Emilio Comici Angel of the Dolomites
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| Cordee Code: | CNE031 |
|---|---|
| Page Size: | 135 x 215 mm |
| No of Pages: | 248 |
| Publisher: | Rocky Mountain Books |
| ISBN13: | 9781771604567 |
| Author: | David Smart |
| Published Date: | August 2020 |
| Edition: | Hardback: July 2020 |
| Binding: | Hardback |
| Illustrations: | Colour plates |
| Weight: | 500g |
| Geoarea: | Alps Southern Limestone (austria, Italy, And Slovenia) |
| Product Type: | simple |
| Countries: | Italy |
The first English-language biography of one of the most renowned Italian climbers, who bagged over 200 first ascents prior to his death at 39 years of age in1940.
Between 1925 and his death in 1940, Emilio Comici was the pre-eminent climber in the Eastern Alps, the hotbed of global rock climbing at that time. He made first ascents on some of the highest and most notorious walls in the Alps, including the northwest face of the Civetta, as well as dozens of other climbs.This book explores how family tragedy and growing up in working class Trieste under Austrian occupation shaped Comici's complex personality and attitudes toward climbing.
He was loyal to his friends, deeply con-cerned about the vulnerable, including his fellow climbers, and yet highly competitive, a born vagabond and yet also a dandy, irresistible to women, and yet unable to settle down, devoted to his mother and to the mountains, and finally, like many other Italian climbers of the period, a member of the Italian fascist party although he was profoundly anti-German and opposed to racial persecution.
Between 1925 and his death in 1940, Emilio Comici was the pre-eminent climber in the Eastern Alps, the hotbed of global rock climbing at that time. He made first ascents on some of the highest and most notorious walls in the Alps, including the northwest face of the Civetta, as well as dozens of other climbs.This book explores how family tragedy and growing up in working class Trieste under Austrian occupation shaped Comici's complex personality and attitudes toward climbing.
He was loyal to his friends, deeply con-cerned about the vulnerable, including his fellow climbers, and yet highly competitive, a born vagabond and yet also a dandy, irresistible to women, and yet unable to settle down, devoted to his mother and to the mountains, and finally, like many other Italian climbers of the period, a member of the Italian fascist party although he was profoundly anti-German and opposed to racial persecution.
