Timeless mountaineering: aged 74 Peter Habeler, one of the world’s greatest mountaineers who in 1978 made the first ascent of Everest without supplementary oxygen together with Reinhold Messner, has ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal – Nepal’s government on Thursday honored two climbers who were the first to scale Mount Everest without supplementary oxygen 40 years ago. Minister for Tourism Rabindra Adhikari ...

On May 8, 1978, world-renowned alpinist Reinhold Messner and his frequent partner, Peter Habeler, became the first to summit Mount Everest (29,032 feet) without supplemental oxygen. It was a major ...

When Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler trekked to Everest Base Camp in 1978, they were the only two people on Earth who believed they weren’t marching toward their own graves. Their goal was to reach ...

Record of the first ascent of Everest made without the use of oxygen equipment, made in May 1978 by Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler. Could it be done? Would their blood vessels burst? Would they ...

He's over 80, but the Austrian climber Peter Habeler - one half of the duo that was first to scale Everest without supplemental oxygen - is still fantastically fit and scaling mountain peaks, which he ...

Peter Habeler (born July 22, 1942) is an Austrian mountaineer. He was born in Mayrhofen, Austria. He developed an interest in mountaineering when he was six years old. Among his accomplishments as a ...

The short film about Lydia Bradey, the mountaineer from New Zealand who in 1988 became the first woman to climb Mount Everest without supplementary oxygen. Ten years after Reinhold Messner and Peter ...

Italian mountaineer Reinhold Messner gives a speech after being felicitated by Nepal's government in Kathmandu, Nepal, Thursday, April 19, 2018. Nepal's government on Thursday honored two climbers who ...

Peter Habeler was one of the two who scaled Everest without supplemental oxygen in 1978. (AFP pic) MAYRHOFEN (Austria): He’s over 80, but Austrian climber Peter Habeler – one half of the duo that was ...