19. October 2018

2018 Princess of Asturias Award for Sports

From his Majesty the King of Spain, Oviedo 2018

This award has been jointly granted to Reinhold Messner and Krzysztof Wielicki For the extraordinary career and contribution to the history of Mountaineering, as well as for work in spreading the values of this sport, wich has made you both examples to follow in terms of effort, values and solidarity.