Daniele Nardi
Italy
| Born: | 1976 |
| Team: | Alpinism |
Aged 12, he was already annoying his teachers by drawing the peaks of the highest mountains in class. Later, aged 16, he used a piece of marine rope and started to climb up the mountains near his home. At 19, he made his first solo ascent of a 4000 m peak, the Grandes Jorasses. For him, the mountains have always held the greatest attraction of all: he loves rock climbing, adores ice and mixed climbing. The distance from the Alps and his engineering studies kept him away from alpine climbing for a couple of years. But then, at the age of 21, he found a way back into living his passion and embarked on a pilgrimage to the 4000 m peaks of the Alps, establishing several new mixed routes in the Apennines.
2001 saw his first attempt at an 8000 m peak, first taking on Gasherbrum II. Next it was the turn of Cho Oyu, but here the onset of frostbite forced him to turn back just a hundred metres from the top.
In 2004, the summit of Everest was next up. Then followed Aconcagua, the middle Shisha Pangma peak, in just 24 hours from base camp, and the attempts on Makalu, Nanga Parbat and Broad Peak – all in the same season. Then, in 2007, came a turning point in his career, in the form of a certain eight-thousander: K2. The documentary “K2: the Dream, the Nightmare” about his K2 Freedom Expedition is transmitted on the national Italian TV station RAI, and describes how he climbed K2 in just two-and-a-half days.
Today he runs a climbing centre and organises expeditions. His last expedition, dubbed “Human Rights 1945”, reached 200 m from the top of Ama Dablam’s shoulder, Tsuro Ri. As a World Human Rights ambassador, Daniele has carried out several solidarity projects in Nepal and Pakistan. He says: “I’ll never be able to forget those kids’ smiles: it opened up a whole new world for me. Each climb is like signing your own autograph. Alpine climbing adds a poetic dimension to my life that I find impossible to put into words. I’m lucky to be able to live pursuing my passion; without its music, little else would make sense”.
www.danielenardi.eu
www.danielenardi.wordpress.com
www.mountainfreedom.it
2001 saw his first attempt at an 8000 m peak, first taking on Gasherbrum II. Next it was the turn of Cho Oyu, but here the onset of frostbite forced him to turn back just a hundred metres from the top.
In 2004, the summit of Everest was next up. Then followed Aconcagua, the middle Shisha Pangma peak, in just 24 hours from base camp, and the attempts on Makalu, Nanga Parbat and Broad Peak – all in the same season. Then, in 2007, came a turning point in his career, in the form of a certain eight-thousander: K2. The documentary “K2: the Dream, the Nightmare” about his K2 Freedom Expedition is transmitted on the national Italian TV station RAI, and describes how he climbed K2 in just two-and-a-half days.
Today he runs a climbing centre and organises expeditions. His last expedition, dubbed “Human Rights 1945”, reached 200 m from the top of Ama Dablam’s shoulder, Tsuro Ri. As a World Human Rights ambassador, Daniele has carried out several solidarity projects in Nepal and Pakistan. He says: “I’ll never be able to forget those kids’ smiles: it opened up a whole new world for me. Each climb is like signing your own autograph. Alpine climbing adds a poetic dimension to my life that I find impossible to put into words. I’m lucky to be able to live pursuing my passion; without its music, little else would make sense”.
www.danielenardi.eu
www.danielenardi.wordpress.com
www.mountainfreedom.it
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