Bend / Central Oregon News, Sports, Business, Weather, Entertainment, Classifieds and Local & State Headlines | The Bulletin

Use Advanced Search to filter by date and category. *keyword is required in search field.
start date (MM-DD-YYYY):
 -  - 
end date (MM-DD-YYYY):
 -  - 
category:
Archive Home > 2009 > August > 13 > Pioneering climber Cassin dies at 100

Pioneering climber Cassin dies at 100

By The Associated Press / The Bulletin
August 13, 2009

ROME " Riccardo Cassin, a mountaineering pioneer credited with 100 first ascents from the Himalayas to Alaska, is dead at the age of 100.

Cassin died Aug. 6 at his home in Piani Resinelli, a hamlet north of Milan at the foot of the Alps, his climbing equipment company said. The cause of....

Read complete article

Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.