In reply to Luca Signorelli:
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> Shared a beer with Diego in at Matteo's campsite in Val Veny just after they he and Franz had come back from the Jorasses, and he was much less tired than I do after a day of desk work... impressive doesn't even begin to describe it.
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> Very self effacing, modest chap too.
Spent 5 days with Franco in june 2002 around his home in Molveno, very nice guy didn't speak much english and my italian was worse but we got along just fine... He'd just got back from doing everest without oxygen and the Choyoyu sprint which is a race to the summit then ski down, he was incredibly fit. Met him in the Pedrotti hut the following year and he took us up the Campanillo Basso preuss route.. pass on my congratulations if you see him..
Paul Bowen