Vercelli, 11 July 2022 – Wedding at 4,556 meters of share, on Monte Rosa. The wish to the newlyweds could only be: “May you climb the mountains of life”.
Wonderful weather, clear skies, at 16.30 this afternoon. At the end of the scheduled minute, Annalisa Siviero e Paolo Bottazzi they exchanged rings. She is 51, he is 55, di Fagnano Olona in the province of Varese. All as in the most usual script of a wedding. Except for one detail: that ‘yes’ was pronounced at 4,556 meters above sea level, on the balcony of the Margherita hut to Punta Gnifetti on Monte Rosa. With them only two witnesses and a delegate from the registrar. But, connected via zoom, many friends who, thanks to the link sent a few minutes earlier, were able to virtually climb Monte Rosa.
On her Facebook account, the photo of the spouses who show their faith, happy, and thanks to those who made the dream come true.
Annalisa and Paolo left Fagnano for Alagna Valsesia on Sunday. From here, cable car to Punta Indren, then a stop at the Gnifetti refuge at an altitude of 3,647 meters. And then the thousand meters of altitude in the glacier crossing with harness, rope, crampons, ice ax until reaching the summit: Punta Gnifetti. Annalisa is very passionate about the mountains, very well trained, he is an expert mountaineer who led the consortium. The bride did not have a white dress: she will wear it tomorrow when she will go up with her Paolo on the cable car to leave for Alagna, where they will join the guests in a restaurant.