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At the end of September and the start of October Maurizio Oviglia, Sara Oviglia, Paolo Seimandi and Eugenio Pinotti completed two new multi-pitch routes on the Sergent rock face in Valle orco. They then added two single pitches to the wall and another to the Dado.

On 18/07/2008 Nicolas Favresse made the second ascent of Cobra Crack, first climbed by Sonnie Trotter at Squamish, Canada in 2006.

Nicolas Favresse has made the first repeats of "Greenspit" 8b+ and "Itaca nel sole" 8b in the orco valley, Italy.

At the start of October Valerio Folco and Cristina Gaggini made the first ascent of the aid route Terra di Mezzo (A3), Caporal Valle dell'orco, Italy

After his 2003 pinkpoint, Didier Berthod has now climbed Greenspit placing the gear on lead, making it a contender for one of the hardest crack climbs in Europe.

At the end of September Massimo Farina and Ezio Marlier put up two new routes in the mythical granite Valle dell' orco (Italy), Tatanka (270m, max 7c, 6c obbl.) and Tomawauk Dance (165m, max 7c, 7a obbl.).

B.A.T. Basic Absurd Technology, repeated by Anna Torretta and Erika Morandi on the Caporal, Valle dell'orco, Italy

Didier Berthod has freed 'Greenspit' using trad gear only above Rosone, Valle dell'orco, Italy

Cristian Brenna and Marzio Nardi free the historic Itaca in Valle dell'orco. The photos and story by Andrea Gallo.

The Italians Valerio Folco and Massimo Farina climb B.A.T.(A3) in Valle orco

Climbing on Corsica: a selection of some of the best multi-pitch rock climbs in Bavella, Val Restonica and Valle du Tavignano. By Maurizio Oviglia.