Romolo Nottaris

Romolo Nottaris
Personal information
Full name Romolo Nottaris
Main discipline Mountaineering
Other disciplines tradesman
Born (1946-09-07) September 7, 1946
Lugano, Switzerland
Nationality Swiss

Romolo Nottaris (born July 9, 1946 in Lugano, Switzerland) is a Swiss rock climber, mountaineer and author of documentary films.

Biography

Romolo Nottaris is a promoter of the " Alpine style " i.e mountain climbing without high altitude porters, fixed ropes and oxygen masks. In 1978 he founded New Rock, a trading company for mountain equipment.[1] With the profits of this company Nottaris can finance his expeditions and sponsor some mountaineers like Ueli Steck[2][3] and the brothers Anthamatten.

In 1983 Nottaris organizes the first expedition from Ticino to the Himalaya.[4] He retourned many times to the Himalaya, in particular with Erhard Loretan and Jean Troillet. Apart from the Himalaya, the Alaska mountains, Patagonia and Antarctica are the regions where Nottaris organizes expeditions and makes documentary films.

Main Expeditions[5]

Books

Documentary films

References

  1. Le Temps, 17 August 2013
  2. Outdoor Guide, Winter 2012-2013, p. 30-37
  3. Interview with Ueli Steck
  4. Caffè, 5 May 2013
  5. List of Swiss expeditions over 7000 m
  6. Alpinwiki
  7. The American Alpine Journal
  8. Jean Ammann et Erhard Loretan, Les 8000 rugissants, Fribourg, 1996, p. 175
  9. Travels in Another World
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