O Mountaineering legend Reinhold Messner gave his fans cause for concern over the weekend. In an Instagram post, the extreme athlete wrote, he reach your end.
“Go with a clear conscience”
“This is the reality,” he added. “I go with a clear conscience“, he continued. Now it's time for him to live his last dreams and love the people who mean the most to him, he ended his post.
Messner dampens speculation
Fans were worried about him Health status of 79-year-old man. Many people wrote words of encouragement on the post. One fan demanded that he not be so negative, while another emphasized, “His epic feats and rise are immortal.”
Due to the numerous speculations, the Italian newspaper “Corriere della Sera” asked Messner, who calmly replied: “I am doing well“. He is on his way to India, where a study project on the mountains awaits him.
With the post he just wanted to express that he was “end of my life and I accepted that fact,” Messner told Italian media.
Most recently, the mountaineering icon had to get angry over a dispute over the title of the “Guinness Book.” The South Tyrolean was denied two titles. In the end, he managed to retain the title of being the first person to climb all 14 eight-thousanders.