(ANSA) – ROME, DEC 01 – HERVÉ BARMASSE, ‘CERVINO. THE LEGENDARY MOUNTAIN ‘(RIZZOLI ILLUSTRATI, PP. 336, EURO 29.90) The most hidden and wild side, but also the most popular of the Matterhorn. Hervé Barmasse takes us to the discovery of one of the most fascinating peaks in Europe in a continuous dialogue with the reader, with nature and with the mountains, in the book ‘Cervino. The legendary mountain ‘published by Rizzoli Illustrati, with incredible photographs. “Testing yourself means having courage, daring but at the same time knowing how to give up and, when needed, give everything without saving. It is by following this philosophy that I go to the mountains. And it all started on the Matterhorn, where, ascent after ascent, I explored the my skills, setting myself new goals each time, more difficult and demanding, looking for what in mountaineering jargon is called ‘engagement’. Exactly like my ancestors did, who approached the Gran Becca to try to reach the top when the Matterhorn was still unexplored land “says Barmasse, mountaineer, writer, film maker, athlete and testimonial of The North Face © Global Team, born in 1970 and raised in Valtournenche, in the Aosta Valley, by a family of alpine guides for four generations.
An immersive and intense experience, the book is a climb that will take each of us, in our own way, to the top. The author retraces the main stages of mountaineering, a romantic and at the same time competitive activity, which on the Matterhorn experienced its most important transformation from scientific mountaineering to sport mountaineering. The history of the Matterhorn is also reinterpreted through the characters who made it famous in the world and through anecdotes and legends. (HANDLE).
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