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here is plenty of evidence that Maestri didn't complete the 1959 climb. There is NO evidence that he did. What is proof if not the weight of the evidence?
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. And, since there is no evidence of the 1959 climb, the honesty of his character is the only thing supporting that claim. And it turns out he has the character of a combative child, and it seems doubtful that he can speak honestly about anything, let alone his claims to fame. Has anyone ever given a nastier interview about their great life-defining feat?

If he had really intended to prove his 1959 claims, he would have launched expeditions to repaeta the 1959 route and/or find Egger's body and camera (and bring it home with dignity), not bolt a via ferrata up the headwall (as that demonstrates NOTHING about his previous attempt, except for his wholesale conversion from alpine to siege style).

The obvious reason he didn't attempt to repeat the 1959 route was that he knew he could never climb it. His overwhelming hybris could not allow such a result as total failure.

We speak of the "murder of the impossible" and of the death of fair means, but those are abstract concepts. What of the death of Egger and the circumstances surrounding it? If Maestri's other claims regarding the 1959 climb are false, why would he be telling the truth about what happened to Egger? There is evidence that they did not agree about climbing strategy (Egger favored single alpine push, Maestri wanted to fix more rope). There is evidence that Maestri has a very volatile temper. Clearly, Egger fell from the mountain, that is true. But when a real man falls out of a cartoon, what are we supposed to believe?

Maybe Maestri thinks about that a lot.

Fava knows what happened up there. Doesn't want to talk about it. Why not?
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With such a great tradition of European alpinism, and so many truly inspiring climbers to idolize, this is your hero? This is history? This is who you spend your energy defending? Is this an example to hold up to the world and say "An Italian proudly made this in error, and it must therefore stay forever!"
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Someone (can't remember who) posted that the pro-chopping crowd has an irrational, religious-like belief in some impossible ideal. I would turn that assertion around and say that Maestri's defenders are much more religious, having blind faith in ridiculous magical events that have no evidence in reality and in fact perpetuate a pernicious tradition of man subjugating nature to his own narrow interest, specifically for the achievement of his own glorified immortality. And they will go to war over these disputed events, even while admitting the fundamental claims should not be taken literally. Sounds exactly like religion to me."//

Enzolino quoted When Doug Scott, Peter Boardman and Joe Tasker claimed that they summited Kangchenjunga, but they actually arrived four meters from the real tip of the mountain, I don't say that they are liars. I understand that for them they reached the summit, and that they are honest about their account.

This is completely different. From the 1st British ascent of George Band and Joe Brown, it was established that climbers will not put their feet on the real summit respecting the sacred status of the mountain for the Sikkim people. And that's what most of the summiters do. Is a completely different case than the others mentioned before and shows a valuable level of respect to the local beliefs.