I am not so proud to climb all the 8,000-meter peaks, but I was proud to climb Nanga Parbat solo. That was the most elegant thing I did. Reinhold Messner Read Quote
Gunther and I always shared the work. Each of us carried his own sleeping bag and tent, and porters carried the rest, until the highest camp, when we were on our own. Nobody helped us up there. Reinhold Messner Read Quote
Climbing has so much more culture than all other activities put together. There is no culture in tennis, just a few names, a few dates. No big culture in soccer. But we have thousands of books, great philosophers, thinkers, painters. Reinhold Messner Read Quote
I want to look into the dark spaces in people’s souls. At what happens to us when we go to the mountains. Reinhold Messner Read Quote
For years I was a rock climber and nothing else. I went to school, yes, and university, yes, but in my heart I was a rock climber. Reinhold Messner Read Quote
The only possibility to have a knowledge of both the Earth’s nature and our own internal nature is through traditional climbing when you go on your own, far from safety, and encounter the unknown. Reinhold Messner Read Quote
On your own, relying on yourself, you will never feel you are stronger than the mountain, and your respect for the peak grows. Reinhold Messner Read Quote
I left many different mountains but always the gods gave me a chance to go back. I was always going with a quiet foot. Reinhold Messner Read Quote
