Reinhold Messner about the dangers of the Hidden Peak

[23chrisfm]

he´s very patient with that annoying dude. i would have told him to fuck off right after the beginning!

[deadmans667]

does anyone have any idea as to what style this massage is, what country and technique etc?

[dice786]

@deadmans667 i would call it desi style. its pakistani, if u go to any barber shop here in pak you can have a similar massage

[nyrbsamoht]

anyone know where this footage is taken from? pls

[ancona1968]

@nyrbsamoht , this footage is from the film-documentary "Gasherbrum - Der leuchtende Berg", directed by Werner Herzog, 1985. Actually one of the most interesting films about climbing or about Messner.

[wipeout2098]

It's like a combination of massage and mixed-martial arts. O_o

[YoungEscapist]

Most interesting man in the world?

[davidmc107]

solo up Nanga Parbat? The guys a legend :-)

[jingeshan24]

@davidmc107 read about what jerzy kukuczka did back in 1986 on K2.

that was the most suicidal route ever! even messner said he would have never climbed up that route.

[Proaconstructor]

Yup bottled O2 is cheating. You climb a mountain with bottled O2 , you didn't climb it. In some respects it is more difficult, you have to carry all that O2 in place. Tough luck. If you use O2 it's cheating, and it is also tragic because all these tourists now go to these big peaks who have no business being there and think they are doing something while polluting the place, and destroying the culture. Without O2 those parasites wouldn't be there.

[misterbonzai08]

Ladies fear my Hidden Peak...

[marcusbondi]

Watch the actual massage - it's simply astonishing!

[Mr110climb]

woooow balti porters massaging there guest at g.11

[iBeDashawn]

I've noticed over the past 2-3 weeks of watching this video, that reinhold can't talk about one topic without thinking of another.

[LanIost]

oh .. my.. f'in gawd.

I would kill for a massage right now. It's seriously all I need in life. I would rather have a massage than sex.

Really. I would trade a massage every day for no sex ever again.

[bernhardfranz]

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[marcusbondi]

If you need Sherpa or 'support porters' or guides or fixed ropes or bottled 02, then you shouldn't be on the mountain. It's disrespectful to the people, the mountain and you. RM is The Man, for sure, but he ain't no yeti.

[carryon1600]

@marcusbondi Sorry but thats just stupid I understand most of that but the bottled O2 I have to disagree completely.

[seige184]

If you think he made those summits w/o some luck you're fooling yourselves. He's amazing but still he got very lucky.

[pchapman905]

I bet those massages feel a hundred times better for Reinhold Messner than they would for anyone else.

[wilson545]

Anyone know where I can purchase this documentary?! I can't find it anywhere! Or suggest any other cool mountaineering documentary with Messner?

[AngelaBoston]

@wilson545 This is part of the 5 DVD Werner Herzog documentary / short film box set.

[wilson545]

anyone know where I can get this documentary? I dying to get it. I can't find "The Dark Glow of the Mountains" by Werner Herzog anywhere?! Any help?

[valkyrie1960s]

was zum henker!

[Chocolateluvr1987]

Does anyone know where I can watch the parts of this documentary where Messner talks about the potential of death in the mountains, the death of his brother and  the risks one takes?

[romeopathe]

Crazy Sherpa but without them you couldn't go up there into thin air by yourself except for the few like Monsieur Messner...By the way the next time a woman ask me if my little man have a name i will answer Sherpa baby Sherpa because without him i can't climb you love....

[phatasm]

Im pretty sure this dude is pakistani, hence the pakistani massage. So....porter, not sherpa.

[romeopathe]

@phatasm: your right dude, I google Gasherbrum...You know I like to see a competitions between Sherpas and Porters...Who was the first porter to summit K2???

[villaking1978]

That guys stole every jewel off Reinhold's body. I think he even took the fillings out of his teeth, too... LOL...

Locals are always good at taking from the tourists. Whether it's an accidental bump on a crowded subway train in New York or a full body massage 20,000 ft. up in the Himalayas - the locals are always up to no good =)!

Reinhold Messner: Living Legend. Greatest of the great mountaineers. (And sucker for the old " let me give you a massage and empty out your pockets" routine.)

[JackREst]

Come on man, have a litte respect .

[villaking1978]

JackREst: LOL... I'm just messing around, mannn. If anything, the Sherpas deserve way more than we pay them so I'd never get mad at one of them if my watch ended up missing on a climb... LOL...  It's all good. Plus, all the garbage and shit we leave behind on their land. They definitely deserve more in terms of pay, that's for sure.

[sonjaxfactor]

@villaking1978 lol

[apexxxx10]

Werner Herzog. Not the French "Annapurna" Herzog. Please let me know the name of WH's documentary.

I would love to know.

John K Lindgren

Carsanook

[celibuko]

In german is "Gasherbrum - Der Leuchtende Berg", in english is "The Dark Glow of the Mountains". See you..

[ironmanboy]

Dark Glow Of The Mountains

[celibuko]

This video was filmed by Werner Herzog

[BerndS]

lol the massage is really awesome

[SAT9terminus]

How fine are our help and how LOYAL a Professional Masseuse is to all who employ them.

A Personal Assistant unquestionably is indispensable. Having one dedicate to a specific task at being a living minder and LOG, if they are NOT acknowledged properly and conpensated for their diligence..you will find yourself at the mercy of less than worthy HELP when you most need it.

Sich Entbehrungen auferlegen...isn't going to get you ANYWHERE.

[Igotocostarica]

lol

[coltSey]

Foget McCain or Obama.

IBRAHIM for President.

[fischer3x3]

Wahrlich ein Held!

[harshvgaus]

reinhold messner is my hero. greatest "sportsman" to live. a sport where you risk your life is greater than any other.

[BirdsEatCats]

Look at it this way: Yaks are Nepalese horses; goraks eating dead climbers are Nepalese eagles; and that's Nepalese massage.

[theonlythingtofearis]

Oh yeah...I'm Reinhold Messner, I climb a catrillion peaks without oxygen or a team.

Only one exception, I MUST have my masseuse with me at all times. And a person to document my massages.

I love this guy.

[zockorrr]

you know that this was a movie made by the famous movie maker werner herzog? the name is "gasherbrum - der leuchtende berg". this was the day before messner and kammerlander started their double climb on G2 and Hidden Peak. never done again.

[MrRastaManDan]

@theonlythingtofearis I feel if you lose your brother wile mountaineering you should bring a cam with you at all times. He lost his brother while climbing together.

[pisti1961]

Messner you are my Idol.

[darkeneddreams]

doesn't look like a massage, maybe torture massage.

what the hell is he doing with his hands at minute???

[MURApk]

But this video is made before his clib of Nanga Parbat? I read his book about this montain, the most dangerous montain in the world, where his brother is death.

Great Messner! respect

[BirdsEatCats]

I think Parbat killed 33 climbers before anyone summitted? Sounds like the perfect solo for Messner.

[Pixantlovent]

jeje... quina pallissa!

Messner you're the one!

[ihateyotube11]

i lol'd

[HellfireGermany]

Messmer ist auf Englisch noch besser als auf seinem original Tirol-German ;))))

Aber das ändert an seinem IQ nix, das Gehirn kann man durch aufpusten immerhin auf Erbsengröße bringen !

[lattella123]

Reinhold Messner ist der wohl bekannteste und auch anerkannteste Alpinist unserer Zeit. Ihm ein Gehirn von „Erbsengroße" zu unterstellen ist Unsinn. Messner hat viel für die: Alpen, Kultur, Umwelt, Museen und vor allem für das Verständnis der Berge getan. Außerdem spricht Messner kein „Tirol-German" sondern Südtirolerisch oder ein ausgezeichnetes Hochdeutsch.

Ich bin selbst Südtiroler und Reinhold Messner ist für uns kleines (aber reiches) Alpenvolk von bedeutender Wichtigkeit.

[Tobias83ausmdorf]

Idiot

[truthtobetold12]

hast du schon eins seiner ca.35 bücher gelesen?? wenn du das tun würdest,würdest du sehr schnell erkennen,dass seine rhetorischen fähigkeiten auf einen intellekt schließen lassen,den du nicht mal mit zählen erreichen kannst.-ich nehme an,du kannst nur bis ca. 130 zählen

[Winchester1973]

Dang. His hands are so quick!

[travallion]

looks like a great massage to me id like to try it =)

Messner is my hero

respect