Stefano Ghisolfi vs Bibliographie at Céüse: three questions and the second video

After the first episode that documented the first 4 days of Stefano Ghisolfi on Bibliographie at Céüse, here's how his remaining 2 days went on the superb route freed by Alexander Megos in August 2020. We took advantage of this second episode to ask the 28-year-old Fiamme Oro di Moena athlete three quick questions about this 9c.

Stefano, what does Bibliographie represent for you? And how did things go?
The next challenge! After Perfecto Mundo and Change I was looking for something that would challenge me even more, and finally put my hands on a 9c. And the choice is somewhat limited, at present there are only two in the entire world! The route, in addition to being hard, is also beautiful, especially the second part that is similar to nearby Biographie, a slightly overhanging blue streak with plenty of small pockets. I managed to find some new sequences, being this hard I thought all the moves would be obligatory but actually there are plenty of handholds and footholds to choose from to make it suit my style.

Your videos are viewed tens of thousands of times. Did you expect this success? How much are they a hobby, and how much a job?
I didn't think my videos would be seen so much right away, but I knew that over time they could have been seen a fair bit. having said that, The Climbing Diaries project got off to a good start and seems like it's appreciated! I like making videos, but for Bibliographie I had to ask Enrico Veronese to give me a hand. Thanks to the support of my sponsors The North Face, La Sportiva, CAMP and Epictv, he manages to follow me both at home and around the world. Making the videos is great fun, but of course there's a lot of work to it and most of this is done by Enrico, all I do is add some final touches and the subtitles. But it's more a game than a fixed commitment.

Here's maybe a strange question: videos like these that provide precise details of a route obviously give a lot to the climbing community. But isn't there also the danger that they might take something away? Imagination, for instance. And what about onsights? Historically this was the most important discipline...
I don't think there are many climbers at the moment who can try 9b+ or 9c onsight, it'll take quite a few years to get to that level. But in any case, it's true that there are videos of many 9a's and harder. The videos don't exclude the chance of climbing a route onsight, you can always choose not to see them! Of course, it'll become harder to prove that you've onsighted something seeing that there are more and more videos of this sort. But they certainly help if you want to make a good flash attempt!

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