Gabriele Moroni, seines Zeichens Plattenspezialist, nahm sich jetzt eines alten Projektes in Arco an. Eingebohrt wurde die Route „Trofeo dell’Adriatico“ vor etwa zehn Jahren von einem gewissen David Lama, welcher das Projekt für Gabriele freigab. Schon nach dem ersten Lockdown im Jahr 2020 kam er auf die Idee sich dieser Linie am „Hotel Olivio“ anzunehmen. Ein paar Säuberungsaktionen später konnte es dann losgehen, aber erst jetzt konnte Gabriele die kleingriffige Plattenkletterei beenden und stuft sie mit 9a+ ein. Es wäre seine dritte Route in diesem Grad und seine erste Erstbegehung in diesem Grad.

„Trofeo dell’Adriatico“  -Hotel Olivo, Arco, Italy
I still remember that night in Chamonix. I was watching Finals at the lead World Cup and all of the sudden I run into @davidlama_official
(Me) What’s up dude? What are you doing here? (David) I am climbing on the Mont Blanc man! Then he starts telling me that I should go have a look at a route he just bolted in Arco that he didn’t have time to finish… Fast forward nearly 10 years. After the first lockdown in 2020 I was psyched to spend my time on some new stuffs, so the idea to go check Fuzzy’s line at Hotel Olivo came to my mind. When I got on the route I immediately understood it needs some work to be climbable so after a few cleaning sessions it was good to go.
The quality of the rock and the moves are outstanding and all the holds are barely there making it a great and difficult challenge.
Plus the route starts from a ledge that you can feel the exposure over the beautiful Arco valley! The process on this project had alot of phases, ups and downs, love and hate that lasted almost two seasons. Other strong local and non local climbers knew I was spending lots of days and energies trying to send the route so I respect that they let my time to finish it. Some days I felt the urge to do it as soon as possible because I really wanted other people to try and enjoy this perfect piece of rock! But on the other side I really wanted to be the first to do it in honor of David…
Now that the project is done I hope.“

Foto: (c) Matteo Pavana