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The Los Picos 6500 expedition comprised of Italian alpinists Franco Nicolini, tomas franchini and Silvestro Franchini continues at a rapid pace and the trio has now climbed 7 of the 16 highest peaks above 6500 meters in the South American...

In the Andes the Italian alpinists Franco Nicolini, tomas franchini and Silvestro Franchini have successfully climbed the first three mountains of the Los Picos 6500 project. The aim is to climb the 16 highest peaks above 6500 meters in the...

After the initial fragmentary news, François Cazzanelli now reports about the expedition to Mount Edgar (6618 m) in the Nanmengou Valley in Sichuan, China which included Francesco Ratti, Emrik Favre, tomas franchini, Matteo Faletti and Fabrizio Dellai. The Italian alpinists...

An Italian expedition comprised of François Cazzanelli, Francesco Ratti, Emrik Favre, tomas franchini, Matteo Faletti and Fabrizio Dellai has successfully climbed Mount Edgar (6618m) in the Sichuan region of China. Climbing in two teams, they repeated the original Korean route...

On 22/05/2017 Silvestro Franchini and tomas franchini repeated King of the Bongo, the route first climbed in 2014 by the Ragni di Lecco climbers Paolo Marazzi, Matteo de Zaiacomo and Luca Schiera.

Climbing in Patagonia: on 26/01/2017 tomas franchini and his brother Silvestro Franchini made a quick, alpine style first ascent up Cerro Penitentes. The new route is called ‘El Mariano’ (750m, 85° M4).

Alpinism: from 8 - 9 June 2016 the Italian alpinists Nicola Binelli, Luca Cornella, Silvestro Franchini and tomas franchini climbed the virgin East Pillar of Kishtwar Shivling in the Indian Himalaya.

On 2 June 2015 tomas franchini and Silvestro Franchini made the first ascent of La Divina Providencia, a new 650m mixed route with difficulties up to M7 on the West Face of Nevado Churup (5495m), Cordillera Blanca, Peru.

41 alpinists have been selected for the "Big List” of the Grignetta d'Oro, the Italian mountaineering award that goes to the Italian mountaineer whose climbs in 2013 and 2014 have most left their mark. The award will be celebrated on...

From 11 September to 15 November Ermanno Salvaterra, tomas franchini, Nicola Binelli and Francesco Salvaterra will return to Patagonia to try and complete their new route, which they started in November 2013, up the centre of the West Face of...

The video of the first ascent attempt up the West Face of Torre Egger in Patagonia carried out in November 2013 by the Italian alpinists Ermanno Salvaterra, tomas franchini, Paolo Grisa and Francesco Salvaterra.

A brief and by no means complete journey through the stories and the climbs of 2013, while waiting for new year.

Italian alpinist Ermanno Salvaterra recounts his recent attempt up the West Face of Torre Egger in Patagonia, carried out with tomas franchini, Paolo Grisa and Francesco Salvaterra in November. During the last expedition days tomas franchini and Francesco Salvaterra made...

Part 2 - from July to December - of what happened in alpinism and climbing in 2012.

Two difficult new routes in the Brenta Dolomites: the mixed climb 'Brothers' up Cima Grostè and the rock climb 'Ladri' up Campanile Basso.

On 13/03/2012 Silvestro and tomas franchini established Via Fratelli e Cortelli, a new route up Cima Pietragrande in the Brenta Dolomites.