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On 4 May 2023 in Valle dell'Orco, Italy, Federica Mingolla and Matteo Sella made the first free ascent of 'E ti vengo a cercare'. In 1980 Ugo Manera and Isidoro Meneghin established all but the last pitch and the route...

The video of Marco Sappa climbing Greenspit, the difficult roof crack freed by Didier Berthod in valle orco, Italy, in 2005.

In October 2020 mountain guides Umberto Bado and Giancarlo Maritano made the first ascent of Gran Couloir della Levannetta, a new mixed climb on the north face of Levannetta above valle orco, Italy.

Austrian boulderer Bernd Zangerl has made the first ascent of a difficult crack called Grenzenlos in valle orco, Italy. Protected with a pecker, it is a mix between a trad climb and a highball.

On Caporal in Valle dell’Orco, Italy, Federica Mingolla has made the first free ascent of 'Angels and Demons', the multi-pitch rock climb started by Ezio Marlier and Massimo Farina 15 years ago Mingolla completed the route with Leonardo Gheza before...

Maurizio Oviglia introduces a selection of entry-level crack climbs in Valle dell’Orco: Viper, Mamba, Incastromania, Fessura del Tramonto, Fessura Kosterlitz and many others. A step-by-step guide to the trad climbing gems in Valle dell’Orco.

Italian alpinist Matteo Della Bordella has repeated Itaca nel Sole on the Caporal in valle orco. Established in 1975 by Gian Piero Motti and Guido Morello, this multi-pitch route was freed in 2003 by Cristian Brenna.

Italian mountain guide Umberto Bado introduces two absolute classic rock climbs in Valle dell'Orco: Fessura della Disperazione and Via Locatelli.

Italian climber Michele Caminati has repeated Greenspit, the difficult trad climb freed in Italy’s valle orco by Didier Berthod. The ascent marks a significant comeback after his fall on England’s gritstone in 2017.

In valle orco, Italy, Austrian climber Bernd Zangerl has made the first ascent of the sitdown start to I Coloniali, describing it as 'one of the best boulders I've ever climbed.'

Matteo della Bordella and Francesco Deiana have both repeated Greenspit, one of the most famous crack climbs in the world in valle orco freed by Didier Berthod.

Italian climber Federica Mingolla reports about her first free ascent in valle orco, Italy, of an old project bolted in 2001 by Giovannino Massari and now graded 8a+. The route joins another nearby line freed by Mingolla a year ago:...

Winter mountaineering in Italy’s Piedmont region: in valle orco Marco Appino and Umberto Bado, together with David Sacchetti, completed Vanessa neire robe, a mixed climb they had begun in 2010. Umberto Bado provides the report.

At the end of September and the start of October Maurizio Oviglia, Sara Oviglia, Paolo Seimandi and Eugenio Pinotti completed two new multi-pitch routes on the Sergent rock face in valle orco. They then added two single pitches to the...

The Italians Valerio Folco and Massimo Farina climb B.A.T.(A3) in valle orco