In the last period since the competitions ended I have spent a lot time rock climbing, especially in the Sport Climbing. At the beginning of October a friend of mine and I decided to take part in a rock competitions in Liguria precisely on the famous walls of Monte Cucco. The teams were composed of two climbers, I was with my friend Federico Andreoli. The rules were simple we had to climb the highest number of routes in 5 hours. We managed to get to the third place. The routes that I climbed were: -Sauta 7b O.S. -The Edit 7b O.S. -Block Trotter 7c+ (Flash) I was very proud of me because I did the best performance of the day. Two days later I went to Valtournenche in a crag called Chesod. At this spot there is a route that has been opened by Iker Pou and repeated by Adam Ondra graded 8b,I was very motivated to try it and after a quick warm-up I did the first attempt and I was really satisfied because I felt at the last hard move of the crux. I was really syked to get the second try and after a good rest I crushed it. WOW! This was my best performance ever, I climbed also one more 7a and 7b on an amazing rock!   The Last week of October I went to Spain with three friends of mine, we were really motivated to climbing in Spanish pockets and tufas but the weather was not good, in fact 4 days out of 7 days it rained a lot. F**K! L We climbed in overhanging wall in Margalef to avoid the wet holds but the humidity was high In four days of climbing I sent: Carn d’olla 7a O.S. Can Verdures Nonamed 7a O.S. Ca la Marta Tropicana 7b O.S. Racò de la Finestra Morphos 7c+ (2nd go) Racò de la Finestra Aeroplastica 7c+ (2nd go) Racò de la Finestra Nonamed 8a Cova Soleiada Esaù Directa 8a+ Cova Soleiada At the end of the trip we were really unlucky but we had a good time!   When I came back from Spain quite unhappy, I decided to go climb in Aosta Valley in a new Crag bolted by Alberto Gnerro called Donnas but I went in the high part to try new routes. I did Brontolo Pisolo 7c+ (3^rd go), it isdefinitely a powerful route on fingers. The day after 8/11/2012 was my Birthday, I came back to Donnas but in the low part of the Crag, I did to myself some little presents like: Buon Compleanno 7b+ O.S. Input 7c+/8a (2nd go) thanks to my brother for the beta. In the middle of November the winter season started and I spent two days near the sea in Liguria because the temperatures were higher. The first day we went to Castelbianco but a lot of routes were wet or humid! Uffffffff! L I tried one 7c+ Flash but in the Crux the Tufa was really wet, I fell there because I wasn’t able to get it without the wet hold. One hour later I tried a great 8a but it also had two wet holds. I was quite angry and disappointed, I decided to stop climbing to save my skin for the next day. The day before my friends and I moved to a different sector called Terminal, this wall is composed of big tufas, crimps and pockets in fact in one single route you can climb on three different styles. I started the warm up with one 6b and one amazing 6c+ and Chec lap kok 7b (Flash). After some time one of my friends advised me to try a hard 8a called Narita, it is 18 meters long and it is not so difficult to climb it On Sight. I was focused on it and I started to my O.S. attempt and after 25 minutes of struggle I get the CHAIN! MY FIRST 8A ON SIGHT. Vengaaaaaa! I was psyched to perform again but I was tired and I failed O.S. one amazing 7c called Lester Person that I crushed it on my second try. After some months of Sport Climbing I decided to dedicate two days of bouldering in Ticino with my brother and some friends. The first day we went to Brione to climb on the best rock I ever seen but I was not in shape because I had not enough power to complete my “Project” but I did some scary boulders like: -Dave’s Jump 7a (Flash) really scary and not easy to climb because the last move is a strange dyno and you are quite high from the ground. -Back Block 7b+ perfect river rock! It is also quite high but fortunately the second part is easy. The second day I went to Chironico, my shape was better than in Brione, after a good warm-up, I did, very quickly, a super cool 7c called Brechstange, then we moved to a different sector called 101, we walk a lot to reach a new boulder problem for me, called Worthless Everything 7c+. After few tries with the original beta, I “found” a new one, I adopted a strange Lolotte to go the Top, in fact in some attempts I Crushed the boulder! Now I waiting the Christmas Holidays because the 28^th of December my family and I, will go to Spain for about 10 days. I’m so syked to climb there, hopeful to get some beautiful routes.