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Walter Bonatti

1930 - 2011

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Walter Bonatti (Italian pronunciation: [ˈvalter boˈnatti]; 22 June 1930 – 13 September 2011) was an Italian mountaineer, alpinist, explorer and journalist. He was noted for many climbing achievements, including a solo climb of a new alpine climbing route on the south-west pillar of the Aiguille du Dru in August 1955, the first ascent of Gasherbrum IV in 1958, and, in 1965, the first solo climb in winter of the North face of the Matterhorn on the mountain's centenary year of its first ascent. Immediately after his solo climb on the Matterhorn, Bonatti announced his retirement from professional climbing at the age of 35, and after 17 years of climbing activity. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Walter Bonatti has received more than 339,266 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Walter Bonatti is the 16th most popular mountaineer (down from 10th in 2019), the 1,645th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,316th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Italian Mountaineer.

Walter Bonatti is most famous for being the first person to climb all six of the great north faces of the Alps in one winter.

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Among MOUNTAINEERS

Among mountaineers, Walter Bonatti ranks 16 out of 45. Before him are Edward Whymper, Wanda Rutkiewicz, Green Boots, Prince Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi, Jacques Balmat, and Maurice Herzog. After him are Achille Compagnoni, Lino Lacedelli, Kurt Diemberger, John Muir, Matthias Zurbriggen, and Anatoli Boukreev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Walter Bonatti ranks 115. Before him are J. G. Ballard, Vilma Espín, Mauro Ramos, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Philippe Leroy, and Viktor Tikhonov. After him are William C. Campbell, Sergiu Nicolaescu, John Frankenheimer, Rahmon Nabiyev, John Young, and Tanya Savicheva. Among people deceased in 2011, Walter Bonatti ranks 80. Before him are Yelena Bonner, Valentin Ivanov, Harold Garfinkel, Jack Kevorkian, Lyudmila Gurchenko, and Andy Whitfield. After him are Vasily Alekseyev, Eugene Nida, Ferenc Mádl, Ange-Félix Patassé, Roland Petit, and Frans Sammut.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Walter Bonatti ranks 1,645 out of 4,668. Before him are Federico I Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua (1441), Nino Manfredi (1921), Emilio de' Cavalieri (1550), Ermanno Olmi (1931), Marie Anne Mancini (1649), and Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari (1876). After him are Remo Giazotto (1910), Ercole III d'Este, Duke of Modena (1727), Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza (1922), Infante Gabriel of Spain (1752), Bartolomeo Manfredi (1582), and Simon of Trent (1472).

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Among MOUNTAINEERS In Italy

Among mountaineers born in Italy, Walter Bonatti ranks 2. Before him are Reinhold Messner (1944). After him are Achille Compagnoni (1914), Lino Lacedelli (1925), Ardito Desio (1897), Riccardo Cassin (1909), and Simone Moro (1967).

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