Stefano Ghisolfi ticks Hazel Grace Sit (8C)

Stefano Ghisolfi has climbed Hazel Grace Sit (8C) at Gottardo, marking his second 8C boulder of the summer. The Italian, known for sending over 60 routes graded 9a to 9b+, recently placed 11th at the Chamonix Lead World Cup. (c) Sara Grippo

Can you tell us more about the ascent?
I tried the moves of the stand the first day, sent it the second day and tried the sit start a bit. On the third day I had some really good tries and on the fourth day I fell once at the end and then sent it!

How come you lately have been focusing more on bouldering?
In the summer there are many more places for bouldering than sport climbing, and also thanks to my wife Sara, she loves bouldering so we decided to do more bouldering trips and we are enjoying them. We will focus a bit more on bouldering this summer and maybe in the winter too.