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...