Against the Wind
Reflections on a Self-Determined Life
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Description
Reinhold Messner is one of history’s greatest mountaineers, a man who pushed the frontier of what is possible for a whole
generation of climbers and beyond. In his new memoir, Against the Wind, Messner looks back on a life of accomplishments and recounts some of the most important episodes after turning eighty in 2024.
He also addresses darker times and infamous controversies--including being discredited as a young mountaineer, his divorce and remarriage, Guinness stripping him of his world records in 2023, the recent revisions to measurements of 8000-meter summits, and the discovery of his brother Gunther’s remains on Nanga Parbat.
This new memoir is classic Messner--no apologies, no regrets, and no backing down.
He also addresses darker times and infamous controversies--including being discredited as a young mountaineer, his divorce and remarriage, Guinness stripping him of his world records in 2023, the recent revisions to measurements of 8000-meter summits, and the discovery of his brother Gunther’s remains on Nanga Parbat.
This new memoir is classic Messner--no apologies, no regrets, and no backing down.
