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    Riccardo Cassin (2 January 1909 – 6 August 2009) was an Italian mountaineer, developer of mountaineering equipment and author, and an important figure...
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    many pinnacles have been a training ground for mountaineers such as Riccardo Cassin, Emilio Comici and Walter Bonatti. A small mountain shelter, Bivacco...
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    the Cassin Ridge, named for Riccardo Cassin and the best-known technical route on the mountain. The first ascent team members are: Riccardo Cassin, Luigi...
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  • (1887–1976), French jurist Riccardo Cassin (1909–2009), Italian mountaineer Stan Cassin (born 1935), Canadian politician Stephen Cassin (1783–1857), officer...
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  • football manager Riccardo Cassin (1909–2009), Italian mountaineer Riccardo Chailly (born 1953), Italian conductor Riccardo Chiarini (born 1984), Italian...
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    spreading throughout the entire European Alps by climbers such as Riccardo Cassin and Walter Bonatti with his milestone solo ascent of the Dru in 1955...
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    across the Alps in the 1930s by climbers such as Emilio Comici and Riccardo Cassin, and in the 1950s by Walter Bonatti, before reaching Yosemite where...
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    in the natural environment. Early pioneers included Walter Bonatti, Riccardo Cassin, Hermann Buhl, and Gaston Rébuffat, who were followed by and Reinhold...
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    great north faces of the Alps by pioneers such as Walter Bonatti, Riccardo Cassin and Gaston Rebuffat. The subsequent era, which is still ongoing, is...
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  • – Luigi Zampa, Italian director and screenwriter (d. 1991) 1909 – Riccardo Cassin, Italian mountaineer and author (d. 2009) 1909 – Barry Goldwater, American...
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    by Walter Bonatti and Carlo Mauri on an Italian expedition led by Riccardo Cassin via the Northeast Ridge and the North Summit. Traversing the pinnacled...
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    route had been climbed for the first time in 1938 by famous climber Riccardo Cassin and consists of 1,200 metres (3,900 ft) of rock-climbing with UIAA...
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    Dolomites". In the 1930s and 1940s Comici and other climbers (including Riccardo Cassin, Raffaele Carlesso and Alvise Andrich) represented the Italian answer...
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    pitons, and nuts, and eventually (with the encouragement of mountaineer Riccardo Cassin and collaboration with American climber and entrepreneur Greg Lowe)...
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  • Beckey, Henry Meybohm, and Heinrich Harrer in 1954 Denali, Cassin Ridge, FA: Riccardo Cassin and five others in 1961 Moose’s Tooth, West Ridge, FA in 1964...
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    that year. He returned in 1953 with Riccardo Cassin to reconnoitre the lower slopes of K2. At that time, Cassin was the greatest Italian mountaineer...
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  • 1969) 2008 – Angelos Kitsos, Greek lawyer and author (b. 1934) 2009 – Riccardo Cassin, Italian mountaineer and author (b. 1909) 2009 – Willy DeVille, American...
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    route on the north-east face is the Cassin Route (V+/A0 or VI+), so-called after the first ascentionist Riccardo Cassin, who climbed it with V. Ratti and...
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    the fourth person to summit all 14 eight-thousanders (1985–1996) Riccardo Cassin (1909–2009) Italy, equipment manufacturer and pioneer alpinist; first...
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    and spread across the Alps in the 1930s led by Emilio Comici and Riccardo Cassin, and in the 1950s by Walter Bonatti, before reaching Yosemite where...
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    politician, Benito Mussolini's brother. He was a teacher in San Vito. Riccardo Cassin (1909–2009), mountaineer Vito Mussolini [it] (1912–1963), reporter...
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  • than their longevity. For more lists, see lists of centenarians. "Riccardo Cassin". The Daily Telegraph. 2009-08-10. Retrieved 2010-10-18. Queeney, Tim...
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    used by the leading European big wall and alpine climbers such as Riccardo Cassin on famous routes across the European Alps. In 1946, John Salathé developed...
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    Carlo Mauri climbed to the top as part of an Italian expedition led by Riccardo Cassin. The Law of Permanent Defense of Democracy, which outlawed the Communist...
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  • Australian sociologist and academic Ric Hassani, Nigerian singer songwriter Riccardo Cassin (1909–2009), Italian mountaineer, inventor and author Richard L. Hasen...
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    first ascent of the mountain's north face by Italian mountaineers Riccardo Cassin, Gino Esposito, and Ugo Tizzoni. In 1943, Rébuffat made his first attempt...
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    mountaineers and has been climbed by climbers such as Emilio Comici, Riccardo Cassin and Vitale Bramani. The peak can be reached through hiking paths starting...
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    attempted. On July 6, 1969, an Italian team led by the 60-year-old Riccardo Cassin forged the first route through the West face. On July 31, 1971 the...
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    of Monte Sarmiento in Tierra del Fuego and in 1958, as a member of Riccardo Cassin’s expedition in Karakorum, he and Walter Bonatti made the first ascent...
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  • British conservationist. Maup Caransa, 93, Dutch property developer. Riccardo Cassin, 100, Italian mountaineer. Savka Dabčević-Kučar, 85, Croatian politician...
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