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23/04/2024 - Climbing
James Pearson repeats Bernd Zangerl's huge highball 29Dots in valle dell'orco, Italy British climber James Pearson has made the third ascent of Bernd Zangerl’s 8A+ highball boulder problem '29 Dots' in Val Noasca, valle dell'orco, Italy.
27/06/2023 - Climbing
Didier Berthod makes first ascent of The Crack of Destiny at Squamish in Canada Swiss climber Didier Berthod has made the first ascent of The Crack of Destiny on The Chief at Squamish in Canada. Graded 5.14, this checks in as one of the hardest crack climbs in North America.
12/05/2023 - Alpinism
Federica Mingolla frees E ti vengo a cercare in Valle Orco, Italy On 4 May 2023 in valle dell'orco, Italy, Federica Mingolla and Matteo Sella made the first free ascent of 'E ti vengo a cercare'. In 1980 Ugo Manera and Isidoro Meneghin established all but the last pitch and the route...
12/11/2021 - Climbing
valle dell'orco and the La Sportiva Athletes Climbing Meeting 2021 The video and the report of the La Sportiva Athletes Climbing Meeting which was took place from 11-13 October 2021 in Valle dell’Orco, Italy.
28/06/2021 - Climbing
Watch Marco Sappa climb Greenspit in valle dell'orco, Italy The video of Marco Sappa climbing Greenspit, the difficult roof crack freed by Didier Berthod in Valle Orco, Italy, in 2005.
17/05/2021 - Climbing
valle dell'orco: Jacopo Larcher climbs bold and high with Barbara Zangerl During a quick visit to Piedmont, Italy, Jacopo Larcher completed two important first repeats on the rough granite of valle dell'orco: the multi-pitch Angels and Demons on the Caporal with Barbara Zangerl and the highball Grenzenlos.
15/12/2020 - Alpinism
Gran Couloir della Levannetta climbed above Valle dell’Orco In October 2020 mountain guides Umberto Bado and Giancarlo Maritano made the first ascent of Gran Couloir della Levannetta, a new mixed climb on the north face of Levannetta above Valle Orco, Italy.
09/09/2020 - Climbing
Orco Easy Crack, an intro to crack climbing in the Orco Valley Maurizio Oviglia introduces a selection of entry-level crack climbs in Valle dell’Orco: Viper, Mamba, Incastromania, Fessura del Tramonto, Fessura Kosterlitz and many others. A step-by-step guide to the trad climbing gems in Valle dell’Orco.
27/01/2020 - Alpinism
Matteo Della Bordella repeats Itaca nel Sole in valle dell'orco, Italy Italian alpinist Matteo Della Bordella has repeated Itaca nel Sole on the Caporal in Valle Orco. Established in 1975 by Gian Piero Motti and Guido Morello, this multi-pitch route was freed in 2003 by Cristian Brenna.
11/01/2020 - Climbing
Giuliano Cameroni, Bernd Zangerl bouldering in valle dell'orco, Italy The video of Giuliano Cameroni and Bernd Zangerl bouldering in Valle dell’Orco, Italy.
22/10/2019 - Alpinism
Orco Valley climbing: two classic rock climbs up Sergent Italian mountain guide Umberto Bado introduces two absolute classic rock climbs in valle dell'orco: Fessura della Disperazione and Via Locatelli.
14/10/2019 - Climbing
Michele Caminati's Greenspit comeback in valle dell'orco Italian climber Michele Caminati has repeated Greenspit, the difficult trad climb freed in Italy’s Valle Orco by Didier Berthod. The ascent marks a significant comeback after his fall on England’s gritstone in 2017.
18/10/2018 - Climbing
Federica Mingolla climbs old projects in Valle dell’Orco, Italy Italian climber Federica Mingolla reports about her first free ascent in Valle Orco, Italy, of an old project bolted in 2001 by Giovannino Massari and now graded 8a+. The route joins another nearby line freed by Mingolla a year ago:...
19/09/2017 - Climbing
Greenspit, Fred Moix climbing The Warrior's Roof in valle dell'orco The short film The Warrior’s Roof by Christophe Margot retracing the first ascent of Greenspit in Valle dell’Orco, Italy at the hands of Didier Berthod and documenting the October 2016 repeat by Fred Moix.
07/09/2017 - Climbing
Gabriele Moroni repeats 29dots, grand highball boulder problem in valle dell'orco Interview with Italian climber Gabriele Moroni who on 02/09/2017 in Val Noasca (Valle dell’Orco, Italy) pulled off the first repeat of 29 dots, the difficult highball boulder problem freed in 2015 by Austria’s Bernd Zangerl.
01/09/2017 - Climbing
Bouldering in valle dell'orco and the Orcoblocco climbing meeting One day before the Orcoblocco bouldering meeting in Italy’s Valle dell’Orco Andrea Migliano introduces the valley in the Gran Paradiso National Park and in particular the new El Dorado sector with its 120 new boulder problems.
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