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Erhard Loretan, good-bye to a great alpinist
29/04/2011 - Alpinism
Erhard Loretan, good-bye to a great alpinist
On Thursday 28 April Swiss alpinist and mountain guide Erhard Loretan died in a climbing accident while ascending Grünhorn in the Bernse Alps. Loretan was one of the greatest alpinists of the modern era, the third person to have climbed all fourteen 8000m peaks and the second to do so...
Kandersteg ice festival, incredible ice climbing and competitions
09/01/2008 - Alpinism
Kandersteg ice festival, incredible ice climbing and competitions
The 8th Kandersteg Ice Climbing Festival (bernese alps, Switzerland) as seen by Marcello Sanguineti.