Climbing Positano: le jardin des sauvage. A small Verdon in the garden of "La Selva"

Having a small in-house Verdon is not for everyone, but at La Selva it is! Travels of 35 meters, killer vacuum and drops! From the front door we do a route (figo) and here we are on a ledge, pull on a bag with every comfort and let's go, a day suspended in midair by dominating the coast! Obviously discovered by brilliant Gunter, today we inaugurate the ledge after a thorough makeover. We baptize it, Jardin des Sauvages! Here are the routes of La Selva (jardin des...

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Stage ice climbing (ice falls)

Ice climbing stage (ice falls) in the heart of the Gran Paradiso massif. Staying at the charming Rifugio Massimo Mila. Ice climbing (also referred to as ice falls) is a discipline arising from mountaineering and climbing. It is about climbing with the help of ice axes and crampons, and with the use of other materials, on icy formations like the couloirs and ice gully or seracs, high in the mountains or on the ice in the middle mountain. You can hook up on the ice using ice screws. The...

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Multipitch Stage (long routes) between Punta Campanella and Gaeta: a report

A corner of clear skies and warm sunshine, among Italy gripped by rain and risk situations, in Gaeta the area that marks the boundary between central and southern Italy that still has the strong character of the past southern kingdom of the two Sicilies. Between "tielle", Gaeta olives and mozzarella in the Lazio coast people have both the "roman" and the "naples" accent, a combination of often conflicting cultures. The stage has as scenery the Montagna Spaccata,...

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Benvenuti al Sud – Multipitch Positano by Rolando Larcher, Luca Giupponi & Co

Fresh air at La Selva, coming the bigs! Rolando Larcher and Luca Giupponi didn't forget the drill in their first "wild" staying, hence "Benvenuti al Sud"! From this team we can expect nothing less than beauty and toughness. The news, however, is that this time the monsters donated us a not difficult and accessible route for many. Without a record, however, these guys do not move and so here it is this giant, in front of the Piscione, it is the longest route in...

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Alessandro "Jolly" Lamberti on Egger 8b+(?) and his new book: Run Out

Alessandro "Jolly" Lamberti on Egger 8b+(?) (hyperlapse). In the beautiful beach of Molpa, Capo Palinuro, one of the most beautiful cliffs of the South Centre, one of the most beautiful lines for the high difficulty. The level proposed is around the 8b+/8c, but in winter conditions, without the strong Sun (October 26 we were still swimming in the sea) may be slightly easier. A new book by Alessandro "Jolly" Lamberti is coming. Available from November 15. RUN...

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Climbing Guide Coast of Amalfi

Climbing Guide Coast of Amalfi Alternative tourism in the Amalfi Coast for promotion and dissemination of the idyllic beauty of the Campania region. Direzione Verticale engaged in dissemination of information, data collection, outdoor communication on each channel, to an always clear and precise fruition of content but above all to bring more users to the area and then develop an increasingly important tourism induced. Around the magical coastal towns of Amalfi, Positano,...

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Clean up the Mediterranean: Let’s Do It! Mediterranean – Italy 2014

During the initiative Let's do It! Mediterranean alarming data emerges about the condition of our sea. In de days about 1200 volunteers cleaned beaches and waters of our coast. Citizen engagement has made possible the collection of 1500 waste bags. Tyres were recovered (even one of 300 kg), plastic, glass and over 2000 cotton bud sticks. In some cases animal remains. A puzzling fact that can make us understand what we find in our waters. In the video initiatives of: Ercolano,...

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#cometolife video

Production: Direzione Verticale Graphic design editing: Francesca Natale Locations: Positano, Punta Campanella, Lettere,...

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Support us! Donate

Who recognize the vital work done by route setters? A work made even more precious and noble for its almost always free and voluntary nature. If today you can climb with wide safety margins throughout Italy, is due almost exclusively to the work of these volunteers. Anyone can contribute with an euro....

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Adopt a Crag

The 13 April 2012 was the second consecutive year for the eco and sports initiative of the association Direzione Verticale, voluntary ecological and naturalistic works in the regional park of the Lattari mountains, with a particular interest dedicated to the cliffs equipped for climbing and flowering paths of Lettere (Na), where you can play dozens of activities in nature: climbing, trekking, archeo trekking, mountain bike , down hill, trail running. The cliffs of letters have been realized...

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Castellammare di Stabia (Napoli).

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Agerola (Napoli).

Operating Locations: Alps, Dolomites, Amalfi Coast. Italy

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