“A tourist follows a trail, a mountaineer finds one.” Outspoken, charismatic, daring and brilliant, few individuals hold the respect of the mountaineering community like Reinhold Messner. Widely ...

Moments before a storm rolled in, Italian mountaineers Reinhold Messner and Hans Kammerlander charged up the blue alpine ice on the Northwest Face of 25,545-foot Annapurna to reach the summit ridge.

Moments before a storm rolled in, Italian mountaineers Reinhold Messner and Hans Kammerlander charged up the blue alpine ice on the Northwest Face of 25,545-foot Annapurna to reach the summit ridge.

The avalanche was a flash of snow. A beautiful but extremely dangerous explosion formed by the rock and ice detachments from the walls of Nanga Parbat, the mountain of destiny, the ninth highest on ...

Climbing legend Reinhold Messner has signed on to Montblanc’s latest 1858 Geosphere watch, literally, with a limited edition of 262 pieces bearing his signature. The 42mm 1858 Geosphere Messner ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Literary tracker of timepieces and luxury goods. It was two years ago in 2018 that Swiss watch brand Montblanc introduced its ...

Archive piece from 2016. Ed Caesar's book, The Moth and the Mountain, will be released on 12th November 2020. You can pre-order it here. Reinhold and Günther Messner were raised by the mountains. Born ...