Romolo Nottaris

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

Romolo Nottaris
Personal information
Full nameRomolo Nottaris
Main disciplineMountaineering
Other disciplinestradesman
Born (1946-09-07) September 7, 1946
Lugano, Switzerland
NationalitySwiss

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
  • Pumori: ticinesi in Himalaya del Nepal, Agno, 1980
  • Fascino dell'Himalaya: Makalu 8478 m, 1 tentativo invernale: Gasherbrum 2 8035 m, Agno, 1981 (mit T. Zünd)
  • Antartide: ancora una leggenda, ADV, 1993 (Text von Gianni Caverzasio, Fhoto von Romolo Nottaris)

Documentary films
  • Cerro Torre Cumbre (Interview with Marco Pedrini, Film with Fulvio Mariani) 1986
  • Mountain bike: Aconcagua (7035 m ) (Film with Fulvio Mariani) 1989
  • White-Out (Monte Epperly with Erhard Loretan) 1996[9]
  • La danza della foca leopardo
  • Tre passi nel regno del fantastico (with Gianluigi Quarti), 2005
  • La magia del continente bianco (Film with Fulvio Mariani), 2013
gollark: They don't actually know if the whole universe will break if they do stuff wrong.
gollark: Is it?
gollark: Ah. How does that work in practice though?
gollark: NCP?
gollark: Maybe something like magically driven carts. Presumably they would already have existed but were just impractical/expensive though.

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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