Reinhold Messner

Reinhold Messner (born September 17, 1944 at Villnöss-Funes, South Tyrol, Italy) is by many people's estimation the most accomplished mountain climber of all time.

The fourteen 8,000+ peaks

• 1970: Nanga Parbat (8125 m)
• 1972: Manaslu (8156 m)
• 1975: Gasherbrum I (Hidden Peak) (8068 m)
• 1977: Dhaulagiri (8167 m)
• 1978: Mount Everest (8846 m), Nanga Parbat (8125 m)
• 1979: K2 (8611 m)
• 1980: Mount Everest (8846 m)
• 1981: Shisha Pangma (8012 m)
• 1982: Kanchenjunga (8598 m), Gasherbrum II (8035 m), Broad Peak (8048 m), Cho Oyu (8022 m - summit attempt during winter failed)
• 1983: Cho Oyu (8201 m)
• 1984: Gasherbrum I (8068 m), Gasherbrum II (8035 m)
• 1985: Annapurna (8091 m), Dhaulagiri (8167 m)
• 1986: Makalu (8485 m), Lhotse (8516 m)