A climbers definition
Words
Oliviero Gobbi
Photography
Tommaso Lamantia, Luca Maspes, Luca Rolli, & Lorenzo Belfrond
For climbers, the term socially useful may have a very different meaning.
Beauty, adventure and fear. The test of physical and mental strength.
Socialmente Inutile (Socially Useless) is a multi-pitch route in Val Masino, first opened in the late 90s in aid climbing, then freed by Simone Pedeferri in 2003.
Luca Schiera made the second free ascent on 25th May 2021.
The route is hard (up to 8b / 6c E7), exposed, and mostly through light aid-climbing equipment.
Discover their story in the video.
Subtitles available in English, Italian, and French.