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«Con quest’ultima perla abbiamo chiuso lanostra collana» scrive Nives Meroi tornan-do a Kathmandu dopo aver completato con l’Annapurna la salita di tutti e quattordici gliottomila della Terra. Sempre in cordata con il marito Romano, sempre con uno stile leg-gero ed essenziale. Una scalata d’altri tem-pi, fatta di rispetto per la montagna e fiducianegli altri, a dimostrazione che in natura nonesiste forza più formidabile dell’alleanza trapersone, della solidarietà e della collabora-zione. Un atto di ribellione all’individualismo del nostro tempo cinico. Quasi un’utopia cheprende forma.
“With this last pearl we complete our necklace” wrote Nives Meroi on her return from Kathmandu. She hadjust successfully concluded a climb of all fourteen of theEarth’s eight-thousander mountain peaks with the ascent of Annapurna. Her climbing style appears effortless but essential, and her husband Romano is always roped in with her. This was a real mountain venture of yore, dic-tated by respect for the mountains and trust in others. It was proof that nature holds no stronger force thanallegiance between friends, solidarity and a spirit of co-operation. This enterprise was a sort of rebellion againstthe individualism of our more cynical times, a near utopialying just within reach.
Nives Meroi e Romano Benet
Nives Meroi e Romano Benet si conoscono a Tarvisiodove si sposano nel 1989, diventando compagni fissidi cordata. Cominciano la carriera alpinistica himalayananegli anni 1990. Nel 1998, conquistano il Nanga Parbat, che inaugura la loro “collezione” dei 14 Ottomila, checompletano nel maggio 2017, raggiungendo la vettadell’Annapurna, sempre senza l‘ausilio di ossigeno sup- plementare né di portatori. I due diventano così i primi inassoluto ad aver compiuto l‘impresa in coppia.
Nives Meroi and Romano Benet met in Tarvisio where their 1989 wedding was also held, making them a couple joined in marriage as well as by a climbing rope. They be-gan their climbing career in the Himalayas in the 90s. In 1998 they conquered their first eight-thousand-metre high mountain, the Nanga Parbat. On May 11 2017 they stood at the summit of Annapurna thus achieving the conquest of all fourteen eight-thousander peaks in the world, in thiscase as in others climbing without the use of oxygen orporters. Meroi and Benet are the first ever couple to have climbed the full range of peaks over 8000 metres high.
