#25 | About living at the limit

Reinhold Messner's life is characterized by absolute extremes. He is considered a mountaineering legend, a border crosser, an adventurer, but also a philanthropist and an artist in life. Whether crossing the Antarctic, conquering all 14 eight-thousanders or founding foundations and museums:
For Messner not simply a challenge or the hunt for the next record. There is a completely different drive behind it. The connection with untouched nature. But above all, overcoming the impossible, and doing so with as much abandon as possible.

On his expeditions, Messner has faced the seemingly impossible on several occasions. Faced with unsolvable challenges. Nevertheless, he has not given up. In an interview with Georgiy Michailov, Managing Partner at Struktur Management Partner, he explains how he experienced this and why, in his view, one should definitely dare to tackle even the biggest tasks, even if everything points against it. Among other things, the two talk about what it means to lead a successful life. And they get to the bottom of the big questions: How do I correctly assess my abilities when it comes to life and death? What are my personal limits? How do I overcome the greatest challenges and how do I find meaning even in the useless?

What we can learn from his experiences? To look at our problems and challenges from a different perspective. And: methods that make it possible to survive at 8,000 meters - they also work a few thousand meters below.

But Messner also teaches us an important lesson. Namely, that it can be essential for survival to throw off ballast. And we learn about real goosebump experiences: What do near-death experiences actually feel like? 

*Video only in German