Walter Bonatti - Wikipedia
WEBWalter Bonatti (Italian pronunciation: [ˈvalter boˈnatti]; 22 June 1930 – 13 September 2011) was an Italian mountaineer, alpinist, explorer and journalist.
Il riscatto di Walter Bonatti sul Dru - Montagna.TV
WEBSep 12, 2020 · Il Dru era il luogo del perfetto riscatto, alpinistico e psicologico, alla frustrazione subita l’anno prima da Walter Bonatti sull’altro simbolo estremo dell’alpinismo: il K2.
Aiguille du Dru - Wikipedia
WEBThe Aiguille du Dru (also the Dru or the Drus; French, Les Drus) is a mountain in the Mont Blanc massif in the French Alps. It is situated to the east of the village of Les Praz in the Chamonix valley.
Aiguilles du Dru (or Les Drus) - SummitPost
WEBLes Drus are predominantly a rocky mountain, but there is a very serious ice route on them as well. The name of the Petit Dru is strongly linked to that one of the great Walter Bonatti who completed the first ascent of the formidable …
Climbing The Bonatti Pillar (Before It Collapsed!) - Climbing …
WEBMay 10, 2021 · But there was one climb that I longed to do – the Bonatti Pillar on the Petit Dru. It was one of the most famous and most beautiful alpine climbs in the world. I had been in thrall to that slender spire for decades and now, in 1996, I had a chance to climb it and it was time to leave.
Remembering Italian Mountaineer Walter Bonatti, 1930-2011
WEBSep 16, 2011 · Then, when I asked him about his astonishing solo new route on the Petit Dru in 1955, Bonatti fetched a rope and some carabiners from his garage and reconstructed the “bolo” device that he’d ...
The Ghost of Bonatti - A Brief History of the Petit Dru Rock Scar
WEBMay 27, 2021 · We had just exited the "rock scar" on the West Face of the Drus, where the infamous Bonatti Pillar once stood; once one of the most famous and sought-after routes of the Alps, now a ghost, consisting of memories and stories.
Walter Bonatti au pilier des Drus - Chamonix - YouTube
WEBNov 28, 2009 · Walter Bonatti - Pilier S.O. des Drus (3733 mts) [v.fr] La determination d'un homme seul. Hommage au grand Walter Bonatti. Pilier Bonatti, face Sud-Ouest du Petit Dru.
The Loss of a Giant, Goodbye Walter Bonatti - Alpinist
WEBSep 14, 2011 · In the midst of the bitterness among the Italian climbing community Bonatti returned to Europe and climbed a new route on the Petit Dru, which he did solo over the course of six days. The Bonatti Pillar became a test piece for climbers until the full route was destroyed by rockfall in 2005.
Walter Bonatti: The King of the Alps - OGSO MOUNTAIN …
WEBNov 8, 2023 · In 1955, at the age of 24, Bonatti made a solo ascent of the southwest pillar of the Aiguille du Dru, a 6,825-foot (2,085-meter) peak in the Mont Blanc massif. This was a groundbreaking achievement, as the pillar was considered one of the most difficult climbs in the Alps at the time.