Mountaineering
It's been 150 years since the conquest of Monviso by Alessandra Boarelli today are the 700 thousand Italian climbers
Friday 20 June 2014 5 minutes reading time
It was August 16, 1864 when Alessandra Boarelli and Cecilia Fillia conquered the 3,842-meter summit of Monte Viso, the highest mountain High Cozie Alps.
Quest'' year, exactly 150 after the company, will be twelve women mountaineers to repeat the climb. A consortium fuchsia to remember the two Piedmontese who brought out the first female ascent of the King Stone, in 1864.
Go to the mountains requires more preparation and effort, but the company's twenty-six Countess Alessandra Boarelli and his trusty maid Cecilia Fillia of only fourteen years old, was truly extraordinary. There were no technical clothes, but only skirts of wool, leather studded boots and heavy ropes. For them it was a test of will and strength: fought against fatigue, cold and prejudices. The aristocratic Piedmontese pear was granite. The previous year he had to give up because of the bad weather, but in his mind nothing could distract from the achievement of its objective. Since then, mountaineering, always territory of men, and has changed its face and become more and more pink. "About 33 percent of our members are women 311mila» Andreina says Major, director of CAI and is a growing trend. When women commit the results will come. In many have already achieved excellence, but the most strong Italian climber of all time is Nives Meroi only one to have risen twelve o'clock peaks over eight thousand meters without the use of oxygen tanks and without the use of high altitude porters.
Nives has also ushered climbing torque, along with her husband Roman Benet shares life, passions, dreams and businesses that sign, male and female complement each other even at high altitudes. "Making the team climbing a rope and a way to increase self-esteem and self-confidence " Tower says Anna, 43, from Turin, an Italian woman of 17 guides (guides total of about 1500), the most of listed climber ice climbing in Italy. "I realize doing mountaineering courses reserved for the ladies-more-when a woman is passionate becomes very good because and more diligent, disciplined and consistent. It also increased awareness and perception of danger. "
Women have already proven to be strong and able whenever they began to undertake typically male. Now it is The time has come to stop adapt to male models permeated just about competition and competitive spirit and try a new way of approaching the mountain so there will be a real change in mentality. Why in the mountains, perhaps more than elsewhere, will reset the differences and emerge the true essence of every mountaineer man or woman.
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