Walter Bonatti, Italian mountaineer and journalist (born 1930)

Walter Bonatti

Italian mountaineer and alpinist (1930–2011)

Walter Bonatti was an Italian mountaineer, alpinist, explorer and journalist. He was noted for many climbing achievements, including a solo climb of a new alpine climbing route on the south-west pillar of the Aiguille du Dru in August 1955, the first ascent of Gasherbrum IV in…