We wanted to inform you that our tiny Italian climbing association
is going wild and is currently organising a bouldering event for next
October 11+12 in a lovely spot at the foot of Mount Monviso, Po Valley,
North-West Italy. The idea came out one sunny sunday morning of an
ordinary december day while we were bouldering in our 'home' spot. This
area is not far from where we live and has given us plenty of good
climbs in the years we've climbed there. So we said 'why not?'
Basically
it's a 2-day party which revolves around the world of bouldering and
includes an open contest which aims at catching the attention of
several pros. A sort of MINIMELLOBLOCCO. The qualification phase is on
real rock, the finals on a bouldering structure. There's going to be a
sort of base camp where everyone can put their tent or van and the link
to the climbing areas is guaranteed by 2 minibuses. The
prize in money - to be shared men and women, 1st, 2nd and 3rd place -
is ย3.000. In addition to that, there are also prizes in equipment by
E9, Montura, Black Diamond, Andrea Boldrini. After
one week we've opened the website page for the subscription to the
event, we already have world renowned Christian Core and Gabriele
Moroni amongst others in our list. Not bad for an event which takes
place in October!
Bouldering meeting in the Po-valley