Versante Sud Gli Archivi Ritrovati climbing novel

The rediscovered archives of Giuseppe “Popi” Miotti is a valuable dive into the past of Italian mountaineering through the eyes of those who experienced the vertical revolution from the heart of the Rhaetian Alps to the great world walls; born from forgotten images and memories, the volume narrates the pioneering feats of the author – from the historic climbs of the 1970s with rigid boots (“rigidones”) to the Northwest couloir of Piz Cambrena, passing through the Sassismo in Val di Mello, up to the feats on Disgrazia, Badile, and the Nose of El Capitan – intertwining accounts, anecdotes, and testimonies from protagonists of a creative era and attempting to awaken a mountaineering “time” that seemed lost, with historical rigor combined with a provocative spirit and a creative longevity that makes the narrative as vibrant as the very ridges climbed.