The profesional mountain guide: enthusiasm, expertise and courage
In memoriam Roman Bascuñana (mountain guide) [dec. Swiss Alps, March 31th. 2018] RIP The Swiss botanist, meteorologist and geologist Horace Bénédict de Saussure (1740-1799) is traditionally considered the intellectual father of mountaineering, by propitiating with his economic sponsorship the first historical ascent to Mont Blanc (15,781 ftm – 4,810 m), due to the interest that he felt for the different topics of scientific matter applicable to that mountain. It...
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