Against the Wind: Reflections on a Self-Determined Life (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781680518184)

The "Mountain King" looks back on eight decades, summit controversies, and his lasting legacy of climbing for the experience and the journey

Reinhold Messner is one of history's greatest mountaineers, a man who pushed the frontier of what is possible for a whole generation 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 divorce and remarriage, Guinness stripping him of his world records in 2023, the recent revisions to measurements of 8000-meter summits, 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.

Author: Reinhold Messner
ISBN-10: 1680518186
ISBN-13: 9781680518184
Publisher: Mountaineers Books
Language: English
Published: 11/01/2025
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback