On January 2, 1909, the versatile mountaineer Riccardo Cassin was born in Friuli, Italy. Cassin's father died in a mining accident in Canada in 1913. To help his family, Cassin left school at the age ...

Riccardo Cassin passed away last night at his home in Resinelli at the foot of his beloved Grigna mountain. Cassin was one of the world's all time absolute mountaineering legends. He had celebrated ...

Riccardo Cassin, who was a legendary Italian alpinist fondly known as “Il Padre,” has died. He was credited with more than 2,500 climbs and 100 first ascents around the world and discovered routes ...

When Riccardo Cassin started climbing the massive northeast face of Piz Badile in July 1937, he and his partners, Vittorio Ratti and Gino Esposito, had no idea two rival Italian alpinists were already ...

Riccardo Cassin, who was a legendary Italian alpinist fondly known as “Il Padre,” has died. He was credited with more than 2,500 climbs and 100 first ascents around the world and discovered routes ...

Manrico Dell'Agnola introduces in photos and writing the Torre Trieste tower in the Civetta group of the Dolomites and the route first ascended by Riccardo Cassin and Vittorio Ratti up the SE arête.

The man who pioneered one of the most difficult and classic routes up Mount McKinley, opening the door to more technical and challenging climbs on North America's tallest peak, died at the age of 100 ...

Photographer Jim Herrington is sort of an odd guy. He'll tell you that himself. "I'm an odd guy," Herrington recently told me. He sometimes makes decisions that would make an economist cringe. "I run ...

Riccardo Cassin, a mountaineering pioneer credited with 100 first ascents from the Himalayas to Alaska, is dead at the age of 100. Cassin died Aug. 6 at his home in Piani Resinelli, a hamlet north of ...

Riccardo Cassin, a mountaineering pioneer credited with 100 first ascents from the Himalayas to Alaska, is dead at the age of 100. Mr. Cassin died Aug. 6 at his home in Piani Resinelli, a hamlet north ...