Leonardo Bizzaro is a mountain journalist and editor of the culture and entertainment pages of La Repubblica. He has been a contributor to Rivista della Montagna and Alp, and for many years served on the board of directors of the TrentoFilmFestival. He is the author, among other works, of The Epic of Everest: A Review of Books on the Conquest of the Third Pole; K2: Men, Explorations, and Enterprises (Istituto Geografico De Agostini 2004).