Climbing guide Lario Rock Pareti

The smaller and bigger walls of the Grigne, soaring up to 600 metres of height, are the heart of the climbing around Lecco, Milano and the cities on the plain south of the Como Lake.

On these walls, for about one century, mountaineers such as Ratti and Cassin have contributed to the development of the modern conception of rock climbing and mountaineering. This guide book includes the multi-pitch routes of this massif overlooking the city of Lecco and, together with Lario Rock – Falesie, it represents a technical and historical reference work to learn more about the evolution of climbing around Lecco. From the historic routes of the 30s to the several modern routes, today on the walls of Lecco the climbing possibilities are many.

This book aims at giving an exhaustive overview of the present technical situation, from Grigne to Resegone, from Monte San Martino to Valsassina, without forgetting the minor walls. The authors set their work so as to combine the technical precision with a series of historic insights about the events and the protagonists that characterized the vertical activity on these walls.

As for the previous edition, the events which led to the creation of many famous and demanding routes are described with specific cards and rare photographs, some of which have never been published before. The itineraries are described extensively and in detail, not only through text but also through the drawings on the photographs.