This book is a peak by peak account of Messner\'s ascent of the world\'s fourteen 8, 000 metre peaks between 1970 and 1986.
This is a second revised edition, with a new introduction..
The fourteen chapters describe the difficulties, tragedies and ultimate successes of the ascent of each peak.
This book is a peak by peak account of Messner\'s ascent of the world\'s fourteen 8, 000 metre peaks between 1970 and 1986