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Reinhold Messner was the first person to climb all fourteen eight-thousanders in the world, referring to the fourteen mountains whose summits are at least eight thousand feet above sea level. He did all of these climbs without the help of supplemental oxygen. On his first climb of an eight-thousander, Nanga Parbat, Reinhold’s brother, Gunther, who was climbing with him, died. Recalling this expedition, Reinhold remembers how his prior training of climbing without food saved his life: “I was very lucky I had this training because otherwise on Nanga Parbat I would have no chance to survive, because we were forced for days, on the end for five days in my case, to live without any food. There wasn’t food. And more difficult was the fact that we had to live for days without water.” His final climb of the fourteen, Lhotse, was completed on October 16, 1986.

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Mountaineer Peter Habeler explains how he first met climbing partner Reinhold Messner and recalls what it was like to climb Mount Everest on May 8, 1978 without supplemental oxygen.

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Mountaineer Reinhold Messner explains how he became a yeti chaser like fellow climber Sir Edmund Hillary and explains how yetis are actually real, but misunderstood as a legend.

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Mountaineer Reinhold Messner discusses the climbing career that led to his supplemental oxygen free climb of Mount Everest on May 8, 1978 and recalls what the experience was like for him and climbing partner, Peter Habeler. Messner also comments on other mountains he ascended and the future of mountain climbing as a sport.

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Adventurer Conrad Anker recalls the moment he discovered the body of George Mallory during his ascent of Mount Everest and describes the documentary he made that captured his attempt to mirror Mallory’s climb. George Mallory and climbing partner Sandy Irvin disappeared in 1924 and were discovered on May 1, 1999.

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Adventurer Conrad Anker and fellow climbers detail the day they found the frozen body of climber George Mallory on May 1, 1999 and footage of the discovery follows. Mallory and climbing partner Sandy Irvin disappeared in 1924.

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Sir Edmund Hillary was one of the first two climbers to ever reach the peak of Mount Everest and he describes when he first believed that they would succeed in their quest. Hillary accomplished this on May 29, 1953, accompanied by Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay. Mount Everest is the tallest mountain in the world, located in the Himalayas.

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Sir Edmund Hillary Describes Mount Everest Climb appeared first on Witnify.