Reinhold Messner (82) of South Tyrol has conquered the world's highest peaks. Yet within his own family, he has so far failed ...

People like so many others”—that’s how Reinhold Messner describes his “extended family” on the “Hotel Matze” podcast, with ...

Moments before a storm rolled in, Italian mountaineers Reinhold Messner and Hans Kammerlander charged up the blue alpine ice on the Northwest Face of 25,545-foot Annapurna to reach the summit ridge.

"A tourist follows a trail, a mountaineer finds one." Outspoken, charismatic, daring and brilliant, few individuals hold the respect of the mountaineering community like Reinhold Messner. Widely ...

Fifteen years ago today, Ben Folds Five released their third album, titled The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner. It is by no means a masterpiece (though it is ultimately underrated), and had ...

Messner was the first to climb Everest without oxygen and the first to climb it solo. (photo by ilker ender/ Flickr) Messner sporting some unorthodox backpacking gear (note the soccer shoes. (courtesy ...

A film retelling mountaineer Reinhold Messner's legendary ascent of Nanga Parbat, in which his younger brother was killed, has reignited a bitter mountaineering row and prompted fellow climbers to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Literary tracker of timepieces and luxury goods. It was two years ago in 2018 that Swiss watch brand Montblanc introduced its ...

Reinhold Messner, the world’s greatest mountaineer, turned 70 this week. To mark the occasion, I visited him at the Firmian Messner Mountain Museum in Bolzano, Italy. The castle there is one part of a ...