The crags

The "usual suspects", Stefano and Momi Casarotto, Sergio Boato, Pol Murer (at the time known as Paolo Torresin) and Gianluca Bellin went to San Liberale for the first time in 1999 and discovered a huge wall of ivy... It was...

Pleasant sea cliff which contains Dancing Dalle, the historic climb first freed by Patrick Berhault and the first 7a sports climb at Finale.

The first routes at the overhanging crag Tarzan wall were put up by Maurizio Felici, then Daniele Lira, Riccardo Scarian and other friends from the Belluno region. The excellent quality Dolomia rock is covered in a thin patina of truly...

One of the biggest and most interesting areas for sports climbing in southern Croatia is certainly Omiš. Located 20km south of Split and at the mouth of the river Cetina, this pleasant historical town is surrounded by large cliffs and...

A town with approximately 6000 residents, Leonidio is built in a valley at the foot of Mount Parnon, on the east coast of Peloponnese. Towering above the homes like a giant fiery waterfall is a jaw-dropping, 250-meter, red limestone cliff....

The start of the new millennium. These were the years of Dreamtime and the news about a new level in bouldering (8c, later downgraded to 8b+) at the hands of strong Swissman Fred Nicole quickly travelled around the world; Cresciano...

Boulder, Colorado, the epicenter of American climbing. This small town close to Denver at the foot of the Rockies attracts many of America's rock climbing stars: from Lynn Hill to Alex Puccio, Daniel Woods, Paul Robinson and Dave Graham, the...

The Passo Gardena links two Dolomite valleys of dramatic beauty, the Val Gardena and the Val Badia. Whoever took the mountain road to cross the pass, knows exactly what it feels like to look up at the steep walls of...

For several years now, the Dolomites have been turning into a popular destination not only for alpinists and alpine climbers, but also for sport climbers. Thanks to the unique limestone and the incomparable landscapes of rock towers and mountain massifs,...

Jøssingfjord, situated by the coast in southern Rogaland, has for long been a destination for climbers. In the 80s a group of Brits, among them Pat Littlejohn, visited the area establishing free routes in good style. In the British climbing...

I'd looked at the fan-shaped band of rocks for years and always asked myself the same question : I wonder if the rock is any good? Strangely, no one had ever shown any interest in that crag and this obviously...

If you mention Croatia as a climbing destination, the first area that comes to mind is the Paklenica gorge. Understandably so, for of all the great climbing areas in Croatia, Paklenica is definitely the biggest and most popular of all....