Giovanni Placci ticks Terapia d'urto (9a+) at Arco, Italy

Almost 50 days ago, I had a bad ankle injury that forced me to stop rock climbing. The rock season is always very short for me since I still want to focus on competitions, and this small inconvenience basically made me skip the outdoor season this winter.

Anyway, before the injury I was very close to sending this short and powerful line freed by Stefano Ghioslfi a few years ago, and I couldn’t resist coming back to finish it as soon as my foot was okay.

Even though the route is fairly low, the moves are super interesting and really fun to climb. It took me three days to complete it (I had already climbed the two routes that make up this link-up before).

My main project in Arco, Excalibur, will have to wait until next winter, when I plan to spend a lot more time outdoors. I’m also training more specifically for this route and am looking forward to seeing progress.

- Giovanni Placci, Arco