This is the Closest Most of Us Will Come to Climbing 5.15a

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Join Stefano Ghisolfi for an uncut, 360-degree video of his recent 5.15a Terapia d’Urto, located in the Padaro cave above Arco, Italy. Click and drag around the video to move the camera, or watch via a VR headset to feel like you’re right up there on the wall. Ghisolfi completed the first ascent earlier this month, followed shortly after by Laura Rogora for her fourth 5.15 in a year.

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