PLANET

ADVENTURE
THAILAND USA NEPAL
30 YEARS ADVENTURES IN THE DESERT p.3
+
FREEDIVING
DIVING WITH SHARKS
IN THE CARRIBEAN
LIVE YOUR BUCKET LIST
REDEFINING
LIMITS
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
WITH
ADVENTURE LEGEND
REINHOLD MESSNER
MOROCCO
BIPLANE
CRAZY STUNTS
IN THE AIR
ALL 14 EIGHT-THOUSANDERS WITHOUT OXYGEN,
ANTARCTICA BY FOOT
If you really want to do something, youll find a
way. If you dont, youll find an excuse.
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Jim Rohn
In lhe Iasl issue, ve laIked aboul scheduIing your
goaIs. y nov, you shouId have crealed a nice
vaIIaer vilh your hve biggesl goaIs for lhis year on
your desklo and on your vaII. eside dislraclion,
hovever, lhere is anolher big lhing lhal slos you
from Iiving your dreams: excuses. You have sel yourseIf a Iol
of comforlabIe excuses nol lo lake aclion and foIIov your
deeesl goaIs. You robabIy say you have no lime, no money
or il is simIy loo risky lo do. The Iisl goes on and on. Thus
lhe nexl lhing you need lo do is gel rid of lhese excuses. We
vrole a bIog osl aboul len common excuses and hov lo
lackIe lhem. Check il oul and gel anolher sle cIoser lo hnaIIy
reach your goaIs.
This issue ve inlervieved a erson vho robabIy doesn'l use
any of lhese excuses: ReinhoId Messner. Among advenlurers,
ReinhoId Messner is a Iegend. The guy vilh lhe Iong beard
vas nol onIy lhe hrsl vho cIimbed Iveresl vilhoul oxygen
mask (and subsequenlIy aII 14 eighl-lhousanders), bul vas
aIso lhe second vho cIimbed aII seven summils. eside olher
advenlures, he crossed Anlarclica, GreenIand and lhe Gobi
deserl. Read vhal drives lhis aslonishing ersonage and hov
he dehnes advenlure.

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EDITORS NOTE

CONTENTS
ADVENTURE PLANET ! 2 / 2014
47
INTERVIEW
WITH REINHOLD MESSNER
USA
P.60
MOROCCO
P.3
NEPAL
P.47
THAILAND
P.28
28
FREEDIVING WITH
SHARKS
3
CROSSING DESERTS
60
STUNTS IN THE SKY
INTERVIEW: MARK KUGEL
PHOTOS: MICHAEL MARTIN
ADVENTURE

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ADVENTURE PLANET: What fascinates
you about the mountains?
MESSNER: I grew up as the son of a teacher
in a high valley surrounded by mountains.
As kids right after the war we didnt have
any other possibilities in our valley to riot
except skiing in winter or climbing rocks in
summer. There was no swimming pool or
soccer eld. The energy inside me had to
somehow get out and this happened by
skiing and by climbing trees and rocks. I
became very passionate about rock climbing
from an early age on. I developed an instinct
between the age of ve and fteen that laid
the foundation for future extreme
challenges. The challenges evolved from
more difcult to higher to further. And
of course the expectations on myself grew
constantly. I simply found a way of life that
tted me.
ADVENTURE PLANET: You often say
youre more interested in the human
nature than the mountains. Could you
elaborate on this?
MESSNER: The human nature has become
my main focus of interest. Not when I was
in my twenties of course. At that time I
wanted to climb the famous walls that were
considered most difcult back then, like the
Eiger North face or the Ruppal face at
Nanga Parbat. The other mountaineers that
joined me were simply partners to reach a
goal. However, as I grew older, I became
more interested in the human nature. I
learnt a lot about myself and human beings
in the interactions with my partners.
I was rock climber,
mountaineer, pole
and desert traverser
and politician

the young climbing generation. It
is a lot higher than 30 years ago.
This difculty will be combined
with greater exposure in the
future. In the end it always
depends what kind of
technologies you take. I could y
on top of Cerro Torre with a
helicopter as seen in the movie.
But is this still adventure?

ADVENTURE PLANET: Can you
dene the word adventure?
MESSNER: For me, adventure is
to be at the mercy of my own
human limitations. It means, I am
aware of my playing
opportunities. Human beings are
weak animals. We dont have a
thick skin against the cold, we
cant survive for a long period of
time without food and water and
we are slowly. We could never
compete with a monkey in terms
of speed and climbing skills.
However, we are intelligent and
also relatively capable if we take
our experience from the time
when we still lived in cages.
Adventure is to be at
the mercy of my own
human limitations
MANASLU
PHOTO: DAVID WILKINSON
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PLANET
ADVENTURE
EDITOR Mark Kugel
CREATIVE DIRECTOR Oliver Kugel
{ EDITORIAL }
ADVENTURE PLANET
ADVENTUREPLANETMAG@GMAIL.COM
MUNICH, GERMANY
FEATURES EDITOR Karl Schmid
CONTRIBUTING WRITER Lesley Carter
INTERVIEW PARTNER Reinhold Messner
INTERVIEW PARTNER Michael Martin
INTERVIEW PARTNER Christina Saenz de Santamaria
{ DESIGN }
ASSOCIATE ART DIRECTOR Oliver Kugel
PHOTOGRAPHER Sbastien Urbain
PHOTOGRAPHER Stefan Gustafsson
PHOTOGRAPHER Adrian Hiller

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