First, I am afraid to die and I love to live. But an adventure is only an adventure when there is the… — Reinhold Messner Copy Share Image
I go to the mountains for an adventure and each time I pray I will get up and down again. — Reinhold Messner Copy Share Image
A good expedition doesn't need a leader at all. You are deciding day by day, discussing it in a democratic way. — Reinhold Messner Copy Share Image
The art of climbing is to go where you go knowing that you could die, but you don't die. That is adventure. — Reinhold Messner Copy Share Image
For me, climbing has always been about adventure and that involves difficulties, danger and exposure, so I deliberately set out to climb… — Reinhold Messner Copy Share Image
I'm a rock climber, a high-altitude climber, an adventurer, a storyteller through my museums, and a writer of more than 50 books. — Reinhold Messner Copy Share Image
An account of an expedition is not a novel. Therefore an authentic account can never be given, let alone written down by… — Reinhold Messner Copy Share Image
I think my cultural work is more important than the adventures I did. The adventures are not important for human beings. It's… — Reinhold Messner Copy Share Image
I am not made for lonely expeditions. In the sixties, I climbed during the day so I wouldn't have to be alone.… — Reinhold Messner Copy Share Image
I always take the same perspective with each new adventure. I put myself in the position of being at the end of… — Reinhold Messner Copy Share Image
“After every few steps, we huddle over our ice axes mouths agape, struggling for sufficient breath to keep our muscles going… at… — Reinhold Messner Copy Share Image
Adventure has to do with private, personal experiences. But, the possibilities, there are millions of unclimbed mountains - I have seen in… — Reinhold Messner Copy Share Image
Fame is very heavy. When there are large crowds, I'm unable to handle it. — Reinhold Messner Copy Share Image
The cliches that circulate in the German media about Joachim Sauer are a total fallacy. The fact is that he's his own man. He's… — Reinhold Messner Copy Share Image
Climbing is not a competition, and you cannot talk in terms of 'greatest,' it means nothing. — Reinhold Messner Copy Share Image
Life is about daring to carry out your ideas. And for me, it always comes back to the wilderness, nature, mountains. — Reinhold Messner Copy Share Image
I have a very different fear if I'm all alone in the summit area of Mount Everest and if I know that there is… — Reinhold Messner Copy Share Image
For years I was a rock climber and nothing else. I went to school, yes, and university, yes, but in my heart I was… — Reinhold Messner Copy Share Image
An account of an expedition is not a novel. Therefore an authentic account can never be given, let alone written down by someone who… — Reinhold Messner Copy Share Image
Ueli Steck, I'm absolutely certain, had a very strong inner drive to keep pushing. He set very high standards for himself. — Reinhold Messner Copy Share Image
I can't tell people to love mountains. They have to find their own way. — Reinhold Messner Copy Share Image
...seen from above, landscapes are made up of mountains and watercourses. Just as a transparent model of the human body consists of a framework… — Reinhold Messner Copy Share Image
Out of all the climbers of this generation, I was the one who became known to the larger public. Many of them - not… — Reinhold Messner Copy Share Image
