His "unauthorized biography" titled a 1999 album by Ben Folds Five, and he was the subject of a 1984 Werner Herzog film about his tackling of Gashenbrum I and II.  
From 1999 to 2004, this man was a representative to the European Parliament from Italy's Green Party.  His writings include Antarctica: Both Heaven and Hell, and a work subtitled Expedition to the Ultimate.  His "unauthorized biography" titled a 1999 album by Ben Folds Five, and he was the subject of a 1984 Werner Herzog film about his tackling of Gashenbrum I and II.  He first came to prominence after losing several toes at Nanga Parbat, but he became the first man to ascend Everest without supplementary oxygen.  FTP, identify this Italian mountain climber who pioneered an Alpine climbing system and was the first man to climb all fourteen peaks taller than 8,000 meters.
From 1999 to 2004, this man was a representative to the European Parliament from Italy's Green Party.  
Reinhold Messner