Reinhold Messner
Reinhold Messner
Reinhold Messneris an Italian mountaineer, adventurer, explorer, and author from the autonomous Italian province of South Tyrol...
ProfessionMountain Climber
Date of Birth17 September 1944
goal
Those that reach their goals perish.
memories goal important
Not only during the ascent, but also during the descent my willpower is dulled. The longer I climb the less important the goal seems to me, the more indifferent I become to myself. My attention has diminished, my memory is weakened. My mental fatigue is now greater than the bodily. It is so pleasant to sit doing nothing - and therefore so dangerous. Death through exhaustion is like death through freezing - a pleasant one.
climbing mountain unfair
Mountains are not fair or unfair, they are just dangerous.
adventure perspective important
I always take the same perspective with each new adventure. I put myself in the position of being at the end of my life looking back. Then I ask myself if what I am doing is important to me.
things-in-life wonderful wonderful-things
The wonderful things in life are the things you do, not the things you have.