
Who was Walter Bonatti? The story behind the breathtaking achievements of one of mountaineering’s all-time greats
The name of Walter Bonatti first came to my attention when hiking the Tour du Mont Blanc, a 103 mile (165km) loop of the Mont Blanc massif that’s also the route of the famous UTMB. On a picturesque hillside, to the southeast of the mighty Grandes Jorasses, …