Reinhold Messner
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Reinhold Messner is a legendary Italian mountaineer renowned for being the first person to climb all fourteen eight-thousanders and for pioneering bold, oxygen-free ascents of the world’s highest peaks.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Reinhold Messner canonical | 29 |
| Messner | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1423382 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Reinhold Messner Context triple: [Seven Summits, notableListCompiler, Reinhold Messner]
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A.
Sir Chris Bonington
Sir Chris Bonington is a renowned British mountaineer and expedition leader celebrated for pioneering ascents in the Himalayas and other major ranges.
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B.
Tenzing Norgay
Tenzing Norgay was a Nepalese Sherpa mountaineer best known for being one of the first two people, alongside Sir Edmund Hillary, to reach the summit of Mount Everest in 1953.
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C.
Michel-Gabriel Paccard
Michel-Gabriel Paccard was a French physician and mountaineer best known for making the first successful ascent of Mont Blanc in 1786.
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D.
Edward Whymper
Edward Whymper was a 19th-century English mountaineer and illustrator best known for making the first ascent of the Matterhorn and pioneering climbs in the Alps and Andes.
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E.
Karl Harrer
Karl Harrer was a German journalist and early far-right activist who helped lay the groundwork for what became the Nazi Party in post–World War I Munich.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Reinhold Messner Target entity description: Reinhold Messner is a legendary Italian mountaineer renowned for being the first person to climb all fourteen eight-thousanders and for pioneering bold, oxygen-free ascents of the world’s highest peaks.
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A.
Sir Chris Bonington
Sir Chris Bonington is a renowned British mountaineer and expedition leader celebrated for pioneering ascents in the Himalayas and other major ranges.
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B.
Tenzing Norgay
Tenzing Norgay was a Nepalese Sherpa mountaineer best known for being one of the first two people, alongside Sir Edmund Hillary, to reach the summit of Mount Everest in 1953.
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C.
Michel-Gabriel Paccard
Michel-Gabriel Paccard was a French physician and mountaineer best known for making the first successful ascent of Mont Blanc in 1786.
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D.
Edward Whymper
Edward Whymper was a 19th-century English mountaineer and illustrator best known for making the first ascent of the Matterhorn and pioneering climbs in the Alps and Andes.
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E.
Karl Harrer
Karl Harrer was a German journalist and early far-right activist who helped lay the groundwork for what became the Nazi Party in post–World War I Munich.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (78)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
author
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explorer ⓘ human ⓘ mountaineer ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Piolet d’Or Lifetime Achievement Award
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linked to:
Piolet d'Or Lifetime Achievement Award
Princess of Asturias Award for Sports ⓘ
linked to:
Princess of Asturias Awards
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| causeOfFame | pioneering bold, oxygen-free ascents of the world’s highest peaks ⓘ |
| climbed |
Annapurna I
ⓘ
linked to:
Annapurna
Broad Peak ⓘ Cho Oyu ⓘ Dhaulagiri ⓘ Gasherbrum I ⓘ Gasherbrum II ⓘ K2 ⓘ Kangchenjunga ⓘ Lhotse ⓘ Makalu ⓘ Manaslu ⓘ Mount Everest ⓘ Nanga Parbat ⓘ Shishapangma ⓘ all fourteen eight-thousanders ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Italy ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1944-09-17 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | South Tyrolean ⓘ |
| familyName |
Messner
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linked to:
Reinhold Messner
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| founded | Messner Mountain Museum ⓘ |
| givenName | Reinhold ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Messner Mountain Museum Corones
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linked to:
Messner Mountain Museum
Messner Mountain Museum Dolomites ⓘ
linked to:
Messner Mountain Museum
Messner Mountain Museum Firmian ⓘ
linked to:
Messner Mountain Museum
Messner Mountain Museum Juval ⓘ
linked to:
Messner Mountain Museum
Messner Mountain Museum Ortles ⓘ Messner Mountain Museum Ripa ⓘ
linked to:
Messner Mountain Museum
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| hasSibling | Günther Messner ⓘ |
| knownFor |
crossing of Antarctica
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crossing of Greenland ⓘ crossing of the Gobi Desert ⓘ first ascent of all fourteen eight-thousanders ⓘ first confirmed ascent of Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen ⓘ first solo ascent of Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen ⓘ high-altitude mountaineering ⓘ oxygen-free ascents of eight-thousanders ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | German ⓘ |
| memberOf | European Parliament ⓘ |
| name | Reinhold Messner ⓘ |
| nationality | Italian ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | German ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
completed all fourteen eight-thousanders in 1986
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first ascent of Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen in 1978 ⓘ first person to climb all fourteen eight-thousanders ⓘ first solo ascent of Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen in 1980 ⓘ |
| notableWork |
All 14 Eight-Thousanders
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linked to:
Eight-thousander
The Crystal Horizon ⓘ The Naked Mountain ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 4 ⓘ |
| occupation |
explorer
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mountaineer ⓘ museum founder ⓘ politician ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| participatedIn | 1970 Nanga Parbat expedition ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Brixen
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Italy ⓘ South Tyrol ⓘ |
| politicalOffice | Member of the European Parliament ⓘ |
| religion |
Catholicism
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linked to:
Roman Catholicism
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| represented |
Federazione dei Verdi
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linked to:
Federation of the Greens (Italy)
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| residence |
Juval Castle
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South Tyrol ⓘ |
| spouse |
Sabine Stehle
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Uschi Demeter ⓘ |
| styleOfClimbing |
alpine style
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oxygen-free climbing ⓘ |
| survived | Nanga Parbat 1970 Rupal Face descent accident ⓘ |
| termInOfficeEnd | 2004 ⓘ |
| termInOfficeStart | 1999 ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Referenced by (31)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Reinhold Messner
linked to: Reinhold Messner