Free Spirit
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Free Spirit

A Climber's Life

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eBook - ePub

Free Spirit

A Climber's Life

About this book


* A mountaineering classic re-released in the Legends and Lore series
* Two new chaptersIn Free Spirit Reinhold Messner describes the forces and events that have shaped him as a climber as famous for his discipline as for his innovative spirit. Messner evolved his philosophy of the single free-climbing line with its uncompromising purity of style in the Dolomites and, as equipment and technique developed, he was in the forefront of the transference of fast lightweight alpine methods to the great ranges. Here, he takes us from the days of his first climb (at the age of five) with his father to his brother's tragic death on Nanga Parbat in 1970 to his later move away from the overcrowded Alps and 8000-meter peaks. He sought fulfillment, instead, in new challenges in lesser known parts of the world, such as crossing the expanse of Antarctica. Free Spirit is an exciting account of the career of a mountain pioneer.

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Information

Publisher
Mountaineers Books
Year
2014
eBook ISBN
9781594858550
Edition
0
Topic
History
Subtopic
Historical Biographies
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Free Spirit: A Climber’s Life
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. 1. A Childhood Paradise (1949–60)
  6. 2. The Future Was a Straight Line (1961–65)
  7. 3. The Wall of Walls (1965–66)
  8. 4. Winter Firsts (1966–67)
  9. 5. Climbing Free (1967)
  10. 6. North Faces (1968)
  11. 7. Expedition to the Peruvian Andes (1969)
  12. 8. A Meet at Chamonix (1969)
  13. 9. Crazy Solos (1969)
  14. 10. Odyssey on Nanga Parbat (1970–71)
  15. 11. Ndugundugu (1971)
  16. 12. Over the Mountain (1971)
  17. 13. Ascent of Mount Kenya (1972)
  18. 14. Fateful Hours on Manaslu (1972)
  19. 15. The South Face of Aconcagua (1973–74)
  20. 16. Turned Back on Makalu (1974)
  21. 17. Ten Hours on the Eigerwand (1974)
  22. 18. Hidden Peak with the Minimum (1975)
  23. 19. Wall of the Midnight Sun (1976)
  24. 20. Retreat on Dhaulagiri (1977)
  25. 21. The Breach Wall on Kilimanjaro (1978)
  26. 22. Last Taboo: Everest Without Oxygen (1978)
  27. 23. Nanga Parbat Solo (1978)
  28. 24. The Abruzzi Ridge on K2 (1979)
  29. 25. Death on a Holy Mountain (1979)
  30. 26. The First Solo Ascent of Mount Everest (1980)
  31. 27. The Rest of the Eight-Thousanders (1981–86)
  32. 28. The Seven Summits (1986)
  33. 29. The Horizontal World (1986–1996)
  34. 30. No Last Mountain (2000)
  35. Epilogue Visions: Stage Six of My Life
  36. Index