Italy

The Italian climber reckons the line goes at 5.15c, making it Italy’s hardest route.

Tufas, food, wine, sunshine, and a hearty culture await those who escape to the Italian island climbing paradise.

157 years ago, today, the Matterhorn saw its first ascent. To celebrate that fact, we present 10 fun facts about Europe’s most famous summit.

The author was young, stoked on life and had a sweet loaner van to tool around Europe in. The trip ended with a real bang.

According to Niky Ceria, “The ideal line [is located] not too far from the water but also not too close to it.”

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Rogora has rapidly established herself as one of the best climbers in the world, inside and outside.

The 52 year old Italian has made history by free soloing one of the most difficult pitches to date.

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Erebor is now the most difficult route in Italy.

Pearson says that Tribe has the hardest sequence of moves he’s ever climbed on trad gear.

Alex Megos sent Underground (5.14d) in Arco, Italy on his first try, and suggested a potential downgrade.

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A team of Italian alpinists has completed a new 290-meter alpine rock route on the Red Pillar of Brouillard.

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The 19-year-old Italian becomes the fifth woman to climb 5.15, making a quick ascent of Pure Dreaming Plus just two weeks after outdoor climbing resumed in Italy.

Respected Italian alpinist Matteo Bernasconi—known for difficult ascents in Patagonia—died in an avalanche while ski mountaineering in Northern Italy.

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Learn more about the rocks you climb

Apply the passion and dedication it takes to climb 5.14 to doing good around the world, and you get one of the climbing world’s greatest years of travel—ever. Here is the story of Marmot’s Lead Now Tour.

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