Reinhold Messner

Nanga Parbat - King of Mountains
Fate Mountain

No other peak in the Himalayas has attracted so many alpinists and no other peak has claimed so many victims. The Nanga Parbat is one of the most challenging 8,000-meter peaks in the Himalayas and the ninth highest mountain on Earth. It was yearned after for decades, the seemingly unattainable goal of ambitious alpinists round the world. Reinhold Messner tells the volatile and fascinating story of exploration from the 19th century up to our time. This unique illustrated book is captivating not only for its density of facts, but also for its archive material, published here for the first time, its historical photographs, and its spectacular aerial images, which allow the reader to experience this mountain in an unprecedented way. Thanks to a special permit, the Pakistani photographer Pervez Khan was able to take unique aerial photographs. The photos show the mountain in the whole of its beauty and illustrate the difficult routes to its summit.