Mauro Corona is a writer, alpinist and sculptor. His most recent books are Storia di Neve(2008), Il canto delle manére(2009), La fine del mondo storto(2010), La casa dei sette ponti (2012), Guida poco che devi bere(2013) and La voce degli uomini freddi(Mondadori, 2013).
The mountains are symbols of magic and mystery, dreams and adventure, danger and adrenaline, a search for the new and the unexplored, elegance and lightness, conquest and defeat, the precarious ba...