Gear Q&A with Messner on BP – weight is the most important thing

[HkNewman]

Along with an exploding tent …

http://www.backpacker.com/gear/experts/gear-qa-mountaineering-legend-reinhold-messner/#bp=0/img2

[Bob Moulder]

Well, that certainly wasn't a 'heavyweight' interview! ;^)

[Ryan Smith]

"I have Walter Bonatti’s gear from his infamous K2 expedition. [In 1954, Bonatti was part of the Italian expedition that first climbed the 28,251-foot peak, the world’s second-highest. Bonatti endured a night out with no shelter at 26,600 feet because the climbers who would secure the first ascent moved the location of a camp to prevent him from joining the summit bid. Years of bitter fighting, accusations, and controversy ensued."

Seriously? I would have been poppin' a cap in some a$$es over that one.

(Like that 90s reference?)

Ryan

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