Haute Route Chamonix – Zermatt – Saas-Fee

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Published by Editions Marguerat, Lausanne, 1978, 1st Edition, German Language, Nr. Fine.   Michel Darbellay (1934-2014) was a Swiss mountaineer, mountain guide, ski instructor and expedition organiser who made numerous first ascents in the Val Ferret.  He is best known for having made the first solo ascent of the North Face of the Eiger in 1963.  This book is a large-format collection of Darbellay’s photographs (in colour and black-and-white), with short introductory paragraphs/sections by a range of mountain guides.