Everest: Expedition to the Ultimate.

MESSNER, Reinhold. [Peter Habeler].

$475.00

Item Number: 136235

London: Kaye & Ward, 1979.

First edition of Messner’s thrilling account of the first ascent of Everest without the use of artificial oxygen. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Boldly signed by Reinhold Messner and by Peter Habeler on the first page of the book’s first section, The Idea. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Translated by Audrey Salkeld. Uncommon signed by both Messner and Habeler.

In May 1978, Reinhold Messner became the first man in history to climb Mount Everest without the use of artificial oxygen - an event that made international headlines and permanently altered the future of of climbing. In this book, he tells how he and his long-time associate Peter Habeler managed to accomplish what had previously been considered impossible - and how it felt. Like Messner's earlier books, Everest: Expedition to the Ultimate combines technical information about all facets of mountaineering with spectacular photographs and a compelling text to convey to readers the exhaustion, exhilaration, and despair of climbing.