I´ve just started reading his autobiography published in 2001. Wonderful book, nicely written, good and interesting illustrations - a real pleasure. He comes across as one of those men it would have been an honour to meet.

Hey Charles, that sounds very interesting. Who is the publisher? I am actually looking for a new book to read and otherwise I might end up reading this book about a pratical approach to process improvement for work.

I don´t know whether it´s been published in English. There is one though that was released in the 80´s Fifty Years of Alpinism.

Here he is together with several other good ones. Sadly, Riccardo Cassin died a month ago 100 years old.

Cassin, Riccardo: 50 Years of Alpinism, Diadem Books, London, 1981.

charles wrote:I don´t know whether it´s been published in English. There is one though that was released in the 80´s Fifty Years of Alpinism.

I found that used copies are actualy sold through amazon here in the US but prices were north of $45. Kind of steep!

mstender wrote:

charles wrote:I don´t know whether it´s been published in English. There is one though that was released in the 80´s Fifty Years of Alpinism.

I found that used copies are actualy sold through amazon here in the US but prices were north of $45. Kind of steep!

Yes. What I´ve got is a Swiss publication of his up-dated book of the 80s. It´s in German if you can read it I´ll send you the amazon link

hansw wrote:
Here he is together with several other good ones. Sadly, Riccardo Cassin died a month ago 100 years old.

Cassin, Riccardo: 50 Years of Alpinism, Diadem Books, London, 1981.

That is a sweet library you have here!

charles wrote:

mstender wrote:

charles wrote:I don´t know whether it´s been published in English. There is one though that was released in the 80´s Fifty Years of Alpinism.

I found that used copies are actualy sold through amazon here in the US but prices were north of $45. Kind of steep!

Yes. What I´ve got is a Swiss publication of his up-dated book of the 80s. It´s in German if you can read it I´ll send you the amazon link

Hey Charles, I would appreciate if you could send me the link. I can read German since I am actually from Germany.

I've just finished drooling over Diemberger's coffee table book on K2 and am now reading Bonatti's The Mountains of My Life. I can't put it down and will have to read it again before it goes back to the library. It's amazing how skilled and courageous he was in completing those FAs/climbs, yet he's so clear expressing his fears, self-doubt, betrayal. You'd think a guy with that record would be fearless but it's probably just because he was so in touch with his humanity that he could overcome the obstacles. But it sure wasn't without a lot of hard work.

Admirable man. And Italian, to boot.

hansw wrote:

Here he is together with several other good ones. Sadly, Riccardo Cassin died a month ago 100 years old.

Cassin, Riccardo: 50 Years of Alpinism, Diadem Books, London, 1981.

NICE library! I've got most of those but all much much newer editions.

Riccardo Cassin said something like:

"You can't become an Alpinist. It's something you have in your blood."

The only problem is that like me, one can go around unhappily for years not knowing you really have it in there.

hansw wrote:You can't become an Alpinist.

O course not. That moniker is already taken!



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MarthaP wrote:I've just finished drooling over Diemberger's coffee table book on K2 and am now reading Bonatti's The Mountains of My Life. I can't put it down and will have to read it again before it goes back to the library. It's amazing how skilled and courageous he was in completing those FAs/climbs, yet he's so clear expressing his fears, self-doubt, betrayal. You'd think a guy with that record would be fearless but it's probably just because he was so in touch with his humanity that he could overcome the obstacles. But it sure wasn't without a lot of hard work.

Admirable man. And Italian, to boot.

Both are great mountaineers.