Monday, September 29, 2014

"Tourism on the Mountains" - Messner on Everest's Consumerism

In the second segment of Reinhold Messner's interview, he explains the philosophy behind building five Messner Mountain Museum locations, each dedicated to a different facet of man's experience of living in the mountains. He also describes the camaraderie that used to exist among the climbing community that he doesn't see at Everest, where the mountain guides are taking unqualified climbers to the top. Previously, climbers would quit their ascent in order to save climbers in danger, but because of "tourism in the mountains," that culture doesn't exist anymore. And, as Messner ages, he says that although "the mountains are becoming higher for me," he still hikes and climbs, not to suffer as he once did when he was younger, but to enjoy his time in nature.

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