The Economist (US), June 25th, 1994
Messner has climbed all 14 mountains that exceed 26,250 feet and plans a new climb in Pakistan. He popularized the Alpine-style technique of climbing the Himalayas, making the ascent and descent quickly. He is a believer in 'elegant' climbing.
WHEN the 5,000-year-old mummified corpse of a fully equipped Neolithic man was found in a glacier high in the Tyrolean Alps in 1991, Reinhold Messner was quickly on the scene. Nobody was in the slightest bit surprised to see him. The Italian climber has not only conquered every great peak. He is such a legend that no great experience in the mountains se...
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