16 October 1986 Posted on October 15, 2011 by Staff Reinhold Messner becomes the first person to summit all 14 Eight-thousanders. Famous Words of Inspiration..."I hope that when you are my age, you will be able to say as I have been able to say: We lived in freedom. We lived lives that were a statement, not an apology." Ronald Reagan — Click here for more from Ronald Reagan Related posts: 9 July 1986 5 September 1986 7 October 1982