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Günther Messner was an Italian mountaineer and the brother of Reinhold Messner. He died on Nanga Parbat in 1970 after a controversial expedition with his brother and other climbers.
Günther Messner war ein erfahrener Alpinist, der 1970 mit seinem Bruder Reinhold den Nanga Parbat erstieg. Er starb an Höhenkrankheit und Lawinen, während Reinhold versuchte, ihn zu retten.
Günther Messner (Bressanone, 18 maggio 1946 – Nanga Parbat, 29 giugno 1970) è stato un alpinista ed esploratore italiano, fratello minore di Reinhold Messner
Aug 30, 2020 · Was it Günther Messner? If it was, it supported Reinhold’s story that he had brought Günther with him down the Diamir Face and had not abandoned him at the top of the mountain .
Jun 9, 2022 · Fifty-two years after Günther Messner vanished on the Killer Mountain, his second boot was discovered by local people at the foot of the Diamir Glacier. The find confirms Reinhold Messner's account of his brother's fate and adds to the mystery of their first-ever traverse of Nanga Parbat.
When Messner was 13, he began climbing with his brother Günther, age 11. By the time Reinhold and Günther were in their early twenties, they were among Europe's best climbers. [ 8]
Jun 10, 2022 · The leather boot belonged to Guenther Messner, a young Italian climber who died on the ice-shrouded slopes of 8,126m-high (26,660ft) Nanga Parbat in Pakistan in 1970.
