VAL DI MELLO - ITA - ed. 2023

"Among the alpine valleys, Val di Mello has no equal. Above, sheer walls; below, a quiet, flat valley floor cut through by the blue-green waters of the stream. It is a mythical place in the geography of climbing, where in the 1970s a group of young people managed to reinvent climbing, tracing routes on walls impossible to peg, immersed in a powerful and monumental nature. This is also what this guide is about. A monographic work of great scope, where each itinerary should appear with its own character and strength, from those of the pioneers to the latest achievements. Some of these explorers have given us written contributions, first-hand accounts of a legendary epic that marked an era and revolutionised the way of conceiving and practising mountaineering; for this is indeed the cradle of Italian free climbing. Following the accounts of Masa, Merizzi, Miotti and Boscacci is a little like breathing the light, sharp air of those years. But above all it is a return to the point where it all began, to the courage and imagination that had no pretension to power, but which knew how to instruct the generations that followed. Read, then, to understand and rediscover a world of stone of unsurpassed quality." — Mario Sertori

• Author : Niccolò Bartoli
• Publication year : 2023
• Language : ITA
• Category : climbing - mountaineering
• Weight : 0.55 kg
• ISBN : 978-88-55471-04-6