Against the Wind: Reflections on a Self-Determined Life
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| Management number | 231909252 | Release Date | 2026/06/18 | List Price | $7.80 | Model Number | 231909252 | ||
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The "Mountain King" looks back on eight decades, summit controversies, and his lasting legacy of climbing for the experience and the journeyReinhold Messner is one of history’s greatest mountaineers, a man who pushed the frontier of what is possible for a wholegeneration of climbers and beyond. In his new memoir, Against the Wind, Messner looks back on a life of accomplishments and recounts some of the most important episodes after turning eighty in 2024.He also addresses darker times and infamous controversies--including being discredited as a young mountaineer, his divorceand remarriage, Guinness stripping him of his world records in 2023, the recent revisions to measurements of 8000-metersummits, and the discovery of his brother Gunther’s remains on Nanga Parbat.This new memoir is classic Messner--no apologies, no regrets, and no backing down. Read more
| ASIN | B0G276H4D4 |
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| XRay | Not Enabled |
| ISBN13 | 978-1680518191 |
| Language | English |
| File size | 25.3 MB |
| Page Flip | Enabled |
| Publisher | Mountaineers Books |
| Word Wise | Enabled |
| Print length | 289 pages |
| Accessibility | Learn more |
| Screen Reader | Supported |
| Publication date | November 1, 2025 |
| Enhanced typesetting | Enabled |
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