Armando Aste is one of the most influential Italian

Italy

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 alpinists of the postwar period.

Aste was born in Rovereto

Rovereto

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 near Trento

Trento

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, Trentino. He led the first Italian ascent of the Eiger

Eiger

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 north face in 1962, together with Pierlorenzo Acquistapace, Gildo Airoldi, Andrea Mellano, Romano Perego and Franco Solina. He also climbed for the first time the South Tower of Paine in Patagonia, one of the three Torres del Paine. Due to his numerous ascents in the Italian Dolomites

Dolomites

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, climbing routes have been named after him (e.g. the Aste-Susatti route in the Monte Civetta

Monte Civetta

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, near Belluno

Belluno

Belluno , is a town and province in the Veneto region of northern Italy. Located about 100 kilometres north of Venice, Belluno is the capital of the province of Belluno and the most important city in the Eastern Dolomiti's region. With its roughly 37,000 inhabitants, it the largest populated area...

, Italy, first ascent by Armando Aste and Fausto Susatti on July 26–28, 1954).

Further selected first ascents in the Dolomites

Dolomites

The Dolomites are a mountain range located in north-eastern Italy. It is a part of Southern Limestone Alps and extends from the River Adige in the west to the Piave Valley in the east. The northern and southern borders are defined by the Puster Valley and the Sugana Valley...

 by Armando Aste were:

• Cima del Focobon, together with Franco Solina, August 16–19, 1958,
• Piz Seranto south face, with Franco Solina, August 10–15, 1959,
• Crozzon di Brenta, with Milo Navasa, August 26–28, 1959,
• Marmolada d'Ombretta, with Franco Solina, August 24–29, 1964. Reinhold Messner
  Reinhold Messner
  Reinhold Messner is an Italian mountaineer and explorer from Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol "whose astonishing feats on Everest and on peaks throughout the world have earned him the status of the greatest climber in history." He is renowned for making the first solo ascent of Mount Everest without...
  
   was the first person who climbed this route again, which is called today the "Aste route" or "Via dell'Ideale". Jerzy Kukuczka
  Jerzy Kukuczka
  Jerzy Kukuczka , born in Katowice, Poland, was a Polish alpine and high-altitude climber. On 18 September 1987, he became the second man, after Reinhold Messner, to climb all fourteen eight-thousanders in the world....
  
  was the first to dare the ascent at the end of winter (March 17–23, 1973)

His most important books are Pilastri del Cielo (Nordpress, Italy, 2000) and Cuore di Roccia (Manfrini Stampatori, Italy, 1988).

External links

• http://www.paretiverticali.it/ARMANDO%20ASTE.htm
• http://www.paretiverticali.it/ArrampicateClass01.htm
• http://www.libreriauniversitaria.it/goto/author_Aste+Armando/shelf_BIT/Aste_Armando.html
• http://www.alpinismoesolidarieta.org/index.php?id=20&tabella=articoli&tipo=&ricerca=2&mostra_SOTTOCATEGORIE=0
• http://www.sat.tn.it/Home/