page_title: Reinhold Messner
section_title: Dhaulagiri
hierarchical_section_title: Reinhold Messner / Expeditions / Climbs of the eight-thousanders after 1970 / Dhaulagiri
caption_attribution_description: English: Dhaulagiri (8167 m), view from aircraft / Nepal.
context_page_description: Reinhold Andreas Messner is an Italian mountaineer, explorer, and author. He made the first solo ascent of Mount Everest and, along with Peter Habeler, the first ascent of Everest without supplemental oxygen. He was the first climber to ascend all fourteen peaks over 8,000 metres above sea level. Messner was the first to cross Antarctica and Greenland with neither snowmobiles nor dog sleds. He also crossed the Gobi Desert alone. Messner has published more than 80 books about his experiences as a climber and explorer. In 2018, he received jointly with Krzysztof Wielicki the Princess of Asturias Award in the category of Sports.
context_section_description: Messner had already attempted Dhaulagiri in 1977 and 1984, unsuccessfully. In 1985 he finally summited. He climbed with Kammerlander up the normal route along the northeast ridge. After only three days of climbing they stood on the summit in a heavy storm on 15 May.
caption: Messner's attempt on the summit in 1977 failed on Dhaulagiri's South Face
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