"Amarcord" | Giovanni Calisse

Never in my life as a boulderer has a stone pushed me with curiosity to seek out and watch a film from another era.

Amarcord, 1973, directed by Federico Fellini, a simple plot in which much complexity is expressed.

The boulder has the same name and the same characteristic of texture, so much simplicity that requires complexity of gesture to be understood.

Years ago I climbed the stand version. The sit version has always intimidated me, partly because of its history, partly because of the grade, partly because I saw so many strong climbers being rejected, partly because it is truly a finger-breaking line.

Years ago, Samuele Carducci's ascent and attempts impressed me greatly.

This year on a very strange day, almost for fun, accompanying Pazzz who was already mastering the moves and who that very day I managed to climb him, I found myself doing all the singles.

He told me he was ready, for a thousand reasons I didn't really believe it, but he was right, a few days and a few laps later, unexpectedly, with the whole #brazzteam cheering us on, the sit enters!