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25/05/2020 - Climbing
Climbing at Valgrisenche: Marco Sappa frees La Fessura di Gianfri at Nid Des Hirondelles Marco Sappa reports about the first ascent of La Fessura di Gianfri, a difficult trad crack climb at the historic crag Nid Des Hirondelles in Valgrisenche, Valle d’Aosta, Italy. The route is dedicated to his father Gianfranco Sappa, a Courmayeur Mountain Guide, who perished in a climbing accident in 2019.

14/08/2014 - Alpinism
Astro Zap on Trident du Tacul by Bassanini and Camurri On 4/09/2013 Giovani Bassanini and Lamberto Camurri made the first ascent of Astro Zap (7a), a line that climbs the crack avoided by the Via Diretta Bonatti, first climbed by Walter Bonatti and Cosimo Zappelli in 1963 up Le Trident du Tacul in the Mont Blanc massif.

08/08/2013 - Alpinism
Divine Providence climbed by Andrea Di Donato and Bertrand Lemaire The story of the recent repeat of Divine Providence by Andrea Di Donato and Bertrand Lemaire. Established in 1984 by French alpinists Patrick Gabarrou and François Marsigny and graded ABO, Divine Providence up the Gran Pilier d'Angle was freed in 1990 by Alain Ghersen and Thierry Renault. Even today this...

12/09/2011 - Alpinism
Le Drus, new rockfall Last Saturday and Sunday several enormous rockfalls fell from the Drus (Mont Blanc).

02/08/2001 - Alpinism
Mont Blanc, climbing on the best granite in Europe 20 rock climbs on Mont Blanc: Grand Capucin, Trident du Tacul, Aiguille du Midi. By Roberto Rossi.
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