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About this book
•*Reveals the long view from an icon who, with age, has added wisdom to his list of accomplishments
•*Messner climbing firsts: the world's fourteen peaks taller than 8000 meters; Everest solo; Everest without supplemental oxygen
•*Author of more than 60 booksReinhold Messner: My Life at the Limit, the newest book by the famed mountaineer, is a conversation between Messner and interviewer Thomas Hüetlin, an award-winning German journalist. It reveals a more thoughtful and conversational Messner than one finds in his previous books, with the "talk" between Messner and Hüetlin covering not only the highlights of Messner's climbing career, but also his treks across Tibet, the Gobi, and Antarctica; his five-year-stint as a member of the European Parliament; his encounter with and study of the yeti; his thoughts on traditional male/female roles; and much more. Readers learn about Messner's childhood, his thoughts about eating ice cream with girls (against), politics (mostly liberal), and his technique for killing chickens (sharp scissors).Messner is known as one of history's greatest Himalayan mountaineers, a man who pushed back the frontiers of the possible for a whole generation of climbers. While the interest in My Life at the Limit is that it exposes much more of the man than his climbing career, that career is still utterly remarkable——and Mountaineers Books is proud to present this book, which is core to our mission, to audiences across North America. ***For a limited time, donors to our Legends and Lore series will receive a signed copy of My Life at the Limit. Click here > to learn more. ***
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Table of contents
- My Life at the Limit: A Legends and Lore Title
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Publisher’s Note
- Chapter I: Defying Gravity 1949–1969
- Chapter II: High-Altitude Mountaineering 1969–1986
- Chapter III: Into the Endless Wilderness 1986–2004
- Chapter IV: Looking for Answers 1995–2009
- Chapter V: Shaping the Homeland 1991–2004
- Chapter VI: The Legacy 1998–2008
- Chapter VII: Tying Up Life’s Loose Ends 2009–2014
- Milestones
- Translator’s Note
- Sponsors’ Note
- About the Authors and Translator