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Günther Messner (18 May 1946 – 29 June 1970) was an Italian mountaineer from South Tyrol and the younger brother of Reinhold Messner. Günther climbed some of the most difficult routes in the Alps during the 1960s, and joined the Nanga Parbat-Expedition in 1970 just before the beginning of the expedition due to an opening within the team.
Günther Messner (* 18. Mai 1946 in Brixen, Südtirol; † 29. Juni 1970 am Nanga Parbat, Pakistan) war Bankkaufmann, Bergsteiger und ein jüngerer Bruder von Reinhold Messner. Er starb während einer Expedition unter Leitung von Karl Herrligkoffer zum Achttausender Nanga Parbat.
Jun 9, 2022 · Reinhold Messner lost his brother Guenther on Nanga Parbat in 1970. Last week, he relived the tragedy again. “The second shoe of my brother Günther was found at the foot of the Diamir Glacier by local people,” wrote Messner on social media.
Reinhold Andreas Messner ( German: [ˈʁaɪnhɔlt ˈmɛsnɐ]; born 17 September 1944) is an Italian climber, explorer, and author from South Tyrol. He made the first solo ascent of Mount Everest and, along with Peter Habeler, the first ascent of Everest without supplemental oxygen.
Aug 30, 2020 · Was it Günther Messner? If it was, it supported Reinhold’s story that he had brought Günther with him down the Diamir Face and had not abandoned him at the top of the mountain .
Oct 10, 2006 · A decades-old mountaineering scandal has bubbled back up to the surface: did climbing legend Reinhold Messner—who made his name by being the first to climb all 14 of the world's highest...
Oct 6, 2022 · The elder Messner, who fought alongside the Germans, rarely spoke of the horrors of war. In his later memoir, The Naked Mountain, Reinhold recalls his father thrashing his brother Günther horribly—but he introduced his children to the outdoors and climbing. Just five years old, Reinhold climbed the Sass Rigais, a semi-technical peak close to ...
