Guido Magnone Le Baladeur

Guido Magnones incredible adventure begins strangely on the banks of the Ourcq canal among a group of kids who dream of swimming Guido the solitary son of rital dives to get noticed succeeds takes a liking to it breaks his first record collects medals At the same time he draws attends the BeauxArts is accepted with open arms and befriends the sculptors César and Féraud At the end of the war during a health stay in Chamonix it is love at first sight for the mountains climbing Guidos ascent is now dizzying He stormed the west face of the Drus then the Fitzroy and the Tour de Mustagh summits reputed to be impossible He rubs shoulders with the greatest Lionel Terray Maurice Herzog and participates in the Makalu expedition camera in hand or those of Jannu and Chacraraju Later in his fifties Guido hangs up the carabiners and participates in the foundation of the UCPA