The World's First Alpinist: Petrarch Climbs Mont Ventoux in 1336
(About.com) In late April of 1336, the Italian humanist and poet Francesco Petrarch trekked to the windswept rocky summit of 6,263-foot Mont Ventoux in the Provence region of southern France. Petrarch, admiring the view from the top, read passages from the Con
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