Against the Wind
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Against the Wind

Reflections on a Self-Determined Life

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eBook - ePub

Against the Wind

Reflections on a Self-Determined Life

About this book

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.

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Table of contents

  1. Against The Wind
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Praise
  5. Contents
  6. The Thirteen Winds
  7. Headwind
  8. 1. Learning to Take Responsibility
  9. 2. Overcoming Resistance
  10. 3. Lessons from My Mother
  11. 4. Boiled Dumplings
  12. 5. A Hut at the Edge of the Woods
  13. 6. The Red Rocket
  14. 7. Not a Good Writer
  15. 8. No Limit
  16. 9. The Bolt War
  17. 10. “Stop This Desperado”
  18. 11. Going Solo
  19. 12. Intrigue for Intrigue’s Sake
  20. 13. One-Man Show
  21. 14. Professional or Idealist?
  22. 15. “Called a Fool”
  23. 16. K2 and Broad Peak
  24. 17. Hillary’s Son
  25. 18. The Option
  26. 19. The Seventh Grade
  27. 20. Yeti, Bonatti, and Juval Castle
  28. 21. End of a Legend
  29. 22. The Suffering Game
  30. 23. Seven Summits
  31. 24. No End to the Madness
  32. 25. Yeti Hangover
  33. 26. Ötzi the Iceman
  34. 27. Solar Roof, Bureaucracy, and Self-Responsibility
  35. 28. Expo Hannover and Member of the European Parliament
  36. 29. Brussels Backbencher
  37. 30. White Wilderness
  38. 31. The Battle for Sigmundskron Castle
  39. 32. The Tender
  40. 33. The Only Witness
  41. 34. Hans Saler’s Letter
  42. 35. Blockheads
  43. 36. Excluded
  44. 37. Nanga Parbat, the Film
  45. 38. Self-Empowerment and Freedom
  46. 39. Interjections
  47. 40. Cultural Heritage
  48. 41. My Life in South Tyrol
  49. 42. Bonds
  50. 43. Ambivalent Testimonial
  51. 44. My Last Expedition
  52. 45. Missed the Summit?
  53. 46. Accolades
  54. 47. “Whiny Wimps”
  55. 48. Up and Away
  56. 49. Against the Wind
  57. 50. Discarded
  58. 51. In Love
  59. 52. Censorship
  60. 53. Group Tours in the Death Zone
  61. 54. Reaching My Destination
  62. 55. Lebensfreude
  63. Translator’s Notes
  64. Select Sources