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Grande Circolo – an ode to our home
South Tyrol is our home, our roots and our playground. The Grande Circolo is an ode to this region. It is an alpine tour along the regional borders by fair means.
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THIS WAS OVERLAND
All four climate zones, seven time zones, two continents, 14 countries, 247 hours of flying, 180 days of pure adventure, endless peaks and valleys – that was the Overland project.
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Simon Gietl & Mark Oberlechner make the first ascent of the “Kalipe” mixed tour on the north face of the Peitlerkofel
As the ice line started to form again this winter and the conditions were right, a vague idea turned into a fixed plan.
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Mountain Haunts, Mountain Homes
The snow cloaked the jagged mountains smoothing them into silky lines – ascents, descents, and unexplored peaks.
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Hiking is like being a lightweight pencil
On Altripiani trips, we often find that we are the only people in a certain terrain at a certain time. We are surrounded by nature and have the privilege to take in the landscape and photograpgh it, with no one else around.
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No friends on powder days!
One Polo, three pairs of skis, poles, skiboots and our four pieces of luggage. We were all set for the first Winter Alpine Campus - five days of pure mountain.
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HOW WE ARRIVED IN THE DOLOMITES AFTER ALREADY 4,500 KM HIKING
Crossing Southern Europe on foot from West to East is a huge challenge. Since we started, 9 months ago in Portugal, we hiked something like 4,500 km across 5 countries.
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Simon Gietl and Patrick Seiwald climb new mixed route “Räuber Hotzenplotz”
On 26 December 2018, Simon Gietl and his partner in crime Patrick Seiwald opened a new and highly recommended mixed route in Tauferer Ahrntal in South Tyrol.
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Francois Cazzanelli joins the Salewa Athlete Team
We are pleased to announce another new addition to our Athlete Team: Italian climber, Francois Cazzanelli
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HUMANS OF THE ALPS
You can think of the Alps in many ways: a mountain range, a geographical region, a geological curiosity.