1960 - The first ascent of Dhaulagiri

A story of success and sacrifice, toil and glory,written by a group of courageous pioneers on an indelible day of May.

Summer hiking in polar regions

Although I’m one of the more experienced guides and expedition leaders in the polar regions, I never get tired of the beauty of these amazing places. In the last weeks, together with my expedition companions, I had the pleasure to sail to one of my favorite places in Norway, the Lofoten archipelago.

Namibia: where ocean and desert meet

It is almost dusk, the warm sun of western Namibia, which in these days has illuminated and warmed up the days, is setting behind the high desert dunes, mirroring majestically of a dull orange in the murky waters of the Okavango, which given the arid climate in these areas, it is more reminiscent of a stream than a river.

The magic of Morocco

“A legendary place where the Atlas Titan, deceived by Heracles, is robbed of three golden apples and forced to support the sky with his arms. A place populated by troubled people, never submissive or absorbed by conquerors; always lived in the mountains and in the desert, always finding safe refuge. The High Atlas is the highest chain of the three ridges that make up the Moroccan mountain system and culminates with the Toubkal at 4,165 m, the 4,071 m Ighil M’gun and the 3737 m Ayachi. In the High Atlas, snow can last up to nine months above 3,000 m while glaciers do not exist "

The majesty of the North American icefalls

Together with my rope partner Masha Gordon, in January I travelled to Canmore to enjoy the world-class ice climbing spots of Canada. It was my first climb of the season, since this winter the Alps have been far too warm for practising this sport ...

Through the Northwest Passage

It's a modern explorer dream sailing through the Northwest Passage (NWP), the seaway across the arctic linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. This natural shortcut lies between thousands of uninhabited Canadian and artic islands, surrounded by a raw and unyielding landscape of frozen doom.

Montenegro with Dolomite

Traveling on the road in Montenegro means entering a country with no highways or traffic lights, a nomadic country of ancient warriors that turn and change houses at the rhythm of the seasons and its mountain ranges: if in fact, in winter, most of the population is concentrated in the capital of Podgorica, during the spring most of the Montenegrins return to populate the area of ​​the mountains to the north, and of the valleys.

Summer mountaineering with Dolomite Veloce GTX

The new Dolomite Veloce GTX is definitely one of the most versatile technical mountaineering boots currently on the market.

I used the boot this summer on various combined excursions such as the Piz Badile north face, Grandes Jorasses, Watzespitze, etc and currently do not know many models I would rather wear

The japan you don't know - The most wild and ancient island in the world: Yakushima

To an ordinary man, this rocky outpost of trees and nothing could seem trivially beautiful: full of giant tropical plants, black and round rocks, granite, greenery, hawks, silence, the smell of smoked fish, beaches, the almost absence of cars. Yakushima is an enchanted place, where mother nature is a constant presence in and manifests itself in her vegetation sometimes adorable and violent, others intrusive and wild, but always a show that makes you come back small and serene.