Versante Sud Il Tempo Dei Sogni book on the history of climbing

Il Tempo dei Sogni – History of world bouldering is a work by Alberto Milani, published in December 2024. This book tells the evolution of bouldering, a discipline that has its roots in the 19th century in the United Kingdom, with figures like Oscar Eckenstein, and in the Forest of Fontainebleau in France. In the 1950s and 1960s, John Gill in the United States helped define modern bouldering, while in the 1990s athletes like Fred Nicole, Ben Moon, and Jerry Moffatt took the discipline to new heights. The book also explores the evolution of bouldering in the new millennium, with the emergence of new protagonists and visions.