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Stilo - Grotta

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Rosario Cammara

Beauty

Sectors

Difficulty

6b - 8b

Routes number

22

Rock type

Limestone

Orientation

SE

Rope

80m

The long Monte Consolino outcrop, also referred to as Stilo, was first bolted by a motley group of climbs from Rome, Puglia, etc., including Bruno Vitale and Luigi Filocamo. The first routes were put up by Max Faletti and Riccardo Quaranta and, using the bolts provided by Filocamo, I bolted the sector Grotta, a steep sheet of limestone marked by tufas and pockets considered to be one of the finest of its kind not only in Calabria, but throughout the rest of Southern Italy. The crag faces east and as such receives the sun until 14:00. Since it overhangs considerably you can climb even when it rains, but after extended periods of rain the tufas seep. Fortunately though they dry out quickly!

Access
Take the A3 motorway and exit at Lamezia Terme, take the SS280 for Catanzaro then continue along the SS106 towards Reggio Calabria. At Monasterace follow signs for Stilo.

At Stilo follow the signs to the cemetery, at the cemetery drive up the cobbled street on the right (if this is closed continue on foot) up towards the Norman castle. Park your car at the fifth hairpin bend (on the right), space for 4-5 cars. From here a path leads off, slightly downhill and along the cliff, to sector Grotta in just 5 minutes.

If you walk up from the cemetery you can cut through the woods along the path that leads off circa 150m after the third hairpin bend. The path coasts a stone wall and leads to sector Gaia in 10 minutes. To reach the other sectors continue along the path towards the massive face and then coast along the base of the cliff.

Sectors

Stilo - Grotta

Routes

N°	Name	Height	Beauty	Difficulty
1	Devo finirla	30m		6b/6b+
	Max Faletti
2	Le ali della libertà	26m		6c+/7a
	Rosario Cammara
3	Est(cont. di 2)	38m		7/8?
	Rosario Cammara
4	Il mio nome fu scritto nell’acqua	40m		8a
	Rosario Cammara (corda da 80m)
5	S.P.Q.R.	40m		8?
	Rosario Cammara (corda da 80m)
6	La collera del turco	30m		7b+/7c
	Rosario Cammara
7	Che te lo dico a fare (cont. di 6)	40m		8?
	Rosario Cammara (corda da 80m)
8	Calabria rock	30m		7a+/ 7b
	Riccardo Quaranta
9	Lucky luciano	26m		7c
	Rosario Cammara
10	Ultima frontiera (cont. di 9)	40m		8?
	Rosario Cammara (corda da 80m)
11	Filocamo è sei protagonista	26m		8a/8a+
	Rosario Cammara
12	Filocamo per un uomo che non deve chiedere mai (cont. di 11)	40m		8?
	Rosario Cammara (corda da 80m)
13	R.U.P.	26m		7c+
	Rosario Cammara
14	DG22	40/42m		8/9?
	Rosario Cammara (corda da 80m)
15	SUPER	26m		8a/8b
	Rosario Cammara
16	Meno male che adesso c’è Nerone	30m		7c/8a
	Rosario Cammara
17	Jonico	26m		8b
	Rosario Cammara
18	Madiba (cont. di 17)	40m		8?
	Rosario Cammara (corda da 80m)
19	Niko il cinghiale rosso delle serre	30m		7c
	Rosario Cammara
20	Peperoncino (cont. di 19)	40m		8?
	Rosario Cammara (corda da 80m)

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Beauty

Sectors

Difficulty

6b - 8b

Routes number

22

Rock type

Limestone

Orientation

SE

Rope

80m