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First Solo Ascent Mt Everest - Sciences, Education, Art, Writing, UFO - Posted: 18th Feb, 2005 - 9:29am
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Post Date: 17th Feb, 2005 - 10:48pm / Post ID: #
First Solo Ascent Of Mt. Everest
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| Two years after reaching Everest's summit with Peter Habeler, Reinhold Messner did the whole thing again on his own - and became the first person to do it alone! He's a legend among mountaineers and has climbed all of the world's 14 summits over 8,000 meters high, mainly on solo expeditions. |
Resource: https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/
This world record was under the sub-heading of courage and endurance. I think Reinhold Messner's accomplishments are amazing. He obviously was very brave and must have been in great shape physically. However, after researching this more on the internet, I learned that his brother, Gunther Messner, died tragically on one of these climbs with him. Then I found this article: https://www.camp4.com/moreicenews.php?newsid=519
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| Now, more than three decades after the climb that changed Messner's life, the events on Nanga Parbat are threatening to ruin his reputation. For the first time, four of the surviving members of the 1970 expedition have broken their silence about what happened. They accuse Messner, who is now 59, of lying about the events and placing his goal of personal glory above the safety of his brother. His much heralded descent, they assert, was not a necessary emergency route, but, rather, part of a plan he had all along to achieve the first ever traverse -- up one side, down the other -- of a 26,000-foot peak. |
I wondered after reading this if he should still be honored after this information came out. "Not even the emergency condition of your exhausted brother could keep you from your ambitious goal," wrote Hans Saler, a member of the team, in an open letter posted last year on the Internet. Though he has not been charged or tried for a crime, some institutions, like the Olympics, might consider taking a title like this away for these kind of accusations and charges. After reading about this, how do you feel about his established world record? Should the record stand?
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Sure it should stand. I do feel sorry for the guy in a way. Greed and Pride are deadly sins and I am sure he will be reminded of this as he nears death or in his future life after death (if you believe). However, there is no taking away the fact that he did achieve the task. Perhaps it is better that he goes solo on most of his climbs.
My thoughts,
Vincenzo
Post Date: 18th Feb, 2005 - 8:18am / Post ID: #
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The record is just that, a record. Its only a number and thats what it will always be. But his brother will be the one that holds his hand when he dies. Thats a crappy thing to do in the name of glory. I think it will at least live on to tarnish his reputation as a record breaker. Thats a shame that he was so bent on his own glory that he would risk his own brothers life to do it.
Post Date: 18th Feb, 2005 - 9:29am / Post ID: #
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Insisting of doing this alone speaks for himself. If any of you have some experience with this kind of climbing you should now. I hade a friend died on my arms when try to climb a summit (just over 2000 m) on a bad wether conditions. A big part of climbing is sharing...
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