{"product_id":"9781680518184-against-the-wind","title":"Against the Wind","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReflections on a Self-Determined Life\u003cbr\u003eThis new memoir is classic Messner--no apologies, no regrets, and no backing down.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe \"Mountain King\" looks back on eight decades, summit controversies, and his lasting legacy of climbing for the experience and the journey\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReinhold Messner is one of history’s greatest mountaineers, a man who pushed the frontier of what is possible for a whole generation of climbers and beyond. In his new memoir, \u003ci\u003eAgainst the Wind\u003c\/i\u003e, Messner looks back on a life of accomplishments and recounts some of the most important episodes after turning eighty in 2024.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe also addresses darker times and infamous controversies--including being discredited as a young mountaineer, his divorce and remarriage, Guinness stripping him of his world records in 2023, the recent revisions to measurements of 8000-meter summits, and the discovery of his brother Gunther’s remains on Nanga Parbat.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis new memoir is classic Messner--no apologies, no regrets, and no backing down.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57924919296374,"sku":"9781680518184","price":21.97,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_37711936.jpg?v=1779336645","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781680518184-against-the-wind","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}