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Bonatti RIP
September 14, 2011, 12:20:33 pm
http://www.planetmountain.com/english/News/shownews1.lasso?l=2&keyid=38548

End of a legend. If I managed a fraction of what he achieved I would die a happy man.
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#1 Re: Bonatti RIP
September 14, 2011, 02:20:12 pm
wow, what a surprise.
on good Italian that I'll miss for sure.
ciao vecio, grazie.
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#2 Re: Bonatti RIP
September 14, 2011, 04:59:37 pm
Truly one of my greatest heroes.

Sad day, RIP.
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#3 Re: Bonatti RIP
September 14, 2011, 07:05:32 pm
One of the climbing world's true greats.
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#4 Re: Bonatti RIP
September 14, 2011, 10:09:17 pm
I've shed a tear, or two

 :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(




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#5 Re: Bonatti RIP
September 16, 2011, 11:27:12 am
Good obit from Ed Douglas in the Guardian yesterday with a great photo of Bonatti in his prime back in the 50s.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/sep/14/walter-bonatti-obituary
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