ALAGNA VALSESIA, Vercelli – From Alagna to Capanna Margherita to enrich under the highest profile digital library of Europe. Two parties formed by Amazon staff have made the ascent accompanied by guides of Alagna to get to the shelter and deliver five Kindle Paperwhite.
With this donation Amazon contributes to the digitization of Europe’s highest library. Capanna Margherita – the highest hut in the Alps with its 4,554 meters above sea level – in fact houses a library set up and managed by CAI Varallo. The Kindle from Amazon donated will help to further expand the range of the mountaineers reading, thanks to more than 125,000 titles in Italian, of which thousands exclusively on Kindle, and four million available in all languages on Amazon. Since 2007 the shelter it has its own internet connection Wi-Fi, designed and built by iXem laboratories of the Polytechnic of Turin.
“For us this donation has a special meaning, in line with the our mission to extend as much as possible the accessibility to the opportunities that we can offer: now also the highest refuge in Europe will be able to choose their favorite reading, downloading immediately the title chosen from over four million titles available Amazon “ said Julia Poli, Head of Content for Amazon Kindle in Italy. ” The project has excited so much to us that we decided to deliver our Kindle personally, with two ropes of colleagues who made the ascent to the summit. We also believe that there are other values that we share as a company with those who make the mountain their passion: the concentration, the achievement of the result, the team spirit, the sacrifice of small goals with respect to the achievement of important goals, frugality. We are happy to be here and to help make this place a place of discovery and personal growth. “
Present at the start of the two cartels Amazon, the President of CAI Varallo Paul Grass , said: “the donation of Amazon is significant because it helps make the Capanna Margherita one of the most advanced refuges, adding a new and innovative service to mountaineers who come to the hut. Amazon also donated five Kindle also to our Library of CAI Varallo, available to all our members, the inhabitants of Varallo and Valsesia. “
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