Kulturtag mit Reinhold Messner

Reinhold Messner live
«Nanga Parbat - my key mountain»

Lecture with unseen images and films

Rarely do fame and tragedy lie so close together as with the 8,125 m high Nanga Parbat. Reinhold Messner embodies both like no one else.

Accompanied by unseen images and films, Messner in his live lecture connects all the climbers who have made history on Nanga Parbat with his own moving and exciting story.

He recounts Albert Mummery, the best climber of his time, who disappeared in 1895 while crossing from the Diamir to the Rakhiot side, the unforgettable Willo Welzenbach, called the "Ice Pope," who died in 1934 – having been marginalised – with eight men in a snowstorm; and Hermann Buhl, who reached the summit alone and as the first against the orders of the expedition leader in 1953 – a hallmark moment in mountaineering! More than 50 years later, Steve House conquers the Rupal Wall directly in a two-man rope team. Finally, he tells of his own fateful expedition in 1970, during which his brother Günther tragically lost his life. Eight years later, he achieves the greatest accomplishment of his life with the first solo ascent of an eight-thousander on the Diamir wall. After hell, he has touched heaven on his personal mountain of destiny.

Presale price CHF 47.00 / Box office: CHF 52.00

Tickets will be available from the end of April 2025 at kulturlenk.ch or at the Tourist Center Lenk.

Project partner

Hotel Kreuz Lenk