Hans Johannes Emil Dülfer nacque a Barmen nel Wuppertal il 23 maggio 1892 e morì il 15 giugno 1915 nei pressi di Arras durante il primo conflitto mondiale. Fu un alpinista di rilievo nella storia dell'alpinismo tedesco ed europeo.Dülfer iniziò gli st...

Joseph-Marie Trèves, figura di straordinaria importanza nella storia valdostana, nacque il 31 agosto 1874 a Erésaz, un piccolo villaggio nel comune di Émarèse. Ultimo di dodici fratelli, crebbe in una famiglia di umili montanari, condizione che segnò profondamente la sua visione della vita e il suo futuro impegno sociale. La sua giovinezza fu segnata dalla precoce perdita dei genitori e dal lavoro nei campi, che svolse fino ai diciotto anni, quando decise di entrare nel seminario di Aosta.

Fra Dolcino è una figura storica molto controversa del XIII secolo. Egli era un frate eretico che guidò un movimento di riforma religiosa in contrasto con la Chiesa Cattolica dell'epoca. 

Walter Bonatti (Bergamo, 1930 – Roma, 2011) 1949 -27-29 giugno: Croz dell'Altissimo (2339 m, Dolomiti di Brenta), parete sud, via Oppio (dislivello 850 m, sviluppo 1000 m, VI- e A2), prima ripetizione, con Josve Aiazzi e Andrea Oggioni. -22-23...

Dr Grappein', as he went down in history, was born in Cogne and, as was often the case at the time, especially in Valle d'Aosta, was directed towards ecclesiastical studies. In this case, however, non-vocation prevailed and he turned to the study of medicine, graduating on 21 May 1804. From then on, Dr Grappein practised the profession of doctor in Cogne until his death, often free of charge to help the poorer strata of the population.

In all probability, when Mr and Mrs Desio on 18 April 1897 chose to impose the name Ardito on their son, they did not imagine how correct and almost prophetic this choice would prove to be.

Hermann Buhl was born in Innsbruck onon 21 September 1924, the youngest of four brothers. At the age of 4 he lost his mother after a long illness and ended up in an orphanage. AtSix years old, he is taken in by the family of an aunt. In the 1930s, he...

A Verrezziese mountaineer, who in the course of his short human adventure was able to leave an indelible mark, not only thanks to the quantity of climbs he carried out, many on new routes and one an absolute first (today's punta Crétier), but also by virtue of the new philosophy with which he approached the mountains. Once the heroic era of the absolute firsts of the most famous peaks had ended; then the period of the firsts of the various faces of the same mountains had ended, the era of sports mountaineering had begun, of the 'solution to the problems' posed by rock faces: the study and realisation of a particular route, thus, out of passion, to measure oneself against nature, for sport at last.

To summarise Abbot Amé Gorret's life in just a few lines is absolutely impossible: there is a risk of privileging certain aspects while leaving out others that are no less significant. But since we must begin with one of them, I would like to emphasise first of all how he was one of the greatest exponents of the 19th century phenomenon, typically Valdostan, of the union between the clergy and mountaineering.

 Shepherd, hunter, farmer and craftsman, but above all great climber, the first Valle d'Aosta man whose summit conquering spirit became legendary. 

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Born in Valfurva on 26 September 1914, where he resided during his childhood years and his long period of military service where he excelled in Nordic skiing.

First ascents 11 August 1858 - First ascent of the Eiger (3970m)