Let's Begin

[Roberto Benvenuti]

OK! Let's begin this new web adventure! I'll try to give my personal imprint to this blog talking about me and what is my life on the rock,through words, images and video. I'll put a bit of useful material such as updates or new access to the cliffs.
Here's some news of the past months!
First post first shot! Just yesterday in fact I managed to make the cross to Zenzero 8a! Three days of attempts, I used to get to the head.On the third attempt, not yet aware of all movements of feet, I found myself hanging a 1 movement from the end of difficulties. Not so bad! Disbelief enough I came home confident ...
The second day, the discomfort has the upper hand, despite the conditions were good, but because of my excitement, I was constantly rejected by the first move, a very physical one from a sloper to a very small crimp and from this, without any good foot, to a decent hold; After that, with 10 movements very physical and always crimpy, without problems i went to th top... oh my God! But yesterday I took my revenge! I felt more relaxed and i felt the first move more natural; so stored the file "first movement" i've reached the top! Open the blog in this way it's so beautiful!
Let's go back a little back, 30 / 5 we started the multitch season by repeating Silvie to Lomasti (220 mt max + 6c) until the penultimate pitch. I was really happy because despite the constant drizzle that bathed the blue lichen (making it very slippery!) I did all the route OS. It's a really beautiful climbing on a strange rock with holes and crimp, very technical developed predominantly on vertical walls, with both stamina & boulderi pitches
The week before I sent Profumo d'estate 7b OS at Laguna di Massa a pretty cliff with pitches of 35mt.At first sight, the cliff does not seem so beautiful but some pitch are fantsatic (personally I recommend September moon 7c, Profumo d'estate 7b and 6c + / 7a Comitiva Indecisa.)
We talk about Street Boulder Contest: the Spot was Giardini di plastica in Genoa ... nothing short of amazing ... We still enjoy a lot, mainly thanks to the problems which would exceed the narrow streets, and excited even more thanks to the dose of adrenaline released from the Finals: a really high edge with the most hard on top! Overcoming the fear of the launch and subsequent fall, I managed to rub a few cm to Mattia and bring home the crash pad put for the winner! Mattia Giacomel and Fabio Sciandrello respectly were 2nd and 3rd only for few milimeters (photo gallery)
Great fun even at Melloblocco 2009! Amazin spot, and indeed a multitude of people lost in a four days of climbing, big and not side by side despite the rain which systematic drop in the evening. (photo gallery)


I leave you with even a small photogallery of our trip to Sardinia, a fast four days of climbing (2 of rain!) To have fun and take some nice satisfaction climbing on sight!