The Crystal Horizon Everest-the First Solo Ascent Summary
Reinhold Messner

The Crystal Horizon Everest-the First Solo Ascent Summary

The Crystal Horizon: Everest—The First Solo Ascent, by Reinhold Messner, translated from the German by Jill Neate and Audrey Salkeld, is an account by a famous climber of his successful and solo assault on the world's tallest mountain. In 1980, without the aid of oxygen bottles or other "high-tech" assistance, the thirty-five-year-old Messner became the first person ever to reach the summit of Mount Everest while climbing alone. Later in...

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