Grivel Stories

Climbing

Delicatessen (8b max) - Climbing in Corsica by Riccardo Scarian

Published on 26/06/2020 We have left the winter 2018/2019 and we feel the desire for rock and sea, an ideal combination. We do not want the usual p...

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The dawn of sport climbing in Aosta Valley. Memories of a protagonist by Guido Azzalea

Published on 16/06/2020 It was the year 1970, I had attended a course of introduction to mountaineering with the Alpine Club of Aosta. The lessons ...

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Climbing in Greece - Video

Published on 12/06/2020 “There are little corners that we would like to keep just for ourselves. But today we are happy to share with you some imag...

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Time to show up and be seen by Nikki Smith

Two years ago, the climbing photographer known as Nathan Smith saw no way out, after struggling for years with gender-identity issues in the male-d...

Climbing

Bhagirathi IV by Luca Schiera

Luca Schiera tells us how fate and a landslide can change the outcome of an expedition. This is the story of his first ascent of the Bhagirathi IV...

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Competitions, results and what they taught me by Marcello Bombardi

The important thing is not to win but to overcome oneself, "win oneself", overcome difficulties in order to express the best possible performance. ...

Climbing

“The third life” by Thomas Bubendorfer

Thomas Bubendorfer tells us about the dark moments that followed his life-threatening accident on March 1, 2017, and how he managed to come out of ...

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The art of dreaming by Alessandro Zeni

"You could compare slab climbing to realism, in which every stroke, every single color is carefully chosen. I learned the beauty of slab climbing, ...

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Peuterey Integral by François Cazzanelli

Published on 13/09/2019 A great dream that comes true. I had been dreaming of climbing this immense ridge for several years, without bivouac, going...

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The great trilogy of Val Masino by Luca Schiera

The great Masino Trilogy in 34 hours non-stop: the latest adventure of our athlete Luca Schiera.

Climbing

The Route of the Guides – a free solo record by Silvestro Franchini

"I dedicate this climb to myself, it was the tip of the iceberg of a long journey during which I managed to get to know the mountain, my mind and m...

Adventure

Estrella Impossible by Damien Tomasi

Grivel athlete Damien Tomasi tell us the expedition in India’s Garwhal Himalaya on April 2016, the epic repetition of Estrella Impossible up the We...