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NEWS: Walter Bonatti Honoured With Lifetime Piolet d'Or

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 UKC News 16 Apr 2009
[Paula Biner with Rosanne and Walter Bonatti, 3 kb]Walter Bonatti, perhaps the premier alpinist of the 1950s and early 1960s, will be honoured with the first Piolet d'Or for lifetime achievement.

The “golden ice axe” will be presented to Bonatti in Coumayeur, Italy, at the foot of Mont Blanc, on April 24, as part of a five-day Piolet d'Or festival.



Read more at http://www.ukclimbing.com/news/item.php?id=46942
 220bpm 16 Apr 2009
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Deserved in every way possible. The man is a true mountaineering legend and huge inspiration to me.
chickenpox 16 Apr 2009
In reply to 220bpm: If that photo is recent he looks bloody amazingly fit and well for his age.
fxceltic 16 Apr 2009
In reply to UKC News: yeah but what has he ever done on grit?

this thread has been live for nearly an hour and nobody beat me to it, standards are slipping.
 220bpm 16 Apr 2009
In reply to fxceltic:
> (In reply to UKC News) yeah but what has he ever done on grit?
>
> this thread has been live for nearly an hour and nobody beat me to it, standards are slipping.

ffs........

standards slipped right there
 francoisecall 17 Apr 2009
In reply to UKC News: The ceremony will be open to the public at 21.00 at Courmayeur.
 The sharp end 17 Apr 2009


excellent news!

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