Greta di Biase, 10, does her second 8A

Greta di Biase has sent Steini Christmas (8A) in Gottardo / Gotthardpass. Her first 8A, Scary Christmas (8A), the 10-year-old sent in July being 130 cm tall.

How do you approach climbing?
I love being outdoors and I don't particularly like gyms but I still go to them on rainy weekends or if I have to prepare for competitions. During the week I train at home with dad on our panel in the garage; all the gyms are too far away and there is too much traffic to go there. I'm not very strong on plastic especially if I look at the international level; that's my point of reference and I'm always motivated to compare myself to understand my weak points. I have been climbing boulders on rock since I could stand on my feet, and there I learned and am learning to climb, together with my whole family. At the moment I don't like lead I have a lot of fears and I'm nowhere near climbing to my limit.

On the boulders, however, it's the opposite, even on the high ones I'm comfortable and I feel that that's where I'll be able to climb to my limit. I like to try any hard or easy line that appeals to me, clean new ones for both myself and other kids, especially my little brother. My favorite place is Fontainebleau for the atmosphere, the rock and the pastry shops! I climbed my first 7a there, I was 6 years old. The second is the San Gottardo pass; Here I have currently managed to climb two technical and harder lines: Scary Christmas and Steini Christmas, both 8a. Given my height, the first line I climbed was harder, especially the initial step, the rest of the moves were my style and I solved them quite quickly. I want to become stronger and more complete, both in competition and on rock, set records and become among the best climbers in the world, climbing and discovering new places around the world. All these are dreams, but as long as I can I will work hard to achieve them.