My life at the limit

Autobiografie | Interview

Zusammenfassung: Reinhold Messner: My Life at the Limit, the newest book by the famed mountaineer, is a conversation between Messner and interviewer Thomas Huetlin, an award-winning German journalist. It reveals a more thoughtful and conversational Messner than one finds in his previous books, with the talk between Messner and Huetlin covering not only the highlights of Messner's climbing career, but also his treks across Tibet, the Gobi, and Antarctica; his five-year-stint as a member of the European Parliament; his encounter with and study of the yeti; his thoughts on traditional male/female roles; and much more. Readers learn about Messner's childhood, his thoughts about eating ice cream with girls (against), politics (mostly liberal), and his technique for killing chickens (sharp scissors). Messner is known as one of history's greatest Himalayan mountaineers, a man who pushed back the frontiers of the possible for a whole generation of climbers.

Object Details

• Alternative title: Mein Leben am Limit
• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• ISBN: 9781594858529 ; 1594858527 ; 9781594859472 ; 1594859477
• Dimensions: 24 cm
• Extent: 251 Seiten
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Illustrationen ; Lizenz des Verlag Piper, München

Classification and Topics

• Keyword: Messner, Reinhold ; Messner, Reinhold, 1944- ; Extreme environments. ; Mountaineers. ; Travelers. ; Italy. ; Biography. ; Interviews.

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Seattle, WA
• (who): Mountaineers Books
• (when): [2014]
• Creator: Messner, Reinhold ; Hüetlin, Thomas

Further information

• Table of contents: https://d-nb.info/113971449X/04
• Rights: Bei diesem Objekt liegt nur das Inhaltsverzeichnis digital vor. Der Zugriff darauf ist unbeschränkt möglich.
• Last update: 11.06.2025, 1:49 PM CEST