{"product_id":"9781680518184","title":"Against the Wind","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe \"Mountain King\" looks back on eight decades, summit controversies, and his lasting legacy of climbing for the experience and the journeyReinhold 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, Against the Wind, Messner looks back on a life of accomplishments and recounts some of the most important episodes after turning eighty in 2024.He 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.This new memoir is classic Messner--no apologies, no regrets, and no backing down.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Reinhold Messner","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52424769438014,"sku":"9781680518184","price":673.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4357\/7662\/files\/9781680518184.jpg?v=1761233906","url":"https:\/\/exclusivebooks.co.za\/products\/9781680518184","provider":"Exclusive Books Online","version":"1.0","type":"link"}