Person
Reinhold Messner
An Italian mountaineer, the first person to climb all fourteen eight-thousand-metre peaks without supplemental oxygen, who investigated Yeti reports and concluded the legend derives from the Tibetan blue bear.
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Theories & Explanations
Reinhold Messner popularised Yeti Bear-Misidentification Explanation.
Documents & Sources
Reinhold Messner authored My Quest for the Yeti.