16 October 1986 October 15, 2011 Author: Staff Reinhold Messner becomes the first person to summit all 14 Eight-thousanders. Famous Words of Inspiration..."When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us." Helen Keller — Click here for more from Helen Keller Related posts: 9 July 1986 5 September 1986 7 October 1982 Categories: History Tags: 16 October, 1986