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Nation/World Page 11 • PLAINUEAI KK-HLHAU). * KI»KSIM1 . AI-KII. IT. I'« Mountaineer plans toWale world's tallest peaks ByBholaRana United Press International K A T M A N D U , N e p a l - Reinhold Messner still likes doing things the hard way. All he needs is time. t Messner, one of the world's best-known mountain climbers, lias already achieved the impossi­ ble -- twice. - First, he climbed into the thin air of the world's highest peak without the aid of supplemental oxygen, something. conventional * # King Arthur lived, says. historian By Arthur Herman United Press International LONDON -- A British historian $ays he believes a fifth century Juler was the King Arthur of gegend. * For years scholars have search­ ed for historical and archeological "evidence of the fabled Camelot, Ihe Knights of the Round Table jand Queen Guinevere, the wife of "King Arthur and mistress of Sir Lancelot. - The historical record that could Jiave helped answered the ques­ tion -- "Did Arthur really exist, ^and if so, who was he?" -- was -muddied by medieval writers who ^devoted themselves more to •enhancing the grandeur of the legend than setting down the •facts. • "The main thing I have done ?was to challenge an assumption 'historians all made," historian iGeoffrey Ashe said in an inter- Mew. ' "According to the legendary JJhistory of Arthur, he's quite an im- #portant person on the continent as 'well (as in the British Isles). He J takes his army and gets involved *in wars in Gaul and the profes­ sional scholars in England had ^always taken it for granted that 0 that part of the story was pure £ moonshine, that it wasn't worth t looking for him outside Britain. f- "I did," said the bespectacled 'Ashe, who writes at his home in r Glastonbury. "He's there." ' Ashe said the real-life Arthur rwas ^*Tpwson fcncft is 'historically documented," who reigned from 454 to 470 in the twilight of the Roman empire and was referred to as Riothamus, a word that meant "High King." Happy Birthday Happy 21st Merikay Love Dad, Mom & Brian PROMISE YOURSELF] SUCCESS... SUCCESS WITH YOUR WEIGHT LOSS GOALS IN TIME FOR THAT SPECIAL GRADUATION. REUNION WEDDING PICNIC. PROM OR SUMMER VACATION YOUR FIRST VISIT IS FREE CALL TODAY! 385-0500 HRS MON & THURS 8:30 7:00 TUES & FRI 8 30 5 OO'CLOSED WED |H|B|i|i|ij!11 SLENDER Pfl-'W-eENTER 1309 N PARK ST.'McHENRY wisdom held could not be done. For an encore, he did it again -- alone. Now at age 40 his goal is 16 com­ plete a series of conquests of the 14 peaks on the Earth that rise 26,000 feet or more. He already has 10 under his belt and hopes to climb the other four in the next five years. "I have a lot of time," Messner said in an interview. "I hope to complete the climbs of the re­ maining peaks in another five years. I do not know if I will suc­ ceed." In a career that spans 15 "years in the Himalayas, Messner's next goal is^ the northwest wall of the 26,545-foot Annapurna, the world's lOth-tallest mountain. It has never been climbed before. "It is a very difficult face of steep rocks and ice," the bearded, bushy-haired Italian climber said. He plans to strike out for Annapur­ na in April. He could have climbed the mountain via an easier route, but that would not be the Messner style. Messner has made all his climbs without supplemental oxygen, set­ ting him apart from most others who could not struggle through the thin air. And he is the only moun­ taineer to have climbed 10 of the so-called "eight-thousanders." "I want to do difficult things," he said. "I would certainly suc­ ceed if I took the normal and easier routes." Messner said he climbed his first mountain, a 9,800-footer, in the Italian Alps. He was five years old at the time. "My father gave me the inspira­ tion to climb," he recalled. Messner was already an established climber in the 1970s, but his climb of Everest in 1978 was his first real bout with the im­ possible. He went up with Austrian climber Peter Habler. Two years later he climbed Everest solo, a feat that was without precedent and has gone unrepeated. Messner has already written 25 books on his climbs. Messner, who lives in South Tirol and is at home in the Austrian and Italian Alps, said he is "not married now" but has a daughter by a Canadian woman. After Annapurna, he will at­ tempt Makalu, a 27,765-foot peak also in Nepal and the world's fifth- highest mountain. He expects to have to compromise and climb Makalu via its regular route because he will be climbing in winter, when the weather makes the mountain more treacherous. s- i > t S a . r s r s * < s 8 i i i ' f i ' la > 8 • Sir I* iw?w ui oo «e «o oo JS Ul» j©Sl V»Q a I 8 £ -- H • tt J a ta A LW A Y S FR E S H ! G ro un d B ee f 5 lb s. or m or e 98 1 P^«soS- - < * § 2 . 1 art M 3 8f g ' s I S 2- 8f g ' s iifit w M i o ix2£\i : ^ -o s? e ® T2 § m s s CO § g > 5 3 0) *+ CO 2 3 - « z : ; Kl a • . J.••./«« Uif, sg|3 GO a ; s : tn • zz z j <D n n «e <D VMfll o 5? Ml m -i