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South flank of Monte Rosa at sunset
Valsesia, Italy.
The last light of day on the terrific south face of Monte Rosa massif. Monte rosa is the second summit of the Alps for elevation, but the first one for prominence, with two flanks, the east one and the south one sporting Himalayan dimensions.
PEople often thinks that the name of this massif, Rosa, pink in English, comes from the color that the mountain assumes at sunrise, when observed from the great plane of Padania; but it is not true. The name comes from the ancient world "Roise"; in the language of the Walzer people, the first inhabitants of the lands at the feet of the mountain, Roise means Ice; so the name stands for Icy mountain.
South flank of Monte Rosa at sunset
Valsesia, Italy.
The last light of day on the terrific south face of Monte Rosa massif. Monte rosa is the second summit of the Alps for elevation, but the first one for prominence, with two flanks, the east one and the south one sporting Himalayan dimensions.
PEople often thinks that the name of this massif, Rosa, pink in English, comes from the color that the mountain assumes at sunrise, when observed from the great plane of Padania; but it is not true. The name comes from the ancient world "Roise"; in the language of the Walzer people, the first inhabitants of the lands at the feet of the mountain, Roise means Ice; so the name stands for Icy mountain.