Melloblocco 2014 - day three, a memorable Saturday

Of course all credit goes to the multicolored, slightly crazy and truly young Mello tribe, and never before had so many young climbers gathered in the valley. Credit goes to their irrepressible and never-ending spirit, and also to their boundless energy. And credit also goes to the magnificent sun, to just the right breeze that pushed the clouds away from the blue sky and rock faces. Yes, somewhere there really must be a God who loves boulderers. Credit also goes to the boulder problems themselves, true natural rock gems. The incredible desire to climb did the rest.

And so all the valley's boulders and rock faces were checked out, courted, caressed, attempted and also – but not always – climbed. And this is how the bouldering and climbing game evolved, almost as if it were an ancient ritual. Marked by that quite particular, multi-faceted, overwhelming and free spirit of the Melloblockers. A spirit that could be felt clearly at “Cambia ala”, one of the 9 female problems: Giovanna Pozzoli sent it and then, instead of scrambling to the top, she stopped to clean the holds on the crux, sharing some “beta” to the other “pretenders” to the top down below. True bouldering spirit. Chapeau! And, similarly, it's worth underlining the generous nature of all those Melloblockers who took part in the Climb For Life campaign to become bone marrow donors.

On the competition front, this was another day to be remembered. The men's provisional ranking is now led by Gabriele Moroni, Alexey Rubtsov, Anthony Gullsten, Stefano Ghisolfi and Sachi Amma, all with 6 tops. They are followed, with 5 tops, by Marcello Bombardi and Ivailo Radkov Fazata, while Jacopo Larcher trails with 4. In the women's competition Yulia Abramchuk and Mélissa Le Nevé took the lead by sending 8 problems, one more than Jenny Lavarda, Barbara Zangerl and superb 14-year-old Giorgia Tesio. Giada Zampa trails with 6, just ahead of Federica Mingolla and Alexandra Ladurner with 5. The men's event will no doubt concentrate on the last 3 unclimbed problems: El Calamar, Hell Boy and Off With Belly. And in the women's event the challenge will go to the wire on all the last unsolved problems. It promises to be a great battle...

This evening marks the debut of a theatre piece at Mello, promoted by Montura and called “(S)legati per sempre” by Fabris e Bicocchi and based on Touching the Void by Joe Simpson. This will be followed by the show, promoted by adidas, with Barbara Zangerl, Alex Luger & Lukas Irmler and their “Babsi Zangerl rocks the hard climbs” and “Alex Luger Austrian hard liner plus – Some insights into the slackline world!” After which the time will come for the ritual Melloblocco party: reggae, dancehall, juggling!

Melloblocco will draw to a close tomorrow with the sun! And more Melloblockers are bound to come as well as a special guest: the “Quelli che il calcio” RAI 2 TV presenter.

MELLOBLOCCO 2014
03/05/2014 - Mellopeople: Pietro Bagnara's Melloblocco 2014 portrait photos
03/05/2014 - Melloblocco 2014: flash 3
02/05/2014 - Melloblocco 2014 - day two, climbing without limits 
02/05/2014 - Melloblocco 2014: flash 2 
01/05/2014 - Melloblocco 2014: day one, sunshine for everyone 
30/04/2014 - The Melloblocco 2014 boulder problems by Simone Pedeferri
30/04/2014 - For those who love Melloblocco... the journey begins
24/04/2014 - Less than a week to Melloblocco!
03/04/2014 - Melloblocco 2014 - simply climbing
16/01/2014 - Melloblocco 2014 - register now online!
10/04/2014 - Simone Pedeferri - behind the scenes of Melloblocco 2014

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