Peter Habeler wrote with Reinhold Messner Alpingeschichte in 1978: As the first person, the Tyrolean climbed Mount Everest without additional oxygen. Now the 84-year-old receives the Piolet d-Or for his life's work. The "Bergkrone" hiked with the mountaineering legend in his native Mayrhofen on the Filzenkogel – and learned why the mountain is far more than high peaks.
Peter Habeler wrote with Reinhold Messner Alpingeschichte in 1978: As the first person, the Tyrolean climbed Mount Everest without additional oxygen. Now the 84-year-old receives the Piolet d-Or for his life's work. The "Bergkrone" hiked with the mountaineering legend in his native Mayrhofen on the Filzenkogel – and learned why the mountain is far more than high peaks.