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The Club 4000, the Group Club Alpino italiano, section of Turin, brings together the mountaineerss who climbed at least 30 summits higher than 4000 out of the 82 reported in the Official list approved by UIAA. The Club 4000 aims to be the reference guide and meeting point for exchanging information, documentation and experiences among collectors of peaks over 4000 meters. |
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Last 2 April Benigno Balatti, in the company of his wife Giovanna Cavalli, has opened a new route on the west face of the Northern Grigna, dedicating it to Franz Rota Nodari. The way, which was called "Feel free"(Feel free), spread over 450 m with slopes to 70 ° and overall difficulty D.
Read on Forum the complete news, reported by the member Raffaele Morandini.
FM - 10 April 2018
I have always considered our partner Franz Rota Nodari like a skilled mountaineer, bold but not reckless, particularly attentive to safety in the progression of the rope.
Great was then the astonishment in learning the news that last March 24 had fallen in the descent from the massif of the Concarena, due to an accident that occurred in trivial circumstances in making a rappelling. No help was needed, immediately alerted by the climbing partner Mara Babolin.
Franz was well known in the mountaineering environment for his climbing relationships, always accompanied by beautiful photos that often found acceptance on the calendar of the 4000 Club. Allegro and extrovert, he has always participated in the Club's annual meetings and also last November he was present with his wife Marta and their two wonderful children Emma and Pietro: they immediately think about this moment of despair and pain, which they take all the managers and members of the 4000 Club leave.
For him, the mountain was not just a playground (he was the youngest Italian to have climbed all the 82 "4000" of the Alps), but also a reason to study: environmental engineer, he was particularly involved in the study of climatic variations and of the effects on the development of glaciers.
It will be difficult to forget his figure as a mountaineer and a man.
FM - March 25 2018
In order to celebrate the 25 anniversary of the founding of the 4000 Club with dignity, the "Project 82x4000x365", which aims to rise all the 82 "4000" of the Alpine arc during 2018 by the 4000 Club.
It is therefore required that, during the year, each of the 82 mountain peaks above the 4000 m of the Alpine arc has risen from almeno a member of the club. In this way, all the members of the 4000 Club will come to constitute a sort of virtual partnership and, we hope, often real for the realization of the project.
For this purpose the new site was created 25x82.club4000.it, where the aims of the project and the modalities of participation are described in detail. Access to the site is open to all, allowing you to check the progress of the climbs already made; for active participation, it is necessary that the members register on the new site (the credentials of access to the 4000 Club can not be used for the project).
Join the crowd! And good mountain everyone!
(FM - January 2 2018)
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