Guido Magnone

Guido Magnone

Guido Magnone, born February 1, 1917, in Turin, Italy, and died July 9, 2012 in Clamart, was a French mountaineer and sculptor. Son of Italian immigrants, Guido Magnone arrived in Paris when he was four years old. Having become a cardboard worker, he took up swimming, water polo, and, a gifted sculptor, took courses at the Beaux-Arts. It was only in 1942, at the age of 25, during a chance stay in Chamonix, that he discovered the mountains. He devoted himself to it and became one of the best climbers of his generation, adding to his list of prestigious conquests: first climbs of Fitz Roy in Patagonia, of the west face of the Drus in the Alps, of Makalu in the Himalayas. His rope companions are Lionel Terray, Gaston Rébuffat, Louis Lachenal. Regarding the Fitz Roy, it was reached in 1951 by Lionel Terray and Guido Magnone who achieved the final feat. The ascent must be considered one of the most extraordinary mountaineering feats of all time, not only for the extreme difficulties overcome in free and artificial climbing, worthy of the Petit Dru West Face. In 1957, he took over as head of the National Union of Mountain Centers from Jean Franco, appointed director of the Praz de Chamonix mountaineering and ski school, and participated in the creation of the largest leisure organization for young people, the Union of Outdoor Centers (UCPA), born of the merger between the National Union of Mountain Centers and the French Nautical Union. The infrastructures put in place will contribute to popular dissemination of mountaineering, skiing, boating and diving. "With hindsight, he wrote in 2005, I know that it was the UCPA that brought me the greatest wealth. The twenty years invested in the creation and development of this social action organization have been, in many respects far greater than the 8,000 meters of a Himalayan conquest". Guido Magnone lives between Paris and Saint-Raphaël and from 1977, he returns to his first passion: sculpture, to devote himself fully to it around 1990. He begins to exhibit again in 1996. In 2002, he exhibits his sculptures in Paris , Bourg-la-Reine, Aosta then in Etroubles in 2009.

  • Popularity : 1.656
  • Known For : Acting
  • Birthday : 1917-02-01
  • Place of Birth : Torino, Piemonte, Italy
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Guido Magnone Movies

  • 1966
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    The Conqueror Of The Useless

    The Conqueror Of The Useless

    10 1966 HD

    Biography of ski instructor, mountain guide, mountaineer and filmmaker-lecturer Lionel Terray. Film-portrait of an emblematic figure of French...

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  • 2000
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    When the Mountaineers Make Their Cinema

    When the Mountaineers Make Their Cinema

    10 2000 HD

    Many mountaineers as part of their activity have used cameras and films to allow us to participate through images in their adventures and their...

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  • 1997
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    Guido Magnone - The Artist

    Guido Magnone - The Artist

    10 1997 HD

    Guido Magnone designs cardboard boxes by hand for his parents' small business. A painter friend loves his brushwork and pushes him to attend the...

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  • 2007
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    Les Amants des Drus

    Les Amants des Drus

    10 2007 HD

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  • 2007
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    La Voie Terray

    La Voie Terray

    10 2007 HD

    Terray. This name sounds like a challenge and evokes deep respect in the memory of every mountaineer. For all, Lionel Terray remains forever the...

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  • 1997
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    La Grande Cordée

    La Grande Cordée

    10 1997 HD

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  • 2008
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    Guido Magnone - Le Baladeur

    Guido Magnone - Le Baladeur

    10 2008 HD

    Guido Magnone's incredible adventure begins strangely on the banks of the Ourcq canal among a group of kids who dream of swimming. Guido, the...

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  • 1955
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    Les Danses de Tami

    Les Danses de Tami

    10 1955 HD

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  • 1955
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    Les Danses de Tami

    Les Danses de Tami

    10 1955 HD

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  • 1958
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    Grandstand

    Grandstand

    8 1958 HD

    Grandstand was a British television sport programme. Broadcast between 1958 and 2007, it was one of the BBC's longest running sports shows, alongside...

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