Reinhold Messner : (3)

" My father blamed me for my brother Gunther’s death, for not bringing him home. He died in an avalanche as we descended from the summit of Nanga Parbat, one of the 14 peaks over 8,000m, in 1970. Gunther and I did so much together. It was difficult for my father to understand what it was like up there. " - Reinhold Messner

" In politics, you have to compromise from morning to evening. Democracy is the art of compromise. " - Reinhold Messner

" Climbing is not a competition, and you cannot talk in terms of ‘greatest,’ it means nothing. " - Reinhold Messner