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On 7 September 2025 the Italian alpinists Matteo Della Bordella and marco majori completed the coveted first winter ascent of the Casarotto route on Fitz Roy in Patagonia. The legendary climb up the Goretta Pillar was established solo by Renato Casarotto in 1979.

An strong Italian expedition comprised of Matteo Della Bordella, Tommaso Lamantia and marco majori is currently on its way to Patagonia where it aims to make the first winter ascent of the Casarotto route on the Goretta Pillar on Fitz Roy.

From 20 to 24 July 2022 Italian alpinists Matteo Della Bordella and marco majori established Valore Alpino, a new route on Siula Grande (6344m) in Peru.

Elite Italian High Mountain Military Corps alpinists Matteo Della Bordella, Alessandro Zeni, marco majori, Filip Babicz and Stefano Cordaro have set off on an expedition to Peru where they will attempt a new route up the east face of Siula Grande.

Denis Trento reports about a fast ascent of Aiguille Noire de Peuterey carried out by Marco Farina and Gabriele Carrara combined, the next day with Trento himself, with the Via Bonatti - Oggioni up the Pilier Rouge du Brouillard and the summit of Mont Blanc.

On the east face of Coulm d'Mez in Switzerland marco majori and Davide Terraneo have climbed Cheeky Monkeys, a possible new icefall in the Bernina group.

From 15 to 16 February 2019 Marco Farina and marco majori completed a rare repeat of Via Ottin - Daguin up the west face of the Matterhorn.

Denis Trento reports about a new winter climb up the east face of Aiguille Rouges de Rochefort in the Mont Blanc massif. The outing was completed with Marco Farina and marco majori after a first attempt with Andrea Peron.

32-year-old mountaineer Italian Maurizio Giordano from the Aosta Military Expedition perished while climbing Gasherbrum IV in Karakorum, Pakistan.

Currently there are numerous Italian teams climbing in Patagonia, in particular in the Chalten massif, where Cerro Torre was climbed via the Ragni route by Marcello Cominetti, Massimo Lucco, Francesco Salvaterra, Majori Marco, Marco Farina and François Cazzanelli. The route's first ascent this season was made in September by Ermanno...

On 25/06/2011 a Russian expedition comprised of Alexander Odintsov, Alexey Lonchinskiy, Ivan Dozhdev and Eugeniy Dmitrienko summited Latok III (6949m) in Pakistan's Karakoram via the hitherto unclimbed West Face.