What is the most epic love story have you heared?

Question

I know of this really sad love story where this guy lost his wife on snowy mountain full of thunderstorms and snow would cover most of the mountain making it impossible to climb it so many times in a year. He stayed at the base of the mountain and kept going up every opportunity to look for her. Obviously he loved her very much and he continued doing this for so many years till he lost all his toes and some of his fingers through frostbite. Many travellors who had heared of him tried to convince him to forget her but he would not listen and kept doing this year in year out, sometimes twice or thrice in a year .Finally when he found her after an avalanche opened up her "grave" he was so struck with the circumstance under which he found her that he hugged her and died in her arms. She had died with her left hand on her forehead as if covering her eyes and the

Answer 1

I would have to say, "Romeo & Juliet.
It's my favorite.

Answer 2

There are soooo many and I just love a good love story. When I was young I would say it was "Forever Amber" about a young common girl who falls in love with a commander of one of Englands Navy ships (I think it takes place in the eighteenth century). He ignores her, leaving her to strive for wealth and power to win him over. She courts and marries her way to a prominent place and when she is finally free for him, he's married to a common girl. Very intense story.
Today I would have to say "Notebook" a story of love that grows and strengthens throughout the years. If you haven't seen it, do so.

Answer 3

The Dirty Dozen.

Answer 4

The Titanic definitely. Even if it's not real!

Answer 5

I thought Tristan & Isolde was a pretty good one...