Furtenbach’s great-uncle Oswald Oelz, an Austrian-Swiss mountaineer, was an expedition doctor on Reinhold Messner’s 1978 ...

"They were mostly climbing books about the likes of Hans Kammerlander and Reinhold Messner and later on, Nick Bullock. I guess that's where the ideas and dreams started. Then in 2013, I quit my ...

Lukas Furtenbach explains why using Xenon to help climb Everest in a week is a new tool but is really no different than ...

In his Fila+ collections, there is a nostalgia for vintage sportswear: reference points for the first two collections include the on- and off-court Fila uniforms of tennis ace Björn Borg and a ...

So it was surprising when legendary alpinist Reinhold Messner dismissed Kobusch’s goal as “all PR.” Kobusch is well aware of Messner’s attitude. He told ExplorersWeb that he takes it as a ...

NEW GLARUS, Wis. -- Carol Jane Messner, age 96 passed away on Sunday, January 12, 2025 at the New Glarus Home. She was born on February 3, 1928 in Mequon, WI the daughter of Henry and Selma ...

Herbert P. Messner OBITUARY Herbert Paul “Herbie” Messner, 77, of Allentown, passed away Thursday, December 26, 2024 at Lehigh Valley Hospital, Allentown. He was the husband of Brenda J ...

How do you overcome 150mph winds, -40-degree cold, and a technical climbing route at extreme altitude without oxygen? Just ...

In extreme alpinism, you should always be ready to improvise. That’s the wisdom handed down by German climber Jost Kobusch, who’s currently pushing the sport’s boundaries with a long-term ...