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Romolo Nottaris (born July 9, 1946 in Lugano, Switzerland) is a Swiss rock climber, mountaineer and author of documentary films.
Biography
Romolo Nottaris is a promoter of the " Alpine style " i.e mountain climbing without high altitude porters, fixed ropes and oxygen masks. In 1978 he founded New Rock, a trading company for mountain equipment. With the profits of this company Nottaris can finance his expeditions and sponsor some mountaineers like Ueli Steck and the brothers Anthamatten.
In 1983 Nottaris organizes the first expedition from Ticino to the Himalaya. He retourned many times to the Himalaya, in particular with Erhard Loretan and Jean Troillet. Apart from the Himalaya, the Alaska mountains, Patagonia and Antarctica are the regions where Nottaris organizes expeditions and makes documentary films.
Main Expeditions
- Aconcagua (6962 m), 1977
- Pumori (7161 m) 1978
- Makalu (8462 m), 1981
- Gasherbrum II (8035 m), 1981
- Makalu (8462 m), 1982 with Jean Troillet (Could not reach the summit because of bad weather)
- Mount McKinley (6194 m), 1982
- Mount Everest (8848 m), 1983 with Jean Troillet (Could not reach the summit because of bad weather)
- Makalu (8462 m), 1984
- Mount Epperly (4359 m), 1995 Antarctica with Erhard Loretan
- Pumori (7161 m), 2002 with Erhard Loretan
- Cerro Torre Cumbre (3128 m), 2006. Cumbre is a documentary film with Erhard Loretan
- Mount Vinson (4892 m) Antarctica
- Monte Sarmiento (2246 m) 2010
Books
- Pumori: ticinesi in Himalaya del Nepal, Agno, 1980
- Fascino dell'Himalaya: Makalu 8478 m, 1 tentativo invernale: Gasherbrum 2 8035 m, Agno, 1981 (mit T. Zünd)
- Antartide: ancora una leggenda, ADV, 1993 (Text von Gianni Caverzasio, Fhoto von Romolo Nottaris)
Documentary films
- Cerro Torre Cumbre (Interview with Marco Pedrini, Film with Fulvio Mariani) 1986
- Mountain bike: Aconcagua (7035 m ) (Film with Fulvio Mariani) 1989
- White-Out (Monte Epperly with Erhard Loretan) 1996
- La danza della foca leopardo
- Tre passi nel regno del fantastico (with Gianluigi Quarti), 2005
- La magia del continente bianco (Film with Fulvio Mariani), 2013