num_pages: 256
description: Known as one of history's greatest Himalayan mountaineers, Reinhold Messner was the first person to climb all 14 of the world's 8,000-meter peaks, many of them solo. In this definitive work, he recalls his early climbs in the Alps, expeditions to the Himalaya, the first solo ascents, a trek across Antarctica, and numerous other adventures. 70 photos .
language: English
title: Reinhold Messner, Free Spirit: A Climber's Life
titlecomplete: Reinhold Messner, Free Spirit: A Climber's Life
genres: Adventure, Mountaineering, Outdoors, Biography, Nonfiction, Climbing
ratings_count: 255
publisher: Mountaineers Books