Solo - Nanga Parbat

I found this a great and interesting book. Messner accounts of his solo ascent with chronicled journal entries and excellent photo's and maps of his route. His story and struggle to solo a high peak like Nanga Parbat is enthrawling in the face of most mountaineering feats. I found myself baffled that Messner has lived through all of his attempts and victored in the face of loneliness and without the apparent safety of an expedition team. This climb never ceases to blow me away!

Right after Messner summited Everest without supplemental oxygen, he went back to Nanga Parbat to solo a new route. I found the book a good read. I was particularly amazed at the difficulty of climbing he attempted while soloing: especially downclimbing a new route after his route was destroyed by an earthquake when he was still on the face!