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\nAntonio Boscacci died today after a long\u00a0battle against illness. He was born in Sondrio in 1949. He graduated in mathematics and teached in the schools of his city. He had inherited from his father Carlo, Mountain Guide, the passion for the mountains.
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\nHe was one of the inventors of the Val di Mello and one the leaders of \u201csassisti\u201d, a movement that has given a great contribution to the evolution of climbing in Italy.
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\nHe was the wizard of adherence, a technique in which Antonio has never been surpassed, his masterpieces of fearlessness being Okosa and Cristalli di polvere, no protected and no return routes.
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\nAt the dawn of his activity, the legendary self-controlled "Bosca" was capable of great exploits by using a simple pair of sneakers.
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\nHe has drawn some lines that have become legendary as Luna Nascente, Precipizio degli Asteroidi\u00a0\u00a0 (second ascent,\u00a0the same day of Guerini and Villa) but also the impressive arch of Sette Aprile and the first real big wall of Qualido: Il paradiso pu\u00f2 attendere.
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\nCaused a sensation when in the \u201890s opened some routes lowering from top and using\u00a0spit, and soon after, partnered with the strongest friction climbing\u00a0Spanish specialists, , on the Precipizio degli Asteroidi , a masterpiece of daring never repeated: Nada por nada.
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\nAntonio was a reference point for climbers of the ’80s and \u201890s. His is a figure important in the Italian mountaineering history but difficult to classify, just for being outside any traditional values.
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\nHe has published two guides on the Val di Mello, and several other for hiking and skiing, activities that intrigued him the equal of the climb and where he has been a pioneer.
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\nBut his interests were varied, the history, botany, and especially writing; he has produced a lot of articles in many publications, often in the last year in the magazine Montagne Divertenti. His style was dry and very original. It is also engaged in the novels, the first published it in 2008 under the title Odore di merda.
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\nOn his biography – site of the magazine Montagne Divertenti \u2013 wrote about himself :
\n"He’s gathering material for a book on the \u201cAlbino bat\u201d of the Bekaa Valley. To friends he confesses that – if he could – he would like to become a Macroglossum stellatarum, a small moth, which looks like a hummingbird and s that appear every night on the fowers his balcony, when, exhausted, the sun has dragged its rays behind the Mount Rolla ".
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