My aim is not just to help preserve what is left of mountain life, but to create a centre where people can study and learn about it. Reinhold Messner Read Quote
Mountaineering is over. Alpinism is dead. Maybe its spirit is still alive a little in Britain and America, but it will soon die out. Reinhold Messner Read Quote
I was 5 when I went up my first 10,000 ft mountain, with my parents, and I have been climbing ever since. Reinhold Messner Read Quote
I’m a storyteller. I do this for the next generations. They have to know what traditional alpinism is all about. Reinhold Messner Read Quote
The museum at Ortles is dedicated to the world of ice so we wanted visitors to feel like they were inside a glacier. Reinhold Messner Read Quote
To me, it’s just not that important whether someone climbs the Eigerwand in ten hours or in three. Reinhold Messner Read Quote
The Dolomites are the most beautiful rock mountains in the world, but in a few million years they will just be desert. Reinhold Messner Read Quote
For me, climbing has always been about adventure and that involves difficulties, danger and exposure, so I deliberately set out to climb with as little equipment as possible. Reinhold Messner Read Quote
Out of all the climbers of this generation, I was the one who became known to the larger public. Many of them – not all of them, but many of them – understood they had only one chance to use me for their personal gain. And it’s very easy to use me. Reinhold Messner Read Quote
For me, imagination is more important in climbing than muscle or daredevil antics. Reinhold Messner Read Quote
