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Impressive performance: Pietro Vidi repeats the trad test piece »Magic Line«

Italian climber Pietro Vidi has successfully repeated the trad testpiece Magic Line (5.14c/8c+). The iconic line, first climbed by Ron Kauk in 1996, has seen few repeats since and is considered a tough challenge even among very experienced climbers.

Yosemite: Pietro Vidi repeats the difficult trad classic »Meltdown« (8c+)

With his repeat ascent of the difficult trad route "Meltdown" (8c+) in Yosemite Valley, the Italian climber Pietro Vidi becomes part of an elite circle of only a few ascenders.

Pietro Vidi and Camilla Moroni free climb the "Pre-Muir Wall" on El Capitan

On October 28, 2025, the Italian climbing team of Moroni and Vidi achieved a free ascent of the "Pre-Muir Wall" on El Capitan in Yosemite Valley. Camilla Moroni thus became the first Italian woman to achieve a free ascent on El Capitan.

Pietro Vidi and Alessandro Larcher successfully complete a free ascent of Joy Division (8b)

Italian climbers Pietro Vidi and Alessandro Larcher free-climbed the route Joy Division (800 m, 8b) on the Qualido Wall in Val di Mello on Wednesday, September 17, 2025. The 20-pitch route is considered one of the most challenging multi-pitch routes in Italy.

Pietro Vidi repeats »Permanent Midnight Low« 8C+

The Italian climber Pietro Vidi has completed the first repetition of the boulder »Permanent Midnight Low« in the Val de Bagnes in Fionnay, Switzerland.

First female Ascent: Camilla Moroni masters “Histoire sans Fin” 

Camila Moroni makes history: together with Pietro Vidi, she successfully repeats the Swiss trad testpiece Histoire sans Fin (8b+). Moroni becomes the first woman to free climb the 200m multi-pitch route. 

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