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Join Alessandra Prato and Camilla Reggio, two young Italian climbers, in their first expedition together: a journey filled with emotions, challenges and friendship. The goal? Opening a new route i...
Read morePublished on 20/09/2024 “Often times being the first to do something, the first to imagine it, is what really counts, because let’s say once a performance like this exists, then the next climbers h...
Read moreGoulotte Gabarrou-Albinoni 1974-2024 - 50th anniversary
The 50th anniversary of a great classic goulotte in the Mont Blanc range, in the words of one of the protagonists, Patrick Gabarrou. English, Italian and French subtitles available.
Read moreMushin - Being Yasushi Yamanoi
Published on 14/12/2023 “Mushin" is a zen mental state achieved when a person's mind is free from thoughts of anger, fear, or ego during combat or everyday life, so the person is totally free to ac...
Read morePublished on 24/10/2023 The timeless appeal of the world's highest mountain in the words of Rinaldo Carrel (first Italian to summit, in 1973) and François Cazzanelli (who climbed it in 2018), with ...
Read moreTHE NOIRE - Climbing in The Shadow of Mont Blanc
Published on 10/8/2023Light and dark, adventure and exploration, friendship and cold … On February 12th and 13th 2023 François Cazzanelli, Emrik Favre and Stefano “Teto” Stradelli opened “Couloir I...
Read moreEl Puma 9a - Marcello Bombardi
Published on 31/05/2023 "In the last few years I have freed a couple of these routes, a little bit more isolated, hidden, bolted many years ago. I get so excited about this thing of being able to g...
Read moreThe Crystal Ship - First ascent of Pumari Chhish East (6850m)
Published on 28/02/2023 3 friends and un unclimbed summit at 6850m in Karakoram. A long wait due to bad weather and then an unexpected good weather window that allowed them to fulfill their dream. ...
Read moreSAXARATE REALITY - Marco Sappa
Published on 29/09/2022 “From a crack climbing point of view it really has nothing to envy to many other great classics I've climbed … Having it here at a stone's throw from home in Courmayeur with...
Read moreBEYOND THE ROCK - Climbing in Corsica video series
What is climbing? Let's try to discover it in this series, with a group of strong climbers around Corsica.
Read moreTHE SLOVAK - Reflections on Light & Fast Alpinism
Published on 27/07/2022 Steve House and Alan Rousseau: reflections on light & fast Alpinism, from their experiences on the Slovak Direct (Denali) one of the most legendary routes in the Alaska ...
Read morePublished on 13/06/2022 3 friends and mountaineers, 2 routes linked together according to a visionary project, 1 iconic mountain in the heart of the Alps. MATTERHORN BIG WALL is out on our YouTube ...
Read morePublished on 25/05/22 “I believe that mine was an entire generation who really wanted to leave their name written in the history of mountaineering. It was also a historical paradox that it was prec...
Read moreDenis Trento - My life as a ski mountaineer
Published on 25/03/2022 “Skis are definitely the tools that allow me to be more in contact, more in symbiosis with the environment, with nature, with the mountains. I define myself as a ski mountai...
Read moreIce is an almost magical element, with its short lived and delicate nature. It has marked the life of many climbers who have been able to find in ice their vision and their path. This video series ...
Read moreLa cura 9A - Marcello Bombardi and Massimo Bal
Published on 20/12/2021 Last October Marcello Bombardi has freed “La Cura”, 9a in Ollomont (Italy), bolted by Massimo Bal. After 7 days on the route and many falls at the last move he managed to ...
Read morePublished on 17/09/2021 Climbing through history. On 26th June 2021 Alessandro Zeni and Enzo Oddo repeated Digital Crack, a unique line of 8a, located on a 50 m red granite monolith in the middle...
Read morePublished on 16/08/2021VERDON The show must go on: discover the evolution of a climbing mecca.
Read morePublished on 30/07/2021 What can we define socially useful? Climbers may see it differently! Beauty, adventure, fear, mind games … to each their own! Watch our new video “Socialmente Inutile” - Soc...
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