Thanks adidas!
With the beginning of this new year the partnership between Ragni di Lecco and our technical sponsor adidas TERREX ends. The collaboration began in 2010,...
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Expedition Riso Patron Sur February/March 2018
By Matteo Della Bordella & Silvan Schupbach From February 9th to March 3rd 2018, we spent a total of 22 days in Chile’s O’Higgins...
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The Flying Dutch: new route in Mello’s Valley by Pedeferri and Schiera
Simone Pedeferri and Luca Schiera have established ‘L’Olandese Volante’, a new multi-pitch rock climb up Precipizio degli Asteroidi in Val di Mello, Italy. In...
Around 9a, with Stefano Carnati
Here is the video, starring Stefano Carnati, who explains to all of us, and you, the incredible beauty and complexity of climbing around the...
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Madagascar: the Ragni route on Tsaranoro Wall
But we all knew that we would probably never see each other again… There is a comfortable sofa in the living room of my...
MADAGASCAR, New Tsaranoro climb in Madagascar
In July 2017 Matteo de Zaiacomo, Dimitri Anghileri and Marco Maggioni belonging to the Ragni di lecco climbing club made the first ascent of...
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Jabel Misht…interested?
We had the first news about the ascents of Luca Schiera (Ragni di Lecco) and Andrea, in Oman in November 2013, through this simple...
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Ragni sulla Czech Direct al Denali
For photos and Videos Luca and David brought: Since reading the stories of Jack London as a kid I had dreamt about visiting this...
Quattro spedizioni per un’estate
La bella impresa di David Bacci e Luca Moroni, che il 23 giugno hanno raggiunto la vetta del Denali lungo l’impressionante via degli Slovacchi (prima ripetizione...
PATAGONIA-new route on CERRO MARIPOSA
On 15 and 16 March 2017 Luca Schiera and Paolo Marazzi made the first ascent of Produci consuma crepa, a new 900m rock climb...
Patagonia Cerro Murallón, new East Face climb by Ragni di Lecco
“First ascent Murallon East Face in storm, descent down opposite face. All safe down on glacier. The wrong one though.” These are the...
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La lunga attesa
Paolo Spreafico reports about ‘La lunga attesa’, the new rock climb established together with Fabio Palma up the marvellous Wenden limestone in Switzerland: Read...
WENDENSTOCKE, new route
This is the fifth route we opened in Wendenstocke PORTAMI VIA ( Matteo Della Bordella, Fabio Palma, Domenico SOldarini) COELOPHYSIS (Matteo Della Bordella, Fabio Palma,...
Val Masino, new rock climb-MONGOLFIERA
On the Mongolfiera face (Val Masino, Italy) Daniele Bianchi and Simone Pedeferri have made the first ascent of ‘Pana’ (8b, 265m). The route is...
WENDENSTOCKE-FREE on PORTAMI VIA
In August 2005, Fabio Palma, Domenico Soldarini and Matteo Della Bordella (at the time 21 years old) opened “Portami via”, a new route on...
2016: grand courses on the top of Europe for David Bacci
2016 was an extraordinary year for David Bacci, who, after the first repetition of the Ferrari route at Fitz Roy, honored his admission into...
Stefano Carnati climbs 9a at Céüse and Entraygues in France
During a few short trips to France, Italy’s Stefano Carnati repeated Condè de Choc 9a at Entraygues in the Briançon region and Le Cadre...
Baffin Island, total adventure in the wild Arctic
In summer 2016 the three Ragni di Lecco Matteo Della Bordella, Luca Schiera and Matteo De Zaiacomo “Giga” (all sponsored by Adidas) joined their...
Stefano Carnati climbs Action Directe in the Frankenjura
18 year-old Italian climber Stefano Carnati has repeated Action Directe, the legendary 9a sport climb established by Wolfgang Güllich in Germany’s Frankenjura in 1991....
GREECE, LEONIDIO: new route
On the East Face of Garden of Dionysus above Leonidio in Greece the Italian climbers Dimitri Anghileri, Simone Pedeferri and Luca Schiera have opened...
STEFANO CARNATI: GOLDRAKE, CORNALBA, 9a+!!
On Sunday 20 March 2016 at Cornalba, Italy, Stefano Carnati made the third ascent of Goldrake, the 9a+ sports climb freed by Adam Ondra...
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MEXICO, new route by RAGNI DI LECCO
In November 2015 Simone Pedeferri, Paolo Marazzi and Marco Maggioni made the first ascent of El Chaman Loco up the El Chaman face at...
EAST OF FITZ ROY-MATTEO DELLA BORDELLA and DAVID BACCI ON FIRE
“If a man is not willing to fight for his dreams, either his dreams have no big value or it’s the man who is...
CERRO TORRE – COMPRESSOR ROUTE UNBOLTED: the ascent by Matteo Della Bordella!!
From 30 – 31 January 2016 Italy’s Matteo Della Bordella and Switzerland’s Silvan Schüpbach climbed the SE Ridge (Compressor Route) of Cerro Torre (Patagonia)....
FIRST 9a for STEFANO CARNATI!
17-year-old climber Stefano Carnati, son of our great member Adriano Carnati and the lead guy of our youth sport team, has redpointed his first 9a...
Bhagirathi vs Ragni di Lecco
Our expedition starts on August 16th when we arrive in Delhi and only a few days after, on August 21st we reach our base...
KING OF THE BONGO, new route on Qualido in Val di Mello
In autumn 2014 Paolo Marazzi, Matteo de Zaiacomo and Luca Schiera completed the first ascent of King of the Bongo, a new climb that...
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CHINA, LIMING and TRAD CLIMBING
ITALIAN VERSION: http://ragnilecco.com/la-cina-e-vicina/ THE VIDEO: Luca Schiera introduces Liming, the famous trad climbing area in China. The Italian alpinist and member of the Ragni di...
Youth climbing video
What about the overall story behind youth\kids climbing? From training to competition, from indoor to outdoor climbing, playing with speed, bouldering and ropes. We...
Val di Mello, Scoglio della Metamorfosi -Simone Pedeferri climbs new route
In April 2015 Simone Pedeferri made the first ascent of “Io non ho paura” (225m, max 8b+, 7b obligatory) a new rock climb established...
IF: something new in the Grigne mountains
The story of “IF” begins in September 2013, when Eugenio Pesci, a great connoisseur of the Grigne, proposed to me to open a route...
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PATAGONIA 2015
The expedition to Patagonia, which took place in the months of January and February 2015 and involved the three “Ragni” Luca Schiera, Matteo Della...
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KIRGHIZISTAN 2014
While Luca Schiera “Luchino” and Matteo De Zaiacomo “Giga” were going up and down the big walls of Kirghizistan, we were impatiently waiting for...
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PATAGONIA 2014
The 2014 season has been though in Patagonia, at least from a meteorological point of view, as the weather went back to the bad...
Attempt on the Ragni Route on Fitz Roy
Thursday 29th January. Luca and I go back to El Chalten after climbing the Red Pillar on Mermoz. Friday 30th January. After a rest...
MOROCCO IN LIGHTNESS
The first tour of Lecco’s Spiders project just came to end, in Todra gorges. The goal of this project is to travel into...
Vacanze di Natale al Sud – Episodio 1
Il titolo è un po’ da cinepanettone, ed effettivamente qualcosa di comico ci sta nel fatto che un gruppo di assatanati arrampicatori, in fuga dalle brume del...
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SARDINIA
Happy new year to everyone! As the most of the people who are familiar with this website already know, the Ragni group in the...
Ragni route on Saint Exupery
The stay of Matteo Della Bordella, Luca Schiera and Silvan Schupbach in Patagonia is close to its end. In the last days a short...
Report from Latin America
The vertical Kilometer of unclimbed granite in the Cochamò valley was only the first stage of a South-American tour “on the road” and “on...
La valle dei sogni” 8c+/9a for Simone Pedeferri
As usually for Simone Pedeferri this spring began with the preparation of the Melloblocco (he’s the boulder setter), then he moved to sport climbing...
Kirghizistan: nice one dudes!
While Luca Schiera “Luchino” and Matteo De Zaiacomo “Giga” were going up and down the big walls of Kirghizistan, we were impatiently waiting for...
Chile: a great new route by Simone Pedeferri
A great news just came from Simone Pedeferri, who is in Chile since the end of January: the first ascent of a new 900...
BUCO DEL PIOMBO: La Divina Commedia
“The steepest multi-pitch climb I’ve ever established!”. This is how Simone Pedeferri describes La Divina Commedia, the fascinating climb at Buco del Piombo in Valle...
The great shark hunt
The perfect expedition? The one I have dreamed since when I started climbing, but I had never thought that could have become true? Probably...
The massif of Siroua and Toufliht
By Andrea Pavan and Daniele Tavola We start out, Daniele “Neno” Tavola and I, with three others friends: Andrea Merisio, Marco “Papa” Gualtieri...
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GREENLAND – Dating with Berta
Now it’s really over: last Saturday, Matthew, and Christian Silvan reached the village of Ittoqqotoormit, the final leg of the expedition. But even the...
Groenlandia: la lunga via verso casa
Ecco il messaggio che abbiamo ricevuto da Matteo, due giorni fa Sarà finita solo quando sarà finita, dice nell’ultima parte. Le condizioni dell’oceano e...
GRAND CAPUCIN – MONT BLANC
ITALIAN VERSION: http://ragnilecco.com/grand-capucin-via-dei-ragni-all-free/ Matteo Della Bordella and Arianna Colliard and the ascent of the Lecco route up the SE Face of Grand Capucin, put up...
WENDEN, new route by Luca Schiera and Silvan Schüpbach
ITALIAN VERSION: http://ragnilecco.com/wenden-nuova-via-luca-schiera/ On 6 and 7 June 2014 Silvan Schüpbach and Luca Schiera made the first ascent of El Gordo (6c/7a, 450m) on Wendenstöcke,...
Bafa Gölü, exploratory bouldering in Turkey
by A. Pavan, D. Tavola, L. Manini, C. Paniga e U. Benaglia After the adventure in Morocco last year, Andrea Pavan “Pavaz” and Daniel “Neno”...
THE QUEST FOR ADVENTURE
German climber Tobias Wolf recounts his vertical adventures, together with Stephan Isensee, on three demanding climbs in the Alps first ascended by the Ragni...
Free Bebè, new route in Mello valley
In September 2013 the Spiders Simone Pedeferri and Luca Schiera completed the free ascent of a route on the Precipizio degli Asteroidi taking over the line Savessimbebè ,...
Uli Biaho 2013
By Matteo Dela Bordella Uli Biaho Tower, and its elegant and impressive South-East face which stands just above Trango glacier, was attracting me since...
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APULIA, SALENTO: a new spot climbing
Italian Version:http://ragnilecco.com/arrampicare-nel-salento-il-video-dei-ragni-di-lecco/ LA PIETRA DEL SUD, the Ragni di Lecco project from a Fabio Palma’ proposal, has supported many new amazing crags in South...
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Torre Egger West face – Notti Magiche
Technical description of the route The overall length of the route is 1000m, with 800m of new terrain and the last 200m in common...
FREERIDER – YOSEMITE
The report by Matteo della Bordella about his recent free ascent, together with David Bacci, of Freerider, the famous climb freed by Alexander and...
GROTTA DEL FERRO, Val di Mello, by SIMONE PEDEFERRI
ITALIAN VERSION: http://ragnilecco.com/27-07-2011-val-del-ferro-update-nuove-libere-portfolio/ Simone Pedeferri has freed Dream of love 8c at Grotta del Ferro, Val di Mello, Italy. All pics in this article are...
TOMMY CALDWELL and RAGNI DI LECCO routes
Climbing in Europe from the point of view of ace American climber Tommy Caldwell who ascended a series of difficult multi-pitches in Rätikon, Val...
24h for Pedeferri and Spini
24H Italian Version Sometimes dreams happen to be the result of a general sense of uneasiness. Actually we should say that we grow...
BASTON LA BAFFE: A mega route
ITALIAN VERSION: http://ragnilecco.com/baston-la-baffe-per-della-bordella-palma/ 8.20 am, the bus stops. The British and his Spanish partner just told us they’re going to climb the classic route, one...
Titlis Letze Ausfahrt for Matteo Della Bordella
By Matteo Della Bordella Between me and the Titlis it has been love at first sight. In 15 years of intense alpinistic activity I...
MAKE A WISH: an emotional 8c+
ITALIAN VERSION: http://ragnilecco.com/28-06-2012-make-a-wish/ Before the arrive of the summer 2012 Luca Passini succeeded in free climbing a project bolted some years ago in the...
Velocità Limitata – new route in Raetikon
Rätikon, new climb Velocità Limitata by Spreafico and Soldarini 20.12.2011 Traslated by Planetmountain This summer Paolo Spreafico, Domenico “Dodo” Soldarini and Lorenzo Martinelli established...
Infinite Jest – a MEGA route in Wenden
Infinite Jest – new route in Wenden Italian Version Without any doubt this is one of the best climbing spots in the Alps. I’ve...
Il mito della Caverna – new route in Val Bavona
Della Bordella establishes a new route in Val Bavona, 09.07.2011 Translated by Planetmountain Matteo Della Bordella has freed the route “Il mito della Caverna”...
WENDENSTOCKE, Infinite Jest
On 03/09/2011 Matteo Della Bordella and Fabio Palma made the first one-day ascent of their “Infinite Jest” (640m 8a+/8b max, 7b obl.), the new...
Simone Pedeferri and the first free ascent of Non sei più della mia banda
Translated by Planetmountain.com ITALIAN VERSION: http://ragnilecco.com/29-09-2010-non-sei-piu-della-mia-banda-all-free/ Once again Simone Pedeferri has undertaken a vagabond journey up one of the massive rock faces in Italy’s Val...
MEXICO, new route and other
In January 2010 the Italians Alessandro Baù and Matteo Della Bordella carried out the first ascent of ‘Fiducia al sentiero’ (500m, 5.12c/7b+ max –...
Palma, Genius sul M.te Ginnircu
06-02-2010 Genius sul M.te Ginnircu Portata a termine Genius sul M.te Ginnircu a Baunei, Sardegna. La via è stata iniziata da Fabio Palma e...
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GREENLAND-4 new routes in pure alpine style
Simone Pedeferri, Matteo Della Bordella, Lorenzo “Pala” Lanfranchi and Richard Felderer have just returned from a successful expedition to the relatively unexplored eastern Greenland...
WENDENSTOCKE, new route-COELOPHYSIS
NOTE: the cove photo has been shot years later by Mikey-Schaefe, and climber is Tommy Caldwell Matteo della Bordella and Fabio Palma have recently...
RAETIKON, new route by PALMA and SOLDARINI
ITALIAN ARTICLE: http://ragnilecco.com/11-09-2006-ripetizione-in-dolomiti-e-una-nuova-via-in-ratikon-per-i-ragni/ Fabio Palma and Domenico Soldarini have established “Follie di Fine Estate” a ten pitches route in Ratikon Fabio Palma reported that “the...
KALYMNOS multipitch
At the start of December 2004 Giovanni Ongaro, Fabio Palma, Simone Pedeferri and Marco Vago travelled to Kalymnos, Greece, where they made the...
1986 PAINE TOWERS-PATAGONIA
986. 40th anniversary of Ragni group…fifteen of us leave for Patagonia, our objectives are three different towers: Towers of Paine, Sarmiento and Aguja Poincenot....
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Cerro Torre, 1974
italian version Can a mountain represent an alpinist? Sometimes yes, sometimes surely no. It often happens to be prisoners of a mountain, more...
MC KINLEY 1961
1961, Ragni di Lecco become famous all over the world Ph. Luigino Airoldi From the diary of Riccardo Cassin Ghiglione was the first who...