Guido Monzino

Count Guido Monzino (2 March 1928 – 11 October 1988) was a twentieth-century Italian mountain climber and explorer.

His father was Franco Monzino (1891–1953), who founded the Italian supermarket chain Standa.

Subsequently, he made a total of 21 expeditions to places including Patagonia, Equatorial Africa, Greenland, the North Pole and the Himalaya, and sometimes following in the footsteps of the famous explorer and mountaineer Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi (1873–1933).

He was interred at the Villa del Balbianello on the banks of Lake Como, which he bought in 1974 from the heirs of Butler Ames.

Monzino willed Villa del Balbianello to the Fondo per l'Ambiente Italiano.

Torres del Paine : Monzino was the first to climb the North Tower
The Villa del Balbianello which was Monzino's home from 1974 until his death