Reinhold Messner & Krzysztof Wielicki

2018 Princess of Asturias Award for Sports

© Andreas Panzenberger

Biography

Reinhold Messner

Krzysztof Wielicki

Eight-thousander

  • Reinhold Messner
  • Krzysztof Wielicki


Reinhold Messner

  • Nanga Parbat 8125m (1970 & 1978)
  • Manaslu 8156m (1972)
  • Gasherbrum I 8068m (1975 & 1984)
  • Everest 8848m (1978 & 1980)
  • K-2 8611m (1979)
  • Shishapangma 8046m (1981)
  • Kangchenjunga 8598m (1982)
  • Gasherbrum II 8035m (1982 & 1984)
  • Broad Peak 8048m (1982)
  • Cho Oyu 8153m (1983)
  • Dhaulagiri 8167m (1985)
  • Annapurna 8091m (1985)
  • Makalu 8451m (1986)
  • Lhotse 8511m (1986)


Krzysztof Wielicki

  • Fifth man to have conquered 14 eight-thousanders
  • Everest 8848m (1980)
  • Broad Peak 8048m (1984)
  • Manaslu 8156m (1984 & 1992)
  • Kangchenjunga 8598m (1986)
  • Makalu 8451m (1986)
  • Lhotse 8511m (1988)
  • Dhaulagiri 8167m (1990)
  • Annapurna 8091m (1991)
  • Cho Oyu 8153m (1993)
  • Shishapangma 8046m (1993)
  • Gasherbrum II 8035m (1995 & 2006)
  • Gasherbrum I 8068m (1995)
  • K-2 8611m (1996)
  • Nanga Parbat 8125m (1996)

Minutes of the Jury