Climbing guide Molise rock

"Molise doesn't exist", a motto that started spreading on the Internet some time ago, bringing some visibility to this small region, cut off from the main communication arteries, and thanks to this isolation, it has not yet been discovered. Its greatest charm lies in this isolation, which has allowed it to keep human traditional work and craft activities in close contact with the territory, which is two-thirds hills and mountains.

These are the secret elements that have attracted the first climbers from Rome since the 80s - the beauty and magnificence of the limestone cliff walls of Morgia Quadra in Frosolone: this is still the most popular, well-known and prized crag region and central-southern Italy. In the vicinity of this reference point, many other climbing sites have developed throughout the region over the years. This is not a guide describing all the rocks in the region, but rather a selection of them. The choice dictated by the beauty of these places, their historical, environmental value and their bond to the surrounding area, their accessibility; as well as the wish of travel authors (if the area was mainly done by one person) to publish their work.

Pietro Radassao from Campobasso, born in 1995, is intensely involved in sport climbing and, despite his young age, is already considered an expert on Molise and southern Italy. In a few years of vertical activity, he raised the level of climbing in Molise from 7c to most likely ninth class and achieved a remarkable number of first ascents. He is also the first southern climber to have routes from 8b+ up. For years he has been actively spending his time on the rock cliffs near his home (more than 100 bolted routes). Since 2020, he has been running an indoor climbing wall near Campobasso (Via Fonte Nuova, Oratino) with his father.