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    Walter Bonatti (Italian pronunciation: [ˈvalter boˈnatti]; 22 June 1930 – 13 September 2011) was an Italian mountaineer, alpinist, explorer and journalist...
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    alleged that Walter Bonatti had used some of the oxygen supply intended for the summit, causing it to run out on summit day. Walter Bonatti disputed this...
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  • 1981), former Italian footballer Roberta Bonatti (born 1997), Italian female boxer, athlete Walter Bonatti (1930–2011), Italian mountain climber This...
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    Refuge Walter-Bonatti is a mountain hut in the Val Ferret, in the Pennine Alps, Aosta Valley, Italy, at an altitude of 2,025 metres (6,644 ft). It is named...
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    heroes, Walter Bonatti accused Lacedelli and Compagnoni of having abandoned him and Amir Mehdi to an open bivouac just below high camp. In 1954, Bonatti was...
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    Walter Bonatti, about how he felt the report overlooked the importance of his and Amir Mahdi's roles in enabling the climb to be successful. Bonatti also...
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    IV is a venerated challenge among mountaineers. 1958 First ascent by Walter Bonatti and Carlo Mauri on an Italian expedition led by Riccardo Cassin via...
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    milestones in big-wall climbing including Walter Bonatti's groundbreaking 1955 solo ascent of the eponymous Bonatti Pillar and Catherine Destivelle's 1991...
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    and as solo–of the great north faces of the Alps by pioneers such as Walter Bonatti, Riccardo Cassin and Gaston Rebuffat. The subsequent era, which is still...
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    which largely confirmed the claims another member of the expedition, Walter Bonatti, had been making for over fifty years. K2 is on the border between China...
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    producer Marco Vicario, and they later divorced. From 1980 she lived with Walter Bonatti, a journalist and mountain explorer. He died alone in 2011, aged 81...
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    expedition, Amir Mehdi and Walter Bonatti were stranded by Achille Compagnoni and Lino Lacedelli, who wanted to prevent Bonatti from reaching the summit...
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    this piece during his Antarctica expedition, while Michel Vaucher and Walter Bonatti used the watch when they summited the Grandes Jorasses in the Alps....
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    contemporary luminaries as Kurt Diemberger, Marcus Schmuck, Heinrich Harrer, Walter Bonatti and Gaston Rébuffat.[citation needed] He was also an idol and hero of...
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    popularity of the sport in the natural environment. Early pioneers included Walter Bonatti, Riccardo Cassin, Hermann Buhl, and Gaston Rébuffat, who were followed...
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    1955, the Italian climber Walter Bonatti climbed a difficult solo route on the south-west pillar of the Petit Dru (the Bonatti Pillar); this route – like...
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    a part of the 1953 American expedition. Also on the expedition were Walter Bonatti and Pakistani Hunza porter Amir Mehdi, who both proved vital to the...
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    including by French alpinist Catherine Destivelle, and Italian alpinist Walter Bonatti. Rope-solo climbing techniques have also been used on big wall climbing...
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    climbers such as Emilio Comici and Riccardo Cassin, and in the 1950s by Walter Bonatti, before reaching Yosemite where it was led in the 1950s to 1970s by...
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    with an Italian expedition. He, along with the Italian mountaineer Walter Bonatti, are also known for having survived a night at the highest open bivouac...
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    Zdzitowiecki [pl] (Poland) Unclimbed in winter Gasherbrum IV 7925 m 1958 by Walter Bonatti and Carlo Mauri (Italy) Unclimbed in winter Gasherbrum V 7147 m 2014...
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    notte Aladdin television film 2013 K2 - La montagna degli italiani Walter Bonatti television film 2018 Liberi sognatori Giuseppe Francese episode: "Delitto...
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    Nevado Mismi – Carhuasanta River Loren McIntyre 1971 Nevado Choquecorao Walter Bonatti 1978 Río Huarajo Jean Michel Cousteau 1982 Nevado Choquecorao Jacek...
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    solo ascent was made in five hours by Dieter Marchart on 22 July 1959. Walter Bonatti climbed the "North Face Direct" solo on 18-22 February 1965. The same...
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    oxygen. Cesare Maestri conquered the Cerro Torre in Patagonia in 1959. Walter Bonatti is considered one of the best alpinists in Europe in 1950s, realizing...
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    ground for mountaineers such as Riccardo Cassin, Emilio Comici and Walter Bonatti. A small mountain shelter, Bivacco Ferrario, is located on its peak...
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    later, a helicopter landed three survivors at Courmayeur; among them Walter Bonatti and Mazeaud. About the 1961 disaster, Mazeaud wrote: "Sitting on my...
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    of extreme alpine routes, pioneer of extreme skiing and BASE jumping Walter Bonatti (1930–2011) Italy, mountaineer and writer, solo new routes on Aiguille...
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    people and mountain environments around the world. Following on from Walter Bonatti and Reinhold Messner he received the Piolet d'Or Lifetime Achievement...
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  • (Yakushi A284) Walter Bonatti, The Mountains of My Life, 2001 Walter Bonatti, Processo al K2, 1985, (Yakushi B453), ( edition) Walter Bonatti, K2. La verità...
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