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ALL 14 EIGHT-THOUSANDERS 1988 1st US ed Hardcover DJ Fine Multiple Copies Available SIGNED by Reinhold Messner
By Messner, Reinhold
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Currently (2025) we have two only SIGNED copies of a first edition of All 14 Eight-Thusanders, Messner's most important book. The US, UK and German (titled Uberlebt) editions are identical.

Seattle, Cloudcap, 1988, 1st US edition. 248 pp, 113 color photos, maps. Large format hardcover with dust jacket. Fine.

This is a heavy, large format book. Extra postage will be requested for International Mail and Priority Mail.

SIGNED by Reinhold Messner on the front endpaper (FEP).

Messner's ascents of the 14 - 8,000-meter peaks, without oxygen and many solo, is the greatest mountaineering feat of all time. In addition to the stories, this book is a reference for the history and routes of the 8000 meter peaks.

In addition to the stories, this book is a reference for the 8000 meter peaks. Reinhold Messner is recognized as one of the greatest mountaineers of all time. When he reached the 8511-meter summit of Lhotse in Nepal, he became the first man to stand on all 14 of the world's 8000-meter peaks-an unbelievable achievement and a sensation in mountaineering history.

What motivated Messner to be so dedicated in pursuit of his goal, despite unbelievable hardships, to keep confronting danger and death, loneliness and self-doubt? What thoughts and feeling occupied him when faced with his inner self and the highest mountains of the world? The answers to these questions can be found in this revealing memoir. Through engaging text and full-color and black-and-white photos, readers will get a glimpse of the preparation, organization, and running of an expedition, and share rare moments on the summits of the world's highest peaks. This updated edition also includes Messner's comments on Jon Krakauer's Into Thin Air.

WORLD'S FIRST PERSON TO ASCEND ALL THE 8,000 METER PEAKS

There are 14 peaks in the world that surpass the 8,000 meter mark, all located in the Himalayan or Karakoram mountain ranges in Asia, and many climbers are in the process of trying to climb them all.

The first person to conquer the 14 peaks is Italian Reinhold Messner who climbed his first 8,000 meter peak in 1970 and finished his last in 1986.

Here is a list of the fourteen 8,000 meter peaks and the year Reinhold Messner climbed them:

PEAK	METERS	FEET	YEAR
Everest K2 Kangchenjunga Lhotse Makalu Cho Oyu Dhaulagiri Manaslu Nanga Parbat Annapurna Gasherbrum I Broad Peak Gasherbrum II Shisha Pangma	8,850 8,611 8,586 8,516 8,463 8,201 8,167 8,163 8,125 8,091 8,068 8,047 8,035 8,013	29,035 28,250 28,169 27,940 27,766 26,906 26,795 26,781 26,660 26,545 26,470 26,400 26,360 26,289	1978 1979 1982 1986 1986 1982 1977 1972 1970 1985 1975 1982 1982 1981

SELECTED CLIMBS AND EXPEDITIONS

1950-1964 - Over 500 climbs in the eastern Alps, mainly in the Dolomites
1965 - Ortler North Face (Direttissima, 1st ascent)
1966 - Yerupaja
1966 - Yerupaja Chico (first ascent)
1966 - Walker Spur, Grandes Jorasses
1966 - Rocchetta Alta di Bosconero North Face
1967 - Civetta Northwest Face ('Weg der Freunde', first ascent)
1967 - Agn�r North Edge (first winter ascent)
1967 - Furchetta North Face (first winter ascent)
1967 - Agn�r Northeast Face (first ascent)
1968 - Agn�r North Face (first winter ascent)
1968 - Eiger North Pillar (first ascent)
1968 - Marmolata South Face (first ascent)
1969 - Droites North Face (solo)
1969 - Marmolata di Rocca South Face (solo)
1969 - Civetta ('Philipp Flamm', solo)

1970 - Nanga Parbat (8125m, Rupal face, first ascent)
1971 - Expeditions to Nepal, Pakistan, Persia, East Africa, New Guinea
1972 - Manaslu (8156m, South Face)
1972 - Noshaq (7492m, in Hindu Kush)
1973 - Pelmo Northwest Face (first ascent)
1973 - Marmolata West Pillar (first ascent)
1973 - Furchetta West Face (first ascent)
1974 - Eiger north face (in 10 hours)
1974 - Aconcagua (6959m, South face, first ascent)
1975 - Gasherbrum I Northwest Face (first alpine style ascent above 8000m)
1976 - McKinley (6193m)
1976 - 'Wall of the Midnight Sun' (first ascent)
1977 - Dhaulagiri (8167m, failed)
1978 - Mount Everest (8850m, first ascent without supplemental oxygen)
1978 - Nanga Parbat (8125m, Damir face, first solo ascent of an 8000m peak)
1978 - Kilimanjaro (5963m, Breach Wall, first ascent)
1979 - K2 (8611m, first ascent in alpine style)
1979 - Ama Dablam (rescue operation)
1980 - Mount Everest north side (8850m, first and only true solo ascent)

1981 - Shisha Pangma (8012m)
1981 - Chamlang North Face of the central summit (7317m, first ascent)
1982 - Kangchenjunga north face (8598m, first ascent)
1982 - Gasherbrum II (8035m)
1982 - Broad Peak (8048m)
1982 - Cho Oyo (8222m, attempt in winter)
1983 - Cho Oyo (8222m, alpine style)
1984 - Gasherbrum I and II (first traverse between 8000m mountains)
1985 - Annapurna Northwest Face (8091m, first ascent)
1985 - Dhaulagiri Northeast Edge (8167m, alpine style)
1986 - Makalu (8485m, failen in winter, returned in summer)
1986 - Lhotse (8511m)
1986 - Mount Vinson (4897m, Antarctica)
1987 - Journey to Bhutan and the Pamirs
1988 - Yeti-Tibet-expedition
1989 - Lhotse (8511m, South face attempt)
1990 - Traversed Antarctica (via the South Pole on foot - 2800km)
1991 - Traversed Bhutan (east to west)
1991 - Hike in South Tyrol (800km)
1992 - Chimborazo
1992 - Crossed the Takla Makan desert (south to north)
1993 - Journey to the Dolpo, Mustang and Manang areas in Nepal
1993 - Traverse of Greenland (from southeast to northwest on foot - 2200km)
1994 - Himalayan environmental trek to Gangotri in India
1994 - Shivling (6543m)
1994 - Ruwenzori (5119m, Uganda)
1995 - Attempt to traverse the Arctic (Siberia to Canada)
1995 - Belucha (4506m, Altai, Siberia)
1996 - Journey through East Tibet (Chengdu to Lhasa and to the Kailash)
1997 - Journey to Kham (eastern Tibet)
1997 - Karakorum expedition
1997 - Documentary on the Ol Doinyo Lengai in Africa
1998 - Journey to the Altai Mountains (Mongolia)
1998 - Journey to Puna de Atacama (Andes)
1999 - Documentary on San Francisco Peaks, USA

2000 - Nanga Parbat (8125m, attempt to climb a new route)

2000 � Crossing of South Georgia on the Shackleton Route; Nanga Parbat Expedition; filming on Mount Fuji/Japan for the ZDF series Wohnungen der G�tter (~"Homes of the Gods")

2001 � Dharamsala and foothills of the Himalayas/India; ZDF series Wohnungen der G�tter on Gunung Agung/Bali

2002 � In the "International Year of the Mountains" visit by mountaineers into the Andes and ascent of Cotopaxi (5,897 m or 19,347 feet), Ecuador

2003 � Trekking to Mount Everest (fiftieth anniversary of the first successful climb); trip to Franz Joseph Land/Arctic; on 1 October opening of the "G�nther Mountain School" in the Diamir Valley on Nanga Parbat/Pakistan

2004 � Longitudinal crossing of the Gobi Desert (Mongolia) on foot, about 2,000-kilometre (1,200-mile) trek

2005 � Trip to the Dyva Nomads in Mongolia; "time journey" around Nanga Parbat/Pakistan

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