Emilio Comici: Angel of the Dolomites: Passion, Pitons, Politics and the First Big Walls

by David Smart

The first English-language biography of one of the most renowned Italian climbers, Emilio Comici, who bagged over 200 first ascents in the Eastern Alps prior to his death at 39 years of age in 1940.

Between 1925 and his death in 1940, Emilio Comici was the pre-eminent climber in the Eastern Alps, the hotbed of global rock climbing at that time. He made first ascents on some of the highest and most notorious walls in the Alps, including the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1771604565
• ISBN13: 9781771604567
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: Rocky Mountain Books Incorporated
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.6"