Values that have influenced my personality and, consequently, my approach to life and sport. They showed us the basics of everything: humbleness, respect, love for nature and for small things, passion for sport and then the will, determination and desire to compete, but always with a smile. If I am the person that you see, it is thanks to them, to the teachings and values that they have been able to transmit to me and to my two brothers. These visual slides enclose Marta’s journey, a human and sporting journey that began with fraternal emulation on the snows of Limone and continued under the directives of a father-master who was never pushy, who was always dedicated to the sporting act and the visceral passion linked to it. Overlooking the calm mirror of Claus Lake, the Bassino family lets out a deep affection, cultivated among ancient paths and vertical slopes, among crowded plates and walkie talkies, among smiles and local jams. Phones don’t work, and that’s the best thing…” Nothing is needed there: a small stove to heat water, a light to read a book and absolute silence. There time stops and you really have the chance to be with yourself, to isolate yourself, to unplug, to regenerate thanks to the beauty of the environment. The ‘Casina’, which is a few kilometers away from the Questa Refuge managed by my younger brother Marco, has always been our first shelter. They taught us to feel good about ourselves with a few simple things. From a very young age they have accustomed us to hikes, to the contact with nature, to the wonder of a flower, of the colours that surround us. “The mountains, my mountains, are among the values that our parents have been able to transmit to us. The refined lines, the calm confidence, the effective lightness: everything in her skiing seems to draw inspiration from the places that have marked and continue to mark her existence, from the mountains that have outlined and continue to outline her inner landscape. Marta Bassino has been shaped by that light.
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