Mountaineering is over. Alpinism is dead. Maybe its spirit is still alive a little in Britain and America, but it will soon… — Reinhold Messner Copy Share Image
Alpinism means you go by yourself with your own responsibility, knowing that you could die. But Everest now is more like ski… — Reinhold Messner Copy Share Image
Traditional alpinism is to go where the others are not going and to be self-reliant. — Reinhold Messner Copy Share Image
I'm a storyteller. I do this for the next generations. They have to know what traditional alpinism is all about. — Reinhold Messner Copy Share Image
Traditional alpinism is slowly disappearing. It is becoming sport, indoors on small walls with holds where you cannot really fall. — Reinhold Messner Copy Share Image
Look, I do not control alpinism. But maybe I was too successful. Many in the mountaineering scene - journalists, second-rate climbers, lecturers,… — Reinhold Messner Copy Share Image
There are three elements of mountaineering - difficulty, danger, and exposure. Difficulty is the technical aspect of it. Danger, it is best… — 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
