No-one has overcome limits as often as Reinhold Messner has: on the rock, on eight-thousanders and in the planet"s great polar deserts. But Reinhold Messner is also a politician, museum director and mountain farmer. In his talk he tells about his youth in the Dolomites, about the Himalayas, the North Pole, Greenland and his mountain museums. Using fascinating photos and films, he also addresses the retreat of the planet"s glaciers and draws up an image of the future of the Alps. A grand experience!