4810 - Monte Bianco

Traveling the Tour du Mont Blanc, Paolo Paci relives the history of the mountain in a contemporary key, collecting old and new stories on the three sides (Italian, French, Swiss) of the massif. Climbing its peaks and descending into its depths, in search of clues that tell us what the future of Mont Blanc will be. A long journey into remote memory, into nature-spectacle, into art and thought. An entirely human experience in the company of explorers such as De Saussure and Whymper, famous mountaineers such as Bonatti, Desmaison, Destivelle, skiers and mountain guides, shepherds and farmers, poets and scientists. Men and women who over the centuries have been able to transform one of the most inhospitable places on the Old Continent into an extraordinary life opportunity.