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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.

The video of Giuliano Cameroni and Bernd Zangerl bouldering in Valle dell’orco, Italy.

Italian mountain guide Umberto Bado introduces two absolute classic rock climbs in Valle dell'orco: Fessura della Disperazione and Via Locatelli.

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.

In Valle orco, Italy, Austrian climber Bernd Zangerl has made the first ascent of the sitdown start to I Coloniali, describing it as 'one of the best boulders I've ever climbed.'

On Torre di Aimonin in Italy’s Valle dell’orco Swiss alpinist Silvan Schüpbach has made the first ascent of 'Know your cat', a new trad variant to the rock climbs Know yourself and Cani & Gatti

Marco Maganzini reports about what is likely to be the first ski descent of 'Canale dell'orco', carried out on 22/03/2019 with Alessandro Beber and Claudio Lanzafame on Punta dell'orco (3069m) above Val Genova in Adamello massif of the Italian Alps.

Matteo della Bordella and Francesco Deiana have both repeated Greenspit, one of the most famous crack climbs in the world in Valle orco freed by Didier Berthod.

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: Occhi Nuovi 8a+.

German climber Daniel Jung has made the first repeat of Recovery drink, the difficult trad climb on the Profilveggen wall at Jøssingfjord in Norway. First ascended in 2013 by Nicolas Favresse, the route had foiled some of the best crack climbers in the world.

The video of Italian climber Gabriele Moroni repeating the 8A highball boulder problem ‘Grande gigante gentile’ at Sonlerto in Val Bavona, Switzerland.

The video di Gabriele Moroni making the first repeat of Ziqqurat, an 8C boulder problem located at Gaby in Valle d’Aosta and freed in 2015 by Niccolò Ceria.

Italian mountain guide Silvestro Franchini (30) reports about the first ascent of 'Fessura del Caret', a difficult new crack climb in Val di Genova within the Adamello - Brenta Natural Park.

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.

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.

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.