Toni Gobbi

Part 4 - The death

Published on 17/3/2023 The end of the 1960s mark a period of great change and transformation in society. In Italy, the economic boom brought a strong improvement in lifestyle, leading to the protes...

Part 3 - The mountain guide: evolution of a profession

Published on 31/1/2023 Toni becomes a mountain guide in 1946, fulfilling his dream of transforming his passion for the mountains into a career. He will write to his friend Armando Biancardi: "Now t...

Part 2 - The mountaineer: from the Alps to the world

Published on 15/11/2022 Toni approaches the mountains in the early 1930s, when he is just of age. He attends the “Giovane Montagna” group of Vicenza, a Catholic-inspired mountaineering association,...

Part 1 - The man: from the city to the mountains

Published on 12/08/2022 Antonio, known by all as Toni, Gobbi was born on 18th June 1914 in Pavia, in the heart of the Po Valley.Exactly ten days later, on June 28th, in Sarajevo (about 1000 km from...