BETWEEN SKY AND EARTH Sunset on the Mont Blanc 1873 Leslie Stephen father of Virginia Woolf reached the peak of Mont Blanc in 1873 to admire the sunset, and wrote in his book The playground of Europe : “The snow at our feet was glowing with rich light, and the...
BETWEEN SKY AND EARTH My climb of the Mont Blanc in 1838 “It was not the wretched fame of being the first woman attempting such kind of adventure that was giving me that euphoria; it was more the consciousness of the spiritual wellness obtained” Henriette d’Angeville...
BETWEEN SKY AND EARTH Mont Blanc 1816 The Mont Blanc yet gleams on high – the power is there The still and solemn power of many sights, And many sounds, and much of life and death. In the calm darkness of the moonless night, In the lone glare of day, the snow...
BETWEEN SKY AND EARTH Walter Bonatti The backpack is my home, my caravan, what you want. Just like a snail’s shell. Inside there’s everything I need, having it beside me is my security, a psychological refuge. When you measure yourself with nature, you...
BETWEEN SKY AND EARTH Walter Bonatti Courmayeur at the end of the 60’s was a small mountain town. I had begin to win a few races and I would train skiing in fresh powder with a person that was trying to conquer the tallest peaks: Walter Bonatti. We were visionaries,...
