[Everest 1978.] An official expedition postcard for the 1978 ascent of Everest without oxygen, signed by Peter Habeler, Reinhold Messner, and nine expedition members.

A coloured photographic postcard of Everest, with portraits of the eleven expedition members to the edge and captioned ‘Everest '78 Oesterreichischer Alpenverein’, signed to the verso by the expedition members, preprinted address label, Nepal R 1.25 stamp with very indistinct cancel; small pen marks to three of the portraits, minor creasing to corners, else very good.

The Austrian Alpine Club Everest expedition of 1978 resulted in the first ascent of the mountain without oxygen, by Habeler and Messner, on the 8th May. This card was posted back by the expedition, and is signed by not only Habeler and Messner, but also by the expedition leader Wolfgang Nairz (who climbed Everest with three others on the 3 May), and by Franz Oppurg, who on the 14th May made the first solo ascent of Everest.