Die Alpen.
The Wilde Kreuzspitze is a comparatively easy to ascend 3000 meters peak close to the town of Sterzing (Italian: Vipiteno) in South Tyrol, Italy.
This mountain is 3135 meters AMSL high, more exactly, and consists of two peaks, lying about one hundred and fifty meters apart.
Many hikers won’t proceed to the northern peak after touching the summit cross on the nine meters shorter southern peak however, for there are … read more
Günther Messner was a twenty-four year old mountaineer from Villnöß, South Tyrol (German: Südtirol), who perished in the Himalaya mountain range more than five decades ago.
He was a younger brother of Reinhold Messner, who himself had been involved in the events leading to his brother’s disappearance at the merciless Nanga Parba mountain in June 1970.
In the 2000s, human remains of Günther Messner were discovered at the mountain faces, … read more
