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Mario Puchoz
Mario Puchoz (pron. fr . AFI : [pyʃo] ) (15 January 1918 – 21 June 1954 ) was an Italian Mountaineering, mountaineer and the second person to die attempting to climb K2. He was a member of the first expedition to successfully climb K2. Despite being one of the most promising climbers of the team, he died of High-altitude pulmonary edema, high altitude pulmonary edema near camp 2. Biography Puchoz was born and lived in Courmayeur, at the foot of Mont Blanc. From a peasant family, he became passionate about the mountains, becoming a mountain guide. During the World War II, Second World War he was enlisted in the Alpini, Alpine corps (''Monte Cervino'' ski battalion), and participated in the Italian campaign in Russia in the Italian Expeditionary Force. After the war, Puchoz continued his activity as a Mountaineering, mountaineer and mountain guide. K2 expedition In 1953, he was summoned by Ardito Desio among the candidates to form the 1954 Italian expedition to K2, Italian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Courmayeur
Courmayeur (; ; Valdôtain: ) is a town and ''comune'' in northern Italy, in the autonomous region of Aosta Valley. History The toponym ''Courmayeur'' has been mentioned as ''Curia majori'' (1233–1381), ''Corte Maggiore'' (1620), ''Cormoyeu'' (1648), ''Cormaior'' (1680), ''Cormaior'' (Vissher, 1695), ''Cormaggior'' (L'Isle, 1707), ''Cormaior'' (Stagnoni, 1772) and ''Cormaieur'' (Martinel, 1799). The present toponym was first confirmed by Édouard Aubert (''La Vallée d'Aoste'', 1860), Joseph-Marie Henry (''Histoire populaire de la Vallée d'Aoste'', 1929) and Amé Gorret (''Guide de la Vallée d'Aoste'', 1877). It became a popular tourist destination when alpinism arose, thanks to its proximity to Mont Blanc. Under the Fascist regime and its "Italianist" rule, the town was briefly renamed ''Cormaiore''. Courmayeur was reestablished in 1948 alongside all other French toponyms in the Aosta Valley. The Mont Blanc Tunnel, connecting Courmayeur with Chamonix, opened in 1965, and pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
