Felice benuzzi biography of william
About the author.
Felice Benuzzi was born in Vienna, Austria, on November 16, , and grew up in Trieste, mountaineering in the Julian Alps and Dolomites.!
No Picnic on Mount Kenya
book by Felice Benuzzi
First Edition USA | |
| Author | Felice Benuzzi |
|---|---|
| Originaltitle | Fuga sul Kenya |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Narrative history |
| Mediatype | Hardback and Paperback |
| Pages | |
No Picnic on Mount Kenya (Italian: Fuga sul Kenya) by Felice Benuzzi is a mountaineering classic recounting the attempt of three escaped Italian prisoners of war to reach the summit of Mount Kenya.[1][2] It was first published in in English and in Italian.[3][4] The film The Ascent is based on this book.
Synopsis
Detained at POWCamp near Nanyuki, Kenya, Felice Benuzzi from Trieste, together with two fellow-prisoners Dr. Giovanni ('Giuàn') Balletto from Genova and Vincenzo ('Enzo') Barsotti from Lido di Camaiore, escaped in January and climbed Mt Kenya with improvised equipment and meagre rations, two of them reaching a point on the north face of the Petit Gendarme, at about metres,[5