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Günther Messner (18 May 1946 – 29 June 1970) was an Italian mountaineer from South Tyrol and the younger brother of Reinhold Messner. Günther climbed some of the most difficult routes in the Alps during the 1960s, and joined the Nanga Parbat-Expedition in 1970 just before the beginning of the expedition due to an opening within the team.
Günther Messner (* 18. Mai 1946 [1] in Brixen, Südtirol; † 29. Juni 1970 am Nanga Parbat, Pakistan) war Bankkaufmann, Bergsteiger und ein jüngerer Bruder von Reinhold Messner. Er starb während einer Expedition unter Leitung von Karl Herrligkoffer zum Achttausender Nanga Parbat.
Reinhold Andreas Messner ( German: [ˈʁaɪnhɔlt ˈmɛsnɐ]; born 17 September 1944) is a South Tyrolean climber, explorer, and author from South Tyrol. He made the first solo ascent of Mount Everest and, along with Peter Habeler, the first ascent of Everest without supplemental oxygen.
Günther Messner (Bressanone, 18 maggio 1946 – Nanga Parbat, 29 giugno 1970) è stato un alpinista ed esploratore italiano, fratello minore di Reinhold Messner
Aug 30, 2020 · Reinhold Messner: the man who left his life on the mountain. Harried by the brother he lost in the Himalayas and forsworn by the ‘fascist’ former climbing partners who, in turn, abandoned him,...
Oct 6, 2022 · The first to climb Everest without oxygen, Messner and Habeler were also the fastest on the Eiger Nordwand. Learn how they became the greatest climbing partnership of all time, and why they split up after Everest.
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Jun 9, 2022 · Reinhold Messner lost his brother Guenther on Nanga Parbat in 1970. Last week, he relived the tragedy again. “The second shoe of my brother Günther was found at the foot of the Diamir Glacier by local people,” wrote Messner on social media.
