Reinhold Messner

Do you have 22 minutes to spare? Want to hear the greatest mountaineer of all time share his thoughts on the Cerro Torre controversy, mixing adventure and conservation, and much more? This video was shot at the Winter Outdoor Retailer convention a few weeks back and was sponsored by the American Alpine Club. It is a rare and wonderful chance to listen to Messner share his thoughts on a variety of topics, and if you know anything about Reinhold...  

Last Saturday on day three at the Outdoor Retailer Winter Market, a large trade show for the outdoor industry, alpinist and climber Reinhold Messner stopped by the FalconGuides booth to peruse the books. Those of us there, including editor John Burbidge, Dennis Jump, and myself, introduced ourselves to the great climber with a mixture of reverence and awe. Reinhold Messner is, after all, a living legend. After a half hour, Reinhold left with...  

In 2008, the three members of Ben Folds Five (yes, we know) reunited onstage for the first time in almost a decade to perform their third and final album, 1999's widely underrated The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner . Since then, singer-pianist and songwriter Ben Folds has soldiered on without his North Carolina-born band, releasing fourth proper solo album Way to Normal later in 2008 ...  

They’re now recording an album of new tunes, their first since 1999’s The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner. In addition to releasing several solo lbums and judging a TV talent show, Folds briefly hit Internet gold in 2010 when he ...  

The trio, made up of Ben Folds, Robert Sledge and Darren Jessee, last released an album together in 1999, 'The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner'. However, Folds has now revealed that the band are back together again and working on a new record ...  

After getting back together last year to record a trio of tracks for Ben Folds’ new retrospective album, the members of Ben Fold Five are now working on their first full-length LP since 1999′s The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner.  

It's been 13 years since their last album, 1999's The Autobiography of Reinhold Messner so it's time for your inner high school student to rejoice, twentysomethings – Ben Fold Five is reuniting! Folds tweeted a photo of himself with his one-time (and we guess current) bandmates in the studio recording, saying, "It's happening fo sho - [...]  

The group broke up in 2000 before frontman Folds embarked on a solo career, but he hinted last September that the group may record a follow-up to 1999's The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner ... Folds has been a judge on talent show The Sing ...  

Ben Folds Five regrouped with 1999's The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner, which was a more mature work than its predecessors, although the energetic lead-off single, "Army," showed that Folds' humorous approach hadn't dulled at all. Folds ...  

But there is simply no way you or I could emulate the doings of magical genius. Among climbers, people like Gaston Rebuffat, Reinhold Messner or the American John Roskelly might well qualify. For the rest of us, rock climbing still offers challenges ...  

This was considered the highest mountain of mainland Australia according to a suggested list by Richard Bass and was later replaced with Reinhold Messner’s list that had Indonesia’s Mount Carstensz Pyramid. Mount Elbrus in Russia was the next one ...  

Adam Redwine said he'd already bought his brother's Christmas gift: "Free Spirit: A Climber's Life," a book by Reinhold Messner. Now the gift will remain a memory of his brother's zest for life. While he traveled the world, John Redwine was keenly ...  

I’m an avid mountaineering enthusiast for several reasons, one being self-reliability and capability. In 1978, explorer Reinhold Messner topped out on Everest at over 28,000 feet without ever needing supplementary oxygen. What an incredible feat ...  

to modern alpinists like Reinhold Messner and Steve House. The 360-page hardcover book, filled with photographs, maps and illustrations, is listed at $40. China Peak owner/operator Tim Cohee said the Huntington Lake ski resort will not close in ...  

His one regret, he says, was not being able to photograph Italian mountaineer Reinhold Messner, who was photographed by one of the two other photographers that adidas hired for the project. “He’s somebody I would love to have photographed ...