![The Italian face of Mont Blanc, showing, from left to right, Brouillard Ridge Integral (Cosson-Henry-Salluard-Zappelli, 1973); the Innominata Integral (Gugliermina-Gugliermina-Proment-Ravelli, 1921). [Photo] Mario Colonel](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/xa69-mpessay-3-1-930x559.jpg.pagespeed.ic.0oerf-zIgb.jpg)
In this Mountain Profile essay from Alpinist 69–which is now available on newsstands and in our online store–Claude Gardien recounts Walter Bonatti’s checkered relationship with… Read More »Walter Bonatti: Citizen of Mont Blanc
![Henry Duhamel [Photo] Public Domain](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/a59-henry-duhamel-1-930x620.jpg)
Henry Duhamel was an influential figure in the early exploration of la Meije, one of the last, great unclimbed Alps in the Massif des Ecrins… Read More »Inaccessible (1853-1917)
Sixty-five-year-old French alpinist Patrick Gabarrou is always watching the mountains. He spends a great deal of time in the Alps–he sees them in different seasons,… Read More »A Stairway to Heaven on the Matterhorn
IN 1952 A SPIRE of monolithic granite presented a high challenge to the climbers of the day–a dare that the setting sun outlined each evening,… Read More »The Drus, 1952 Vintage
SEPTEMBER 22, 1871, WAS ONE of those magical autumn days, when your gaze pierces farther than usual across the crystalline air. Mists had already consumed… Read More »Jean-Esteril Charlet and Mary Isabella Straton: A Fairy Tale
