Versante Sud Clean Climbing climbing guide

Versante Sud Clean Climbing Guide For years, friends and nuts have been convenient tools to integrate the protections already in place, often with pitons, on multipitch routes and only in some areas such as Val di Mello and Valle dell'Orco were, and still are, an essential part of the climb. Over the last few years, either due to the revaluation of some areas of un-pinned single pitch routes in the Orco Valley, or due to the emergence of clean climbing paradises such as Cadarese and Yosesigo in Val d'Ossola, the passion for these tools has exploded, among other things, increasingly safer and more functional thanks to the studies of the main manufacturers. This manual focuses on clean climbing techniques for single pitch climbing, aware that good protection technique in natural gyms then easily leads to the use of interlocking tools even on long routes, for those who are already able to move on traditionally protected multi-pitch walls. But it is not only a manual of technique, the history and culture of mountaineering is also described, and the authors make an essential contribution to the dream dimension and to multiplying the emotions that every climber is constantly searching for: an itinerary is a line on the rock, but if you know who climbed it, when, how and why, each route acquires a different, special and unique flavour for each of us. For this reason, a large introductory chapter narrates the evolution that this discipline has had in space and time, and a part of the manual presents 31 biographical cards of the main champions of this activity. The book proposes a series of locations in Italy and Europe, from the closest and most affordable to the most distant and challenging, where these lessons can be applied.