1	Reinhold Messner by Lucas, Omar, and Peter 17 January 2006
2	Personal Info about Reinhold Messner Reinhold Messner has been climbing since he was five years old. Born September 17, 1944 in Brixen, Villnöss in the South Tyrol/Ital He grew up in the Villnöss Valley in the Dolomites and later studied at the University of Padua. He is a native speaker of German, and grew up climbing in theAlps
3	List of major accomplishments Climbed all fourteen +8000 meter peaks Climbed Nanga Parbat for his first 8000er First ever to climb Mount Everest without bottled oxygen: 1978. First to climb Mount Everest alone: 1980. Crossed Gobi Desert at age 60
4	Climbing Mt Everest Without Bottled Oxygen Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler were called crazy and were told climbing Mt. Everest without bottled oxygen was impossible. But in the spring of 1978 they reached the top of the world. They wanted to climb the South Pillar but it was abandoned due to extreme steepness and very bad ice conditions. Instead they chose the normal route. By April, Reinhold and Peter were already at the South Col with two Sherpas, Ang Dorje and Mingma. Finally in 1978 history was made, Reinhold and Peter had done the impossible and proved everybody wrong; they climbed Mt. Everest without supplemental oxygen.
5	Tragedy on Nanga Parbat Reinhold Messner has climbed many mountains in his life time. But his first 8,000 meter peak was Nanga Parbat. He was going to go up it with his brother Gunther. They successfully climbed the mixed route of the Rupal Flank to the summit of Nanga Parbat. The route was hard and the climb to the summit was a great feat itself. Due to extreme weather, the late hour and the fact that Günther was extremely exhausted, they made the decision to descend through unknown terrain by the less steep Diamir Face. Near the foot of the mountain Reinhold was in front to scout a way through the crevasses. When he returned back up to meet Günter he was unable to find him. Only a large avalanche cone showed the place where Günther should have been.
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7	Climbing K2 Reinhold Messner climbed K2 in 1979 without supplementary oxygen. He went up the South East Ridge or Abruzzi Spur. He went on an European Expedition and was the leader. He was the 4th person to climb it without supplementary oxygen. Many other climbers have tried climbing it without supplementary oxygen and reached the top but not made it down again. At the time of his attempt, twenty-one people had died trying to climb it without supplementary oxygen out of 130 people.
8	Our Opinion We think Reinhold Messner has done the impossible and climbed to the top of the world where everybody else perishes without oxygen. He has done things that bewilder us. We don’t know how he does it but he does. Even with the loss of his brother he still kept on climbing. We think he is a remarkable man and has done things everyone else can only dream of.
9	Summary Reinhold Messner has climbed many hard and difficult mountains; he has climbed Everest without oxygen and has done the impossible. He has lost friends and family. He has climbed Nanga Parbat and lost his brother. That was his first 8,000 meter peak to climb. He has climbed all 8,000 meter peaks. At age 61 he is still in shape and active. He is a member of European Parliament and working hard. When he was 59 he crossed the Gobi Desert, a very difficult feat and very hard for his old age.
10	Credits http://www.jerberyd.com/climbing/messner/nangaparbat/ Google Images http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/everest/history/firstwoo2.html http://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/0405/excerpt2.html www.adventurestats.com/pages/tables.htm