Riccardo Cassin
Riccardo Cassin (born January 2, 1909 in San Vito al Tagliamento , † August 6, 2009 in Piani Resinelli near Lecco ) was an Italian mountaineer and developer of modern mountain equipment, such as the Cassin hook and the Cassin carabiner .
climber
Looking for work, Riccardo Cassin moved to Lecco as a teenager , where he made his first alpine experiences. However, he became known in the 1930s for his first ascent in the then highest levels of difficulty. The routes he opened have all become classics:
- South-east face of the Torre Trieste in the Civetta group (August 1934, with Gigi (Luigi) Vitali and Pozzi)
- North face of the western pinnacle (August 1935, with Vittorio Ratti)
- Piz Badile Northeast Face (July 1937, with Vittorio Ratti, Gino Esposito, Mario Molteni, Giuseppe Valsecchi)
- Walker pillar of the Grandes Jorasses (July 1938, with Gino Esposito, Ugo Tizzoni)
The Second World War interrupted Cassin's mountaineering career. After the war, he was not included in the first Italian Karakoram expedition in 1954, which was supposed to succeed in the first ascent of K2 . This disappointment was lessened when he was entrusted with the management of the second Italian Karakoram expedition in 1958, the goal of which, the difficult almost eight-thousander Gasherbrum IV , was conquered for the first time by Walter Bonatti and Carlo Mauri .
Cassin subsequently led other expeditions:
- Jirishanca (1969)
- Mount McKinley south face "Via Cassin" (1961)
- Experiment on the Lhotse south face (1975)
At the age of 78, he repeated the Piz Badile northeast face for the 50th anniversary of his first ascent.
Riccardo Cassin died at the age of 100 in August 2009 in his house near Lecco.
Mountain equipment supplier
In 1947 Riccardo Cassin started developing and producing rock hooks in a backyard in Lecco. Rock hammers , ice picks , and iron carabiners followed. From this the mountain sports goods and sportswear manufacturer Cassin developed .
literature
- Christine Kopp: A piece of veteran. For the 100th birthday of the Italian mountaineer Riccardo Cassin . In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . December 11, 2008 ( nzz.ch ).
Web links
- Literature by and about Riccardo Cassin in the catalog of the German National Library
- Portrait of Riccardo Cassin (English)
- Company history of the company Cassin (English)
- Personal folder for Riccardo Cassin (PDF) in the historical Alpine archive of the Alpine clubs in Germany, Austria and South Tyrol (temporarily offline)
Individual evidence
- ^ Daniele Redaelli: Addio Riccardo Cassin maestro di alpinismo. www.gazzetta.it, August 7, 2009, accessed August 7, 2009 (Italian).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cassin, Riccardo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian climber and entrepreneur |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 2, 1909 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | San Vito al Tagliamento |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 6, 2009 |
| Place of death | Piani Resinelli at Lecco |