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25/10/1939 redazione

Andreas "Anderl" Mannhardt is born

On 25 October 1939, Andreas ‘Anderl’ Mannhardt was born in Rottach-Egern, Germany. In March 1961, at the age of 21, he made the first winter ascent of the north face of the Eiger. On 22 June 1962, together with Toni Kinshofer and Siegfried Löw, he opened a new route on the Diamir Face of Nanga Parbat (8,126 m): the second ascent of the mountain overall, and the first new route opened on an eight-thousander. Löw died during the descent; Mannhardt suffered severe frostbite.

  • Eiger

  • Nanga Parbat

07/03/2014 massimo

Charles Evans

Charles Evans is the British mountaineer who, in 1953, together with Tom Bourdillon, reached the South Summit ofEverest, the highest point reached by John Hunt’s British expedition before Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay reached the summit. In 1955, he led the British expedition that made the first ascent of Kangchenjunga, the world’s third-highest peak. A surgeon by training, he was principal of the University College of North Wales (later Bangor University) from 1958, and president of the Alpine Club from 1967 to 1970.

10/10/2008 redazione

Ottorino Mezzalama
Born in Bologna in 1888, Ottorino Mezzalama is regarded as the father of Italian ski mountaineering: thanks to him, the exploration of slopes and valleys also gained recognition, without this necessarily having to be geared towards the conquest of a summit.
31/12/2001 maurizio

Luigi Amedeo di Savoia
Luigi Amedeo Giuseppe Maria Ferdinando Francesco di Savoia nacque a Madrid il 29 marzo 1873. Fu persona sempre incline all'avventura e all'ardimento, secondo i migliori dettami della nobiltà del tempo, infatti nel tracciarne una breve biografia si corre il rischio di perdersi nelle numerose, ma tutte significative tappe della sua esistenza.
06/04/2010 massimo

Pierre Chanoux
La vita dell'Abbé Chanoux è uno straordinario esempio di generosità e di amore per tutto il creato. Nato a [[Champorcher]] il 3 aprile 1828, fin da giovanissimo coltivò il desiderio di diventare sacerdote. Dal 1860 si occupò della reggenza dell'Ospizio del Piccolo San Bernardo e vi restò fino alla fine dei suoi giorni, nel 1909.
04/11/2026 massimo

Riccardo Cassin
Non solo un mito, di più. Riccardo Cassin è uno dei nomi più celebri dell’alpinismo di tutti i tempi, le cui imprese negli anni ’30 lasciarono a bocca aperta gli specialisti dell’epoca.
04/11/2026 massimo

Marcus Schmuck
Marcus Schmuck (born 18 April 1925 in Maria Alm, and died on 21 August 2005 in Salzburg) was a alpinist austrian and leader of thela  Austrian expedition in Karakorum which on the 9th June 1957 first reached the summit of the Broad Peak (8051m). Ma...
04/11/2026 redazione

Walter Bonatti
Walter Bonatti (Bergamo, 1930 - Rome, 2011) 1949 -27-29 June: Croz dell'Altissimo (2339 m, Brenta Dolomites), south face, Oppio route (height difference 850 m, development 1000 m, VI- and A2), first repeat, with Josve Aiazzi and Andrea Oggioni ...
04/11/2026 maurizio

Ardito Desio
In all probability, when Mr and Mrs Desio on 18 April 1897 chose to impose the name Ardito on their son, they did not imagine how correct and almost prophetic this choice would prove to be.
04/11/2026 massimo

Hermann Buhl
Hermann Buhl was born in Innsbruck onon 21 September 1924, the youngest of four brothers. At the age of 4 he lost his mother after a long illness and ended up in an orphanage. AtSix years old, he is taken in by the family of an aunt. In the 1930s, he...
28/01/2024 massimo

Dougal Haston
Dougal burst onto the mountaineering scene in the late '1950s by climbing new routes in Scotland together with Robin Smith. He went on to make an initial English ascent of the Eigerwand, was a major force in the creation of the direct Eiger, took ...
28/01/2024 massimo

René Desmaison
Born in 1930, he was at the end of the 1950s and throughout the following decade one of the greatest exponents of world mountaineering, according to some observers inferior to only Walter Bonatti. His mountaineering is the child of the technical evolution of the se...
28/01/2024 massimo

Emilio Comici
Born in Trieste (then not Italian) on 21 February 1901, Emilio Comici represents a milestone in the history of mountaineering and climbing. He began his sports career in the ranks of a multi-sports association, the "XXX Ottobre", ...
28/01/2024 massimo

Giusto Gervasutti
No frisson of joy. No thrill of victory. The goal achieved is already surpassed. I would almost say a sense of bitterness at the dream come true. I think it would be much nicer to be able to wish for something all your life, to strive for it all the time....
28/01/2024 massimo

Horace-Bénédict de Saussure
Geneva-born scientist and naturalist, who at the end of the 18th century played a decisive role in the birth of modern mountaineering and especially in the conquest of Mont Blanc. He was born in 1740 in Conches, near Geneva, to a family originally from...
25/04/2024 massimo

Jean-Joseph Maquignaz

Jean-Joseph Maquignaz's mountaineering career has a striking beginning: he is a member of Jean-Antoine Carrel's team, committed to finding an Italian route to the Matterhorn, in competition with Englishman Edward Whymper, who is pursuing the first absolute ascent.

05/08/1804 redazione

Gottlieb Samuel Studer is born

 On 5 August 1804, Gottlieb Samuel Studer was born in Langnau im Emmental (Canton Bern), a Swiss mountaineer who was the first ascender of the Wildhorn (3248m) and one of the founders of the Swiss Alpine Club. In his mountaineering career he climbed more than 650 peaks. 

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28/04/1959 redazione

Erhard Loretan
Il 28 aprile 1959 nasce, a Bulle nel Canton Friburgo, Erhard Loretan alpinista svizzero noto per le sue numerose ascensioni nelle Alpi e sugli 8000. Famosa fu la sua straordinaria via sull'Annapurna aperta nel 1994, una lunga concatenazione di creste...
07/04/1879 redazione

Angelo Dibona
Il 7 aprile 1879 nasce, a Cortina d'Ampezzo, Angelo Dibona Guida alpina ed alpinista noto per essere stato tra i più attivi scalatori del XX° secolo. La sua attività prevalse nelle Dolomiti con qualche digressione anche nelle Alpi occidentali. A lui ...
31/03/1965 redazione

Jean-Christophe Lafaille
Il 31 marzo 1965 nasce, a Gap, Jean-Christophe Lafaille, Guida alpina, arrampicatore e alpinista francese noto per alcune importanti ascensioni nell'Himalaya. Ha scalato 11 dei 14 ottomila ed è scomparso durante il tentativo di raggiungere per la pri...
24/03/1948 redazione

Jerzy Kukuczka
Il 24 marzo 1948 nasce, a Cracovia, Jerzy Kukuczka forte alpinista polacco noto per aver salito tutti i 14 ottomila aprendo 10 vie nuove di cui 4 in invernale. https://youtu.be/kq5jcMec9D0 Il 24 ottobre 1989 l'alpinista polacco Jerzy Kukuczka muore ...
02/05/1964 redazione

Shisha Pangma: first ascent
The first ascent of Shisha Pangma was carried out on 2 May 1964 by a Chinese expedition led by Xǔ Jìng. The expedition that reached the summit also consisted of Zhāng Jùnyán, Wáng Fùzhōu, Wū Zōngyuè, Chén Sān, Soinam Dorjê ...
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