Cesare Maestri

Italian mountain climber

Cesare Maestri (2 October 1929 – 19 January 2021) was an Italian mountaineer and writer. He was born in Trento, Italy.

Cesare Maestri in 1969

Maestri began climbing in the Dolomites.[1] He was known as the "Spider of the Dolomites". He became an alpine guide in 1952.

He also climbed the Civetta, the Solda-Conforto Route on the Marmolada, and the southwest ridge of the Matterhorn in winter.

Maestri died on 19 January 2021, aged 91.[2]

References change

  1. Alpinist Magazine Archived 19 October 2006 at the Wayback Machine on Cesare Maestri
  2. "'Spider of the Dolomites' Maestri dies at 91". ANSA General News. 19 January 2021.