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08/09/2025 - Climbing
New climb on Corno Grande del Gran Sasso (Italy) by Fay Manners, Marco Malcangi On 05/09/2025 Marco Malcangi and Fay Manners made the first ascent of 'Eppure Siamo Andati', a new climb on the IV pillar of Corno Grande Vetta Orientale, gran sasso d'italia. The 200m new climb joins the final 250m of the historical Mario - Caruso (Luigi Mario, Emilio Caruso 1959) to...

18/03/2025 - Alpinism
Hervé Barmasse completes first winter enchainment of all main peaks of the Gran Sasso massif From 6 to 7 March 2025, the Italian mountaineer Hervé Barmasse completed the first solo winter enchainment of all the main peaks of the gran sasso d'italia massif.

04/07/2023 - Trekking
gran sasso d'italia, Via Ferrata Brizio changes name and becomes Ferrata dei Ginepri The Teramo section of the Italian Mountaineering Club (CAI) has announced it has changed the name of Via Ferrata Brizio to Via Ferrata dei Ginepri. The decision derives from historical events linked to the application of the racial laws during Italy's fascist period.

29/04/2015 - Alpinism
gran sasso d'italia and the Paretone Fourth Pillar. By Ivo Ferrari Ivo Ferrari retraces the history of the Quarto Pilastro del Paretone on Gran Sasso, first climbed in 1959 by Luigi Mario and Emilio Caruso, with an account by Stefano Ardito of the historic first ascent and an account by Fabrizio Antonioli about the first repeat, carried out in 1977 together...

20/08/2014 - Alpinism
Diretta Consiglio: sun, sky, rock and the gran sasso d'italia. By Ivo Ferrari Ivo Ferrari climbs 'La Diretta Consiglio' up the Gran Sasso. A day spent between the rocks and the sky, reliving the beauty of the climb.

07/06/2011 - Trekking
Corno Grande, gran sasso d'italia The ascent to the western summit of Corno Grande (gran sasso d'italia) via the Calderone glacier, described by Luca Mazzoleni, hut warden of Rifugio Franchetti since 1988.

02/03/2011 - Alpinism
Drytooling beneath the gran sasso d'italia at the Città di Pietra Pino Sabbatin introduces the new drytooling cliff Città di Pietra - the city of stone - at Prati di Tivo beneath the gran sasso d'italia, with 20 routes up to M9.

25/03/2003 - Snow Ski-skimountaineering
New ski descents in the Apennines On 23 March Stefano Imperatori, Renzo Rossini and Germana Maiolatesi set out to make the first descent from the East summit of Corno Grande, gran sasso d'italia, after having completed another "first descent" down the Galluccio crest, Monte Vettore, at the start of the month together with Andreas Brink.

19/05/2002 - Events
Gran Sasso, third tunnel go-ahead Minister Lunardi announces the go-ahead of the third Gran Sasso tunnel

19/02/2002 - Events
Gran Sasso demonstration against third tunnel On Saturday 23 February 2002 the Committee for the Safeguarding of the Gran Sasso Water Resources will meet at Pescara, central Italy, to demonstrate against the planned third tunnel in the Gran Sasso
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