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
In mountaineering, there is not only the activity, but the philosophy behind it. Some say a moral, but I am against that… — Reinhold Messner Copy Share Image
I have the feeling that behind a certain dimension we cannot anymore see, understand, feel, smell, hear - nothing. What people are… — Reinhold Messner Copy Share Image
I go to the wild mountains where I am responsible for myself. Step by step I am making sure that I don't… — Reinhold Messner Copy Share Image
I am responsible for my brother's death. I feel the guilt of having survived. People say, 'You should be happy. You survived.'… — Reinhold Messner Copy Share Image
When I was a small child, I began on small mountains. Now, as I am getting older, the small peaks are getting… — 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 am not so famous. I'm known in a few countries like Italy, Austria, Germany, Switzerland and around the Alps. Some climbers… — Reinhold Messner Copy Share Image
I am not so proud to climb all the 8,000-meter peaks, but I was proud to climb Nanga Parbat solo. That was… — 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
