Peter Habeler Interviewed by Ed Douglas 

Kudos to Ed Douglas for giving the best interview of Peter Habeler I have ever seen. I must say in Peter's defense he did not "chicken out" on the Nanga Parbat expedition. We were recently married in Jackson Hole Woming. Peter was assistant director of the Teton Village Ski School and we spent the winter in Wyoming. April, 05, 1970 we had a baby boy that Peter named, Reinhold in honour of his favorite climbing friend, Reinhold Messner. We were "economically challenged" with the expense of the baby. We both visited Messner in hospital in Innsbruck, Tirol, Austria after he had the tragic experience on Nanga Parbat. I for one was thankful that Peter was home safe with our new family and I was not a widow. We later separated and divorced. Peter Habeler is a unique man and he has been a marvelous role model for so many people. Susan Jenkins Habeler

One of the unsung heroes of alpinism, and definitely on of the best of all time. What a man! Also, although I have always known, it never fails to impress me how much of a humble man he is. This is a true living legend, folks.Thank you for sharing this great interview!

What a pleasant, intelligent man. Thanks Eddy His recall is amazing. I could listen to him talk about his climbs or anything else really for hours.

Peter Habeler is not only a outstanding record breaking mountaineer but also a great human being which is unfortunately not always the case with such accomplished mountain climbers. Many of them are eccentric and focused primarily on themselves.N👍👍

Mr. Habeler seems to be a wonderful fella, with incredible skills and drive. God bless you Peter

It was a good interview but way too much about Messner. Talk to Messner if you want to make it so much about Reinhold. But dont bother Habeler so much esp. about things he wasnt even part of. In a way quite disrespectful to Habeler who is himself a great personality and alpinist.

Great interview ABOUT Messner. 😉 Poor Mr. Habeler. Seems impossible for him to get out of his shadow. I’m shure Habeler would have tons of interesting stories about himself.

What a difference in charisma there is between Habeler and Messner, I am not surprised Habeler is practically unknown outside the mountaineering community.

Woody! Brilliant editing from Banff Centre as usual. Love that it is online!

Peter Habeler ist mir sehr sympathisch...

A Legend.Ive visited Mayrhofen several times.Actually seen Peter Habeler in Person at the Mt.Everest Restaurant in Mayrhofen💖👌

Very interesting interview

Fantastic interview. Thanks for the upload.

Wonderful person, well-read and still in a good condition!

God bless Peter!

Amazing interview! Thanks for sharing

Legend

Outstanding

Nice post, enjoyed Peter's energy and stories. Well done Ed as well.

Both Mr. Habeler and Mr. Messner are joined forever in Mountaineering, but also joined as Brothers of the Quest....the Quest for knowledge about your Spirituality....as the climb of these home of the gods are Spiritual in their Nature

Looks clever, bright !

Fast and light

As mentioned Eric Jones and Leo Dickinson were on the 78 Everest expedition. Don Whillans was unimpressed by Dickinson -"Leo on Everest? Don't make me laugh. It's helium not oxygen he'll need."

Overshadowed by the great Reinhold Messner

He was always eager...………………………………………….for the Eiger!

Peter Habeler has a virtue that makes him a real mountaineer: humankind. The mountain climbing Olympus, is full of stars, records and competition -and deaths of course-. However selfish personalities and blind ambitions of summits and routes, had a real effect of deshumanization of the sport. And of course is the money, an the fame inherited to it. Like brand new Ph D´s, these is always a column of unknown mountaineers, that want to show themselfs the marketing scenario their achievements. That is part of the modern society. But in this relentless pursuit something important and central in this activity is lost: the mountain itself. In the fierce strugle, man has lost the sensible perception of its relation with nature, that makes him a rational being. There is, or more exactly, there was an other mountainnering, of people that rises over its fears and limitations to conquest, nothing more that themselves. The alpinist of the Golden Age, Mummery, Mallory, Gervasutti ad, of course Walter Bonatti. The loved the mointain and made it its home.They probe we are inteligent animals in a vasted world.

it's not italy "well i mean sudtirol", it's italy, period. as an italian myself i can't stand this sort of thing