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In Valsavarenche, Cogne, Italy, the mixed climb 'Mission Impossible' was re-equipped by Niccolò Bruni and Francesco Civra Dano. The two mountain guides then repeated the route, considered an masterpiece put up by Mauro "Bubu" Bole in 2001 and regarded at the time as one of the most beautiful and challenging...

On 6 March 2023 the Italian mountain guides Niccolò Bruni, Gianluca Marra and Giovanni Ravizza made the first ascent of 'Nati Liberi' on the east face of Aiguille de la Brenva, in the Mont Blanc massif. Bruni reports.

During a quick visit to Piedmont, Italy, Jacopo Larcher completed two important first repeats on the rough granite of Valle dell'Orco: the multi-pitch Angels and Demons on the Caporal with Barbara Zangerl and the highball Grenzenlos.

On Caporal in Valle dell’Orco, Italy, Federica Mingolla has made the first free ascent of 'Angels and Demons', the multi-pitch rock climb started by Ezio Marlier and massimo farina 15 years ago Mingolla completed the route with Leonardo Gheza before freeing it with Simone Papalia. Her report, as well as...

Ezio Marlier introduces Million Reasons and Sole, two modern mixed climbs on the East Face of Aiguille de la Brenva in the Mont Blanc massif, established with Gianpaolo Ducly.

Enrico Bonino introduces B & B - Azione indecente, a new dry tooling area Cogne (Aosta), Italy.

On 16 February 2013 Beppe Ballico and Andrea Gamberini made the first ascent of Attraverso Travenanzes (120m, III, WI5+) a new icefall at the Supermario sector in Val Travenanzes which, once again, confirms itself as being an eldorado for ice climbing not only in the Dolomites but further afield, too....

On 01/02/2011 Marco Farina, Remy Maquignaz and Thomas Scalise Meynet carried out the first repeat of Papillon (250m IV, 4, M6, 5°) a great modern mixed journey first ascended in 2003 in Valle d'Aosta above Brissogne by Alex Busca, Ezio Marlier and massimo farina.

On 16 July the Mountain Guides Marco Farina, Matteo Giglio and Giovanna Mongilardi repeated Mares, 8 years after the first ascent up the East Face on Aiguille de la Brenva, Mont Blanc range.

Luca Maspes & Co climb 11 new routes in Valtellina during summer 2006.

On Sunday 11 December the fifth Compéticimes Challenge massimo farina will take place at the “Mont-Blanc Escalade” climbing wall at Les Houches-Chamonix.

On 24 February massimo farina died while ice climbing in Val di Rhemes (Italy).

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

On 14/04/2004 Ezio Marlier and massimo farina made the first ascent of Matador, a new mixed line up the east face of the Mont Blanc du Tacul.

A flurry of new routes in Italy's Valle di Cogne, Valle d'Aosta