Giusto Gervasutti, born on April 17, 1909, in Cervignano del Friuli and died on September 16, 1946, on Mont Blanc du Tacul, was an Italian mountaineer who opened numerous routes in the Alps, such as the northwest face of the Ailefroide and the Olan (considered at the time to be the biggest problem in the Alps after the Grandes Jorasses). Gervasutti discovered the mountains at a very young age in... see more