16 Mar Maria di Magdala – new route on Concarena

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Again the Orobic Alps call our attention; we gave yesterday the new of the opening of the route Piantobaldo in Presolana, now is the time of Concarena, another large limestone mountain located little further east.

The protagonists of a great new line on cima Bacchetta called Mary of Magdala are Claudio Inselvini, Carlo Codenotti and Gianfranco Duina . The route sneaks into a scenic gully on side N / E, embedded between huge grey walls and goes up on the whole wild wall
1300 meters with difficulties ED (V/3/M6) Belays are equipped (pitons – slings and nuts) for rappelling. The climb took 11 hours and was completed on February 12.

The news was released only now, because, Inselvini says: "this month really helped me to ‘document’ that was absolutely a first, ascent as many local climbers in the past have opened routes without releasing details on it. I would say that all the possible sources, printed and verbal, have been consulted. And I thank all those I have asked for cooperation. "

Claudio Inselvini (CAAI), talented mountaineer from Brescia,  is a great exponent of this style of climbing, and his resume included several new routes of high technical value.
Source and photos: Cornodicavento.com