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Protagonist of They/Them, a docufilm by Patagonia that aims to emphasize the theme of gender identity in the outdoors.

10 years after the Freeride World Tour's podium, the athlete has finally reconciled with the loved "wooden planks”.

"Traditional Alpinism" tells a way of experiencing alpinism linked to the cultural background of the mountains' history.

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It should have ended on November, Friday 12th. It lasted one day more, until Saturday night. After Cop26 what remains are rivers of declarations, agreements and commitments, but also the feeling, crystallized in Alok Sharma's final emotion, that it was another missed opportunity to fight climate change. The difficulty of bringing all the countries present together is inevitable, just as the evolution that has taken place since the signing of the Kyoto Protocol in 1997 is undoubted. But going to the bottom, in the deluge of words, we realize the poverty of facts accomplished in Glasgow. The most optimistic people summarize the picture of an agreement that "saves the commitments taken in Paris". Exactly, taken in Paris, six years ago. Of course, the goal of limiting global warming to 1,5° C compared to pre-industrial levels has been maintained, when today we are already experiencing, dramatically, an increase of 1,1° C. A goal that requires rapid, deep and sustained reductions in greenhouse gas and carbon dioxide emissions. But

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let's remember that $11 million per minute is given to oil companies and companies related to the distribution of their derivatives. The International Monetary Fund has shown that in 2020 the extractive industry received US $5,9 trillion government grants, 6,8% of world GDP allocated to subsidies for fossil fuels. These are the stratospheric interests that have slowed down in Scotland the start of an increasingly urgent ecological conversion that is loudly claimed by millions of young people. On the night between Saturday and Sunday, beyond the official deadline, the step requiring the elimination of electricity developed by coal has turned into a "gradual reduction”. From “phase-out” to “phase-down” to be precise. A request from countries like India and China which rely heavily on it and would still like to be able to count, given the great hunger for energy to which they will be subjected in the coming years. Of course, it is the first time that this fuel is explicitly mentioned in the United Nations conference. It will therefore be a question of understanding how to

accelerate its exit with a strong push on renewable energies. But India, in the meantime, is planning to open 55 new mines and expand the 193 existing mining plants. And in Europe? While discussing on the day after tomorrow of a future nuclear next generation, the leaders are already sitting at the head of the Next Generation funds. These are the facts, behind the announcements in favor of the camera, in front of the Trevi Fountain or in front of the Prince of Wales. A game in which mainstream information eagerly bites with now rampant "green" inserts, full of stories and jokes. Either the fight against the “climate crisis” is held together with the fight for “climate justice”, or what has been released by the mobilizations around the Cop26 will be lost. Polarization and economic hardship require courageous and structured responses, not strange stills in party rooms. As things stand now, how to blame Vanessa Nakate's concluding comment: “We cannot adapt to hunger. We cannot adapt to extinction. We can't eat coal. We can't drink oil. We will not give up.”

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H O K A I S T H E N E W P R E M I E R PA R T N E R OF UTMB WORLD SERIES HOKA and UTMB join forces on the new world circuit. The partnership will last until the end of 2023 with a renewal option. In its role as Premier Technical Footwear and Apparel Partner of the World Series, HOKA will help bring the global trail running community together not just in Chamonix, but across all the circuit’s events. Throughout the partnership, HOKA will provide a selection of footwear and apparel to volunteers and to their athletes in selected competitions.

POLARTEC ANNOUNCES THE WINNERS O F A P E X D E S I G N AWA R D S 2 0 2 1 Apex Design Awards 2021, the annual award that celebrates the best products made with Polartec fabric technologies, have been announced. This year's edition, focused on the importance of versatility and functionality, was animated by a photographic campaign with a theme called "Mountain to Bar and Back Again". These are the brands selected from hundreds of applications: 66°North, ABSNT, And Wander, Ariat, Haglöfs, Hikerkind, Moncler, Nike ACG, Norrona, Orvis, PAM and Sportful.

AS I C S: TH E E M E A AR E A G ROWS BY 24% IN THE FIRST NINE MONTHS From January to September 2021, Asics sales in the EMEA area grew by 24% more than the same period last year. The Japanese group does not specify the amount of turnover but emphasizes that growth was driven by Germany, with sales up 26%, France (+27%), United Kingdom (+8%) but above all Italy (+49%). ) and the Iberian Peninsula (+42%). In the first six months of 2021, Asics EMEA sales reached €70.5 million, an increase of 44%.

LAMUNT PRESENTS T H E 2 0 2 2 FA L L / W I N T E R C O L L E C T I O N During the Oberalp Virtual Convention held at the end of October, LaMunt presented its first FW 2022 collection. 34 different products including waterproof and lined jackets, coordinated pants, vests, baselayers, sweatshirts and accessories such as socks, headbands and caps. Whether for winter hiking, skiing or ski touring, the proposal remains faithful to the brand's approach: putting the female body first and creating an unmistakable fit, combining aesthetic taste and functionality without compromise.

I N A U G U R AT E D T H E N E W M O N T U R A S T O R E I N PA D U A On November 6 the new Montura store in Padua opened its doors. Located in the splendid setting of the historic center, it will be the ideal starting point for outdoor lovers towards the Venetian Pre-Alps and the Dolomites. Like all its predecessors, it is a place where you can find the wide range of clothing and footwear dedicated to mountaineering, ski mountaineering, trekking and climbing, as well as a corner dedicated to Montura Editing brand publications and related solidarity projects.

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G R E AT E S C A P E S A N D A D V E N T U R E S L A B B E C O M E PA R T O F T H E I TA L I A N O U T D O O R G R O U P Great Escapes and Adventures Lab become part of IOG, the Assosport association representing leading companies in the production and distribution of clothing, footwear and equipment for outdoor sports. Great Escapes, which has its roots at the foot of Grigne, has been realizing technical garments for all mountain activities since 1989. Adventures Lab is instead one of the reference points in the design and production of outdoor clothing with a know-how accumulated in over 40 years of work.

A P P L I C AT I O N S F O R T H E N E X T I S P O AWA R D S A R E O P E N Applications for the next ISPO Award, one of the most coveted awards in the outdoor world, are open. An award that is configured as a guarantee of quality in the respective categories, capable of influencing the purchase decisions of retailers and consumers. The real news announced by Ispo.com is that the prize, in the future, will be awarded four times a year. The new winners will be awarded during the next ISPO Munich which will be held from 23rd to 26th January 2022 in Munich.

B R IAN M OO R E IS BAC K I N SAUCO NY AS SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF GLOBAL PRODUCT Saucony announced the appointment of Brian Moore as Vice President of Global Product. In his new role, he will be tasked with inspiring and leading the brand's global strategies. For Moore, who has held senior positions at Tracksmith, The North Face, Timberland and Gravis, this is a comeback. As vice president of marketing and product design he had left an important legacy in models such as Triumph, Ride and Guide. Moore had also created and launched the Saucony Originals line.

BAM! WI LL B E BAC K I N MANTUA FROM 10TH TO 12TH J U N E 2022 The dates of the next edition of the BAM! are confirmed.The largest European meeting of cycle travelers will be held in Mantua from 10th to 12th June 2022. After the two Campfire editions, BAM! returns to the original form as an open, free and popular event, an appointment in which all the souls of the journey meet: from the great explorer to families, from sportsmen to those who use the bike to go far. The format? Music, stories, meetings, workshops and opportunities to share a passion.

L A S P O R T I VA L AVA R E D O U LT R A T R A I L W I L L B E A S TA G E O F U T M B W O R L D S E R I E S La Sportiva Lavaredo Ultra Trail, that will be held from 23rd to 26th June 2022, will be the Italian stage of the long-awaited UTMB World Series, the new circuit which includes the best races from all the four continents. “Being part of the UTMB World Series is an important step and a great recognition” declared Simone Brogioni and Cristina Murgia. "The beauty of this race in the heart of the Dolomites UNESCO World Heritage Site brings 5000 athletes from all over the world to Cortina d'Ampezzo every year."

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Sella Ski 2L is the ski mountaineering jacket Powertex which combines two hardshell membranes to offer safe and durable protection from the weather. Padded with a layer of 60g Responsive Tirolwool for a natural and thermoregulating heat. Welded seams, long and athletic cut, anti-sheer gaiter.

Cake, the Swedish electric bike company born from the passion for outdoor sports, presents its modular utility machine. Thanks to Unibar, and the clamp-on system, ÖSA+ allows you to create more then 1000 different configurations. The integrated Power Station allows you to be completely independent, even off road.

Key Equipment was born from the collab between two of the most famous splitboarders of the European scene: Christophe Etallaz from Plum e Hampus Cederholm, Furberg Snowboards’ co-owner. Result of many years of development and tests, Disruptive is a boot that blends hardboot and softboot offering the best of both worlds.

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The mountain during fall discovers the new colors of the Slope line, in a version that replies the historic softness that 40 years ago decreed its success. Ideal for daily trekking, lightweight work and leisure activities in the mountains. Gore-Tex Performance Comfort lining and Vibram Erica Everest sole.

Bitplay updated its popular Wander Case for iPhone 13. From city roads to large open spaces, the Outdoor-Ready protective case is characterized by a transparent back plate and an ultra-thin and light design that makes it compatible with the wireless chargers MagSafe and Qi.

Making paper airplanes is fun, giving them an engine is even more fun. PowerUp Toys transforms any piece of paper into a flying machine that can be piloted by your smartphone with a 70m range. The on-board computer controls 2 electric motors that guarantee up to 10 minutes of flight each recharge.

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From Californian coasts to High Sierras, the Alpine Sherpa jacket is the multifunction garment that will guarantee heat wherever adventure will bring you. Made of high-performance recycled fleece sherpa, it has safety pockets and a full zip with windproof flap. Excellent for travel, trekking, camping and relax.

The original windproof lighter with its characteristic "click", in the Black Crackle version from the robust steel structure with non-slip texture and rounded edges. It is packaged in a gift set with personalized case in MIL-SPEC nylon fabric with clip on the belt loop.

Re-Edit of the mid-cut shoe dedicated to long routes and cracks. Upper in eco-leather with metal-free tanning, all around edging for better protection, internal padding on malleoli and on the front area for maximum comfort. A tribute to the most iconic climbs achieved by Honnold and Caldwell.

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A new technical style inspired by the outdoors and influenced by the French brand’s know-how in the world of travel and by the one of Vibram in high-performance soles. Upper in alveomesh fabric with 100% recycled polyester, midsole and insole in sugar cane, sole in Amazon rubber (30%) and rice waste.

Kresta 30, specific for women, it is the ideal backpack for all mountain and freeriding adventures. It is equipped with an anti-avalanche pocket which is quickly accessible, the possibility to separate wet equipment, an anti-snow backrest, buckles and hinges that can be easily used with gloves, fixing straps for carrying skis or snowboard.

The folding chair, reinvented. It features a new Pentent Penting closure technology, a soft trueflex fabric weatherproof and resistant to UV rays and an aerospace aluminum frame. It is equipped with a shoulder bag in recycled material, removable cup holder, back hooks and a bottle opener under each armrest.

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The unmistakable color blocking of Cotopaxi in the reversible Teca Cálido jacket re-proposed with a recycled polyester insulation for the coldest months. It goes well with Teva's ReEmber slip-ons in a collab that emphasizes the social commitment of both brands to support Hollywood and Denver Boys & Girls Clubs.

Look Cycle and Restrap presented the result of a special collaboration: the popular 765 Gravel RS frame in the Black Chromatic Petrol version and a limited edition of bikepacking bags that resume iridescent details. Full kit available on this version equipped with the new SRAM Rival AXS group.

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Italian illustrator Mauro Gatti, tired of the bad news broadcasted by the media, gave birth in 2018 to “the happy broadcast”. A profile to share positive news accompanied by a minimalist illustration with bright colors. Together with Picture he has thought of a capsule collection that has sustainability as a common pillar.

Veronica Leoni and Sergio Zambon continue to bring new identities to the Moncler Genius project. In the 2 Moncler 1952 collection, Suicke's slipon sneakers see their reinterpretation with padded and quilted nylon in Boudin that recalls the classic Moncler down jackets. Waterproof fabric lining and rubber sole.

Barbour’s tradition meets the modernity of the streetwear brand A Bathing Ape (BAPE) in a small capsule collection declined in three different styles. The 100% cotton crew neck sweatshirt has a double chest graphics with collar, cuffs and ribbed hem that create a comfortable silhouette to be worn every day.

Sean Wotherspoon and adidas Originals are coming back with a collection that celebrates the charm of nature. Characterized by colored details and the aesthetics of the famous sneakerheads, the shoe is made using recycled materials and vegan alternatives, such as adiPRENE midsole and cork inserts.

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After the collabs with adidas and Eastpak, the brand by Yosuke Aizawa joins the Japanese lifewear giant for a collection of premium clothing at affordable prices. The Hybrid Down Parka is available for men, women and babies in oversized cuts, finished with double zip typical of WM.

After signing, in March 2021, the birth of a long-term partnership, Stone Island and New Balance’s Tokyo Design Studio inaugurate this new chapter with the reinterpretation of the innovative RC Elite running shoe in a mixture of distinctive elements that pays homage to the heritage of the two brands.

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Vans Snow collaborates with Public for a new interpretation of the HiStandard OG, the best-selling Vans boot of all time. Part of a collection created from scratch, it features a unique translucent collage art sole. The comfort of traditional closure, with the additional support guaranteed by the Instep Lace Lockout.

N°08 Bivouac is one of the editions of the Escapade series made by Opinel with Jérémy Groshens, aka Les Aiguilles De Djé. An invitation to escape that mixes the technique of tattoos with patchwork and outdoor elements typical of camping and mountain vegetation. 8cm blade numbered in each of the 7600 pieces.

Alpha Industries' latest AW21 collaboration combines the iconic motifs of Mastermind's Asian streetwear with the aesthetics of the Californian brand C2H4, known for its rebellious roots and experimental construction of hi-tech garments. Contrasting fabric and grosgrain ribbons on the bottom hem, halfway between the future and the 80s.

Winner of the contest set up by Reda within Pitti Uomo 2020, Spencer Phipps signs a 100% sustainable mini capsule for Rewoolution. The result? 5 garments that combine passion for the mountains and a 70s style, such as the longsleeved turtleneck in stretch wool with a classic slim cut and funnel neck.

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PATAG O N I A : A N E W S PAC E F O R E N V I R O N M E N TA L A S S O C I AT I O N S IN ROME Patagonia's Community Lab operation, already present in Montebelluna, lands in the Italian capital city with a free space made available to local non-profit organizations and associations that fight for the protection of the environment and the territory and promote a sustainable lifestyle. This initiative once again strengthens Patagonia's sustainable footprint, representing a useful and concrete opportunity for all organizations that need a space to meet and promote their protection projects.

POLARTEC ANNOUNCES THE USE OF PEPPERMINT IN ANTI-ODOR T R E AT M E N T S For the anti-odor treatment in high performance fabrics Polartec will use peppermint oil extracted through a steam process. The Milliken & Company brand has in fact announced the switch to this easily renewable, sustainable and biodegradable “ingredient” as a solution to block odors. The desire to respect the environment as much as possible is the driving force behind this choice: the menthol-based response is in fact only the last one of many Eco-Engineering initiatives.

REWOOLUTION AND ACBC TOGETHER FOR A NEW LINE OF GREEN FOOTWEAR A new line of footwear in the name of circular fashion. This is the result of the synergy between Rewoolution and ACBC, a company specialized in the design and production of sustainable sneakers. The result of the collaboration is called Woolflyer, a cruelty-free and bio-based shoe designed for outdoor activities. It features an EVA and AlgaFoam sole, with a technical fabric upper produced from ZQRX certified Merino wool. Designed for a 4 seasons use, it is available in many colorways.

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IN FINLAND THERE’S A HUB FOR L A R G E - S CA L E T E X T I L E R ECYC L I N G Of the 92 million tons of textile waste produced on a global scale, 80% is burned or sent to landfills. Once again, Finland is putting in place solutions for a green future for the sector. Thanks to specialist Rester, one of the largest textile refining plants in Northern Europe is about to open in Paimio. The two production lines will process post-consumer and pre-consumer textile products from the B2B sector. At its launch, the plant will be able to process 12.000 tons/year.

C O P 2 6 : T H E G L A S G O W PAC T S AV E S C OA L The 26th United Nations climate conference ended on the evening of Saturday 13th November 2021. The final declaration largely follows the third draft agreement, confirming the "sweetened" version on the exit from coal and subsidies to fossil fuels. After two long weeks of negotiations have emerged heavily watered down decisions, few results on adaptation, some promises about financing, and some disappointment on the loss and damage chapter, that means on the support for the nations most vulnerable to the climate crisis.

S U S TA I N A B L E R E V O L U T I O N F O R PICTURE ORGANIC CLOTHING For Picture sustainability has always been a priority and the news for the winter season 21/22 come from this approach. Bio-sourced materials are one of the most important goals. What does it mean? That 100% of the Expedition and Utility lines will be made with an outer fabric partly of plant-based origin (58%), produced from waste from the processing of sugar cane, and partly made of recycled materials (42%). Many garments will be modified to integrate the nanoporous and eco-friendly Xpore membrane.

A R C ' T E R Y X I N A U G U R AT E S T H E R E B I R D SERVICE CENTER In its new Broadway store, in New York, Arc'teryx presented its new ReBird Service Center. It is the Canadian brand's first hybrid space that will offer both retail and product evaluation, care and repair. The store will feature exclusive Arc'teryx ReBird items, including recycled and/ or products “saved” from waste, as well as a handpicked selection of Arc'teryx Used Gear items. The service center is in line with the ReBird initiative which promotes the brand's constant commitment to circularity.

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La Sportiva Vanguard: free the future Best downhill performances and great comfort: the brand from Val di Fiemme pre-sents the new free touring boot for the winter season.

With winter just around the corner, La Sportiva offers a new generation ski touring boot, Vanguard, designed for touring and free touring and aimed at ski mountaineers who are attentive to both uphill performance and downhill power transmission. For those who love any aspects of ski mountaineering, for those looking for comfort of fit, ease of use, stability and safety downhill combined with lightweight uphill, the research and development department of the company based in the Dolomites, in the mountains of Val di Fiemme, has developed a new generation three-buckles boot: to express itself at its best in the search for powder, snow and more technical and fun descents. Vanguard stands out in particular for its exceptional wearing comfort, its lightweight and its wide range of motion that make the boot easy, intuitive and comfortable uphill. Thanks to the innovative design and the particular construction of the upper it is solid and reactive and able to offer downhill performances similar to boots designed for freeriding and alpine skiing. The materials used represent the state of the art in the technology of plastics combined with carbon and glass fi-

bers, with an eye to the environment thanks to the use of the bio-compatible material Pebax Bio Based Rnew 1100. Each construction component allows a perfect precision and power transmission to the ski, combined with high wear resistance.

me of fit and an extremely simple method of closing the cuffs, which will automatically bring the front tongue into place. Ultralon innerboot and high-durability Vibram V-Lug sole complete a cutting-edge product, as the name implies.

The heart of the boot is the cuff with asymmetrical V-Shape closure that combines a high excursion with a very intuitive fit: to put it on easily, just put the boot in walk mode and open the front buckles. Any ski mountaineer will find a large volu-

Hence the claim that unites the desire for the future, after such a special winter as the one experienced in the last year characterized by the presence of the pandemic, and the desire for freedom which is the real essence of free touring.

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se and reduced fork trail, which offer more lively and responsive handling. Both models are developed with Giant pro riders who have paid attention to every detail: bottom-brackets, for example, have been lowered by 10mm compared to previous versions, with an 80mm drop. A concentrate of features that guarantee high performance on any type of terrain, even when cornering, uphill and downhill.

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Giant's Gravel. Revolt Advanced Pro, Revolt Advanced, Revolt. Almost a decade has passed since Giant introduced a more aggressive- looking model among its bikes’ line: we’re talking about Revolt, the brand's first gravel bike. In 2013 gravel was almost unknown as a discipline, so much to force practitioners to adapt to the market by opting for the purchase of a road or cyclocross bike, with the result of not very stable (but above all, not very enjoyable) races on mixed terrain. Many gravel bike projects are inspired by Revolt's early designs, leading to the develop-

ment, year after year, of increasingly specific and performing products. The constant search for an ideal bicycle for gravel competitions, where a certain resistance in long distances is required, as well as versatility and lightweight, has led to the creation by Giant of the new Revolt Advance and Revolt Advance Pro.

Both models boast the new D-Fuse seatpost technology that guarantees a reduction in shock and vibration, a fundamental feature for a gravel bike. In addition, the seatpost is fixed with a clamp hidden inside the seat tube, a choice that allows a greater flexion area that optimizes comfort. The new Revolts are also characterized by lower rear chainstays with thinner tubes, a decision made to improve resistance and responsiveness of the rear end. The handlebars, with D-Fuse technology, work together with the seatpost to add compliance at two key contact points without the unwanted complexity or weight associated with pivots or inserts.

Extreme lightweight

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If road is unpredictable, only an ultra-light frame can easily adapt to sudden changes of terrains and direction. Revolt frames are made entirely of carbon, characterized by being as light as it is resistant, in addition, they feature an updated geometry that includes a longer reach and a more open steering angle, allowing you to increase the bike's efficiency and its overall performance. The frame features six bottle cage mounting points and plenty of adapters to mount racks or mudguards, making the product great for carrying all the gear you need. The bikes also features a shorter wheelba-

Revolt Advanced also features a flip chip on the rear dropout that allows the adjustment of the 10mm wheelbase quickly and easily. Divided into two types of settings, the short one ensures a quick and agile ride, for a use on smoother and cleaner roads. The sensation experienced is maximum reactivity, thanks also to the tires of a smaller weight and diameter (up to 42mm). The long setting, on the other hand, allows for a more stable ride on bumpy and dirt roads, as well as offering more space for a larger rear tire (up to 53mm). An excellent choice for unpredictable routes, with sudden turns and off road terrains.

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Lord Jens Kramer His name is Lord Jens Kramer and he comes from Steinegg, a small town in the beautiful South Tyrol, Italy. He is a passionate and successful trail runner who would like to convey to others his own enthusiasm, passion and motivation for running and the beauty of nature.

Transalpine Run has no more secrets for you. You are a real veteran of this race. What's so special about it? I just like to run outside in the mountains. If I can do that for eight days in a row, so much the better. I just hand over my bag with the everyday things at the start and I don't have to worry about anything else than running. The organizational team around Uta and Heini Albrecht are perfectly organized. You always feel cared for and safe. Each participant shares the same passion and we care for each other. It's like a little trail running family. A race with a special atmosphere that I would love to enjoy every year. This race has now become part of my life. In 2021 you’ve replicated the result achieved in 2019 with a first place in the Master Mixed category, together with Irene Senfter. How was this edition? This edition was very special again. We really had the perfect running weather and always sunshine. This also spread the good mood of the participants and we could forget about the pandemic for a while. Irene and I were very well prepared again and were able to repeat our victory after 2016 and 2019. What could be better than this grand finale?

How did your collaboration with Joe Nimble start? The good cooperation with Joe Nimble began when I learned from a friend of mine that these special Functional Footwear shoes were available. Since I was already very interested in running in foot shaped shoes or barefoot shoes and liked running in shoes with wide, asymmetrical toebox, I had to try them right away. I was immediately convinced that toefreedom and the right amount of cushioning with zero-heel elevation was the right way to run healthily. After I was able to test the shoes, I was immediately hooked with the feeling they gave me. I then got in touch with the friendly team of Joe Nimble and luckily, I soon became

part of it. A successful collaboration began. Races are always tough, but train for it is key, can you tell us how do you train for a race? It's not that difficult for me. I just like being outside in nature and since there are so many beautiful places and locations, I’m often out for a very long time. I just enjoy it. So, I'm also highly motivated to get faster and stronger. I exercise four to five times a week. These are the shorter units of one to two hours. The long units at the weekends can sometimes last up to ten hours. It is also important that you give the body time to regenerate.

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On your feet, during last Transalpine Run, you had nimbleToes Trail Addict, a shoe that combines the advantages of the Toefreedom concept and the Flexitec insole. I am glad that I was able to enjoy the advantages of the nimbleToes Trail Addict combined with the Flexitec-Insole at this race and this was certainly one of the keys to my success. The right footwear is really very important and I can't think of a better one. In 2012, during your first Transalpine Run, you had to give up the race due to an injury. How important can a shoe be for foot functionality and running anatomy? Yes, unfortunately I had to give up this prestigious race due to an injury. I realized how important the interaction of the running anatomy can be. It is very important that the foot and entire body is healthy. This is the only way to withstand these extreme stresses and to lead to such successes. So, the answer is: "Definitely very important!” How important is the right shoe in such demanding races? With such important differences in height, is the safety that the sole can give you also important? The right shoe is essential. If shoes don’t fit and don’t give you a solid impression, you can’t trust them and injuries and falls can occur. At high speeds in downhill, the grip of the sole is crucial. Personally, the sole is one of the most important things. If something is wrong here, you cannot perform so well. Michelin soles technology is part of Joe Nimble’s Functional Footwear concept. How did you feel with these multidirectional studs and the large grooves that guarantee adaptability and flexibility? I already knew Michelin soles from another shoe manufacturer and

therefore I knew about their high quality. But in connection with Joe Nimble's Functional Footwear concept and the toefreedom, feel perfect. I found the flexibility and adaptability I was looking for. On difficult passages with little grip, I found the Michelin sole the ideal ally to maintain firm contact with the ground. Next goal? I have many goals and dreams. But one of my greatest would be to tackle Badwater 135 in the USA. I will certainly do the Tran-

salpine Run again in 2022. But I'm secretly in the process of planning the Everest Trail Race. This landscape just fascinates me immensely. Then there would certainly be the Diagonale des Fous, Tor de Géants or the Dragons's Back Race. You see, I'm not running out of goals.

Michelin soles in connection with Joe Nimble's Functional Footwear concept and the toefreedom, feel perfect.

“Deve davvero essere così scomoda?” La vera storia dell’invenzione dell’abbigliamento Fast and Light. Dalle necessità di questi atleti ho studiato soluzioni per tutti gli amanti della montagna come te. Creando capi che superassero i limiti dell’abbigliamento tradizionale attraverso innovazioni continue: • 1989: la prima tuta da sci alpinismo • 1992: la prima giacca nata per lo sci alpinismo • 1995: primo completo da sky running • 2000: l’intruduzione delle cuciture piatte nel mondo della montagna • 2013: la prima giacca completamente elastica dall’imbottitura ai tessuti • 2020: Jkt Levity, la giacca più leggera del mondo

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Project Drawdown What if we already have all the solutions to face the climate crisis?

We already have all the solutions to save the world, and they are present in Project Drawdown, a project founded in 2014 and aimed at giving its support in achieving the "drawdown", that time in the future when greenhouse gases in the atmosphere will stop growing and will begin to decrease. Climate action, declined in multiple areas, is the basis of the project, which aims to provide governments, universities, multinationals, policymakers and communities with solutions to the climate crisis. The peculiarity of Project Drawdown is that the solutions presented are all implementable from today. Surely not all of them will have the same impact, nor will it be possible to develop them in the same time frame, but each of them potentially has an important role in resolving the climate crisis: stopping climate change is possible, but it is essential to cooperate internationally to succeed. Every solution presented by Drawdown is feasible and economically realistic, and it is illustrated in two different scenarios: the first predicts a temperature increase of 2°C by the end of the century, while the second limits the increase to +1.5°C in the same period of time. The four solutions that would have the greatest positive impact on the climate in the thirty-year period (2020-2050), in the scenario of a global temperature increase of one and a half degrees, are the creation of wind farms on the ground and photovoltaic systems on an industrial scale, the reduction of food waste and the

adoption of a plant-based diet. The greater reduction in CO2 equivalent emissions would derive from the increase in onshore wind farms aimed at producing about 22% of global energy, compared to the current 4%. This solution would save the emission of a quantity of greenhouse gases between 47 and 147 gigatons (one gigaton is equivalent to the mass of 10.000 fully loaded US aircraft carriers and each year the global average of emissions produced by all anthropogenic activities is of about 40 gigatons). At the second place in the ranking of the most effective solutions to fight climate change is the exploitation of solar energy with photovoltaic panels, which would reduce between 42 and 119 gigatons of CO2 equivalent. At the third place, with 90-101 gigatons subtracted, there is a decrease in food waste: in fact, one third of the food produced globally is not eaten, which means that there is an unimaginable waste of resources and an unnecessary production of emissions. In states where income is low, food waste usually occurs unintentionally and in the first part of the supply chain, therefore during the collection and storage of food, while in high-income countries, waste is "intentional", since

retailers and consumers discard food based on how it looks, on its color, dents in the packaging, and so on. Finally, adopting a plant-based diet is undoubtedly one of the "small steps" that each person can take to be sustainable in daily lives and reduce environmental impact. In fact, the consumption of meat and products derived from animals feeds a highly polluting industry, which bases its income on the exploitation of the soil, deforestation and over-consumption of resources and direct emissions from livestock. A change of diet could lead to a reduction in emissions between 64 to 91 gigatons of CO2 equivalent. So, is it true that we have all the solutions to solve climate collapse? Yes, we have the various ingredients but the main one is missing, the only one that can hold the entire project together: the political will to change things. Project Drawdown provides extremely concrete and realistic insights that governments around the world could take into consideration in the adoption and implementation of their climate and environmental policies, especially those aimed at decarbonisation: the recipe for "saving the world" is here, we just have to find the missing ingredient.

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Norcha Race: “Never say no to adventure” Scent of airport, hot sandwiches with jamón ibérico and croissants. A quick chat, and here we are again on the road, destination: Bragança. Endless coniferous forests, small country roads, wide rivers that intersect in the canyons, a few scattered houses, a warm wind and barren hills that border on the horizon. This is how Portugal welcomes us.

Why are we here? For Norcha Race, a multi-sport “adventure race” with 18 teams that in a maximum of 4 days will have to travel for an approximate distance of 450-500km. The first rule? Any team must be "mixed", so at least one woman must be part of it! The second? Be ready for anything. From trekking to running, mountain biking, swimming, kayaking, orienteering and much more, this race will make us understand the meaning of adventure! The distance to cover is not defined because it varies according to the choices that each team will take, there are more roads to get to each check point, some longer, others steeper and shorter, and this will greatly change what every racer will have to face. If you were wondering if there will be any breaks or places where to sleep, the answer is: non-stop! A very varied and international mix of teams and organizers is now in Bragança, the small town from which the race will start in less than 24 hours. We are located in the North of Portugal, right in the Tràs os Montes region, a land between hills. 7:00am, time to set off! We head towards the start line. Still no

one knows the race course and after one last check, everyone is ready to go: 3, 2, 1, maps in hand and let’s go. In no time, the first checkpoint has been completed but many others are missing. Now we leave for the first 60 kilometres of cycling through the Montesinho National Park, also called Terra Fria, the cold land. We follow the first team. In a short time we find ourselves in the midst of boundless meadows and thousands of chestnut and olive trees, long dirt roads and that scent in the air that reminds you of something ancient. We hear noises in the distance and see large clouds of dust, a few seconds later the first teams arrive running fast. We decide to follow them, and soon we find ourselves in a denser forest, full of oaks along the ridge of a

small mountain and later, descending along the road, we arrive in Vinhais, the first transition point. “The elevation gain of 1659 meters was difficult to handle, but perhaps the hardest part will be the 47 kilometres of the trek that awaits us this night, under the rain.” We all raise our heads towards the sky and shortly thereafter we see dark clouds approaching, torn by the first lightning. None of us would like to be in their place. The following morning, admiring a sunrise that takes away all the bad weather, we discover the first damage made by the storm. The first case of hypothermia, some wrong roads and many, many exhausted faces: facing 1951 meters of elevation gain under a storm is not that easy. The

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trek and all its difficulties end along the shores of Lake Azibo: it's time for some kayaking! We see some wet shoes and teams looking for dry clothes. There are people getting relief thanks to creams and others who drink the first of many caffeine gels. After the scouting of the lake, we see them leaving by bike towards Macedo. Under a war memorial we will find a team resting on the asphalt, overwhelmed by fatigue. After 77 kilometres of cycling, a beautiful sun comes to warm us up, we pass through valleys rich in vegetation, canyons carved into the rock and Roman architecture, and we finally arrive in Vimioso. We head East along the Douro River, which marks the border with Spain. The first lights begin to face. We watch the sunset disappear

along the mountain profile while we wait. Through the darkness and, in total silence, we see the first lights descending towards us. If a few minutes earlier the visibility was not excellent, now it is enough to cover a few meters to understand that it will be more complicated than expected to reach the canoes placed at the bottom of the valley. The first teams set off in the darkness of the forest, but in a short time we continue to see them going up and down. They can’t find the way. If orienting yourself with the light, in an unknown place, with tiredness and some pain, can be complicated, during the night it is a real undertaking. They would go on like this for hours. The night ends. The sun is about to rise and the first teams emerge from the canyon

of Douro National Park. "From above, these waterways almost look like Norwegian fjords.” In the last hours there have been many changes, but the teams have not stopped and, after the last rapid descents and some river crossings, we see them on sups along the Tua river. Last 100 meters and here comes the team that never left the first position from the start: Alpha Dental. Victory goes to them and we finally see them relax and rest. Legs full of cuts and lips burned by thermal changes. Tired but happy faces. On Tràs os Montes ends our adventure in Portugal. Between beautiful landscapes, magical sunsets and a lot of effort, with a memory deeply rooted in our hearts: "Nunca dizer não a uma aventura" / "Never say no to adventure”.

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The road to revolution: La Sportiva Climbing Meeting “...I would be very happy if that new dimension of mountaineering, stripped of heroism and regime glory, could evolve more and more on these walls, set instead on a serene acceptance of one's limits, in a joyful atmosphere, with the intention of drawing from it, as in a game, the maximum possible pleasure from an activity that until now seemed to be characterized by the denial of pleasure in favor of suffering...”, wrote Gian Piero Motti on Nuovo Mattino’s manifesto. There is a place called utopia. A place where to be anarchists and light-hearted, where to experience emotions. A place for free spirits, long hair and jeans. Where magical valleys shaped by millennia of glacier action can, at certain moments, stop time. Welcome to the Italian Yosemite, welcome to Valle dell’Orco. In the heart of the Gran Paradiso National Park, autumn has just blossomed. Here, the elite of the world of climbing got reunited to attend La Sportiva Climbing Meeting. The sacred monsters are almost all here, from big names who have made the history of climbing to rising stars: Brittany Goris, the Pou bothers, Salomé Romain, Pietro Dal Prà, Babsi Zangerl, Jacopo Larcher, Katharina Saurwein, Anak Verhoeven, Wafaa Amer, Andrea Lanfri, Nicolai Užnik, Neil Gresham, Stefano Ghisolfi, Sara Grip, Martina Demmel, Siebe Vanhee, Fabian Buhl, Sascha Lehmann, Alberto Ginés López, Michele Caminati, Silvio Reffo, Viola Battistella, Mar-

cello Bombardi, Giulia Bernardini, Nao Monchois, Marco Cordin, Giorgio Tomatis, Pietro Biagini. They came from all over the world, to test themselves on the new trad pearls designed by Andrea Migliano, Mountain Guide and owner of Le Fonti Minerali Refuge in Ceresole Reale (according to many, the best refuge where to eat in the world) and Marzio Nardi, who “after having chased holds for 25 years, lost all his hair and underwent three operations, still thinks he can’t get enough of climbing” according to his biography. The two indulged themselves by interpreting the rock as they believed, in order to create new projects on these extraordinary granite walls, on this fantastic gneiss (routes still secret before the event). In this corner of Piedmont, at the beginning of the seventies, a current of thought arose around the figure of Gian Piero Motti, a mountaineer and writer who revolutionized the world of mountaineering: we’re talking about Nuovo Mattino (New Morning), "the

sixty-eight of the mountains.” A movement of transgression that refused pre-established codes of behavior and the self-referential language typical of mountaineering of that time that celebrated the "heroes of the mountains" with rhetoric, and that would have bring a wave of freshness in the way of going to the mountains: early wake up calls got replaced with colorful and cheerful clothes. For those subversive kids, climbing did not necessarily mean reaching the top, which indeed lost its importance in favor of cliffs close to home, but it meant giving value to the aesthetics of the climb and the search for difficulty. Their voice was Rivista della Montagna (the Mountain Magazine), and Gian Piero Motti was one of the founder. The inspiration for many of the ideas of Nuovo Mattino was born on the streets of El Cap and from the culture that was spreading in Yosemite, which Gian Piero Motti decided to bring on the walls of Caporal (so ironically named in response to

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the Captain of the Yosemite Valley ). The routes of those years soon became iconic: I Itaca nel Sole, La Via della Rivoluzione, Cannabis, Sole Nascente, La Fessura della Disperazione, Il diedro Nanchez, La Fessura Kosterlitz and many others. These are now historic routes, which still represent a unique challenge for climbers from all over the world. Nuovo Mattino would end about a decade later, in 1983, when Motti took his own life. Who knows how much American climber Brittany Goris, one of the strongest trad climbers in the world, knows about this story. She’s a real dirtbag (she has lived in a small van for three years, living on very little) and has a lot in common with the ideas that had fascinated the imagination of Gian Piero Motti. “I’ve never heard talking about Valle dell’Orco, it’s my first time here. There are certainly some differences compared to the trad climbs of the United States, which are much longer, but I'm also having a lot of fun trying these cracks. I am using

the TC Pro by La Sportiva, just like on the cracks in Yosemite and in the States in general, they are by far the shoes that I use the most and the new version seems to me even more performing” says Goris. Myths also have their own myths: for Salomé Romain e the Pou brothers, for example, it is unthinkable to climb these walls without paying a "homage" to the Kosterlitz crack, an obligatory stop and a symbol par excellence of Valle dell’Orco. Mike Kosterlitz, an English climber, partner of Gian Piero Motti and Nobel Prize in physics in 2016, even received an honorary citizenship from the Municipality of Ceresole Reale. The first time he set foot in the valley it seemed to him that he had arrived in heaven: "There was an enormous amount of virgin walls, of lines to climb. I could not imagine that vastness yet to be experienced". Climbing the famous crack that bears his name, and which has made generations of climbers dream, was not that difficult for him: “I accomplished much

more complex climbs”. Valle dell’Orco however, doe not only host the brilliant routes of the seventies: over time generations of climbers have continued to imagine itineraries with imagination and freshness, helping to write the pages of the history of this rare pearl: hundreds of blocks have been brushed and new cracks have been cleaned with love. Seeing Alberto Ginés López, a very young Olympic gold medalist in climbing, and Pietro Dal Prà put themselves to the test on these cliffs during the Climbing Meeting organized by La Sportiva, is an exceptional experience: it means seeing climbing being interpreted in its many forms. “I was really scared. It was the first time I had experienced trad climbing "says Stefano Ghisolfi, as he reaches the walls of the magical Atlantide, the submerged crag: a climbing spot with an incredible scenery, which sinks at the beginning of the summer in the waters of the Ceresole Reale lake and then re-emerges every spring. Climbing never dies.

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Vaude teaches us that the future lies in climate neutrality That’s how Vaude aims to reduce its environmental impact and become a 100% sustainable company by 2030.

2022 for Vaude will be the year in the name of climate neutrality because "climate protection must have the highest priority and we must do everything in our power to keep our planet healthy.” As stated by the CEO of the brand, Antje von Dewitz, underlining how the German brand's commitment in this area will be further implemented, intervening on all phases of work, from marketing to industrial production. Already in 2012, the German company had decided to fuel its production work using 100% green energy. The choice to carry out all production in a sustainable way starting from January 1st, 2022, is only the first step towards a future completely dedicated to sustainable innovation. The final goal is to reach 1.5° and contribute to the mitigation of the effects of greenhouse gases on climate change. Another field that Vaude chooses as a tool for change is marketing: by cutting the budgets allocated to the department by about half a million euros, the company tries to demonstrate that successful

marketing practices do not depend on budgets, but rather on creativity and commitment, as confirmed by the victory of the CMO Award, one of the most important awards in Germany in the marketing field, which underlined how the philosophy of the brand is pioneering and exemplary. "We want to show that climate protection can be financed by redistributing budgets" adds Antje von Dewitz. “If all companies were to use part of their marketing budgets for climate protection, we could make big changes. It is possible and worth it for the future of our planet.” The manufacturing of the products, as pointed out above,

is not yet completely free from emissions: every product is mainly made of synthetic fibers that require a high expenditure of energy. The commitment in this sense will also be total. Two dates are set in the Vaude plan: 2024 to achieve 90% of production using recycled materials and 2030 to reduce emissions from the production chain by 50%. The road is marked and Vaude also demonstrates it with the products described below. Here’s 3 products of the Vaude collection who are attentive to the environment that impressed us.

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Batura Hooded Insulation Jkt Lightweight, warm and high quality model, this is the quickest way to describe a jacket designed to be completely waterproof and insulating. Thanks to Vaude's HeatSphere technology, heat is retained inside the padding, but does not compromise the weight of the product, which is still light and compact, ideal for those who love freedom of movement. Again, the materials used are completely ecofriendly, as evidenced by the Vaude Green Shape label present inside the garment.

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Elope Softshell Jkt

It is the jacket for those who like to spend a lot of time in contact with nature, ideal because it can adapt to any weather condition. A model that combines versatility with a 100% eco-friendly production: the outer fabric is made of recycled polyester and integrated with a Ceplex Green membrane made in part in S-Cafè, a material made from coffee grounds. The inner part, on the other hand, is made with HeatSphere Eco synthetic padding which guarantees quick drying in wet conditions. The design of the jacket allows the wearer to fold it into its own pockets.

Made of recycled materials that help accompany Vaude on its path towards climate neutrality. This jacket, however, is not only remarkable because it’s made of recycled and eco-friendly materials: thanks to its composition, that allows optimal insulation from the cold, in fact it has proved to be perfect for many different sports, from cycling to skiing. A product that is preparing to pave the way for a line of future soft shell jackets that are completely PFC-free and with a reduced environmental impact.

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Aku, a responsible choice. Working towards zero impact creates new companies and new design models.

Responsibility and awareness are the keywords for Aku, which has chosen to commit to minimizing its impact on nature. The brand's goal is to be able to find a balance between people and the world around them, respecting the planet and maintaining a high quality of materials and products. A story that already between 2015 and 2017 sees the Treviso-based company renovate its production site in Montebelluna to reduce CO2 emissions. In addition, in 2018 Aku has been the first company in the world within its sector to define the degree of environmental impact that the production of a shoe can have, thanks to the support of a calculation system developed by the Swedish research institute Environdec. Starting from this new awareness, the company has tried to improve itself by limiting consumption, not only in terms of production but also in terms of industrial organization and relations with communities. Raw materials, for example, mainly come from local suppliers who are able to precisely indicate their origins and features, ensuring maximum traceability. In its collection, Aku proposes some models that are the result of particular research about the topic of environmental impact.

Minima Inspired by classic outdoor footwear, but also perfect for urban use or for travel. Minima focuses on being "CO2 Responsible": in fact, the emissions resulting from the use of the leathers utilize by Dani tanneries get compensate thanks to reforestation projects. In addition, Aku acts responsibly by offsetting the CO2 emissions produced during the life cycle of its footwear, through adherence to environmental conservation initiatives proposed by the ONU’s "Framework Convention On Climate Change”. That’s why Minima is a neutral product with respect to the impact on the environment. Leathers play a leading role in the design of this shoe: the upper is made using a single piece to reduce waste and if there are any slight aesthetic defects on the surface, the affected part is reused on the back in order to avoid waste. The shoe features a Vibram N-Oil Compound sole with reduced envi-

ronmental impact, made with more than 90% petrol-free components and colored using 100% natural pigments.

Bellamont III NBK GTX This is another Aku shoe that comes from a project with a reduced environmental impact. Ideal for everyday use or leisure, Bellamont III NBK GTX is made in Europe with high quality traceable materials. The upper is made of soft and refined suede fabric, the inner lining is in Gore-Tex membrane made up of 100% recycled yarns, while the midsole in double density microporous EVA features 30% recycled material. The footbed is in coconut fiber, a plant-based material that guarantees breathability and an ideal climate inside the shoe. The Vibram N-Oil Compound tread is made with 90% petrol-free components, the most advanced Vibram solution for reducing environmental impact without sacrificing the best performance in terms of grip.

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RidetoZero, Rudy Project’s sustainable project The Treviso brand has launched a new project with the aim of respecting nature and those who live within in, trying to reduce its impact on the environment in every process of the company.

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2 . D E LTA B E AT

RidetoZero by Rudy Project is a new sustainable approach in all business areas, from production to processes. The first substantial step took place in the creation of the 2022 collection, with the launch of the first sports frames that look up at the environment. In fact, the three models feature a Rilsan Clear frame produced by Arkema, a company specializes in the design and supply of innovative materials. The one used by Rudy Project is a 100% sustainable and renewable plant-based polymer produced from castor oil in the Gujarat region of India, consequently it is refined in different phases, until it reaches the real Rilsan Clear. This polymer is not only sustainable, but has high standards of flexibility, lightweight, resistance to shocks and chemical elements: it demonstrates how there are solutions that are respectful of the environment, but at the same time highly performing. The company's commitment to researching innovative technologies is clearly perceived, noting how

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the material is also BPA-free and with a high percentage of elements of plant origin. But sustainable innovations do not end here: Rudy Project has already set to work to provide cases made of recycled plastic from used eyeglass scraps, same as for the new 100% recyclable paper packaging. Without forgetting that, by making extremely durable and resistant products, there will be much less need to change glasses. In addition, the company has always made itself available for its customers, providing spare parts and accessories, in some cases free of charge, such as for the nose

pads, even after a long period of use or the launch of the product. RidetoZero shows itself in all its sustainability also on social networks, with an ambassador project that aims to raise awareness of environmental protection. It is clear that Rudy Project does not want to stop here, having at heart the future of the planet and maintaining high performances for the loyal customers of the brand. Let’s be more specific, seeing how Rilsan Clear adapts to the new Rudy Project frames: Magnus, Deltabeat and Overlap.

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1. Magnus

2. Deltabeat

3. Overlap

Versatile frame designed for a wide fit, it boasts several innovative materials in addition to the already mentioned Rilsan Clear, such as the ultra-light rods made of aluminum. The frame is compatible with vision solutions and available with ImpactX 2 photochromic lenses, polarized Polar 3FX HDR lenses and static RP Optics lenses, allowing you to choose the most suitable option based on the lighting conditions. Fit, nose pad and terminals are adjustable, leaving maximum freedom of customization to those who use them.

Sustainable and designed for racing, they feature an ergonomic wraparound geometry, ErgonoseX adjustable nose pad and soft rubber ends. These features make the frame super comfortable, versatile and adjustable to suit your needs. In addition, the risks of fogging are almost zero thanks to the PowerFlow ventilation system.

The lifestyle frame par excellence, elegant and lightweight, excellent for an everyday use. Super flexible and resistant with the use of Rilsan Clear, it is available with RP Optics Multilaser mirrored or Polar 3FX HDR polarized lenses. Excellent for balancing colors in urban environments, it manages to protect from those annoying reflections derived from glossy surfaces.

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Oxyburn, running with a second skin With its new models Oxyburn chooses to focus on technique and performance, creating a fit never seen before for its running products.

Nature and technique have always been the prerogative of Oxyburn, an Italian company among the leaders in the production of underwear for outdoor sports. By focusing on attention to detail, the brand is at the forefront of developing technologies used to achieve the highest quality. In addition, where the human limit occurs, Oxyburn is ready to intervene with products that, between innovation and design, allow athletes to reach their limits and overcome them. For the autumn/winter season, Oxyburn has decided to ensure continuity between the different garments, in order to give the wearer a sense of uniqueness and completeness in each fit, without weighing down the performance. Our editorial staff has decided to test some of their products. For our outdoor trail running training we have chosen an outfit consisting of three new products designed to be adaptable to both indoor and outdoor sports: Extreme shirt and Talent pants.

Extreme Comfortable adherence is the keyword of the new Oxyburn models. We tested a second skin effect in the Extreme jersey, designed to create continuity between the three garments and make the difference between a good and a

bad performance. The product, completely "Made in Italy", struck us in particular for the micro-mesh structure that creates different compression points to allow a graduated breathability according to the needs of the body parts, accelerating it in case of intense activity. In addition, the mix between Dryarn fiber, nylon and elastane also manages to guarantee the right degree of insulation from the cold during winter training, or more simply on less hot days, thanks also to the long sleeves with a thumb hole to improve the fit and increase protection.

Talent Another garment we chose to try are the Talent pants which, thanks to their three-dimensional structure and the alternation of different textures, adapt perfectly to both male and female bodies. Designed both as a main gar-

ment and as a first layer to be inserted under other pants, unlike the shirt it has a greater thickness, which mixes Dryarn fiber and elastic fabric in order to favor full freedom of movement during the performance and right protection from the cold in a range that oscillates between -10° and + 30°. Also in this case, the snug fit is barely noticeable, giving the feeling of coverage without compressing or forcing the muscles, allowing the talent of every sportsmen to give their best in any type of training.

By focusing on attention to detail, the brand is at the forefront of developing technologies used to achieve the highest quality.

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Diract & Diract Voice: the new Ortovox’s ARTVA We know how much stress avalanche risk can bring, especially when it happens under your eyes, or even worse, above them. Whether you are an expert or a novice, it is always essential to have your avalanche search device with you, and Ortovox has realized one that boasts the nomination of Product Of The Year and Public Choice Award at ISPO Munich 2021.

Back in 1980, Ortovox revolutionized the world of avalanche search devices with the first dual frequency ARTVA. The desire to develop devices that could help people managing emergency situations more clearly and quickly led the brand to achieve another record:

we are talking about Diract and in particular Diract Voice, the first ARTVA device with three antennas and a navigation with integrated voice. Diract, on the other hand, does not use a vocal system but maintains all the other features presented by the "colleague" Diract Voice. The new sound system is able to guide rescuers by providing clear verbal commands, rather than just repeating sounds. This choice is not accidental: several studies on the brain tell us how humans process voice messages much more easily, reducing the feeling of stress and offering a better overview. The voice keeps the rescuers focused on the goal: in case of emergency, having steady nerves leads to act more rationally and quickly. Voice control is supported by the Full Graphic Extra Large Display, characterized by a 360° view and by

a clear and intuitive iconography that ensures rapid readability, even in poor lighting conditions. The symbols shown are reduced to the essentials and change according to the research phase, indicating in real time the instructions necessary to manage the situation in the best possible way. In case there are more people hit by an avalanche (up to four), the device allows you to signal them with a key indicating a marking, and then immediately resume the search with a corridor width of 50m. Both models are super intuitive, featuring a toggle switch that allows you to manually change the mode from transmission to search and vice versa. In the unfortunate event of being swept away by the avalanche, Diract devices activate quickly with patented SmartAntenna technology. This analyzes the position of the

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device in the avalanche by quickly and automatically selecting the best antenna to connect to. This system is able to increase the range of the signal up to double, considerably speeding up searches. Furthermore, if, during the search phases, you get hit by a second avalanche, the device recognizes the emergency situation and quickly changes mode by switching to signal transmission. Ortovox has not forgotten the ecological costs that this type of products can have, developing Diract in the most sustainable way possible. In fact, the devices are rechargeable, therefore much more durable and environmentally friendly than the versions with disposable batteries. The battery is lithium-ion, a material that remains reliable even at extreme temperatures, even at -20°! The new ARTVA by Ortovox also integrates

the RECCO reflector into the transport system, further increasing the level of safety. The transport system is designed in such a way that when the case is opened, the device is automatically pushed upwards, being immediately reachable and ready to start the search. Diract and Diract Voice softwares are always developing and can be updated independently and free of charge. The only thing to do is download the Ortovox app (for iOS and Android) which allows you to update the system, change settings, watch video guides, register and customize the device. However, although these research devices are increasingly technical, it takes a great preparation and mental firmness to act in the best possible way during an emergency

situation. Psychologist Sigrun Holzer, specialized in Neuropsychology, argues that in these situations "the less you need to think, the better": and this is exactly what these devices increasingly intuitive and precise are for. Holzer talks about how the brain reacts under pressure from stress: people tend to improve from the point of view of physical performance but at the same time their cognitive abilities decrease. For this reason it is very useful to take advantage of automatisms: while the hearing is busy perceiving sounds and voice commands, the sight can further search for the victim, saving the processing phase of the sound information in combination with the visual one on the screen. Furthermore, in these emergencies the human brain feels safer hearing a voice, avoiding feeling lost and alone.

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Goldwin 70 years of history of a global outdoor player The Goldwin Inc. group is located in Tokyo and is one of the global players in the outdoor arena and listed at Tokyo stock exchange. The group has become an international synonym for quality tech wear not only in his native country but also in America and Europe. Over the course of seven decades of history, Goldwin has become one of the main protagonists of outdoor, lifestyle and athletic sector thanks to innovative products that harmonize logic, comfort, practicality and sophistically minimal design, developed with best knowledge rooted in its long history in ski and outdoor fields. Established in 1951, Goldwin started its page of history from a small knit fabric factory, Tsuzawa Knit Fabric Factory, in Oyabe City in Toyama Prefecture, Japan. There, Tosaku Nishida, the founder of Goldwin Inc., began his production as a pure sporting goods manufacturer, predicting an imminent boom in Japanese sports culture. The company became a pure sporting goods manufacturer and launched the original brand, Goldwin, from 1958. The name of the brand is of “golden winners” and was actually established in 1963, the year before the Tokyo Summer Olympics, to send the brand’s best wishes to the Japanese athletes competing for the gold medal. Goldwin’s uniforms were

worn by 80% of Japan’s gold medalists in sports ranging from gymnastics to volleyball to wrestling. The Japanese brand applied the knitting technology acquired in the knit fabric manufacturing and started developing ski sweaters with high functionality and sophisticated design, also thanks to the precious collaboration with many overseas manufacturers that helped Godwin to apply draping technique which fits the body line and create sophisticated designs with functional elegance. Soon, Goldwin’s ski sweaters became popular overseas and, starting from 1987, it had been an official uniform supplier of Swedish National Team, one of the leading ski team in Europe, and feedbacks from such top athletes added much value to Goldwin’s manufacturing who became synonymous of technical excellence. In 2017 it has been established the advanced R&D facility Goldwin Tech Lab in Toyama, to strengthen and promote the group technological innovation capacity, from planning and development to sales. In 2018 the

eponymous Goldwin has made a new start: with the extensive experience of developing high tech and performance ski wear, it started then to create a full outdoor, lifestyle and athletic collections, merging the most advanced manufacturing technologies with the Japanese clean and minimal design, attention to detail and uncompromising performance. Its collections integrate technical design with everyday lifestyle, fabrics are functional enough to withstand extreme climates but stylish enough to be wear around the city. Targeting athletes, weekend warriors and city dwellers. Goldwin has always remained highly progressive with its commitment to developing innovative fabrics and dedication to sports, truly dedicated to making the best technical garments possible with the most advanced manufacturing technologies available today, but understanding how to apply it to lifestyle collections, in the clean, minimalist Japanese design aesthetic, that really offers a unique point of view.

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Goldwin x Gore-Tex For the new fall/winter collection, Goldwin has teamed up with Gore-Tex to realize high-performance products designed for the mountains and to withstand the harshest climates. Gore-Tex has always been one of Goldwin's top choices: the Goldwin R&D and design departments every season select several Gore-Tex membrane, developed with cutting-edge technologies that offers next-level durably waterproofness, windproofness and breathability. Gore-Tex is constantly improving its fabric technology in response to feedback from mountain experts and outdoor visionaries operating in extreme and unpredictable conditions around the globe. Outdoor professionals and extreme athletes look to Gore-Tex products to provide durability and weather protection regardless of the conditions. By pushing themselves and their equipment to the limits, their ongoing field tests help fuel the continuous development and evolution of waterproof, breathable and durable fabric technology. For the new winter season Goldwin has launched three new apparel series based on the latest Gore-Tex fabric technology: the rugged and durable Gore-Tex Pro shell jacket and bib, the lightweight, agile Gore-Tex Fly Air jacket and pullover and the Gore-Tex Infinium Down Parka, a new high-loft down jacket. All series are developed to optimize performance in extreme winter outdoor environments and provide the most durable, no-compromise long-lasting protection with a range of evolved technologies.

Gore-Tex Pro Jacket Made with new Gore-Tex Pro Most Rugged technology that offers a highest levels of durability, this jacket combines excellent waterproofing, durability and moisture-permeability. With its 40-denier thickness, this

3-layer laminate hardshell jacket provides solid security in rain, wind and snow and will withstand snags and scratches from rocks and ice tools while climbing in challenging winter conditions in the mountains. A further highlight is the innovative AiryString front zipper. The teeth of zipper are directly sewn to the fabric without zipper tape, which causes significantly less friction and makes the action smoother than conventional waterproof zippers. Moreover, the zipper’s inner double flap construction keeps rainwater out. The length is cut slightly longer and has an integrated snow skirt. The hood is sized for helmet compatibility. Finally, the jacket’s three dimensional pattern provides room at arms and shoulders to allow a wider range of motion.

Gore-Tex Pro Bib These bib pants are constructed with 3-layer Gore-Tex Pro Most Rugged technology. With their 40-denier material, these solid pants are designed for ice climbing and mountaineering in harsh winter mountain environments. At the chest pockets and upper back, mesh panels effectively reduce excess humidity. The gusseted crotch allows a wider range of motion for stress-free movement. Additionally, the front zipper has a double-slider that opens from both top and bottom. With a Velcro-adjust waist and inner cuffs at the leg end hem to prevent snow ingress or the fabric from riding up over the boots.

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Gore-Tex Fly Air Pullover A pullover that has a 3D pattern that allows a wider range of motion at the torso and sleeves to ensure mobility for the arms and shoulders. This anorak-styled pullover jacket made with a 3-layer Gore-Tex laminate offers advanced lightweight mobility for harsh winter mountain environments, including 3000m summits. Long side zippers that run from the cuff to the hem enable an easy on and off. In addition, they allow direct access to the inner zipper pocket via the underarms. This can also provide extra ventilation if needed, while two tabs at each side prevent fabric flapping. The angled, front offset zipper is designed to minimize interference, and the attachment loops at the hem prevents the hem from riding up during intense activities, such as ice climbing.

Gore-Tex Fly Air Jacket Lightweight functionality meets aesthetic Japanese design in this lightweight, functional shell jacket made with durable and lightweight 30-denier Gore-Tex. Three-dimensional patterning gives increased mobility at arms and shoulders to ensure a perfect fit for serious winter mountain climbing. There are clever details, such as attachment loops at the hem that prevent the hem from sliding up and a high, protective storm collar for increased heat-retention at the neck. In addition, this jacket has velcro inside the front flap to enhance waterproofing, allow easier opening and closing, and promote better airflow. The flaps either side at the front have two inner zippers, one for an access to a chest pocket, and the other for an access to a midlayer or for further ventilation. Bearing Goldwin’s distinctive ski track spur line design, this jacket comes in smoky colorways inspired by the Japan’s weather seasons.

Gore-Tex Infinium Down Parka It offers excellent heat-retention capability compatible to an extended belay in harsh winter climate. The shell material seals out wind while venting moisture, and offers an excellent windproof. Down-tube style inner flap is located inside the double-flap front and around the neck to minimize cold spots. Sleeves have 3 dimensional construction to increase mobility and cuffs come with neoprene + zipper for a better fit. Inner chest pocket with stretch mesh material is ideal for storing goggles, wet inner gloves, and drink bottles. Sleeves have D-hook that can conveniently attach gloves.

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ges in the sector today? What will be the future challenges to focus on? The main challenges today are due to the changes brought about by the crisis due to Covid19: it is essential for a company not to lag behind and to adapt to the needs of consumers, which have changed abruptly since the beginning of the pandemic. For example, there is greater attention to environmental sustainability, to the origin of raw materials and to Made in Italy products: our challenge is to satisfy the needs of all outdoor sports enthusiasts, offering them the best possible quality respecting the environment and the society.

Cober Since 1953 The Italian scene in 1953 saw many small artisans producing the individual components of poles. Mindful of youthful experiences, when, in order to have ski poles people needed to work with what they had, like pieces of wood, Renato Covini decided to give life to the first real ski pole factory in Italy. Over the years these poles have evolved rapidly: Cober has been the first company to introduce one of the most important innovations, quickly passing from the steel tube to the aluminum tube with the possibility of having many diffe-

rent colorways. From poles to bindings, from tennis rackets, to forks and bicycle frames. Always using cutting-edge materials. How important is the research and development process when approaching new sports universes? The R&D process has always been the basis of Cober's daily work, as well as the core in approaching different types of sports. The personal curiosity of Renato Covini and the continuous research carried out in the company have led, in the past as today, that inspiration that drives us to look for different raw materials and cutting-edge machinery, which allow a constant evolution of the product. In the 90s, Cober decided to focus and specialize in the winter sports sector. What are the main challen-

There’s a lot of talk about sustainability nowadays. But for years Cober has been committed to choosing materials and machinery that respect not only the environment, but also the operators who are in contact with it on a daily basis. What has been done over the years regarding the topic? Respect for the environment has always been an integral part of Cober's values: the sustainability path carried out in recent decades concerns various production processes, including powder coating, solvent-free UV screen printing and molding of second-life plastic components. In addition, all raw materials are subjected to strict toxicity tests. The choices made so far in the field of raw materials reduce the daily exposure of our staff to almost zero risks. These premises led Cober to seek circularity within its production, and to transform its production waste into a finished product: grips are created thanks to the use of recycled plastic, the first step of the Leaves Project, presented in January 2020. This project aims to replace plastic components, now molded with virgin plastic, with an in-house developed second-life plastic formula. The plastic molding department has specifically studied a way to reinsert

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part of the production waste into the production cycle, creating an internal circular economy. The waste material that cannot be reinserted into the Cober production cycle is reintroduced into the production cycle of other companies. Still talking about sustainability, what will be the next challenges to face both in terms of production, compensation and fair treatment of all workers involved? Talking about production, our short-term goal is to achieve full internal circularity. Having all stages of production in Italy, we guarantee high standards of welfare to all our collaborators. We have managed, despite the difficulties brought about by the pandemic, to safeguard salaries and jobs. In the future we want to go on following the path of circularity and sustainability,

we expect to be able to compensate for the commitment shown by everyone in these delicate months. Is it really possible to have performing products that are at the same time respectful of the environment? Is there a balance between profit and sustainability? Of course there is. Maximum attention must be paid to the choice of raw materials and production processes. It is essential to take care of every process from A to Z: for us this modus operandi is facilitated by a completely internal production cycle. Our products are designed as a support to outdoor sports enthusiasts, with total respect for both the environment in which it is produced and the people who produce it. There’s more: even the choice of energy used in the production, preferring energy from renewable sour-

ces, can have a strong impact on the environment. You’ve recently had a rebranding that focus on a strongly contemporary design, who will your consumer be in the near future? The consumer will be a lover of all aspects of the mountains, curious and passionate about different types of sports and disciplines in contact with nature, in which immersing to disconnect from the daily routine of work. Surely this consumer will also be attentive to consumption and sustainability. What are Cober’s future goals? Our goal is to become the Italian company in the outdoor world characterized by a green turn: this involves, both in terms of technologies and products, constant research when coming to innovation and sustainability.

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Colmar Generation Innovation Stefano Colombo Stefano Colombo, that, in addition to loving the mountains, is a great lover of music (he plays the guitar very well), of food (he is embarking on an entrepreneurial adventure in the field of catering) and of politics, is the fourth generation leading one of the most solid and authoritative Italian companies in the ski wear sector: Colmar. Here's how the family business faces new challenges.

Driving the sales and marketing of the family business is no small task, but if you are a millennial guy with clear ideas and sound principles, you can guide a solid and traditional reality through the needs of an infinitely more complex and articulated company than as it has been for the past 100 years. Stefano Colombo, born in 1985, is Sales and Marketing Director of Colmar, the company founded by his great-grandfather in 1923 and that, in the collective imagination, is one of the most authoritative Italian brands in terms of ski clothing. Colmar, acronym of the founder name Mario Colombo, initially produced work suits made with a hyper-resistant material, suitable for the working life: the rest arrived after the war, when Italians who began going to the mountains to ski, for lack of anything else, started using Colmar’s products.

“From a historic point of view, approaching the mountains has been a matter of opportunity and differentiation of our business, but from then on it became a great passion. Colmar has been among the first to approach that world and we will never abandon it, because it is part of our essence. I was born a few years later and have always lived in this world: so if you ask me what my relationship with the mountains and with the snow is, I can only answer that I don't even know what my "non-relationship" is, the mountain for me is something innate. Last year I particularly suffered from not being able to ski: when, last weekend, I went back to the slopes, I thought I might be a bit bewildered by the situation, but it was as if a single day hadn't passed. Probably because it's something deeply rooted in myself: being there, on top of the track, just makes me feel good.”

When did you really realize what it was like to be part of the Colombo family? I was 25 when I started working in the company. Before that, it has never been something we discussed much within the family, neither from the point of view of pressures, nor expectations, at least from the people close to me. I experienced those expectations more when I started working: I had a very particular entry process in which I entered a context, completely new to me, where it seemed to me that I did not have the right to ask questions, but that I had to immediately give some answers. What have you brought to the company? Surely a different generational mentality, which I try every day to make credible and applicable, also with respect to previous dynamics. I am younger than the average of the

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people in the company who, when I joined, still relied a lot on the strong personalities of my grandfather and his brother. It was a very patriarchal, hierarchical and family organization: a type of approach that deprived the whole environment of responsibility. What I have tried to bring instead is the empowerment of each role, and the possibility for everyone to carry out ideas or projects. What teachings did your father and grandfather give you? Example and reputation: the company in recent years has always acted in a transparent, clean and correct way, both in the market and in relations with people. For me this is a fundamental heritage of Colmar, that I try to follow in every gesture or decision. In 2023 you will reach an important milestone: the centenary… If everything goes as planned, and despite the difficulties of the last period of time, we will celebrate with some nice projects: we will not reach this milestone as a brand that has dragged on for 100 years, but as an entrepreneurial family whose history is intertwined with the one of its own country. From the Second World War to the health emergency due to Covid, we have gone through many moments: crises, reboots, strong geopolitical changes, but the common thread has always been 100% family governance. As a brand that has its roots in the mountain environment, which is now in danger, what actions have you taken to protect it? One of the most important focuses for us is sustainability: we are in a moment of transition that we will carry on for the next decades. This means that you cannot change overnight, because structural interventions are needed. What we are doing today in terms of sustainability, which is a rich and complex territory, is not reduced to the use of recycled fibers, it

would be an understatement. We are working to have a supply chain certified as much as possible, therefore using both transparent materials and methods of operating, respecting the environment but also the people employed. Within Colmar Originals, our lifestyle line launched in 2009, we are investing heavily in The Recycled Essential line, which uses recycled and biodegradable fibers in all the components of the garments, from the logo to the zippers. The goal is to realize garments that can have a truly circular life cycle: because otherwise it is something of an end in itself, instead the steps to be taken are many and all consequential. The problem, however, is that companies follow the market, and the demand of the individual

consumer is not yet so high, but if we are all more involved and empowered, both from the production and consumption side, then a virtuous circle will start. We cannot expect to become zero impact overnight, but we can take steps that allow us to reduce the impact we have on our existence.

One of the most important focuses for us is sustainability: we are in a moment of transition that we will carry on for the next decades.

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Dynafit International Press Camp BY DAV I D E F I O R AS O

trip down the memory lane lights up my day. It always happens like this, every time I start walking along the orchards of Val Venosta. Sufjan Stevens throws me into a landscape I know too well: Naturno and Val Senales, Trafoi and the Stelvio Pass. I have been traveling to these mountains for at least 20 years. But this time it's different. The Highway 38 leaves me in Gomagoi. There will no longer be the 48 hairpins on the South Tyrolean side, there will no longer be a view of Tibet. I will follow the sign "Sulden" which stands out in large letters beyond the Austrian fort, which many times had inspired a detour of the route. Solda is located in the heart of the Stelvio National Park, at 1840 meters above sea level, in a setting of austere beauty, at the foot of some of the most majestic peaks of the Eastern Alps: Ortles, Gran Zebrù, Cevedale. 400 souls and a long tourist tradition dating back to the dawn of winter sports. But the snow season, for the moment, is still far away. We’re here today because of the Dynafit International Press Camp and the opportunity, immediately took, to run the final stage of the 16th Transalpine Run, of which the brand is partner and title sponsor until 2024. A unique race, one of the most spectacular events in the Alps. 285 teams from 40 different nations. 236km and 13,400m of positive height difference through Austria, Switzerland and Italy. Seven exciting stages, each with its own story.

our products firsthand”. While I listen to his welcome speech, I can't help but imagine him in his second role, the one of an intense athletic mountaineer and extreme skier. He has made the Alps his playground, speed and endurance his way of experiencing the mountains. As a ski mountaineer he has participated in all the great classics (Adamello Ski Raid, Patrouille des Glaciers, Pierra Menta, Tour du Rutor, Mezzalama) and set records on the highest peaks in the world: Gasherbrum II, Manaslu, Broad Peak, Muztagata. In sport, as well as in working life, he meticulously plans the goals to achieve with passion and intransigence. It is no coincidence that Benedikt reflects everything that Dynafit is today. A brand that creates its products based on performance and competition, from mountain athletes to mountain athletes. Lightweight, speed and technology are parameters that the brand has internalized and that characterize every process and every product. Because this is the only way to reach the highest level of performance. While awaiting the opening of the new headquarters in Kiefersfelden, strategically located between Salzburg, Innsbruck and Munich, Dynafit is realizing its transformation from product supplier to system provider capable of supplying complete kits focused on specific categories. A phase that has already begun in the ski mountaineering collection and that in trail running finds its expression in the 22/23 lines: DNA (with a strong racing vocation), Sky (for uphill performance), Alpine (for training) and Ultra (where comfort is enhanced).

Benedikt Böhm, Dynafit General Manager, welcomes us: “It is a pleasure to finally have you here, in person, and to give you the opportunity to touch

A new day comes and it’s the time to lace up the shoes and enjoy our stage of Transalpine Run. The doors of the van open in Slingia, one of the smallest villages in the municipality of Malles, in Upper Venosta. From here we will go up to the Sesvenna Refuge to reach the competitors who will arrive from the Swiss Engadine and launch ourselves towards the finish line in Prato allo Stelvio. I run the first km with Hannes Namberger, a guy who has won this race in 2018. Between June and August, he reached the finish line scoring a record (12:02:12h) at the Lavaredo Ultra Trail and obtained an excellent 6th place at UTMB , behind the impregnable French quintet led by Francois d’Haene. Now he just needs a full recovery. “LUT has been my best performance ever, a race in which everything went well. UTMB on the other hand drained me physically. The level is super high, you have to be in a good day, give everything you have all times. If you want to make a result, you can not allow yourself smudges. After Grossglocker Trail I realized I was overloading a little too much. Now I need the right time to recover”. In Schliniger starts the climb, we’ll see each other again a few hours later. I widen my eyes, get my legs back in motion and go to enjoy route 8 that cuts the alpine meadows at high altitude offering a spectacular view of the western Rhaetian Alps. A single track that takes your breath away, one that you would like to run on endlessly. I leave behind Laudes, Glorenza, the castle of Montechiaro, be-

fore finding myself with my feet soaked in cold water and a slice of pizza in my hand. I have some healthy envy towards those who have been able to enjoy these landscapes for seven consecutive days. It is like living a daydream where tiredness and fatigue take a back seat in the face of so much beauty. In short, the message is clear. In September 2022 I will have to carve out a space on my calendar. In the meantime, I find Benedikt again and we have time to sit down to talk a little more. “I’m going to be honest. Being a partner of Transalpine Run is a dream come true. We are an international brand, but we were born in the Alps, the most beautiful mountain range I have ever seen in all my travels. We like these long competitions that combine different places, languages, cultures and foods". In 2019, with a crossing from Ruhpolding (Germany) to Kasern (South Tyrol), Benedikt experienced something similar in a ski touring mode. 210km and 10,500 meters of elevation gain covered without stopping in less than 29 hours. Today his dream is also this: a winter version of Transalpine Run.

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And we are alone on the glacier. BY CHIARA GUGLIELMINA

t’s 7:30 am and we are already walking on snow. It’s not that early for the mountain biological clock, it is early for me on this autumn morning. Not only because, from the first sound of the alarm to the first step on the glacier, hours have passed by, that doesn't mind me that much (generally). It is due to a strange tiredness, an affliction of the body. It is 7:30 am and today we are alone on Monte Rosa. Michele, with his firm tone and authoritative behavior, becomes a silently voted leader in every situation. The air is not cold, at 7:30 am, at 3260 meters high. The snow, albeit in the shade, is not frozen. But just compact on the surface. Walking behind the Mountain Guides I learned to keep up, not to complain and not to ask too many questions, just the necessary ones. Asking to stop for a drink, for example, is not recommended. Don't get me wrong though: you do get some breaks (when they say so). However, it should be noted, to excuse them, that I am not here as a customer, they usually give customers two sips of water, and also a piece of chocolate, perhaps even the good one, the milky one, the one wrapped in that ball shaped red paper. No, I'm here to clean up the glacier and take some pictures. So be it: I just follow orders. I have always had a bizarre fetish for discipline, an unhealthy idolatry towards the sense of duty. I'm not going to tell you how my parents educated me or to explain why and how: it's 7:30 am and we have a glacier to clean up. In addition to Michele and I, there are Fabio and Nicola which is the youngest guy. Nik doesn’t

stop talking even for a second, my God. I really like him. Ice seams like the result of a programming error or an unsuccessful experiment. You know as they say, right? “These mountaineers are very silent” they say. Not Nik. He speaks. And thank God, because it's 7:30 am and we have a glacier to clean up. Initially I choose to follow Nik, if he talks, I can stay silent, I think, saving my breath and concentrating on the photos to take. Then he is also the shortest one, together with me, so he will take shorter steps I imagine. Wrong. He goes around like a crazy chamois, the young Nik. A little above Punta Indren, towards the 4046 meters of Punta Giordani, we advance on the remains of an almost extinct glacier where there’s still a thin crevassed vein. Just a little higher, above the still existing seracs, the Vincent Pyramid makes sure we don't do anything stupid while we’re here alone at 7:30 am. We don't walk much, to tell the truth we walk very little, before stumbling upon the first remains of a buried memory. Steel cables, testimony of a flourishing past, are now trapped in the little frost left. Iron skeletons half emerged, half stuck in the now naked chasms of crevasses, on this autumn morning. Long story short, guys, I'm chasing Nik as he runs here and there, armed with a hose to saw through that semi-emerged scrap metal. I think I’ve already mentioned that it’s 7:30 am so you will understand me, if I almost become bling to shoot what he’s doing. With a wide angle lens, a questionable choice, my hand is ten centimeters apart from that cutting device. And my eyes are 30cm apart from hot sparks.

For us, the act of cleaning is a way of saying thanks to what the glacier has given us in the past. Bringing it back to its natural state, intact and not at all anthropized, means returning to let it breathe. Return oxygen to it. Exhuming what has been buried for decades is a way to ensure that there is no trace of something that today, alas, is nothing more than half-frozen rusty scrap metal.

"In this area I had one of my worst fall, so cool” says Nik with the same nonchalance of someone who almost has fun, falling into crevasses. It is probably just as normal for them as it is for me to spread butter on bread in the morning. The enthusiasm is also the same. “Grandma, in that dairy I found one of the fattest butter in Valsesia, it was epic grandma!” That’s how Nik speaks. With that happiness of living that should be fairly distributed by law, especially at 7:30 am when I didn't had the time to eat bread and butter. And while sawing the thicker cables, I mostly pay attention to where I put my feet, at least in that holey line where Nik (how cool) had one of its worst fall. I’m freaking out, to be honest, even if I would never admit it to the Mountain Guides. I would sound like a loser. So it’s useless to tell it to the Mountain Guides. There are four of them today, all from Alagna, but the project we are carrying out has a long history. The Monterosa Pulito operation was born in 2002 with the historical association of the Alagna Guides which, in collaboration with the association of the resorts, the true partners of the initiative, decided to commit to ensuring that only what is needed remains in the mountains. Which, in the end, is the mere mountain, precisely. "The administrator at the time was a crazy cool guy" says Michele while with his ice ax he hits the thin glass blanket that holds other remains. “He has made a fundamental contribution to the project” he adds, continuing to hit. “Shit, this is stuck guys. We will have to go back." He concludes by pulling himself up like an old man. I love Michele. Seeing him so active, despite a broken back from a life lived up here, where everything weighs more, excites me. Almost like when Nik tells about his falls in the crevasses or my grandma brings me the good butter, the nice fat one tending to a yellowy color. In 2003, after an hot summer, the project grew. The idea, in twenty years now, has always been

the same: to keep clean. Like when your mother as a child tells you not to play with all your Legos because you will have to tidy up everything afterwards. And then you lose the pieces around, etc. Same logic. The Indren glacier, eaten away in just thirty years and melted like an ice cream cone in the middle of August, was an important tourist resource, with skiing practiced in both winter and summer. In 1997 it closed its doors. From then on, the surviving ice melted like my butter on bread, and the iron carcasses of the ski lifts remained to support nothing, helpless witnesses of the end of an era. For us, the act of cleaning is a way of saying thanks to what the glacier has given us in the past. Bringing it back to its natural state, intact and not at all anthropized, means returning to let it breathe. Return oxygen to it. Exhuming what has been buried for decades is a way to ensure that there is no trace of something that today, alas, is nothing more than half-frozen rusty scrap metal. Before this autumn morning, the charity Cuore Attivo Monterosa (very sensitive to the issue) organized other cleaning days that allowed us to collect tons of waste that, today, we will combine with the rest and remove from up here. Old boots, pieces of skis, fragments of poles and wooden beams trapped between rock and ice. It’s difficult and wrong to identify with eras so dissimilar to our own, I prefer to make understanding prevail over judgment. Now it’s 10:30 am, and that compact veil of 7:30 am is already a tangle of rivulets. A blanket of slow but incessant tears. It is already dead. We have collected what we could and while we wait for the helicopter to come and collect the heaviest waste, I eat a slice of bread with butter that I stuffed in my pocket, in the dark before dawn. And while I gulp down the first few fats, while Nik doesn't stop talking, the ice doesn't stop melting. My God.

The Remains of the Day BY M A R TA M A N ZO N I

Jaume Peiró Jaume started climbing with his parents and at 15 he took part in his first competitions: he used to train from Monday to Friday while on weekends he was always at the crag. Then he flew to Spain and North Africa (Taguia and Oukaimeden), and spent a lot of time fantasizing about new adventures, trad routes around the world and a lifestyle far from the standard one, even if still now he doesn't have much clear what exactly he wants.

Álex González As a child Álex played many sports: football, basketball, field hockey, judo. One day, by chance, he tried climbing, and in an instant he realized that he had found his life passion. At the age of ten, he began attending a climbing gym and at 14 he traveled for the first time to Chamonix. A year later he was in Yosemite, where he climbed The Nose on El Cap and the Regular Northwest Face, Half Dome. Then he climbed in Jordan, the North Tower of Torres del Paine in Patagonia, and in Morocco. And again Bugaboos, British Columbia, and Squamish, on the Canadian coast of the Pacific Ocean. He also reached the summit of Mont Blanc and Matterhorn.

Álex e Jaume When Álex and Jaume met, they almost immediately decided to go a holiday together in Malta: they met at the airport and immediately got along together. Then they became life partners in every aspects: they traveled to the Alps, Mexico, Peru and Spain. They climbed the crest of Peuterey, on the Mont Blanc and open Big Fighter, a new route in Rurec, Peru, which they dedicated to Jaume's brother and to all the children who fight against cancer every day.

More than a specific route, it is a route that we would like to discover together. The project we have in common is to keep traveling the world trying to leave a trace of our passage on each expedition.

Jaume, Álex, what does climbing mean to you? It is one of the strongest points of union of our relationship: it has always been the passion of both of us since before we met and the fact that your romantic partner is also your climbing partner is super, also because it is not easy to find someone with whom getting along. We spend a lot of time together, and on the wall we understand each other immediately.

You’re supporting the LGBTQ+ community and you would like to make homosexuality in sport visible. The world of mountaineering and climbing is closely linked to performance and macho values. How do you live it? Have you ever felt discriminated? We try to "educate" about homosexuality also through our social networks, by talking about it and posting photos together, without any fear of what people think. We highlight expressions and idioms that we believe are offensive. We try to break the prejudices that exist in some sports activities.

What is the route that you would absolutely like to climb together? More than a specific route, it is a route that we would like to discover together. The project we have in common is to keep traveling the world trying to leave a trace of our passage on each expedition.

What progress has been done with LGBTQ+ rights? There is still a long way to go in all countries of the world, without exception: there’s no place where the same rights are guaranteed, and a heterosexual couple is not seen in the same way as a homosexual couple. In Spain, recently, there have been some assaults and even murders of gay people. There are still many steps to be taken, the path is long. There will be equality only when legal equality will be guaranteed and when one does not have to claim to be gay, because it will be exactly like being straight. But I don't think we would still be alive when this time will come.

Did it ever happen to see that more importance is given to the fact that you are a gay couple than to your sporting achievements? Yes, several times. We would like that the media of the outdoor world would to talk more about our sports experiences, but in addition to climbing we are committed to the LGBTQ+ movement in the mountains and in general, and all the visibility that is given to this community is good thing.

What is your favorite Ferrino product and why? Ferrino is a reliable company, we know we can count on its high quality equipment, which helped us achieving our goals during many adventures. Perhaps between all its products, the one that impressed us the most is the Duvet 1400 sleeping bag.

aks present in this area in 24 hours. Next winter we would like to fly to Punta Arenas, and spend two months in Patagonia to spend about a month in Torres del Paine and a month in El Chaltén, with the aim of reaching the summit of Torre Central del Paine and of the Fitz Roy. In the a long term we have several trips around the world in mind and, of course, we will continue with activism to give visibility to the LGBTQ+ community.

What do you do when you’re not climbing? The truth is, we don't have a routine, every day is different, and we really like that! We are an excellent team, we complete each other well and, depending on the day, each of us carries out a specific task. In our days off, we enjoy spending time with family and friends, watching tv series, going for walks, going out for dinner and going to the movies.

We highlight expressions and idioms that we believe are offensive. We try to break the prejudices that exist in some sports activities.

What are your medium and longterm projects? We would like to complete the Pedriza 24/24 project, which consists of climbing the 24 pe-

Himalaya-proof BY I L A R I A C H I AVAC C I

The North Face launched a kit of products that promises to be revolutionary for the mountaineering world, word of the man who helped to design and test it, the king of the Matterhorn Hervé Barmasse.

Redefine the contours of what is considered possible: mountaineering faces the deformation of reality as we know it and it is able to reverse the perception of what is or is not feasible. The credit goes to mountain giants such as Hervé Barmasse, but also to those who invest in research and development to design increasingly cutting-edge products. With Advanced Mountain Kit, The North Face has created the most sophisticated kit of mountaineering products in the world: five layered technologies that maximize performance while reducing weight. For three years, the designers of the brand worked side by side with their team of athletes to arrive at the definition of this equipment: the goal was to create a synergy between the layers, able to guarantee waterproofness, warmth and, at the same time, fluidity and freedom of movement even at the most extreme altitudes.

Hervé Barmasse is a mountaineer, mountain guide, director, producer and athlete of The North Face global team and the man who contributed to the conception and testing phase of the Advanced Mountain Kit together with other incredible athletes: David Göttler and Andres Marin. Also part of the team were Hansjörg Auer, David Lama and Jess Roskelley, hit by an avalanche on Howse Peak on the Canadian Rocky Mountains. “The team was made up of six people with the aim of creating something that did not exist, something that was a dream for us: our imagination as mountaineers pushed us to want a lighter, warmer and more performing type of equipment. The North Face made itself available to make our dream come true knowing that what we would help create would give anyone the opportunity to improve their performance in the mountains.”

Those with an immense ego believe that nature can be bent to the will of man, but that’s not true. Having more and more examples of this kind, the more we will continue to leave the mountain dirty without asking ourselves what and how much damage we are really doing. How does Advanced Mountain Kit make the difference in terms of performance? In the history of mountaineering there are products that have completely revolutionized the way of going to the mountains: think about the carabiner, for example, or crampons or Vibram soles. AMK represents an equally epochal turning point because it is warmer than the clothes usually used in the Himalayas, but much more manageable in terms of weight and fit: beyond the style of climbing, this represents a real turning point.

route on a eight-thousander, clearly in alpine style, which means in a clean way, without porters, without oxygen, without pre-set up camps and without fixed ropes, which are all elements that dirty the route. For what is my vision, either I climb on a summit with my strength and my abilities and leave it clean after, or I prefer not to climb it. The only way to leave no trace of your passage is to carry up and down all the equipment you need to climb. Unfortunately, today 99,9% of mountaineers who climb 8000m peaks do not have this same vision. Those with an immense ego believe that nature can be bent to the will of man, but that’s not true. Having more and more examples of this kind, the more we will continue to leave the mountain dirty without asking ourselves what and how much damage we are really doing.

What did you discuss the most about with the design team? I am obsessed with weight, and constantly asked to reduce it. In the mountaineering world people say that, while you are climbing, 100 grams weigh on your shoulders as much as a kilo: being able to save it makes a huge difference, especially in extreme situations such as in the Himalayas.

Messner, the king of all eight-thousanders, appointed you as his heir... I’ve climbed an eight-thousander only once. But he has always gone beyond the achievement of a goal in itself, so much so that at the time I had not yet climbed any. For Messner it was important how mountaineering is done, and that can be done both in the Himalayas and in the Alps: for him the concept of approaching the mountains, the search for new goals, was crucial. The best mountaineer today is not the one who face an epic challenge, but the one who respects the environment. A peak is not judged by its height, but by the emotions it leaves you.

Has the right equipment ever saved your life? It surely happened, in the mountains you often come in contact with death without realizing it. In 2017 I climbed the south face of Shisha Pangma with David Göttler, the forecasts gave us a 24 hours window of good weather: we climbed it in 13 in pure alpine style, therefore without high altitude porters, without fixed ropes or cylinders of oxygen. It seemed incredible to us and that result was also achieved thanks to the equipment, which at the time also included the Ventrix jacket.

Mountain guide, director, writer, mountaineer. In which of these roles do you recognize yourself the most? I’m just a mountain guy.

Next challenge? I'll reveal it on December 25th. Speaking about very high altitude, I'd like to open a new

Moncler Grenoble High Performance BY CHIARA GUGLIELMINA M O D E LS L I N DA E N Z I O & A N D R E A M AT TAS O G L I O LO CAT I O N C E RV I N I A

It looks like that the Moncler Grenoble High Performance collection is their most technically elaborate line: testing it with two professionals, in one of the most famous locations in the Alps, seemed a duty to us. At more than 3500 meters high, on Plateau Rosà, on the two tongues of beaten snow between the crevasses and the seracs of the glacier, we try out visionary materials with two instructors: Andrea for skiing, Linda for snowboarding. The day is cold and the wind blows hard, ideal conditions for a demanding test. Last week, three heavy boxes arrived at home, one of which was tall and narrow. Crazy-level garments invaded my little studio. In the distance I feel my worn socks, conquered at some village fair, suffer the incomparable comparison. Out of respect for them and the brand I admire, I took them off. I found myself barefoot, on a furry carpet and with a knife as a weapon to open the boxed packages, rummaging through jackets, pants, helmets, goggles and skis. I haven't skied since before the pandemic. The last time I was in Alagna, engaged in a daring reverse snowplow, bent over to maneuver the skis of a four-year-old girl. I didn't know it was going to be my last ski day. Nobody knew.

I've been reading a lot lately about Moncler garments. They are not the first products I shoot and I don’t shoot what I do not know. I’ve read that the Moncler Grenoble line was launched in 2010 in the Big Apple, with the declared desire to create high-performance products for the mountains. I also know something about Sandro Mandrino, the visionary Italian designer who in an interview revealed the key elements of the collection: technicality, comfort and lightweight. A combination of attention to performance and style transformed my studio into a classy atelier for an afternoon. Mandrino is the right designer in the right place: his technical background made him the perfect interpreter of the DNA of the brand with a high tradition and sporting attitude. I carefully placed each garment on the red armchair in the corner, near the window. Like Linda and Andrea, I also teach skiing on winter weekends, that’s why it was impossible for me not to notice

I dipped my hands into the boxes carefully, letting the fabrics slip through my fingers as if they were crystal. Instead, I perceived its robustness.

the products’ design and functionality. But what stroke me the most is the fashion audacity that distinguishes them from any other Alpine garment. I treated them with involuntary reverence. I couldn't resist the temptation and put on the women's jacket, the black Laplance that it immediately made me feel proud to be a skier. I prepared the clothes for the shooting, loaded the car and set the alarm at five am, Cervinia is close but also far.

I reach them as we grab the anchor taken hundreds of times, the one that leads to the top. I climb in front of them to steal the first shots. The oversized proportions of the 3-layer Gore-Tex on Andrea's outerwear detach from the silhouette of His Majesty the Matterhorn, while the white worn by Linda seems to blend in with the environment. Once on the track we have fun, the collection withstands the cold well, the muscles returning from the lethargy of the pandemic feel less well. After a while, the camera lens is drenched with splashes. I forgot the cloth in my backpack at the bottom of the track, but Andrea finds one in one of the pockets of the Marnaz. On the sleeve we also see the Recco reflector. Every detail has been meticulously studied for the needs of the skier.

The day is cold and the wind blows hard. I take off the gloves to open the backpack and give the jackets to the guys. Andrea gets the cobalt blue Marnaz, Linda, on the other hand, not having the good fortune to test the Pallenc, feels more comfortable with the Montgirod for snowboarding. While with frozen hands I slow down my preparation, the guys move away towards the lifts. From behind the view is perfect, I see them skiing together towards the small Matterhorn. In a context like this, the pioneering inspiration is evident. The unmistakable Moncler imprint stands out in the profiles of the two guys, the slim silhouettes disappear in the wind protected by the Gore-Tex membrane.

Later the sky opens up and we undress. We change outfits and enjoy a break in the sun. Linda wears a cardigan, and Andrea the Montgirod over a warm turtleneck. Moncler amazes me once again, I have to be honest. A collection that, like any self-respecting skier, seeks visionary lines. Clothing that dares. For those who dare.

Discovering Alpi Apuane ITW DENIS PICCOLO PHOTOS FEDERICO ROMANELLO

Between one ride and the other, without any terrain limits, Federico is a photographer and videomaker in the outdoor and board sports sector. He applies all his knowledge in the field to take care of the communication of the Italian Skateboard Federation, from shooting to managing social media: in this way he can continue to do what he loves most, traveling, taking pictures, experiencing the outdoors and board sports. Instead Sara Caulfield takes no break. She has been traveling all her life, jumping from metropolis to remote islands. Born in Rome, she studied in Tokyo and explored many areas of Asia, both for passion and for work. She now works in Milan as a content creator, event consultant and travel designer, continuing to travel looking for new adventures to tell her followers.

What are they doing together on the Apuan Alps? Both of them have been collaborating with Vans for a long time, so what better place to test the new Vans Ultrarange Exo Hi Gore-Tex Mte 3, and really get to know each other away from social networks? You both travel a lot, mostly to amazing places. What is the place that you’ll always keep in your heart? Federico. Of all the places I visited, the one I loved the most of is definitely Japan: it is the only place I visited for three years in a row, each time staying there a couple of months. During the first trip I joined a local freeriding crew and Hokkaido became my second home. Two of the guys even came to visit me in Tuscany! Also, even if I haven't been to Japan for a few years, I know that there is always someone there waiting for me with open arms. Then snow is incredible both in quality and quantity, you can't help but love Hokkaido! Sara. I like to visit alternative and particular places, where few people go and there is a lot to discover. A trip that has remained in my heart was the one in Georgia: during my stay in the country I went on a four-

day trek sleeping in the Georgians' house surrounded by breathtaking mountains. Another magical place is Svalbard, a Norwegian archipelago rich in islets. I went there in May, a month that allowed me to savor the feeling you get when there is the famous midnight sun. Fede, in what places did you trace the most epic line? I found the best snow in Japan and the most technical descents in Alaska, but the most epic curve was this year in the mountains close to my home. The most epic line, on the other hand, was the one I traced in Noosa, Australia. Sara, what does it mean to be a hardcore traveler? I jokingly define myself as a hardcore traveler because I literally travel with a hardcore mood: very tight deadlines, many kilometers, early wake up calls. In my travels I don't do coffee breaks, I'm always on the move and looking for unexplored places: I love to show the people who follow me different and little known places. You both collaborate with Vans, what do you like about its products and philosophy?

Federico. I have been lucky enough to collaborate with them for several years, first on a more continuous basis as a team manager for skateboarding and now as a photographer for some projects related to surfing and the outdoors. I have always loved the brand, both for its heritage and for the style of its products: I come from the hardcore scene and from the 90s skateboarding, and Vans is deeply rooted in that environment. I also really appreciate its philosophy, I see fewer and fewer brands in skateboarding sector supporting national riders and

In my travels I don't do coffee breaks, I'm always on the move and looking for unexplored places: I love to show the people who follow me different and little known places.

Apuan Alps are my home mountains. I learned to know them, I appreciated their beauty and I began to explore them. The sea views are priceless and, unlike the Apennines, the morphology is alpine and the environment is austere.

projects: Vans is still there, supporting local realities and pro skaters. It really gives something back to the scene where it comes from, resulting in a huge added value to the quality of its products. Sara. I have been wearing Vans shoes and clothes for at least 15/20 years and I am very happy to be able to collaborate with them! As a die-hard fan, I always believe in recommending Vans to people, as I did for the UltraRange Exo after trying them. I like that the company is on track with regards to reducing CO2 emissions, also because I’m also trying to do my part by living as much as possible in respect of nature, raising awareness on the subject. Fede, I think we can define the Apuan Alps as one of your home resorts. Is it your first time here Sara? Federico. Apuan Alps are my home mountains. I learned to know them, I appreciated their beauty and I began to explore them. The sea views are priceless and, unlike the Apennines, the morphology is alpine and the environment is austere. But true

love was born last year, thanks to split boarding. I discovered a new dimension: where in Italy can you snowboard and surf in the same day or go down to the powder just a few kilometers from the sea? Sara. I had never been here but I loved the place! The hike has been super challenging and the rock was very exposed but it was worth it because the view is crazy. Here you had the chance to test Vans Ultrarange Exo Hi Gore-Tex Mte 3, what was your feeling? Federico. The first impact with Ultrarange Exo was the aesthetic one: they are really beautiful! They maintain the classic Vans style with a right outdoor and trekking twist. The feeling on the feet is excellent and the thing that struck me most is the grip: I tested them in fairly critical situations and they worked very well. I can't say much about how warm they are because the day wasn't cold, but thanks to PrimaLoft padding everything went well. In addition we all know that Gore-Tex is a guarantee when it come to waterproofness.

Sara. I loved them! Super comfortable and soft, a unique feeling. Although there was mud, wet and slippery sections they performed very well. The grip is crazy, it ensured adherence to the rock making me feel safe all times. Your next adventure? Federico. As I answer these questions I am on my way to take a flight to Peru, it will be a backpacking, trekking and surfing trip. There you can also practice snowboarding but given the difficult organization I prefer to think only about surfing and concentrate on the snow when I’ll come back to Italy. On the other hand, there are many projects for the winter but you will see them on my Instagram profile! Sara. I’ll be visiting Seville shortly, I like the idea of living for a while immersed in an Arabian mood. Shortly afterwards I will fly to Canaries Islands for a collaboration and I will be able to use a car to travel around the island of Gran Canaria, where a lot of trekking awaits me, I can't wait!

When Climate Changes Alpinism Simon Messner BY GIANLUCA GASCA

“Traditional Alpinism” is Simon Messner's movie that tells a mountaineering vision, a way of going to the mountains. Nothing new, it is the story of that way of climbing to the top that characterized the discovery of the mountain. "Traditional alpinism is my way of experiencing mountaineering" he tells us at the premiere held at the Salewa Cube in Bolzano on a sparkling night in late October. While the sky lights up with stars, on screen there’s a journey back in time that accompanies the spectators on Black Tooth and Toshe III, in Karakorum, the two six thousand meters high unclimbed mountains that Messner climbed in the summer of 2019. Alpine style, few equipment in the backpack and a route to be traced on an unknown terrain, never walked by anyone before. This is what traditional alpinism is for the thirty-year-old climber of the Salewa team. "Alpinism has a sporting component, you have to be trained to manage the climbs, but it also brings with it a great cultural background linked to the history of the mountains and the people who live on their slopes. When you go on an expedition you experience all of this in a mix that has the flavor of exploration" especially when you choose to climb untouched peaks, to do something new.

A family matter Traditional alpinism for Simon is a family matter. His father, Reinhold, was one of the greatest promoters of this form of alpinism during his whole career which saw him as a great protagonist in the Himalayas and in Karakorum. Reinhold's first experience at an altitude of eight thousand meters, in 1970 on Nanga Parbat, is the tragic representation of what unknown, exploration, survival mean. Terms that in some way give practical and immediate meaning to the concept of traditional, classic alpinism. And it is around this that the story of an ascent that unites two generations, father and son, unfolds. Different mountains, different goals, but the same passion and the same ambition that drives us to look for a pure line, up there where no one has ever gone.

Times change, conditions change Exploring today tastes different. We have modern, super light and super resistant tools and equipment, which allow, together with the ability of mountaineers, new and surprising exploits. Climate is what complicates everything, that a same climate that is altering due to climate change.

“We must learn to combine our experience with the new conditions due to the changes taking place. It is a very delicate and current issue, on which each of us should reflect because we are all part of it.”

“Maybe we should go to Karakorum in September instead of June or July” says Simon remembering his last exploratory expedition: an attempt to Praqpa Ri, a 7000 meters high unclimbed mountain in the K2 area, that ended up with nothing. “Martin Sieberer and I tried, we did everything we could, but we found some very bad conditions” he explains. “It snowed almost every day and temperatures were always very high. A humid climate, similar to the Nepalese one.” Conditions that have little to do with what summer should look like in the Pakistani Karakorum. Conditions that blocked any attempt to climb to the top for the two climbers. “In the end we didn't manage to go beyond 6000 meters of altitude, difficult to speak of a real attempt. The wet snow made every step difficult, so we preferred to go back.” Conditions are changing and it is a fact now established by every mountaineer. “I had the opportunity to chat with Ralf Dujmovits and with other German alpinists, everyone agrees that the period of time to succeed in these climbs has changed. It is no coincidence that all the expeditions in Karakorum had problems with the conditions, it happens over there as well as here.” Yes, because climate change is a global problem, which affects oceans, seas, plains and mountains. “Many walls in the Solda area have not been repeated for years because there is no ice and the rock is too soft. In Marmolada I saw with my own eyes an increase in stone discharges. Something has always come down, but not like today”. For this reason, mountaineers are modifying their period of action, focusing heavily on the winter season. “With cold and ice, the routes once climbed in the summer today are no longer safe to be climbed.” Ice and low temperatures compact rock, offering a solid and reliable surface where we would find only very dangerous debris in a hot climate. “We must learn to combine our experience with the new conditions due to the changes taking place. It is a very delicate and current issue, on which each of us should reflect because we are all part of it” says Simon. “The question to ask is: how to solve it? We need rules. I am against the rules, but in this case they become fundamental.”

Home Lines

9 days of low environmental impact BY E VA TO S C H I P H OTO S DAV I D M A L AC R I DA

In recent years, either because of Covid, or because of the environmental crisis, some people, who are more sensitive than others to the environment, have started to look for a more sustainable way to experience outdoor sports. We have always assumed that going on an adventure meant leaving for a long journey and going far away from home. But what if, on the other hand, you could experience a sustainable adventure on your home mountains? What are the elements that characterize this experience once the "distance" element is out of the way?

“Home Lines” is the short film written by David Malacrida, produced by Yucca Film and supported by Picture Organic Clothing which tells the story of a group of people who spent 9 days in the French Alps, experiencing a real low environmental impact adventure.

From the idea to the realization In addition to thinking about the project, David took care of the whole organization: from finding the right guys, to involving partners, to planning the creation of content. For him, the adventure began long before the departure and what will remain for him is not just the experience itself, but the whole process either before and after the adventure.

Home Lines The 9-day adventure seen in the movie took place in the Beaufortain (Northern French Alps), along the steep gullies of the Aiguille du Grand Fond Spire and on a natural terrain where freeskiers were able to have fun and fully express their creativity. The chosen spot was perfect for camping, playing in the red-orange hues at sunset and taking part in an unusual experience, bivouacking on site. The group reached this magical place by train, by shuttle but and then on foot, with thirty kilos backpacks on their shoulders. Skis on their feet, after some difficulty in carrying everything they need, they finally reached their home for the following few days. Once there, the temporary, self-sufficient base camp

became home to this diverse group of backcountry enthusiasts with enough food and solar panels to stay off the grid for the duration of the expedition. This utopian backcountry escape to the pristine, snow-capped Beaufortain peaks combined ski performance, uncontrollable laughter and freeze-dried food with every meal. The ruins of an old shepherd's hut became their kitchen, tents became their bedrooms and the open and clear sky became the living room in which to express themselves at their best. The story of the movie also explains in detail what happened behind the scenes, so that those who leave the theater will be able go home with the understanding and motivation necessary to embark on their own adventure.

A talk with David Malacrida How was this heterogeneous group formed? What did these people have in common besides a passion for skiing? The reflection on the protagonists of a story begins with its construction. It is the same for a project like this, especially when realising a movie that would like to enhance these protagonists and document their actions which are, at least for the skiing part, their own expressions. Since the project consists of exploring an area that allows the practice of different skiing disciplines, we have relied on specialists and versatile skiers. Then, since the movie wanted to emphasize human interaction, we selected jovial, friendly, outgoing people. I remember how happy I was when I learned that Leo was going to be part of the adventure. Finally, more prosaically, marketing strategy issues came into

play. A movie has a budget and therefore the legitimate requests of the sponsor. A group is always a more or less heterogeneous set of people. Therefore it draws its strength from the characteristics, from the stories, from the experiences, from the habits of each one of them. Differences become strengths and complement each other as soon as the common history is sufficiently federative. Before any passion, it is our humanity that unites us, our mortality that makes us concrete, our desires that keep us going on. It is this notion of common history that can create a society, and that’s what we have done by creating an ephemeral community. What was the hardest thing about living in contact with nature during those days and what has been an unexpectedly easy thing? “Living in contact with nature" seems like an exaggeration for such a short experience. The expiration of a week of experience and the evasion it offers

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makes the difficulties that may be encountered ever sweeter. We were in the mountains but with all the equipment necessary for a very pleasant survival. We prepared for several months to live that single week, so I guess we were sufficiently equipped. The time we had on the field played a consequent part in the exercise of life in contact with nature. The sun protected us from the cold, the wind, almost non-existent, saved us from anxious nights in a tent and the heat of a tin roof melted enough water to not spend our time in front of the stove watching the snow transform into a source of life. We found ourselves changing environment in order to reform a semblance of everyday life, the comfort similar to the one of the English suburbs in a hostile environment. Life got organized into habits that respect the needs described in Maslow's pyramid. Food and drink, protection, meeting, skiing and producing content completed the picture.

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What impact does wild nature have on humans and relationships? Survival in a hostile environment, even if we lived only a surrogate of that initial situation, prompts cooperation for simple reasons: • We all have a part to play in the daily mass of managing needs and resources. • The impossibility of leaving the group due to its features that protect the individual. This is a fact that concerns all of humanity but is lost when the mass and the choice allow a more important volatility of the individual in the different environments that are offered. We were extremely lucky as we didn't have a phone network in the camp but only a hundred meters away. This required cordial understanding or at

least communication between human beings who no longer had an open world in which to find other virtual interactions. Do you think it would be sustainable if more and more skiers would start doing adventures similar to yours? Every human action has an impact and numbers create critical mass. Nature is not scalable and the way we explore it is both an homage and an affront to it. However, it is obviously less impactful to do a local expedition, on men's backs like we did, than to take a plane to look for powder. This collective experience can therefore be a virtuous inspiration but also an unsustainable promise, the one of selling to a large number of people the exceptional, which in essence, is scarce in rarity.

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Every human action has an impact and numbers create critical mass. Nature is not scalable and the way we explore it is both an homage and an affront to it.

David Malacrida Coline Ballet Baz Jackie Paso Léo Taillefer Aurel Lardy Pierre CadotJake Holland Clément Robert.

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From LA to Trento

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We’re sitting down in front of a beer in my apartment. We still have muddy calves and frost on our hair. It’s an autumn evening as many others, after a run at the end of the day for me, at the beginning for him. Noah lives down the street, thirty doorbells from mine. Drinking Pale Ale and munching nachos in dip sauce, that’s the Est-hill mood. Here in Trento, there is a long rock climbing tradition, but lately, a micro community of people who run far is rising. Noah is 36 years old, he moved in Trento from Los Angeles, and he immediately started running on the Marzola trails, training for his first 100-mile: Leadville 100, in Colorado, one of the oldest and hardest 100-mile races in the United States. Come on, tell me the most absurd thing you saw at Leadville 100? Two things come to mind: first, getting into Twin Lakes aid station outbound and seeing all the people who have been there all day crewing and partying, still going strong after so many hours. It was just a cool scene, especially at that point in the race, which for me was pretty low. There must have been 200 people yelling at me to get on my feet and get moving to Hope Pass. I missed the Hopeless aid station cutoff a few hours later, but I wouldn’t have even tried to make it without all the support at Twin Lakes. Second, all the people totally suffering on the climb up towards Hope (including me). People lying on the side of the mountain, half asleep, again, including me. It was a complete battlefield.

from Los Angeles to be with her. I’d been coming to the area since 2017 and realized early that it’s one of the most beautiful places I’ve visited. Over the years it became clear to me that this would be a great place to live. The Dolomites are really amazing, being out in nature, whether it’s running or hiking or skiing, it’s good for the soul. I can walk out of my house and be running on some of the best trails I’ve ever seen a few minutes later. Plus, the city itself is great, much smaller than LA, which I like, and really a lot of fun. How did you start running first and then competing in ultra races? I used to run when I was a kid and then completely stopped once I started college. When I got to Los Angeles after law school, I tried to start again but work kept getting in the way and I was never consistent. Then I got a pretty bad knee injury on a trail run toward the end of 2019 and couldn’t run for over a year. At the end of 2020, I was in Trento and decided to try running again. I still had some pain in my injured knee but kind of ran through it (maybe not the best advice). I started off really slow, which ended up being great for me, I’d always tried to do too much too fast with my running, but the knee injury made me take a more disciplined approach, slowly building up pace and distance rather than doing something like trying to run a marathon on three weeks of training, which I’ve definitely done before (terrible idea). I’d been reading about famous American ultras like Leadville and Western States since around 2013 and they totally fascinated me, but I never had the guts to try one. But post-injury, I was just appreciative of the opportunity to run so I decided to go for it and entered the lottery for the Leadville 100. Once I got in, I found a terrific coach, got on the trails here in Trento and I was hooked.

How was being there? Tell me about Colorado and the Rockies. Man, Leadville is really a beautiful place. You look around and the mountains are pretty intimidating. Looking at them the days before the race I was kind of in awe. The weather is unpredictable: it can be sunny and warm one minute and then cloudy, cold and raining the next, especially the higher you get up the mountains. Aside from the mountains themselves, the altitude really gets to you. There’s nothing that can prepare you to run at 10,000+ feet (about 3050 meters) of elevation other than actually going to altitude and getting used to it. Leadville itself is a great place to visit, the town is small but there’s a lot of history packed into it, and you can tell. Good food, and everyone was super helpful the week before the race. Why did you leave Los Angeles and came here, in Trento? I mean, maybe it’s just that we’re fascinated by far places. The short answer is that my girlfriend is from Trento, and I moved here

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Italy has some of the best places in the world for trail running, and the people here really know the mountains and seem committed to building a genuine mountain ultra running community, so I’m sure the ultra running scene will continue to grow. Ultra running in US has a more local and familiar dimension, and the awareness of being part of a huge community is strong. At the Hardrock 100 board, for example, people there don’t care if there are guys coming from outside Colorado. What did you find here in Trento from this point of view? I’ve loved the ultra running scene in Italy so far. My frame of reference is mostly limited to Trentino, but from what I’ve seen, it feels a bit like the early days of ultra running, in a good way: people are organizing runs and races for the fun of it, without sponsorships or prize money or anything like that. It’s really organic. That doesn’t mean that Italian ultra running is completely new, there’s obviously a strong history of trail and ultra running here, and some terrific ultra runners have come out of Italy. But at least in Trento, it feels like ultra runners are paving their own way, like it’s a sport with a ton of opportunity to build community and be part of nature, and that’s the focus of the ultra running community. Italy has some of the best places in the world for trail running, and the people here really know the mountains and seem committed to building a genuine mountain ultra running community, so I’m sure the ultra running scene will continue to grow.

let myself get caught up in the moment and go out too fast. I thought the race went well, even though I was definitely feeling the pain over the last two miles, and especially over those final bridges in Venice! The course is great, especially along Riviera del Brenta and then obviously once you cross Ponte della Libertà into the center of the city. Which shoes did you use? The Nike Alphafly Next%. This is my favorite shoe for racing, and just generally going fast. They really take care of my legs when I’m pushing the pace. Great cushioning and great spring, they really fly. What’s the most beautiful place where you ran? Both in the US and in Italy. In the United States, I’d say the mountains around Leadville during the Leadville 100. In Italy, I’ve done most of my trail runs around Giro della Marzola here in Trento, which has terrific views of some beautiful mountains and valleys. Angeles Crest or Boston Marathon? That’s a tough one! I’d say the Boston Marathon because of the history, and I’d go for a different hundred miler. Next year? I’m planning on a spring marathon here in Europe, maybe Rotterdam, and then a few ultras. I’m planning on a 50-mile, 50K, and/or 100K at some point in late spring or early summer and then, tentatively, I’ll either get back to Leadville for the Leadville 100 in August or wait a few more months and do the Javelina Jundred in October.

Some weeks ago you ran the Venice Marathon, right? Was it your first time racing here in Italy? How did it go? This was my second race in Italy, after the Trento half marathon a few weeks earlier. It was a great race. Like I said, this is the first time I’ve taken a disciplined approach to running, and the first time I’ve had a coach, so I felt way more prepared for this marathon than I had in the past. I think I set realistic goals, knew where I was in my running, and realized that improvement will come with consistent effort over time rather than all at once over a few months of training. I tried to keep a conservative pace early on and not

You tried the Nike Pegasus 3 GTX on the trails of Trento… The Pegasus felt great on the trails. I felt good traction, and the shoe gave me the perfect stability without feeling bulky. I felt light on my feet and got strong support. I ran on a rainy day and the shoes were water resistant and kept my feet dry. Overall, I thought they were a good trail running shoe and I’ll be using them on the trails a lot this year.

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The hardest route BY I L A R I A C H I AVAC C I

If a 5.13+ could be a tough route to climb, growing up as a non-binary person is an equally hostile path. The docufilm They/Them tells the story of Lor Sabourin, a trans climber struggling with the Arizona sandstone canyons and their path of acceptance in society.

“I spent most of my life feeling like I had to hide who I was”. Who’s talking is not a fugitive but Lor Sabourin, a non-binary climber. With these words begins They/Them, a docufilm produced by Patagonia that sees they as the protagonist and that wants to emphasize the theme of gender identity in the outdoor world. The question is clear already starting from the title: a neutral pronoun which in English is used to refer to all those who do not recognize themselves in a specific gender. The evolution of society, of its needs and of the consciences of individuals constantly poses new linguistic and representation needs in every aspect of life, including sport. This is why Patagonia wanted to emphasize the story of Lor, who learned to accept themselves and show themselves to the world for what they are also thanks to climbing. Because if it is true that sport can be an element of division, with the polarization of disciplines, from times to times considered “for male" or "for female", it is equally true that constantly questioning yourself about your limits and abilities is a excellent tool for introspection and self-affirmation. For

Lor, climbing has been exactly that: a resource to better understand themselves, their identity and how to present themselves to the world. Because if being able to dig deep into ourselves and fight to affirm who we discovered we are is hard, putting ourselves to test in a sport in which we are constantly forced to push ourselves beyond our limits, both physically and mentally, it is equally hard. They/Them therefore retraces Lor's path and progression both in climbing and in society: the acceptance of they being trans and their feeling comfortable to show themselves to the world is no less hard than the 5.13+ 5-pitch route Lor devoted themselves for an entire season. The Cousin of Death is a nearly 200m 5-pitch route in northern Arizona that was established in 2020 by two friends and sports mentors of Lor, Blake McCord and Joel Unema. "I had been fascinated by their stories: very technical pitches, almost smooth surface and some breathtaking movements on the summit tickled my imagination as a climber, but each of the five pitches was beyond my abilities even for

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redpoint climbs (in crag language it means at the second, third, fourth attempt): connecting them all together in one day was a really ambitious goal for the season.” Lor then divided the climb into its parts: first they connected each of the pitches practicing for several days on the same route and then, once they were all connected, they joined them in a single climb. They/Them therefore retraces both Lor's life and the preparation of the climb to The Cousin of Death, capturing the most challenging aspects of the growth path, both as an athlete and as a human being, told by Lor themselves and by the effects on their life: their past, face-to-face interviews and the incredible images of the Sedona area in Arizona make up a film with a strong impact, both from a photographic and an emotional point of view. “When I was a little girl I was first introduced to traditional sports, I started climbing when I was 12 and I immediately felt the power of being immersed into nature" says Lor. "Combining this aspect with the need to find problem solving strategies, which climbing necessarily imposes, over time I realized what an incredible resource this

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sport was in order to learn how to manage stress, get out of your comfort zone and, in general, pull out the resources you need. Now that I mainly work as a mental training coach, both with athletes and with people who do highly stressful jobs, I teach them how to use climbing as a resource to manage pressure and understand how to best succeed in every area of life, not just at work or in sport. My goal is to make climbing a safe space for people, both physically, mentally and emotionally, especially for all those who struggle to see themselves in a context linked to the outdoor world.” For Lor, getting out of their comfort zone means facing on a 5.13+ route, but also declaring themselves to the world as a non-binary person. ."When I was little I didn't have many female references in the outdoor world and what unfortunately still happens today with LGBTQ+ people is that there are not many models to be inspired by or stories from which to draw comfort, not only in sports, but in general, in all aspects of life. Desperately wanting to change your identity as a trans person is an incredible challenge especially when you have two alternatives: choose not to show this part of yourself and live in constant silence, or do it and consequently face discrimination. And that will happen because our society, as we know it, creates "in" and "out" groups: in most cases we obey rules that are based on discrimination against LGBTQ+ people, both in language and in habits, and no one hardly ever realizes how these rules make life hard for people who don't recognize themselves in a binary classification” says Lor. “That’s why it’s important to educate children to be more inclusive, to ensure that the world is a safe space for all, starting with softer aspects, such as language or the presence of options for trans people, up to rejection violence and discrimination against them. The most difficult thing for a trans person is to recognize themselves the right to be in the world, and it is something that hardly finds confirmation in a reality based on gender binary. In this documentary I tried to bring out how sport can help people

who are struggling with a lot of pressure in their life, how it can give their a sense of security about themselves and their body. Climbing offers a great opportunity to chart the way forward in other sports as well.” In They/Them we see Lor facing a wall that seems perfectly vertical, we see them suffer, get angry for not being able to find the solution to go on and eventually give up in order to try again the following day. The sense of progression in climbing is a good metaphor for what happens in life: the greatest difficulties are hardly overcome without the right mental predisposition and the right effort, but recognizing the problem and studying a solution to solve it or get around it is one of the greatest lesson we can draw from this docufilm. There’s more: Lor tells how, following the Warrior's Way method, they managed to minimize the fear of falling. Knowing what awaits you and learning how to manage it is useful to focus on the athletic gesture without being distracted by the fear of falling. A fear that for Lor remains constant in their life: although they are very advanced in the path of acceptance, they do not hide that, being trans in 2021, is still difficult, inside and outside their community of climbers. "Being the person who created so much visibility on trans representation in the outdoor world can also be very painful: the truth is that I experience some kind of violence every day. Some time ago an article about me identified me as the first trans climber to close a 5.14 and, as a corollary to the post, there were many comments of derision and offense against me: a hate speech that hurt me particularly precisely because it came from the heart of my community.” In Italy and around the world, this is a burning issue and, as we are writing, Zan’s Decree-Law (Ddl Zan), which would introduce into the Italian system some measures to prevent and fight discrimination and violence for reasons based on sex, gender, orientation sexuality, gender identity and

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disability, has completely aborted by the Italian Senate. Stories like Lor's perfectly fit into the debate precisely because they are examples of how the theme of representation is crucial. In the documentary, which tells not only the way in which the athlete faced the most difficult route of their life, but also their evolution as a human being, it clearly emerges how, for all the people who do not identify themselves into the man/woman binary classification, it is a problem even just the fact of having few models, few examples in which to recognize and through which to learn to accept ourselves. Binarism is the result of the patriarchal culture which, through the clear division between man and woman, imposed rigid roles. A kind of cage that, in addition to imprisoning those who do not recognize themselves in these roles, is also the foundation of the gender stereotypes that we introject from an early age and that can degenerate into hatred and violence. That's why the deconstruction of gender stereotypes is important or, to put it in Lor's words:

“I would like people who watch this film to stand up wondering what they can do to make this world more inclusive, not just for trans people, but for everyone. It is not a question of behaving perfectly, but of being curious, of wondering how to make the world better even for those who are different from most of people around us.”

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“There’s no time like the present.” That's what my mother used to tell Marco to death. When a test was approaching, she told him not to wait till the last moment to start studying. But Marco was a stubborn guy. He preferred to go his own way. And for this very reason the grades he got never proved him right. This was one of the first real lesson I learned as a child: beating around the bush rarely improves situations. There are some things that my mother did not teach me while growing up, I learned them from the mountains, and in the mountains we all know well how much "being prepared" is synonymous not only with results, but also, and above all, with safety. So, if it is true that as a human being, imperfect by nature, I am programmed to make mistakes, the mountain is the second mother always ready to remind me of what I forget, to refresh my memory repeatedly.

“Did you train a little bit with crampons? Have you spent at least one day at high altitude this year?” Faletti knows very well that the last time I put my crampons on I was with him on Cima Tosa. It was April. “You could have spent at least a couple of days in Ortles at high altitude.” Of that now distant spring day, only the temperatures remained unchanged. Definitely too high, definitely out of the ordinary. Also on that now distant spring day, precisely because of these exaggerated temperatures, my disproportionate rate of sweating has also remained unchanged, ever closer to that one of an African hippo. We are walking close Satelliti just to check the conditions of the couloir that we will face tomorrow. “No Matte. Last time I put crampons on I was on Tosa, remember? Then, since I started the paragliding course, my biggest effort has been to sit in a flying pant." I catch my breath for a moment. “However speaking of acclimatization seems exaggerated to me! We have to climb to Tacul, not the Himalayas!”

The conversation dies here. I know I’m wrong, but it's too late to even think about crying over spilled milk.

start aching, I have a big pill in my backpack. We have plenty of time to get the job done. Here, look. You can see the couloir.”

I add. “I’m with you. And with you I feel safe.”

The first part of the couloir is okay. We both agree that if it is going to freeze tonight, we will fly like missiles tomorrow. We turn the crampon heels in the direction of the Torino Refuge. Only now, turning again towards the Vallée Blanche, I do realize that I am immersed among the razor-sharp spiers of Mont Blanc.

That’s true. If I had to climb it with another person, I would have to think about it twice, but with Matte I feel safe and sound. Maybe he’s the one who should have some doubts, but that's another story. Matte, aka Matteo Faletti, is both an expert mountain guide and a super cool mountaineer. Just like me, he lives in Povo, a small town on the hills of Trento. He’s a generous and easy going person. I consider him as a friend. If I asked him to come here with me it’s because I trust him. Tomorrow he will be in charge of our fast and safe approaching, while I will have the luxury of concentrating only on photos. Well, if you were still wondering, Matte and I are not here to have fun. "Anyway, tomorrow it is supposed to be a high pressure day." I tell him, as to convince myself. “We have no hurry and, if my head will

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At least half of the mountains I've seen in my life, have been explored with a camera in my backpack. The last and only time I was in Mont Blanc was again for a photo shooting: two memorable days on the Aiguille d’Entreves and Aiguille de Rochefort together with Luchino and Alepì. The nights were just as memorable. Spent in a tent on the glacier and obviously well equipped. Rheumatism is coming. The shooting that awaits me tomorrow will be on one of the most aesthetic and famous peaks in the entire Alpine arc, whose history goes back to the equally memorable figure of the French mountaineer Armand Charlet.

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Armand Charlet, who was born in the early 1900s, was undoubtedly one of the most important mountaineers of his time, in a period of peace between the two World Wars, in which European mountaineers concentrated on the climbs of the last and most difficult "problems" of the Alps. Armand Charlet, who was born in the early 1900s, was undoubtedly one of the most important mountaineers of his time, in a period of peace between the two World Wars, in which European mountaineers concentrated on the climbs of the last and most difficult "problems" of the Alps. In this case, we are talking about mountaineering challenges such as the north faces of Matterhorn, Grandes Jorasses and Eiger. Armand's name has been associated for more than fifty years with the hardest climbs in the Mont Blanc range. The bibliography states that he has completed more than three thousand climbs and that he was particularly fond of the Aiguille Verte, which he climbed and descended a hundred times though 18 different routes, 7 of which brand new. Furthermore, Armand Charlet is also remembered for being the first mountaineer to have succeeded in the first traverse of all five Aiguilles du Diable at Tacul. It was August 4th, 1928. With him, the guide G. Cachat and clients Robert Underhill and Mary O'Brien. This route takes the name of Arête du Diable. A little less than a century later I am lucky enough to be able to retrace and photograph Charlet's mountaineering masterpiece. We get back at the Torino Refuge as the sun is still shining. I order two beers to quench my thirst. No time to order the second round and it is already dinner time. I can't stop

thinking about tomorrow. What if I really underestimated the challenge? Am I pushing myself a little bit too far? Doubt is nothing more than a worm that feeds on its own sense of insecurity and grows in agitation. “Matte, I’m a little nervous,” I says. Then, “I hope I can do everything and do it well. To be safe, I'd say to set the alarm for 01:30 am.” Faletti looks at me like I’m kidding. “Holy crap! Don't you think it's a little too much to get up so early?” Now I’m the one thinking he’s making fun of me. “Tomorrow I want to be at Col du Diable with the dark. I want to have time to look around before shooting. Do you know what my mom used to say? There’s no time…” “…like the present.” Finishes Matte. Often the agitation I feel is self-induced. I am aware of that. Growing up does not imply maturing. And maturing doesn't necessarily make you wise. I consider it a kind of poetics of inadequacy. In photography, my photography, I like not feeling up to par. It is an instinct that changes from necessity to instigation. It's a kind of push that usually leads me to intense experiences and unexpected results. For example, shooting in a mountain environment such as Arête du Diable is far from simple. There are objective and subjective difficulties. The objective difficul-

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ties in organizing a photo shooting in a technical environment at 4000m are minimal, but fundamental: the weather forecast, the difficulty of the route, the availability of the people involved. The subjective difficulties, on the other hand, are, precisely, subjective. From my point of view it's just a matter of choices. As a photographer, I have always wanted to reject the comfortable solution. Simplicity pays and makes you safe, but it certainly doesn't satisfy. Not always at least. And above all not me. I have always wanted to adapt myself, and consequently my photography, to the mountain rather than the other way around. I am convinced that the photographer's ability to know how to move in the mountains is no more important than the ethics of the photographer himself. I’ll try to explain myself better. When the photographer tries to capture some images during a certain type of activity, it is assumed that he knows how to practice that type of activity, within the personal range of mental and physical limits. How he decides to capture those images is perhaps a much more important and underestimated aspect. I decided to give myself rules to follow about how to shoot and about what I want to convey. It is not just a matter of giving value to your work, but also and above all of giving value to your own self. Photographing is my job, but I never,

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"Shooting in the mountains must represent the entirety of the experience of the photographer and of the protagonists involved. If there are those who believe in perfect photography, I prefer to believe in the perfection of photography." ever want it to reduce it to a mere economic livelihood activity. It is the usual existential balancing act: to fully realize your own vision. Mine is the following one. Photography is the result of an experience. I ask myself to reach a visual result of that experience that is as close as possible to the truth. Shooting in the mountains must represent the entirety of the experience of the photographer and of the protagonists involved. If there are those who believe in perfect photography, I prefer to believe in the perfection of photography. Perfection in the act of photographing is not often achieved. Indeed, it rarely happens. But when it happens it's pretty cool. When I am unable to guarantee the truth in the portrait of an experience, I seek compromise as long as it is acceptable. Especially in this historical moment, and forever in the future, the mountain does not need and does not deserve a fake portrait. “Hey, where the hell are Ming and Leo…” No time to finish the sentence and they knock me on the shoulder. “Oh Pavana, I've been calling you for half an hour!” It’s Fede, whose face is furrowed by a smile that seems tired. “Sorry we’re late, Leo is changing his clothes. Have you already eaten?” Both Matteo and I nod. “Yes, we were so hungry! But we can sit with you if you want.” Fede and Leo will come with us tomorrow.

I’ve known Fede for a couple of years now. We worked together many times. The thing I like most about her is her availability and the desire to work well. Unlike many athletes I have worked with over the years, Fede understands the trust that companies place not only in the figure of the photographer who shoots, but in the athlete himself who gets to be photographed. She respects my work as a photographer and I respect her image as an athlete. And respect, as you know, is the basis of a friendship. On the other hand, I met Leo not less than a year ago in Ceresole, always together with Fede, always for some photos on the wall. Leo is always motivated, smiling, with a great desire to work. And this is essential for the success of a photo shoot. We share a genepì a moment before the lights go out. We all need to sleep. "Are you okay with waking up at 1:30 am?” Fede immediately glares at me. “God Pavana, how long do you think it will take us to reach the top?!” She says, “let’s wake up at 02:00.” “01.45. Last offer.” I makes goo-goo eyes at her. “All right. But just because I love you.” She says it unconvinced, while Matteo and Leo say nothing. I can sense their loving “fucks” telepathically. I close my eyes. And it’s already time to go. Not even 5 hours of sleep. Basically a sneeze. This thing

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that high altitude rarefies time as well as air can't be explained. We get up like puppets and get our backpacks and equipment like clumsy ninjas. At breakfast we are not alone, on the contrary, it looks like an exhibition of Modigliani's portraits: elongated faces deformed by fatigue, eyes set by mistake into totally absent gazes, jaws in autopilot mode. Everyone draws from the cauldron of coffee in hopes of enjoying a quick and painless pit stop in the bathroom before leaving. We’re ready. We sink into the dark morning with the aftertaste of bitter coffee still in the mouth. The night is so black that Satelliti are invisible. The front procession on the Maudit’s Kuffner is a foretold Christmas decoration and a good point of reference for the entrance to the couloir on the opposite side of the Cirque du Maudit. We proceed fast on the excellent night freeze with a fast lopsided roll. About twenty minutes later we are already climbing. We undress and move on quickly. Physically, I feel fine, but I also feel that it is the first time this summer that I have crampons on. Technically I struggle on the mixed supports and Faletti teases me to keep it light. “Keep your back up straight! It seems like you’re walking on eggshells!” He’s damn right. I could have prepared a little bit more, just one or two trips to regain confidence with the tools of the trade. The maternal proverb is a cicada in my

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brain: “There’s no time like the present”, she would say. I only thing about one word, “fuck!” Fortunately, in these situations dark becomes your ally and annihilates the psychological component of the void. We proceed in preservation on a moderately steep slope. Fede and Leo are just above us and move like two wild animals in their own environment: elegant, silent, safe. Arriving on the hill, we realize that we have been on the move for less than two hours. “Well done guys! We could almost have slept a half an hour more!” I say jokingly. They all glare at me, but then we all burst out laughing. “Go to hell!” Adds Faletti. From Col du Diable an incredible window opens up on the eastern part of the Blanc group, from Dent du Géant to almost the entire line of the crossing of the Grandes Jorasses and beyond. It is dawning. I need to hurry and reach Corne du Diable, the first spire, to study the first shots, the ones I will take with the most beautiful light. I climb up together with Matte at a constant speed. “Oh Matte,” I say “maybe there won’t be a lot of people today.”

And I add, while catching my breath for a second: “It will be great not to have many people around ruining the shot." I feel happy, in the right place at the right time. Unfortunately, that light feeling lasts as long as nothing, because bypassing yet another rocky pillar we find the first rope teams in lines. Faletti doesn't know whether to laugh or cry. "Fortunately there were going to be a few people today, huh?" My answer comes out spontaneously: “Shit! We need to hurry.” I take the first photos, juggling with the lenses in such a way as not to have too much disturbance in the frame. Dawn is wonderful and with the right calm I shoot my first photos. It goes without saying, but, photographically speaking, calm plays a fundamental role in moments like these. Arête du Diable lights up and warms us up together with the snow, which still decorates the ridge late in the season. The rock passages are beautiful, aerial and anything but trivial, especially with boots. The descents, on the other hand, are always long and exposed. I only shoot where I think it is real-

ly worth it, because the sun soon begins to beat on our temples and the strong heat to dry our throats. It is a slow progression, whose rhythm is an elastic between waiting, action and quarrels with the other teams. However, the photos come by themselves, because it is objectively impossible to miss the beauty of the environment in which we find ourselves. We go on however in a safe way, fluid on that rocky skin, up to the top. The summit cross is submerged by snow, while we feel as if attacked by the immensity of Mont Blanc. After 7 or 8 hours on the move, all four of us begin to feel a certain tiredness. Like every time, going back between the deep crevasses of the Mer de Glace seems endless. Immense is also that insane and senseless desire to relive such a day as soon as possible, only the bittersweet and nostalgic need to give time and space to the body and mind remains. Here we are. And we are happy.

There’s always a lesson to learn, they say. Everyone has their own. It can be to train properly before going out, to create your own little world on thin ice, or to believe in the importance of the values of trust and friendship. A lesson to be learned can also be simply getting to know something more about the history of the route that will be retraced. I can say that when Matte told me the story of the Aiguilles du Diable and Armand Charlet, I spontaneously answered: “And who the hell is it Armand Charlet?" There’s always a lesson to learn. Others, instead, if you happen to forget them, you can always re-learn them.

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Calümer The angel of Grigne T E STO I L A R I A C H I AV I C C I FOTO ACHILLE MAURI

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If every hiker can tackle a peak knowing that, whatever happens, there is someone who will try to save him, it is thanks to people like Calümer, aka Giuseppe Orlandi, a mountain rescuer who dedicated his whole life to the mountains. “Going to the mountains means getting up early in the morning”. This is just one of the many lapidary sentences that Calümer uses to teach how to behave in the mountains. Giuseppe Orlandi is the mountain rescuer protagonist of Calümer, a short movie directed by Achille Mauri and realized thanks to the contribution of Vibram who, for once, puts at the center of the outdoor narrative not an athlete chasing records, or an explorer tackling a front page undertaking, but a mountain person, a man who dedicated his life to Grigne, the mountains of Lecco. Still thick hair, long beard and mustaches: Orlandi brings the mountain inside and you realize it from how quickly he moves his dark and penetrating eyes. He started climbing in Grigna at the age of six, to retrieve the sheep and goats that ran away, and has never stopped since then. His double-edged relationship with those barren peaks overlooking Lake Como has deep roots. Those routes, that are challenging enough to venture on, are home for Orlandi, and precisely because he knows them so well, he is able to put himself at the service of other people as a rescuer, saving

many lives. Mountain rescue is a crucial service in the mountains, especially in a historical moment in which more and more people are rediscovering the beauty and the pleasure of spending days in an alpine environment. We weren't lucky enough to know him directly, but we learned something more about this charismatic personality from the director of Calümer, Achille Mauri. “My father has always been part of the mountain rescue, so I have had to deal with this voluntary activity since I was a child: he always came home with crazy stories, which he sometimes told and sometimes kept to himself, but which created in me a sort of fascination for these people who, unconditionally, saved lives in the mountains”. The director adds: “As time passed, I formed in my mind an increasingly clear idea of what kind of person the rescuer was. There was my father, but in general, when you are dealing with a mouton rescuer, he seems a bit of a mythological figure: someone who, in a situation where you are in very bad condition, comes to save you by putting himself himself into danger”.

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In dialect it means “Calimero’s son”: that's what people called his father and he took his nickname, but we don’t know much more about the real origin of the name. Giuseppe Orlandi has done that for years: risking his own life to help those who had gone into trouble in the mountains. The awareness of each hiker in knowing that, whatever happens, you are not alone is of enormous value, and we all owe it to people like Calümer.

to the mountains and are very pure in their way of being. I wanted to tell something different from these "No limits" people who are focused only on overcoming their own limits, reducing travel times, conquering the unclimbed summit. Giuseppe Orlandi loves the mountains and has a more authentic approach towards it: he is the person who reminds you that there are limits. I'm afraid that more and more of these people will disappear in today's world: generational recycling gentrifies people towards cities, emptying villages. For me it is a personal mission to tell the stories of these people, who have been forged by the roughness of the mountain. People like Orlandi, in addition to having a strong personality, bring with them traditions and tenacity: Calümer is 74 years old, he is the son of the post-war period, of a much more difficult time than ours.

Achille, how was born the idea of realizing a movie about Giuseppe Orlandi? The story specifically was born during Italy’s second lockdown, last November: I have a house in Pian dei Resinelli, in the province of Lecco, where by chance there were another director, Pietro Coppolecchia, and Stefano Verbin, aka Steno, who is a director of photography: by an incredible coincidence, in a period in which we could not move, we found ourselves there, everyone coming from world of cinema, living in a tiny mountain village. On the only street in Pian dei Resinelli we saw Orlandi passing by every day, always dressed with high mountains clothes, driving his Suzuki Jimmy: he greeted me because he knew my father, and the others began to be intrigued by his figure. Seeing the interest that Orlandi aroused in two people totally detached from the context of the mountain, I understood what potential this man could have, and so within 24 hours we set up a production office at my house and started shooting for three days straight.

What does Calümer mean? In dialect it means “Calimero’s son”: that's what people called his father and he took his nickname, but we don’t know much more about the real origin of the name. Talking about lessons to be handed down to young people: what did Orlandi pass onto you during these three days of shooting? Certainly his devotion to the mountains, which he manifested in a very pure way during the shooting. In some moments we asked him to meditate and we could feel just as he was immersed in his environment in the most total way: this gave great strength to the crew in wanting to represent a man so pure in his being himself. We often felt like taking our

A mountain rescuer is an unusual choice compared to nowadays outdoor filmography... The protagonists of the mountains can be divided into two groups: those who accomplish great performances and those who, like Calümer, have dedicated their lives

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He is a man who expresses a lot even just with facts, also because he is a person of very few words, but he is one of those who, with a single sentence, gives you very great rules. With this way of giving sentences he is able to immediately place himself in a leadership position in mountain safety. In dialect they sound even more effective… We asked him to speak in dialect, we didn't want his authenticity to be lost. He usually tells the important things in his language. It was also significant for me to hear him speak in what is also my native language, during the shoot, then it became clear that hearing him speak like this was also more effective for others.

eyes off the camera in order to observe how immersed he was in his thoughts: his desire to be there, and nowhere else, was something extremely poetic, I was fortunate to be able to witness these moments. What about mountain safety? Did you learn something? He is a man who expresses a lot even just with facts, also because he is a person of very few words, but he is one of those who, with a single sentence, gives you very great rules. With this way of giving sentences he is able to immediately place himself in a leadership position in mountain safety. “Going to the mountains means getting up early in the morning” which is bullshit, but said by Calümer it takes on the tone of a kind of commandment. Or again: “Going to the mountains means wearing appropriate clothes and knowing very well where you are going, don't go out unprepared”. All trivial things, but said by that personality and with that tone of voice they sound even stronger and more direct. I wanted the contrast of the wisdom of a man like Orlandi to be evident as opposed to all those people who are more focused on performance than on safety.

With a soundtrack similar to the one used by Quentin Tarantino… The music is by Tamburi Neri, a duo that sees a producer from Milan approached by a guy from Val di Mello that has the mountain in his DNA, which is a bit of the same dichotomy that exists between me and the director photography: the mountain guy who works side by side with the one who grew up, even artistically, in the city. The result was the desire to get away as much as possible from classic outdoor cinematography, to move away from that narrative of the mountain that invades all our platforms, from advertising to cinema, where the focus is dynamism, with continuous scene changes, where the actual enjoyment of the mountain is overshadowed.

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Jérémy Prevost Genius and awareness BY CHIARA GUGLIELMINA PHOTO FABIEN MAIERHOFER

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Dedication As they slide down on swollen pinnacles and snow dunes, gravity, along with their mind, takes a break. They are not dragged down with the brutality of a stone thrown into the river, but accompanied in a silent fireworks show made of cold dust. The loss of altitude is only the natural consequence of a well-executed choreography. When turning, like fireworks, the lightest flakes slip into a gradually wider gap, a crescendo that precedes the apex of a sublime technical gesture, exploding into a light and sometimes sparkling cloud. The performer almost disappears, he opens his mouth to taste the texture of his show, while the rest of the body sinks, with an elegant and yet pornographic effect, into its own element. The smoke that remains is evidence of a courageous dance made of jumps, acrobatics and beauty of lines. An unreal silence after the grand finale. Who knows what it means to know how to go down the mountains like this. Not being slaves of forces or inertia, but the undisputed protagonists of your own personal and unrepeatable exhibition.

October 06th, 2021. A new philosophy of life to which Black Diamond, the US company that has supported the athlete for years, has decided to give voice. "Ten" is the title of the video-tribute, realized ten years after his podium at the Freeride World Tour, which tells the evolution of Jérémy, as an athlete and as a person. In fact, 2011 represented the highlight of his career as a rider. After an undoubtedly glorious season followed, however, a period of small and big failures that led him not only to retire, but to distance himself from a discipline that for him was more than a sport. Today, almost 3650 days later, Jérémy reconciled to those"wooden boards" he loves so much. Time, as it does with all things, has shaped him, changing not only his personality, but also and above all his approach to the mountains, to freeriding, to skiing. A long period of reflection that confirmed the subtle intelligence of an athlete who, alongside the audacity of daring the most beautiful and crazy lines, supports the wisdom of those who know how to think even when they unhook the bindings: a rebellious genius with an adult awareness and a renewed enthusiasm.

To dispel any doubts, we asked Jérémy.

We just asked him.

Curriculum DISTINGUISHING MARKS: SPORTS DISCIPLINE:

What does it mean to you to ski such steep slopes, virgin descents? What does it feel like? Skiing on steep slopes and virgin descends represents for me confidence and freedom. When you are out there you are totally alone, you have to make good turns, good jumps. Sometimes you can’t fall. It’s important to know where your limits are. A real balance game! Confidence comes from the fact that you know yourself. Freedom is being in tune with yourself. You control what you are doing and at the same you try to understand nature. I’m in love of this aspect, this union between nature and the human being.

Black Diamond Ambassador

Freeriding – Extreme skiing

CURRENT RESIDENCE:

Meribel Resort

CAREER’S HIGHLIGHTS: 2 0 1 0 - 2 0 1 1 ( TO U R ’ S YO U N G E ST R I D E R ) :

3° at Nissan Freeride World Tour Overall 1° at Kirkwood - FWT 2° at Verbier - FWT’s final 7° at Chamonix & St Moritz

What did you learn from the most difficult moments of your career? I’ve learned that life goes on! Now I can say that. 10 years ago I was angry and disappointed because I lived for the competition. For me

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5° at Revelstoke (BC) FWT 6° at Xtreme Verbier - FWT’s final

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skiing and the mountains are now more than a simple sporting career. I want to ski until I die. Meeting new people, sharing good times with my family and friends and trying to push myself into new projects. Challenges are a good way to move forward and enjoy it all.

my first Verbier Xtreme. Normally I never wanted my parents to see me compete. But my father showed up to the final and saw me on the podium. It was so amazing! Share a moment like without someone of your family it’s just indescribable.

Do you believe that professional sport is able to provide the tools to help people face different situations in the everyday life? Totally! Life is a sequence of challenges. Every day is different and sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. And when it happens you have to bounce back, look around you, understand that you can’t move forward alone, you have to adapt in many situations and you have to be ready for anything that could happen.

What is the scariest episode you have ever lived? With and without skis on. Avalanches without hesitation. To see some friends or me under an avalanche… We ski everyday and we are try to be intelligent every time. Fortunately, these episodes are rare. Some years ago I was with friends and I got hit by big avalanche. Luckily, I stopped before the forest, otherwise the consequences would not have been the same. Without skis I’m afraid of rocks falling from the mountains. When you are climbing it’s never nice to have rocks falling on you.

When did you start skiing? How old were you when you first put your off-piste skis on? I started skiing 30 years ago. My parents put me on skis when I was 2 and they made me discover the off-piste at 5 or 6. I was part of a the alpine ski club but when I wasn’t training, they took me to ski with them.

Nowadays, what does your ideal day look like? It depends on the day because during a season sometimes I like to be alone in the mountains with my skis. I know it’s not the best idea but I love it. I managed my ski and the situations differently. But the real perfect day is the one spent with my friends or family. I love deep powder days when you can ski all day long without any break. At the end of the day we share something to eat with a good drink. We have big smiles on our faces and tell many stories about that day just passed.

What is your absolute favorite thing about skiing? Just skiing! I really love each kind of discipline. I love to follow conditions and adapt myself. I always try to adapt to the nature around me. What is your favorite run ever? A descent that has particularly impressed you? For competition the Bec des Rosses and in my life…. It’s hard to tell. I’ve skied many runs in a lot of different places over the years but I also love exploring the mountains close to home. There is so much to discover in the area.

What advice would you give to a guy who approaches freeriding? I would tell him to take his time. It’s important to ski everyday in each conditions and know how the safety equipment works. Only go skiing with a person you trust. I would also recommend him to be polyvalent and try all kind of disciplines. But the most important thing would be to have as much fun as possible!

How much important has been your freeriding career? Do you think you would still be proud of your life? I’ve met so many people, discovered a lot of places in the world, all of this helped me to become more confident. Everyday I’m doing what I love the most, skiing! I’m lucky because each day I wake up with a smile.

How do you see the future of the mountains and, in particular, of freeriding? I think the borders between all kind of disciplines are getting smaller. Today you already see freeriders in touring one day and the day after on alpine slopes. The equipment is in constant evolution, with one product you can do many things. In future there will certainly be more and more people on the mountains. It’s a dream to be alone up there doing your tracks. Adventure makes you dream and people definitely want to have fun on skis.

If you went back in time, let's say at least ten years, would you see or experience competitions in a different way? No. Maybe I didn’t take the best choices or I couldn’t manage the stress but I've always been on the starting wearing a bib with the aim to win. No regrets, I’ve moved on and now I try to enjoy life to the fullest. Is there a specific moment in your career that you would like to relive? When my father came to see

Thanks Jérémy. You still rock after ten years.

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The true story of Barbanera

*Based on real events BY CHIARA GUGLIELMINA

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Five minutes per kilometer. I haven't been running seriously in five years. By "seriously" I mean six trainings a week with an eighteen-twenty kilometer long run in between. Few people know that I used to run with a certain constancy, running has always been my thing. I've never had a great pace, 5 minutes per kilometer on average, more or less. However, I was quite good with height differences, in climbing mountains. I was happy with a few kilometers run in 4 minu-

tes, so to speak. I gave up because of university first, then because of work, today because of sloth. Talking to Ivan has stimulated me and now I have my old white Nikes in my hand, right in this moment in which I write. There is no Valsesian runner, professional or amateur, who does not know the story of Ivan, that is also the one of Agnese, who later becomes the story of Franceschino too. Which can be the story of each one of us.

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A pebble and a murmur. A stupid thought makes me lift my fingers from the keyboard to slide them over the geometry of the dirty soles. How nice to touch things. A sharp pebble, wedged between the worn rubber, makes me leave the chair in favor of the asphalt. Here, this afternoon from which I am writing to you, I abandon my pen to find my step. How long can such a sharp fragment stay stuck in the soft rubber without ever getting out and never cutting it? Halfway between the desire to stay and the desire to escape. How many of us are the pebble? How many of us are the rubber? How superficial we are in things. When Ivan got sick, I learned about it from people’s rumors, the heavy ones who enjoy being the first to spread tragedies. Small talks thrilled to tell dramas rather than gather in respect of a silence. Just to be the first ones to

make noise. I remember, in those days before Christmas, an increasingly indiscreet shouting. Even a murmur can become deafening.

How long can such a sharp fragment stay stuck in the soft rubber without ever getting out and never cutting it? Halfway between the desire to stay and the desire to escape. How many of us are the pebble? How many of us are the rubber?

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Two thousand eight hundred D+ Meanwhile, I also turned off the computer and put on the white Nikes, I didn't remember them to be so lightweight. Like the rest of me, my feet have not grown up. The physiological evolution of my body is certainly anti-consumer. I grab the laces and tie them tight, in order to envelop the foot in the right way. The fit must be well-fitting, Ivan also thinks so. I take the first stuffed steps and my feet don't push, they fall heavily on the grey road. Who cares, Ivan's voice distracts me. I still remember the afternoon of the day before: the four steps through the streets of Alagna and the beer with Agnese while devouring chips. That’s the girl you can see in the pictures, Ivan's wife. She’s a thin girl even if she devours chips because in her free time she enjoys facing 55 kilometers ultra trails with 2,800 meters of elevation

gain. In less than six hours. Fifty-five kilometers. Two thousand eight hundred meters. Nice to write them down as numbers. Beautiful numbers. Terrifying numbers. Ivan measured his life as a runner with them, but also his life as a sick person. How many of us are the pebble? How of us are the rubber? After three hundred meters I already feel tired and this question haunts me.

The pulse begins to vibrate as if to encourage me, I should have covered the first kilometer. The legs instinctively go forward, the memory instinctively backwards.

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The mastery. A week before the afternoon of beer and chips, like any good athletes, we went for a walk together in the Stofful area. An amber slope divides us from the petroleum shape of Tagliaferro. Ivan can't push like he used to, not yet. Yet the steps are light, his back straight, the stride proud. I do not have before me an exhausted man, but a responsible one. The desire to let off steam is palpable, yet he contains himself. How many people can say they can do the same? Being the former champion and running like the little Guglielmina? Like a

rubber sole threatened by a firm but extremely sharp pebble. How many of us are the pebble? How many of us are the rubber? Ivan is undoubtedly the relationship between the two: victim of a bastard mechanism, in the hands of fate. The edges of the pebble could tear the rubber with every step and the option of living life on the sofa is not prohibited. Yet he chooses the race, at every step. Here's the mastery: the ability to put one foot in front of the other without cutting yourself. Bringing home the wise man's sole. As a new man.

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Yet he chooses the race, at every step. Here's the mastery: the ability to put one foot in front of the other without cutting yourself. Bringing home the wise man's sole. As a new man.

Beer, gullets and rudeness. Six or seven days pass by and I find myself at their house, four people around the wooden table of the hut, besides me there are Ivan, his wife Agnese and Lorenzo, a lifelong friend. "Franceschino is sleeping” Agnese whispers. Meanwhile Ivan opens the beers, Agnese the chips, and Lorenz thinks about the pleasantries while I, for professional deformation or simple rudeness, take a look at the photos hanging on the wall, at Franceschino’s toys and at the teddy bears arranged behind the sofa. I let a few centiliters of beer run through everyone's gargle before I make my move. The first chat is lighter, I take this opportunity to notice details. There is a red fridge that shiny appears behind her head, it’s not distracting but it is noticeable. As well as the white hairs in the beard of Barbanera. [ Guys, in the meantime I'm on the second kilometer here and the heart rate monitor slips under the breast in embarrassment. That's what his friends at the races called him: “Barbanera”. The beard is no longer black but the nickname has remained. I want to tell him that all intelligent women are fascinated by

grey-haired men, but I bite my tongue. I'm already rude, I don't want to be inappropriate. The unit of measurement that I take as a reference is the level of the chips in the bowl at the center of the table. When it is only one third full it will mean that enough chips have been swallowed and I can finally dare to make my move. Agnese runs a lot and fast, I have already said this. She probably needs to eat a lot. And punctually, whenever the bowl is almost at the level I need, she lifts the family-sized chips with both hands and refills the bowl to the brim. [ It is probably an illusion but, once you pass the three kilometer wall (each of us has its own walls), the chin rises and the lungs fill. I stop looking at the white Nikes and continue with my head held high, I got into the rhythm. ] Even in the hut the conversation takes its flow. If I wait for the chips to finish, I risk that the effect of the sparkling malt will fade. "Ivan?" I start with difficulty. "I don't know how to ask but could you tell me..." "Sure, I'll gladly tell you!” he comes to my rescue.

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The true story of Barbanera.

Acute myeloid leukemia.

I can't put his story on paper, not while I'm running in the industrial area of Roccapietra. Not within the limit of ten thousand characters. I have a more worthy project in mind, designed in the rhythm of the steps found, which I want to dedicate to Ivan. You'll hear about Barbanera again. His story concerns prayer, courage and rudeness, beer, numbers and running: in short, a life.

You just need to know that the day before he was training with skins with Agnese and that same night he was surprised by a fever: acute myeloid leukemia. You just need to know that he had 95% of diseased cells in his blood and that he had to be within 5% in order to attempt a transplant. You just need to know that between a devastating cycle of chemotherapy and another he conceived, with Agnese, Franceschino. You just need to know that by fighting death he gave birth to a life. That he spent his wedding night, celebrated in the hospital, with his roommate. “The first night with a man!”, he tells laughing. You just need to know that by fighting he got that transplant. That his mother, 50% compatible, gave him life a second time.

[ Meanwhile, I have incredibly run ten kilometers after years of stop. ]

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You just need to know that he also got and survived to tuberculosis and Covid19. You just need to know that he is running again. That he is still fighting. You'll hear about Barbanera again. Because someone with such courage will never give a damn about the sharp pebble that is dangerously stuck. And while most of us will be careful not to scratch the rubber, he will run faster than before. [ Here the pulse still trembles and the heart doesn’t slow down, but it is the tear on my face that tells me that the race is not the cause. Thanks Ivan. Forever “Barbanera”, even if the bread is even more grey-haired and proud. ] *updates will follow

Cansiglio Classic Tour

A Gravel Bike Trip BY DAV I D E F I O R AS O PHOTOS CAMILLA PIZZINI WITH KOMOOT

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“Hi Davide. I am passing by your area and I have half a day off. Where are you taking me?” I have the perfect place. And the idea too. What I miss is a route that really concretizes distance, surface, height difference and duration, able to satisfy that unstoppable desire to discover new places, even in a territory already much explored. After all, isn't this the desire that unites the most of us? I want a ring route to be covered in a few hours, which satisfies me physically and mentally, that highlights the experience, not the performance. I open up Komoot, fix the starting point and in the blink of an eye I have all the highlights of the Tour Planner. “Got it. I’m sharing the route with you, a super classic itinerary, You’ll love it!”

The chosen place is called Cansiglio, a plateau of the Carnic Prealps located between the provinces of Belluno, Treviso and Pordenone, a sort of concave valley overlooking the Venetian plain. To the North it is bordered by the Alpago region, where the mountain range of Col Nudo-Cavallo stands out, while to the West, beyond Millifret and Pizzoc, it falls on the steep slope of Val Lapisina. Crowning this characteristic basin shape is the homonymous forest, one of the most important environmental resources of the entire region of Veneto. A natural lung consisting of 7000 hectares of woods, a site of community interest that enjoys a special protection regime. The Cansiglio Forest, for us who

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live here, is a spiritual sanctuary in which to immerse ourselves in order to escape from the everyday life of the outside world. A place where our souls merge with one of the greatest expressions of nature.

The Cansiglio Forest, for us who live here, is a spiritual sanctuary in which to immerse ourselves in order to escape from the everyday life of the outside world. A place where our souls merge with one of the greatest expressions of nature.

The meeting place, on a cold November morning, is at the former San Osvaldo Refuge, an emblem of the environmentalist struggle on these lands, a symbol of that privatization process, wanted by the regional government, which would mean the breaking of an integrity preserved up to date. A light frost covers the meadow of Pian Cansiglio. In this basin, more than in other places, the cold air that descends from the internal slopes stagnates, giving rise to a strong thermal inversion. There will be other times and ways to warm our bones. We save the route in offline mode and synchronize it with our GPS devices for navigation. The route guides us towards North, after a few kilometers we are already in Pian Osteria. Seat of a Cimbrian settlement rebuilt after the last World War, today it houses the Museo Regionale dell'Uomo in Cansiglio which collects documents and testimonies on men’s relationship with these lands, from prehistoric times to the arrival of the Cimbrian community at the end of the eighteenth century from the Asiago plateau. Strongly linked to woodworking, the Cimbri community had developed a thriving craft activity of building boxes intended to give shape to dairy products. We turn right, towards East, up to the pastures of Valmenera, one of the three great depressions that characterize the area.

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Here, up to 10.000 years ago, there was a tongue of the ancient and vast Piave Glacier. We leave to our left a humid environment that hosts unique marsh plants and where mallards, teals, garganeys and lapwings stop. The route borders the Pian di Landro-Baldassare Nature Reserve, an area of undoubted beauty, where it is not uncommon to come across birds of prey such as buzzards and kestrels. Just enough time to free ourself from gorse and peaty deposits and, at the junction with Candaglia, it is time to go up to Pian Rosada, an area particularly affected by the fury of the 2018 Vaia storm. Fallen or compromised trees by the very strong gusts of wind, amount to several thousand cubic meters of timber. Immediately after the storm, the regional agency started reforestation operations by introducing a special novelty, a sort of open-air laboratory: experimental "deer-proof" fences for the protection of young trees. Yes, because among the secret masters of this vast state-owned area, where hunting has been banned for some time, there are first of all roe deers and deers, the easiest mammals to spot, especially at dusk. An ever-expanding phenomenon, mainly linked to the lack of natural predators. Although, in recent years, the presence of wolves has become increasingly important.

In rapid succession, after one of the first uphill stretches, we reach the Cimbrian village of Pian Canaie, founded in 1894 by the members of the Gandin family. From here begins the route to Palantina and Monte Cavallo, the destination, in those years, of world-famous mountaineers such as Tuckett or Whitwell. Coming out of the woods we are welcomed by the warm rays of the sun. Ferns and sorrel, untile now protected by the foliage of the undergrowth, soon give way to the mountains of Alpago, in a view that opens up from Sella di Fa-

dalto and in which Dolada, Col Nudo and Teverone peaks stand out. It is the first taste of civilization that winds its way through small residential areas, characteristic stone houses with stepped roofs and rare examples of noble architecture. We reach Col Indes and Malga Pian Grant, at the foot of Guslon, a meeting point for the countless ski mountaineers of these mountains. We are at the turning point of a small ring that between Pian delle Mosche, Sgurloi and Tambre will take us back to the hamlet of S. Anna, in the kingdom of Diego and his dairy cattle.

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But here there is also one of the most curious and unique things that can be found: the House of Books, a house-museum entirely carved in wood by Venetian artist Livio De Marchi. A fairytale sculpture that seems to come out of a tale by the Brothers Grimm, full of extraordinary details. Hundreds of carved books decorate the external walls, the roof is a huge open book while the chimney is replaced by a large fountain pen. The fence is made up of a long row of colored pencils and there’s a large pair of glasses as a gate.

We definitively say goodbye to Alpago along the narrow agro-forestry-pastoral route that will connect us to the provincial road 422 up to Campon, one of the main valley furrows from which you can access the Cansiglio basin. A handful of inhabitants, two taverns and the remains of a small railway built by Austrian troops during the First World War. Campon was a meeting place for Cimbri on their way to Madonna del Runal, who stopped here to consume the typical holiday dish. For us it is the turning point on the long-awaited Strada del Taffarel, the fascinating forest route that will accompany us to the Monte Pizzoc roadway. It is time to push on our legs and to climb the 6km of Col Mazzuc, overcoming the detour to Malga Mezzomiglio and entering the Pian

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Parrocchia - Campo di Mezzo Nature Reserve. It is here that, thanks to Komoot’s highlights, the advice left by other members of the community, we discover "Casetta dello Scozzese", a small woodcutter's hut that a Highland guy fond of these places took care of for a few years.

A handful of inhabitants, two taverns and the remains of a small railway built by Austrian troops during the First World War.

We’re back in the heart of the Cansiglio Forest, the ancient forest strongly characterized by a beechs that vary in splendid colors with the changing of the seasons. Lowering in altitude, the beech joins the silver fir and the red fir, forming a mixed forest that, at the end of winter, is pervaded by the intense scent of the mezereum. But we are in the middle of autumn, and we are cycling on a carpet of leaves that crackles and rises as we pass. 14km of a magnificent segment that winds between bumps and small valleys. In 1548 the Republic of Venice established the Gran Bosco de Reme here, whose tall trees were reserved for the production of the oars that moved the great Venetian galleys, huge boats feared by the fleets of ships of the entire Mediterranean Sea. The first part of the route that sinks into the Vallorch valley marks yet another check point, in a few we will intercept the asphalted

road that will take us towards La Crosetta, a geographical reference point that see crowds of cyclists during weekends. At the sight of the first cars we turn up our noses, but it is only a short parenthesis. To round off, the last gem is still missing: it is Strada della Candaglia, a forest road on a mixed and regular ground that runs along the eastern side. The undergrowth here is closely related to the amount of light that filters through the canopy of the trees. It is a mature wood, characterized by silvicultural cuts that favor its natural renewal. We intercept the Slipari Trail, pass the entrance at Bus de La Lum and after 60km we are back at the starting point. It’s lunch time and the plain, in the meantime, got populated by hit and run tourists. It is the other face of a vulnerable territory where the bond with the human community weakens or strengthens depending on the logics, goals

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and policies. Today, for a few hours, we have abandoned comfort, we have fled from the wide and crowded streets, we have relied on a route that has made us discover new treasures, we have become part of a great beauty. We just have to share our little adventure with the Komoot community, giving value to lands that are often unknown or forgotten. Because places, every place, speaks of us, is our mirror, knowing it and taking care of it means taking care of ourselves, of our own lives. I am sure that those who go in search of these environments, on their own feet, will be intrinsically interested in preserving them. Defending Cansiglio as a common good does not necessarily mean placing it under a bell jar. The real protection must be carried out by people like us, who explore nature surrounding us responsibly and who safeguard this cultural, social and environmental capital.

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NUOVI ORIZZONTI MODENA THE NORTH FACE MODENA LIVIO SPORT SPORTMAN SPORTLAND MONIGA PATAGONIA MONTEBELLUNA ROSSIGNOL MONTEBELLUNA VIBRAM MONTEBELLUNA SALEWA OUTLET MONTEBELLUNA ROCK & WALLS PURE NATURE WILD PROJECT THE CHANGE PATAGONIA MORBEGNO WHATSAPP SPORT HUB MORI MICARELLI STORE LAB8 ARBITER UNTERHOLZNER GRANDE GRIMPE PERICO SPORT SPORTLAND TORINO ETNA WALL SERVOLARE 17 RUNWAY SPORT SPORT LAURIN ALBY SPORT DF SPORT SPECIALIST OLGIATE SALEWA ORIO CENTER DF SPORT SPECIALIST ORIO THE NORTH FACE ORIO UNDER ARMOUR ORIO AL SERIO MAMMUT ORTISEI SPORT GARDENA SPORT SCHMALZ SPORTLAND ORZINUOVI FREE TIME STORE SPORTLAND OSPITALETTO BIG WALL ABBÀ LA COCCINELLA SALEWA PADOVA ACTIVE CREMA SPORT INTELLIGHENZIA PROJECT SESTOGRADO SPORTLAND PALAZZOLO GENCHI SPORT PER CORRERE PELLISSIER SPORT PIRCHER GUNTHER 46° PARALLELO MOVE MOUNTAIN LOVERS ALPSTATION PARMA FREE SPORT SEVEN SUMMITS FERRARI SPORT SPORTWAY NOVARA OLIUNÌD MILANO UKU PACHA MONDO VERTICALE SPAZIOUTDOOR KING LINE STELLA ALPINA ALTA QUOTA PESCARA FRANCO SPORT RRTREK PESCASSEROLI OUTLANDERS L'ALTROSPORT DF SPORT SPECIALIST PIACENZA SPORT IN MONTAGNA OUTDOOR LIFE VERTICAL SPORT PIETRAMURATA PIANETA SPORT ASPORTSTATION STIMM ZAMBERLAN ONBOARD ARIAPERTA M.C.RUNNING EUROSPORT SPORT HUB PINZOLO SPORTLAND PISOGNE SELMI TECHNOSPORT VALLEE SPORT PEAK PERFORMANCE STORE AMORINI OUTDOOR SPORTWAY PONTE KAPPAEMME SPORT MOUNTAIN SHOP BERGAMO TOFFOLI SPORT SPORTLER PORDENONE MIVAL SPORT LA SPORTIVA POZZA DI FASSA BLOSSOM SKI IL CAMPIONE PRATO RUNOUT SALEWA PREDAZZO V10 BERGFUCHS MORASSI ETTORE OUTDOOR & TREKKING STORE ROSSIGNOL UDINE REGGIO GAS GINETTO SPORT A1 CLIMBING MONTAGNA VERTICALE SALVATORI SPORT THE NORTH FACE RIMINI PERTINGER VERTICAL SPORTSWEAR MOUNTAIN SICKS SPORT NATURA CAMPO BASE ROMA CAMPO BASE ROMA OUTDOOR EXPERIENCE PATAGONIA ROMA ROSSIGNOL PARMA RRTREK ROMA ALP3 MONTAGNA CLIMBER STORE GEOSTA LBM SPORT MONTURA ROMA ONE RACE ONERACE THE NORTH FACE COLA DI R. THE NORTH FACE ROMA THE NORTH FACE ROMA MIZUNO ROMA ALTA QUOTA ROMA ROCK IT STAR WALL URBANSTAR OMNIA SPORT SPORTLAND RONCADELLE SHERPA ATLANTE MONTELLO MAKALU' SPORT CABAS SPORT MONTURA ROVERETO BLOCK3 SPORTLIFEE SPORT JOCHER MACIACONI PIÙ SPORT ANIMA SPORTIVA ALPSTATION AOSTA PAPIN SPORT SPORT HOLZER SPORT HUB CHIAVENNA LAGAZOI SPORT MILESI SPORT SPORTLAND SAN LEONARDO GODI SPORT TURNOVER SPORT SPORTLER SAN MARTINO SLALOM SLALOM SPORT SAN MARTINO SPORT PARETI WEGER UNICO SPORT ALPSTATION BRESCIA NEW VIAGGIANDO GIUGLAR LAB IS SPORT

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MODENA MODENA MOENA MONDOVÌ MONIGA MONTEBELLUNA MONTEBELLUNA MONTEBELLUNA MONTEBELLUNA MONTESACRO MONTESILVANO MONTESILVANO MORBEGNO MORGEX MORI MUCCIA NAGO TORBOLE NAPOLI NATURNO NEMBRO NEMBRO NICHELINO NICOLOSI NICOLOSI NOICATTARO NOVA LEVANTE NOVALESA OLGIATE OLONA ORIO AL SERIO ORIO AL SERIO ORIO AL SERIO ORIO AL SERIO ORTISEI ORTISEI ORTISEI ORZINUOVI OSIMO OSPITALETTO OSTERIA DEL GATTO OULX OVINDOLI PADOVA PADOVA PADOVA PADOVA PADOVA PALAZZOLO SULL’OGLIO PALERMO PALERMO PAQUIER PARCINES PARMA PARMA PARMA PARMA PAVULLO NEL FRIGNANO PERGINE VALSUGANA PERNATE PERO PERTOSA PERUGIA PERUGIA PESCARA PESCARA PESCARA PESCASSEROLI PESCASSEROLI PIACENZA PIACENZA PIACENZA PIANCOGNO PIANELLA PIETRAMURATA PIETRASANTA PIEVE D’ALPAGO PIEVE DI SOLIGO PIEVE DI TORREBELVICINO PINEROLO PINEROLO PINEROLO PINZOLO PINZOLO PISOGNE PISTOIA PLAN FELINAZ PONT SAINT MARTIN PONTE DI LEGNO BS PONTE FELCINO PONTE NELLE ALPI PONTE SELVA DI PARRE PONTERANICA PORDENONE PORDENONE POVE DEL GRAPPA POZZA DI FASSA PRATA CAMPORTACCIO PRATO PRATO PREDAZZO QUARTU SANT’ELENA RASEN-ANTHOLZ SÜDTIROL RAVASCLETTO RAVENNA REANA DEL ROJALE REGGIO EMILIA REGGIO EMILIA REGGIO EMILIA RIETI RIETI RIMINI RIO DI PUSTERIA RIVAROLO CANAVESE RIVAROLO CANAVESE ROCCA DI MEZZO ROMA ROMA ROMA ROMA ROMA ROMA ROMA ROMA ROMA ROMA ROMA ROMA ROMA ROMA ROMA ROMA ROMA ROMA ROMA ROMA ROMA ROMAGNANO SESIA RONCADELLE RONCO BRIANTINO RORETO DI CHERASCO ROVERETO ROVERETO ROVERETO ROVERETO RUFFRE' - MENDOLA S. ANDREA S. CRISTINA SACILE SACILE SAINT CHRISTOPHE SAN CANDIDO SAN CANDIDO SAN CASSIANO SAN CASSIANO SAN GIOVANNI BIANCO SAN LEONARDO IN PASSIRIA SAN MARTINO BUON ALBERGO SAN MARTINO BUON ALBERGO SAN MARTINO BUON ALBERGO SAN MARTINO DI CASTROZZA SAN MARTINO DI CASTROZZA SAN MARTINO DI CASTROZZA SAN PANCRAZIO SAN PAOLO SAN VENDEMIANO SAN ZENO NAVIGLIO SANSEPOLCRO SANT'AMBROGIO SANT’AGOSTINO

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GI-SPORT KRATTER FAMA SPORT ALPSTATION SARZANA 3.30 RUNNING STORE BESSON SPORT GIUGGIA SPORT MOUNTAIN EXPERIENCE MAX SPORT VALLI SPORT ALPSTATION SCHIO PIANETA CICLO ART CLIMB PALESTRA BRUNO SPORT ACTIV SPORT SPORT WALTER CABOT COVE OUTDOOR CAFÈ SALEWA OUTLET SERRAVALLE KINIGER SPORTMODE MAXI SPORT SESTO S.G. XL MOUNTAIN IL MARATONETA SPORT RONDIRO PASSSPORT SIGNORESSA SPORTLER CLIMBING CENTER SPORTLER TREVISO DF SPORT SPECIALIST SIRTORI ALTERNATIVA SPORT ALPIN SPORT MODE ALPIN SPORTS K&K SPORTS SALEWA OUTLET VERONA FIORELLI SPORT SONDRIO CENTRO SPORT SPORTLAND SONICO VI BLOCK CAMPO BASE SPILAMBERTO BERGER SCHUKE SPORTLAND STEZZANO ALPSTATION TARVISIO SPORTLER TAVAGNACCO ZANI SPORT PIÙ SPORT VERTIGINI SPORT IOCORRO! MONTURA FIEMME SPORT VENTURA CRAZY STORE TIRANO TECNICAL SKI BSHOP BRACCINI BSHOP RAVINA FERRINO STORE TORINO FRESH STORE JOLLY SPORT JOLLY SPORT MIZUNO STORE ORIZZONTI VERTICALI RONCO ALPINISMO SALEWA TORINO ALPSTATION TORINO BSIDE CLIMBING VILLAGE CUORE DA SPORTIVO GRASSI SPORT TORINO MONTURA TORINO ORIZZONTI VERTICALI PASSION SPORT SALA SPORT THE NORTH FACE TORINO ASD BOULDER BAR SASP PALESTRA CLIMBING READY TO RUN GULLIVER TORRE PELLICE SPORTLER VICENZA LEZARD CATTI SPORT LA SPORTIVA TRENTO ROCK & ICE TRENTO SHERPA3 PATAGONIA VERTICAL SPORT TRENTO MONTURA TRENTO TECNOSCI SPORTLER ALPIN TRENTO SPORTLER TRENTO MAGNITUDO LE BLOC SHOP ALPSTATION TRIESTE AVVENTURA DUE SPORTLER TRIESTE FIASCARIS K2 SPORT SPORT CENTER FIORELLI SPORT VALMASINO SPORT CORONES LAYAK SPORT MODE MARIA SALEWA OUTLET VALMONTONE SKICENTER LODO SPORT VERNAZZA SPORT CAMPO BASE VERONA MONTURA VERONA ROSSIGNOL VERONA THE NORTH FACE VERONA MARATONANDO OLIUNÌD LDR PALESTRA GILIOLI SPORT MONDO MONTAGNA VERTICAL NO LIMIT DHO SPORT ROSSI SPORTLAND VILLANUOVA AFFARI & SPORT VILLASANTA BAROLI SPORT CALZATURE BAROLI HERBERT PLANK SPORT RUNNER HELLWEGER INTERSPORT LA SPORTIVA ZIANO DI FIEMME TIRABOSCHI SPORT QUOTA 362 CRAS TABIA SPORT SALEWA STORE SALZBURG SPORTLER ALPIN LOACKER BERGFUCHS ALPSTATION INNSBRUCK BLACK DIAMOND INNSBRUCK PATAGONIA INNSBRUCK SPORTLER WITTING THE NORTH FACE INNSBRUCK ROCKNROLL MOUNTAIN STORE HIGH LIFE HANDELS SPORTLER BERGSPORT ZIMML ALPINAUSSTATTER BASE CAMP THE ALPINE STORE SALEWA OUTLET PARNDORF SALEWA STORE SAALFELDEN SALEWA STORE SCHLADMING SPORT4YOU PETE SPORT BERGWERK SALEWA STORE WIEN STEPPENWOLF ONSIGHT BERGSPORT HAVEN DE ZWERVER HAVEN TRANSA BASEL TRANSA BERN BÄCHLI BERGSPORT STILE ALPINO LUGANO PLANET ENDURANCE TRANSA LUCERNE DF SPORT SPECIALIST LUGANO SALEWA STORE PONTRESINA STILE ALPINO SAMEDAN BOOSPORT TRANSA ST. GALLEN MONTAIN-AIR BAYARD SPORT MILLET SHOP SALEWA STORE ZERMATT THE NORTH FACE ZERMATT THE NORTH FACE ZURICH TRANSA ZURICH BÄCHLI BERGSPORT MOUNTAIN-SPORTS

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SAPPADA SARONNO SARZANA SASSUOLO SAUZE D’OULX SAVIGLIANO SAVIGNANO SUL RUBICONE SCHIO SCHIO SCHIO SCOPPITO SEDICO SELVA GARDENA SELVA VAL GARDENA SELVA VAL GARDENA SENIGALLIA SERAVALLE SCRIVIA SESTO SESTO SAN GIOVANNI SETTIMO VITTONE SIENA SIENA SIGNORESSA SILEA SILEA SIRTORI SISTIANA SIUSI SIUSI SIUSI SONA SONDRIO SONDRIO SONICO SPESSA SPILAMBERTO ST. NIKOLAUS ULTEN STEZZANO TARVISIO TAVAGNACCO TEMU TERAMO TERNI TERNI TESERO TESERO TIRANO TOLMEZZO TORINO TORINO TORINO TORINO TORINO TORINO TORINO TORINO TORINO TORINO TORINO TORINO TORINO TORINO TORINO TORINO TORINO TORINO TORINO TORINO TORINO TORRE BOLDONE TORRE PELLICE TORRI DI QUARTESOLO TRADATE TRAVERSETOLO TRENTO TRENTO TRENTO TRENTO TRENTO TRENTO TRENTO TRENTO TRENTO TREVISO TRIESTE TRIESTE TRIESTE UDINE UDINE VAL DI VIZZE VAL MASINO VALDAORA VALDRAGONE VALLES VALMONTONE VARNA VERMIGLIO VERNAZZA VERONA VERONA VERONA VERONA VIAREGGIO VICENZA VIGNOLA VIGNOLA VILLAIR VILLANOVA MONDOVI VILLANOVA MONDOVI VILLANUOVA SUL CLISI VILLASANTA VILLENEUVE VILLENEUVE VIPITENO VITERBO WELSBERG-TAISTEN ZIANO DI FIEMME ZOGNO ZOLA PREDOSA ZOLA PREDOSA ZOLDO ALTO BERGHEIM BEI SALZBURG BLUDENZ GÖTZIS GRAZ INNSBRUCK INNSBRUCK INNSBRUCK INNSBRUCK INNSBRUCK KIRCHDORF IN TIROL KLAGENFURT AM WÖRTHERSEE KUFSTEIN LIENZ LIENZ LINZ PARNDORF SAALFELDEN SCHLADMING SÖLDEN ST. ANTON AM ARLBERG STEYR WIEN WIEN ZAMS ANTWERPEN HERENTALS KNOKKE BASEL BERN BERN-BREITENRAIN CANOBBIO ECUBLENS LUCERNE LUGANO PONTRESINA SAMEDAN SIERRE ST. GALLEN VERBIER ZERMATT ZERMATT ZERMATT ZERMATT ZURICH ZURICH ZURICH-OERLIKON ANSBACH

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CONDITION STEIGENBERGER BERGSPORTHÜTTE STADT LAND FLUSS BERGSPORT GEISTALLER CAMP 4 GLOBETROTTER BERLIN MONT K PATAGONIA BERLIN THE NORTH FACE BERLIN UNTERWEGS BIELEFELD GLOBETROTTER BONN UNTERWEGS BONN UNTERWEGS BREMEN UNTERWEGS CELLE DER SKANDINAVIER GLOBETROTTER DRESDEN UNTERWEGS DUISBURG GLOBETROTTER DÜSSELDORF SACK & PACK UNTERWEGS ERFURT FREILAUF BERGSPORT MÜHLBAUER UNTERWEGS FLENSBURG GLOBETROTTER FRANKFURT SALEWA STORE FREIBURG SPORT KIEFER DOOROUT.COM NORDWAND SPORTS ALPINSPORT BASIS BERGSPORT WN ALPIN SPORT CONRAD GARMISCH BERGZEIT GLOBETROTTER HAMBURG GLOBETROTTER HAMBURG UNTERWEGS HAMM BSZ BERGSPORTZENTRALE ADVENTURE COMPANY BERGZEIT UNTERWEGS HÖXTER UNTERWEGS JEVER BASISLAGER SPORT HANDELS SCENIC SPORTS BERGSPORT MAXI UNTERWEGS KIEL GLOBETROTTER AUSRÜSTUNG GLOBETROTTER KÖLN SPORT GRUNER ALPINSPORTZENTRALE ALPEN STRAND THE NORTH FACE LEIPZIG UNTERWEGS LEIPZIG BIWAK EISELIN SPORT ALPIN OUTDOOR LADEN OUTDOORTRENDS MAGIC MOUNT GLOBETROTTER MÜNCHEN GOLDWIN PATAGONIA MÜNCHEN RUMRICH STONE PROJECTS SCHUSTER SPORTHAUS DERU THE NORTH FACE MUNICH UNTERWEGS MÜNSTER SPORT CONRAD MURNAU TRAVEL & TREK BASTIAN SALEWA STORE OBERSTDORF UNTERWEGS OLDENBURG DER OUTDOORLADEN SPORT CONRAD PENZBERG GIPFELSTÜRMER SALEWA STORE REGENSBURG MONTAGNE-SPORT BERGWERKER STUTTGART GLOBETROTTER STUTTGART GLOBETROTTER HARZ SCHNEIDER RAD+SPORT VIKING ADVENTURES BIWAKSCHACHTEL GLOBETROTTER ULM UNTERWEGS WESEL SPORT CONRAD WIELENBACH UNTERWEGS WILHELMSHAVEN SALEWA OUTLET ZWEIBRÜCKEN EVENTYRSPORT NATURLIGVIS OUTDOOR OUTDOOR XPERTEN TRAILXTREM ALCOBENDAS EL REFUGIO DEPORTES DIAGONAL ALMERIA VILADOMAT ALP SPORTS BARRABES CAMP BASE INTERPERIE CAMP BASE NUS CERCLESPORTS CUYLÁS BARCELONA EQUIPA'T GROWOLD SALEWA STORE BARCELONA SHARMA CLIMBING THE NORTH FACE BARCELONA VÈRTIC BARCELONA BARRABÉS RÍOS RUNNING BERGA SERAC SPORT MONTAÑA Y DEPORTES HAMAIKA MOUNTAIN THE NORTH FACE BILBAO ZONA GR ARMERIA Y AVENTURA SUMMIT MOUNTAIN ESPORTS ROC VERTICAL AL COXINILLO MACHAPUCHARE ARISTARUN GOMA 2 TECNIC ESPORTS ANDORRA TRAMUNTANA ESPORTS LUDO AVENTURA ESPORTS NABES DEPORTES SHERPA GRANADA ILLA SPORTS DEPORTES CHARLI JACA BLACKISARD MOUNTAIN K2 PLANET CUYLÁS MADRID DEPORTES KOALA DEPORTES MAKALU OUTDOOR SIN LÍMITE THE NORTH FACE MADRID DEPORTES LA TRUCHA RÍOS RUNNING MANRESA VÈRTIC MANRESA VÈRTIC SABADELL EVORUNNER FACTOR 2 CARVING ESPORTS CAMP BASE C17 LA SPORTIVA RODELLAR CAMP BASE SANT CUGAT AGOSTI XTREME SPORT PEREGRINOTECA.COM DEPORTEMANIA ESPORTS K2 TANGOSENLAROCA.COM DEPORTES AITANA L’AVENTURA THE NORTH FACE VALENCIA DEPORTES ALVARADO TERRA DEPORTE AVENTURA SALEWA OUTLET VILADECANS CAMP BASE VITORIA DEPORTES GAIKAR KIROLAK SCANDINAVIAN OUTDOOR PARTIOAITTA LAHTI PARTIOAITTA ROVANIEMI SCANDINAVIAN OUTDOOR AU VIEUX CAMPEUR ALBERTVILLE MILLET SHOP ALPE D'HUEZ PICTURE SNOWLEADER ANNECY THE NORTH FACE ANNECY CHULLANKA ANTIBES MILLET SHOP BASTIA PEYTAVIN SPORT SPORTS AVENTURE AU VIEUX CAMPEUR CHAMBÉRY

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"I was born on the threshold of winter, in the mountains, and snow has accompanied my whole life.” This Last Word pays homage to the 100 years since the birth of Mario Rigoni Stern, a writer who has made history, nature and ethical commitment the center of his entire work. One of the few able to talk about important things without getting carried away by the rhetorical emphasis of memory, convinced of the need, for men, to understand that nature has a limit, after which life will disappear. "Forest belongs to everyone, but it is not for everyone. The lights that filter from above, the rustles, the sounds, the smells, the colors are means to make your emotions become prayer [...] Maybe from here ideas, thoughts, reflections were born in men for the first time."

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