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Italian mountaineer conquers Nanga Parbat but 10 minutes was all he could allow himself to enjoy his achievement Simone Moro stood atop Pakistan's "Killer Mountain" last week and observed the curve of the Earth -- a view which had never been seen by anyone in winter until the climber and his team conquered Nanga Parbat. The expedition had taken three months and came more than six decades after the mountain was first summited, but 10 minutes was all Moro could allow himself to enjoy his achievement. "Now you have to come back... But you are so completely exhausted," the...

Shrouded in Ice Famed mountaineer Reinhold Messner's latest book raises more questions than it answers by Tom Vannah - December 11, 2003 COURTESY OF THE MOUNTAINEERS BOOKS Feature On the subject of Reinhold Messner's first really audacious climb, there are a few things we know for sure. We know, for example, that Messner's objective in June 1970 was to climb to the top of Nanga Parbat, the world's ninth highest mountain, one of the most isolated and dangerous places on earth. Though not as well known to the general public as other peaks in the Himalayas, Nanga Parbat in Pakistan...