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Everest: Expedition to the Ultimate by Reinhold Messner (1979) (SIGNED) Caucasus he significantly advanced their open-endedThis book describes Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler's pioneering climb of Everest without the use of bottled oxygen. The climb, made in 1978, marked a turning point for high altitude mountaineering it proved it was possible to tackle 8000 meter peaks in alpine style. First edition hardcover flat signed by Reinhold Messner on the title page. With dust jacket in good condition, contained within vinyl. 254 pages, color photographs throughout.