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Reinhold Messner

1944 - Today

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Reinhold Andreas Messner (German: [ˈʁaɪnhɔlt ˈmɛsnɐ]; born 17 September 1944) is an Italian climber, explorer, and author from the German-speaking province of South Tyrol. He made the first solo ascent of Mount Everest and, along with Peter Habeler, the first ascent of Everest without supplementary oxygen. He was the first person to climb all 14 eight-thousanders, doing so without supplementary oxygen. Messner was the first to cross Antarctica and Greenland with neither snowmobiles nor dog sleds and also crossed the Gobi Desert alone. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Reinhold Messner is the 3rd most popular mountaineer (down from 2nd in 2019), the 490th most popular biography from Italy (down from 340th in 2019) and the most popular Italian Mountaineer.

Reinhold Messner is most famous for being the first person to climb Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen.

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Among MOUNTAINEERS

Among mountaineers, Reinhold Messner ranks 3 out of 56. Before him are Edmund Hillary, and Tenzing Norgay. After him are Heinrich Harrer, Andrew Irvine, Junko Tabei, Horace Bénédict de Saussure, George Mallory, Wanda Rutkiewicz, Jerzy Kukuczka, Jacques Balmat, and Prince Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Reinhold Messner ranks 13. Before him are Ban Ki-moon, Barry White, John Holmes, Alexander Van der Bellen, Sebastião Salgado, and Jairzinho. After him are Rutger Hauer, Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester, Ernő Rubik, Jean-Pierre Sauvage, Miloš Zeman, and Geraldine Chaplin.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Reinhold Messner ranks 490 out of 5,161. Before him are Pope Zephyrinus (150), Francis II of the Two Sicilies (1836), Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus (-300), Julia (-76), Amalasuntha (495), and Boniface I, Marquess of Montferrat (1150). After him are Maurizio Gucci (1948), Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1541), Ancus Marcius (-675), Pope Nicholas I (800), Annibale Carracci (1560), and Pope Anterus (180).

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Among MOUNTAINEERS In Italy

Among mountaineers born in Italy, Reinhold Messner ranks 1. After him are Walter Bonatti (1930), Achille Compagnoni (1914), Lino Lacedelli (1925), Ardito Desio (1897), Vittorio Sella (1859), Riccardo Cassin (1909), and Simone Moro (1967).

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