Renzo with her mother Luciana and his father Simone in Florence. May 1965.

Renzo with a friend in London. June 1977.

Rémy Follien and Renzo at the base of the Aiguille Noire de Peuterey (Mont Blanc). August 1983.

Renzo and Gianni Devecchi on the way to the crest for the Mezzalama Refuge in Val d’Ayas (Aosta Valley). August 1985.

Renzo on the summit of the Grivola mountain (3,969 m), climbed from the south-east face (photograph taken by Rémy Follien, Aosta Valley). August 1986.

Renzo (second from right) at Trinity May Ball (Trinity College, Cambridge, UK). June 1990.

Pia (Truc) and Renzo at the Col Tsa Sètze (2,815 m, Aosta Valley), just getting engaged. July 1995.

Pia and Renzo married in Turks & Caicos (Carribean Islands). January 2001.

Pia and Renzo with parents and relatives (Vens, Aosta Valley). January 2003.

Pia with our children, Joël (aged 3) and the 6-month-old baby girl Jolie in Alassio. July 2007.

Joël and Jolie in local costumes (Cogne, Aosta Valley). August 2010.

Our children Jolie and Joël (wearing the local costume of “Lou Tintamaro de Cogne”, Aosta Valley). August 2011.

Renzo with Jolie and Joël in Sardinia. July 2015.

Family reunion with Xin Liu and his parents in Cogne (Aosta Valley). July 2015.

Joël and Jolie in the Negev desert, near Masada (Israel). December 2018.

Renzo and family in front of the main entrance to the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque (Abu Dhabi). April 2019.

Renzo and Francesco Gallo at the Money Alp in Valnontey (Aosta Valley). August 2022.

A family reunion with De Witt Sumners (centre) at the Baia dei Mulini Resort (Trapani). September 2022.