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..."Courage consists in the power of self-recovery." Ralph Waldo Emerson — Click here for more from Ralph Waldo Emerson Related posts: 9 July 1986 5 September 1986 7 October 1982