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MIRELLA TENDERINI
Mountain climber
BALLABIO, ITALY
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Topic Author's Original Post - Oct 5, 2016 - 01:57am PT
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I am an Italian mountaineer and writer, author of several books about mountaineers and history of mountaineering (Gary Hemming, The duke of the Abruzzi, K2, Kilimanjaro Kenya and Ruwenzori - etc.
At present I am translating Warren Harding's book DOWNWARD BOUND into Italian for the first publication of that notorious book in Italy.
SUPERTOPO is a fantastic source of information and inspiration and I am grateful and proud for welcoming me into the group.
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johntp
Trad climber
socal
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Do you have have a copy of the book?
Welcome to the taco.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Il tuo sono diretti verso il basso, signora.
Have you ever climbed the East Buttress of Middle Cathedral Rock?
That's a good starting point for your research. And there is a tremendous view of the Nose and the Dawn Wall from there.
Stay away from the so-called pizza on the Pizza Deck at Half Dome Village, by the way, should you come for a visit.
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JerryA
Mountain climber
Sacramento,CA
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I once asked Royal Robbins about Gary Hemming and he recommended your book . Contact him about Harding
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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it's not hard imagining Harding's response upon hearing that Downward Bound was being translated into Italian...
There are many people around who were likely very involved in writing that book, and contacts to them through SuperTopo posters.
The STForum can be an amazing resource, and often rises above the background noise of contemporary issues.
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mcreel
climber
Barcelona
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Welcome! I know I have read some of your works, but right now I can't remember what exactly.... But I know it was good!
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Hello Mirella, and welcome to Supertopo.
I think we may have met many years ago. If I remember correctly, you were at Montagna Avventura 2000 in Firenze.
Best wishes for your Downward Bound project
David Harris
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BASE104
Social climber
An Oil Field
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I wonder if Harding drank Italian booze.
The thing about Harding is that he put up some of the finest rock climbs in the world. The Nose is an absolutely beautiful climb. He also put up what later became Astroman. The Nose follows a great system of perfect cracks, and his vision of linking them up with pendulums ended up creating what has to be one of the top ten quality big climbs ever.
Just seeing El Cap for the first time blows your mind. There it is, only a few hundred yards from the road, and it is absolutely awesome. Harding's tenacity led to that first ascent, using homemade gear. He had to be pretty damn fearless to go up there, and even more so by finishing it.
El Cap is pretty scary the first time you actually see it. Having the sack to climb it in the late 50's, with that gear, on the first try, was a fearless act.
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Vitaliy M.
Mountain climber
San Francisco
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SW Face of Conness, Keeler Needle. His eye for a line on the most striking features....
Must of been incredible to be a climber with an opened mind for adventure in those times, and incredibly scary too, knowing some if not most of the gear was home made.
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BruceHildenbrand
Social climber
Mountain View/Boulder
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How do you translate "Semper Farcissimus" into Italian? Sempre Farcissimus? I guess Italian has some Latin roots!
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Fossil climber
Trad climber
Atlin, B. C.
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Mirella - Thanks for doing the book on Hemming. I started climbing with him in San Diego in 1952. Few people know much about him, and he deserved to be much better known. And good luck on the Downward Bound translation!
Wayne Merry
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Valley Climbs by Glen Denny.
A must-read for you!
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Spider Savage
Mountain climber
The shaggy fringe of Los Angeles
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You should definitely come to California and visit Yosemite. Stay in the Camp 4 campground a couple of nights. Visit the base of El Capitan, an easy 15 minute hike. Soak up the feeling and meet the many others.
For a extra good soak drive around to Lone Pine, California and backpack up to the Upper Boy Scout lake beneath Mt Whitney. Hike to the base of Keeler Needle and look up.
WH is like the first man to visit the Moon, except he did it with nylon ropes and bits of steel pounded into rock.
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FRUMY
Trad climber
Bishop,CA
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Thanks for the " The Duke of Abruzzi" It was a great read.
I highly recommend it to anyone, climber or not.
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rick sumner
Trad climber
reno, nevada/ wasilla alaska
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Harding habituated many of the premier climbing areas in the western U.S. in the 50's and 60', often doing FA'S of the airiest classics long before their time. At Tahoe The Hourglass and Eyeore's Enigma come to mind.
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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As Spider said, to get a real understanding of the make up of the man, you need to stand at the base draped in the gear of the day Three strand 10 ml goldline, heavy iron, blind gate biners, a blacksmiths hammer,
and just imagine throwing it all in- going up and not stopping.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Welcome Mirella....you have the perfect anti-hero in Harding who had the perfect foil in Robbins.
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MIRELLA TENDERINI
Mountain climber
LECCO, ITALY
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 1, 2017 - 12:16pm PT
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WOW !!! How wonderful... How to answer to all of you?
I'll try
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