Versante Sud Quelli del Pordoi climbing novel

Quelli del Pordoi by Alberto Sciamplicotti tells the fascinating transformation of a modest hotel at Passo Pordoi — the Hotel Col di Lana, managed by Almo Giambisi and Mariangela Bruneri, granddaughter of the legendary Tita Piaz — from a simple mountain refuge to an authentic "base camp" of Dolomite mountaineering between the late 1960s and the early 1980s; the book unfolds like a mosaic of true and intense stories, intertwining friendships among Italian and international climbers, epic first ascents on the walls of Sass Pordoi, anecdotes of adventure and camaraderie, all rendered with an evocative tone that transports the reader to the beating heart of the era, where every climb became a collective rite and the Hotel, a symbol of passage to the elite of mountaineering, held the secrets and hopes of entire generations.