Chris Weidner: Via Cassin: A tragic triumph turned coveted c

When Riccardo Cassin started climbing the massive northeast face of Piz Badile in July 1937, he and his partners, Vittorio Ratti and Gino Esposito, had no idea two rival Italian alpinists were already on the wall.

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