Alpini Training US Paratroopers in Alpinism - Couldn't be Better!

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And you would have known real pros. Wonderful experience. There are such great mountaineers in the special reconnaissance units... And they're all guys who come from high level climbing experiences, even now.
Real professionals. They are called alpieri, which practically means that they are mountain guides.
In our company at Military School, like every other cadets companies, we had a few of them.
All guides already at that age in civilian life.
I made the Gran Paradiso, where we had to stop short of the tip because of a real snow storm. After you pass the 3000 metres, it gets a tad tougher to go up, but what a satisfaction.

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