Versante Sud Spit in Dolomiti climbing novel

Versante Sud Spit in Dolomiti 40 anni di battaglie is a climbing novel that traces the history and evolution of the style that has characterized the ascents of the last century, especially since the revolutionary appearance of the bolt!

From the purist proclamations of Preuss and Messner to the very direct ones, from the romantic and courageous vision of generations of mountaineers to high-difficulty sport climbing, you will cross a path during which the world of the climber has completely changed.

The bolts appeared in the Dolomites in the early 1980s, simultaneously with the explosion of sport climbing. A technical and cultural revolution that has begun to transform the world of climbing, marking its future indelibly.

40 years have passed since the appearance of the cliffs, the first myths of sport climbing and the first sport routes on large walls. Today there are hundreds of them and in the valley walls the bolt is universally accepted, but it is not always the same in the Dolomites, and in many areas it remains taboo.

Thanks to the pen of Alessio Conz you will be able to retrace this story. Told by a climber who started climbing in the early 1980s by frequenting the Sarca Valley and the Dolomites. He worked as a surveyor, disguiser, hut manager and finally as a mountain guide. He has published several mountaineering and hiking guides, various articles and stories.