Keyword: Gondo crack

Jonas Schild on the gap between sport and trad climbing

Jonas Schild on the gap between sport and trad climbing and the futility of drilling traditional routes.

Video: Nicolo Balducci walking the Trad route Gondo Crack (8c)

About a year ago, the young Italian Nicolo Balducci managed to commemorate one of the world's toughest trad routes: Gondo Crack (8c) in the Cippo sector near Gondo, Switzerland. Now the video of the ascent and the story behind it is online.

Nicolo Balducci climbs the Trad-style route Gondo Crack (8c)

A few days ago, 16-year-old Nicolo Balducci from Domodossola climbed one of the most difficult trad routes in the world: Gondo Crack (8c) in the Cippo sector near Gondo. Before...

Video about Jacopo Larcher and Babsi Zangerl's celebration of Gondo Crack (8c)

In spring 2017, the climbing couple Zangerl-Larcher managed the trad ascent of the Gondo Crack (8c) in the Cippo sector near Gondo. Black Diamond is now releasing a video...

Finally: Gondo Crack freed by Barbara Zangerl and Jacopo Larcher

The Gondo Crack is a 17-meter crack line set up in the late 90's by two Italians, Allesandro Manini and Maurizio Pellizzon. Since then the...

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