Legend Vs. Legend: Ed Viesturs Recalls Awkward Meeting With Reinhold Messner

In Part 1 of this series, American mountaineering legend Ed Viesturs discussed this year’s “Everest” and “Meru” films, his lessons in patience on K2 and life as a guide and spokesperson for Eddie Bauer. Here he focuses on how to tell clients when to turn around, why he never climbs with bottled oxygen and what he thinks of insurance coverage for sherpas. He also recounts a chance meeting with another climbing legend, Reinhold Messner.