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MIRELLA TENDERINI

Mountain climber
BALLABIO, ITALY
Topic Author's Original Post - Oct 5, 2016 - 01:57am PT
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.
Delhi Dog

climber
Good Question...
Oct 5, 2016 - 02:03am PT
https://www.amazon.com/Mirella-Tenderini/e/B00MC2I7QI

Hey, welcome to the monkey house!
Had to check up on those books.
Any in English translations?









Uh, never mind:-)
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=la_B00MC2I7QI_B00MC2I7QI_sr?rh=i%3Abooks&field-author=Mirella+Tenderini&sort=relevance&ie=UTF8&qid=1475658041
johntp

Trad climber
socal
Oct 5, 2016 - 02:17am PT
Do you have have a copy of the book?

Welcome to the taco.
mouse from merced

Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
Oct 5, 2016 - 05:25am PT
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.

JerryA

Mountain climber
Sacramento,CA
Oct 5, 2016 - 07:25am PT
I once asked Royal Robbins about Gary Hemming and he recommended your book . Contact him about Harding
Ed Hartouni

Trad climber
Livermore, CA
Oct 5, 2016 - 09:09am PT
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.
mcreel

climber
Barcelona
Oct 5, 2016 - 09:45am PT
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!
Ghost

climber
A long way from where I started
Oct 5, 2016 - 11:15am PT
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
BASE104

Social climber
An Oil Field
Oct 5, 2016 - 11:31am PT
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.
Vitaliy M.

Mountain climber
San Francisco
Oct 5, 2016 - 11:38am PT
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.

BruceHildenbrand

Social climber
Mountain View/Boulder
Oct 5, 2016 - 12:39pm PT
How do you translate "Semper Farcissimus" into Italian? Sempre Farcissimus? I guess Italian has some Latin roots!
Fossil climber

Trad climber
Atlin, B. C.
Oct 5, 2016 - 12:40pm PT
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
aspendougy

Trad climber
Los Angeles, CA
Oct 5, 2016 - 01:43pm PT


Here is a classic piece by Chuck Pratt, about their ascent of Mt. Watkins.

Harding gave up his water ration for a day to help the leaders, shows what kind of man he was:

http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/109979/South-Face-of-Mt-Watkins-Article-by-Chuck-Pratt
mouse from merced

Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
Oct 5, 2016 - 03:03pm PT
Valley Climbs by Glen Denny.

A must-read for you!
Spider Savage

Mountain climber
The shaggy fringe of Los Angeles
Oct 5, 2016 - 04:25pm PT
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.

FRUMY

Trad climber
Bishop,CA
Oct 5, 2016 - 04:32pm PT
Thanks for the " The Duke of Abruzzi" It was a great read.

I highly recommend it to anyone, climber or not.
rick sumner

Trad climber
reno, nevada/ wasilla alaska
Oct 5, 2016 - 05:01pm PT
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.
Gnome Ofthe Diabase

climber
Out Of Bed
Oct 6, 2016 - 11:24am PT
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.
donini

Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
Oct 7, 2016 - 06:56am PT
Welcome Mirella....you have the perfect anti-hero in Harding who had the perfect foil in Robbins.
MIRELLA TENDERINI

Mountain climber
LECCO, ITALY
Topic Author's Reply - Mar 1, 2017 - 12:16pm PT
WOW !!! How wonderful... How to answer to all of you?
I'll try
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