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The "Mountain King" looks back on eight decades, summit controversies, and his lasting legacy of climbing for the experience and the journey
Reinhold Messner is one of history's greatest mountaineers, a man who pushed the frontier of what is possible for a whole generation of climbers and beyond. In his new memoir, Against the Wind, Messner looks back on a life of accomplishments and recounts some of the most important episodes after turning eighty in 2024.
He also addresses darker times and infamous controversies--including being discredited as a young mountaineer, his divorce and remarriage, Guinness stripping him of his world records in 2023, the recent revisions to measurements of 8000-meter summits, and the discovery of his brother Gunther's remains on Nanga Parbat.
This new memoir is classic Messner--no apologies, no regrets, and no backing down.
Reinhold Messner is one of history's greatest mountaineers, a man who pushed the frontier of what is possible for a whole generation of climbers and beyond. In his new memoir, Against the Wind, Messner looks back on a life of accomplishments and recounts some of the most important episodes after turning eighty in 2024.
He also addresses darker times and infamous controversies--including being discredited as a young mountaineer, his divorce and remarriage, Guinness stripping him of his world records in 2023, the recent revisions to measurements of 8000-meter summits, and the discovery of his brother Gunther's remains on Nanga Parbat.
This new memoir is classic Messner--no apologies, no regrets, and no backing down.
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Table of contents
- Against The Wind
- Title
- Copyright
- Praise
- Contents
- The Thirteen Winds
- Headwind
- 1. Learning to Take Responsibility
- 2. Overcoming Resistance
- 3. Lessons from My Mother
- 4. Boiled Dumplings
- 5. A Hut at the Edge of the Woods
- 6. The Red Rocket
- 7. Not a Good Writer
- 8. No Limit
- 9. The Bolt War
- 10. âStop This Desperadoâ
- 11. Going Solo
- 12. Intrigue for Intrigueâs Sake
- 13. One-Man Show
- 14. Professional or Idealist?
- 15. âCalled a Foolâ
- 16. K2 and Broad Peak
- 17. Hillaryâs Son
- 18. The Option
- 19. The Seventh Grade
- 20. Yeti, Bonatti, and Juval Castle
- 21. End of a Legend
- 22. The Suffering Game
- 23. Seven Summits
- 24. No End to the Madness
- 25. Yeti Hangover
- 26. Ătzi the Iceman
- 27. Solar Roof, Bureaucracy, and Self-Responsibility
- 28. Expo Hannover and Member of the European Parliament
- 29. Brussels Backbencher
- 30. White Wilderness
- 31. The Battle for Sigmundskron Castle
- 32. The Tender
- 33. The Only Witness
- 34. Hans Salerâs Letter
- 35. Blockheads
- 36. Excluded
- 37. Nanga Parbat, the Film
- 38. Self-Empowerment and Freedom
- 39. Interjections
- 40. Cultural Heritage
- 41. My Life in South Tyrol
- 42. Bonds
- 43. Ambivalent Testimonial
- 44. My Last Expedition
- 45. Missed the Summit?
- 46. Accolades
- 47. âWhiny Wimpsâ
- 48. Up and Away
- 49. Against the Wind
- 50. Discarded
- 51. In Love
- 52. Censorship
- 53. Group Tours in the Death Zone
- 54. Reaching My Destination
- 55. Lebensfreude
- Translatorâs Notes
- Select Sources