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The video and the report of the La Sportiva Athletes Climbing Meeting which was took place from 11-13 October 2021 in valle dell’orco, Italy.

The report by Jacopo Lacher who, at the end of October in valle dell’orco, Italy, freed the trad climbs ‘Blood Diamond’ at the crag Diamante and an old project of Adriano Trombetta at the base of Sergent, now called Shikantaza...

On the Casetti wall in valle dell’orco, Italy, Matteo Della Bordella and David Bacci have made the first ascent of Il Pirata (8a max, 160m), a new multipitch dedicated to legendary Italian cyclist Marco Pantani.

In October 2020 mountain guides Umberto Bado and Giancarlo Maritano made the first ascent of Gran Couloir della Levannetta, a new mixed climb on the north face of Levannetta above Valle Orco, Italy.

Austrian boulderer Bernd Zangerl has made the first ascent of a difficult crack called Grenzenlos in Valle Orco, Italy. Protected with a pecker, it is a mix between a trad climb and a highball.

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...

Austrian climber Barbara Zangerl has become the first woman to climb Greenspit, the difficult trad route first ascended by Didier Berthod in valle dell’orco, Italy.

Italian climber Giacomo Meliffi has made a free solo ascent of Legoland, the famous crack climb in valle dell’orco, Italy.

Maurizio Oviglia introduces a selection of entry-level crack climbs in valle dell’orco: Viper, Mamba, Incastromania, Fessura del Tramonto, Fessura Kosterlitz and many others. A step-by-step guide to the trad climbing gems in valle dell’orco.

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.

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

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:...

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.