17, 1944 (age 81)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Monkey

Origin

Brixen, South Tyrol, Italy

Occupation

explorer / politician / writer / mountaineer / film director

Awards & achievements

• 2001 Patron’s Medal
• 2018 Princess of Asturias Award for Sports
• 2019 Romy
• 2014 Courage Award
• 2010 Lifetime Piolet d'Or
• 2024 Bambi Award
• 1985 Bancarella Sport Prize
• 1988 Silver Olympic Order

• Official sitehttps://reinhold-messner.de/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/reinholdmessner_official/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinhold%20Messner
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3%E3%83%9B%E3%83%AB%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A1%E3%82%B9%E3%83%8A%E3%83%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q189307

Tags

• South Tyrol
• explorer
• politician
• writer

Last updated

2026-06-17

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.