Cento anni in vetta

Year: 2010 Pages: 276 Riccardo Cassin: novel of life and mountaineering. For many it might seem difficult to find anything new about one of the world's greatest mountaineers. In this book, however, we witness the creation of his first biography, written by an exceptional author, elected his official biographer by Riccardo Cassin himself. Daniele Redaelli presents the life steps of the great mountaineer from Lecco: from his childhood in Friuli to the first climbs of the Grignetta, from the events of the partisan war to the grandiose exploits in the Alps and, finally, the great ascents outside Europe. A book that will also reveal curious background stories and various previously unpublished stories that only a thirty-year friendship can guarantee. Although everything has now been written about the great Riccardo Cassin, here is a book that tells his life from scratch, combined with numerous anecdotes and unpublished stories that will never cease to amaze. An unprecedented Cassin in every sense: from the mountaineering side with his historic exploits, from the human side having lived through two world wars, partisan battles; and again the bitter pill of exclusion and defeat and, finally, love.