Everest: Expedition to the Ultimate.
“I have always tried for quality in everything I do. I don't have a problem with that; I have a problem with mediocrity": First edition of Reinhold Messner's Everest: Expedition to the Ultimate; signed by him
Everest: Expedition to the Ultimate.
MESSNER, Reinhold.
$300.00
Item Number: 137998
London: Kaye & Ward, 1979.
First edition of Messner’s thrilling account of the first ascent of Everest without the use of artificial oxygen. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Boldly signed by Reinhold Messner opposite the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Translated by Audrey Salkeld.
In May 1978, Reinhold Messner became the first man in history to climb Mount Everest without the use of artificial oxygen - an event that made international headlines and permanently altered the future of of climbing. In this book, he tells how he and his long-time associate Peter Habeler managed to accomplish what had previously been considered impossible - and how it felt. Like Messner's earlier books, Everest: Expedition to the Ultimate combines technical information about all facets of mountaineering with spectacular photographs and a compelling text to convey to readers the exhaustion, exhilaration, and despair of climbing.
