VIDEO: Quarantined Italian Climber Puts Up Bold New FA

Enrico Veronese didn’t let the living nightmare that is currently Northern Italy prevent him from pushing the limits of his sport. With strict orders to remain inside to prevent the spread of Coronavirus, Veronese put up a bold first ascent of a new route. The new climb, Il suo appartamento is rated at 55° E5, M9, 5.14a, making it one of the hardest of its genre (whatever that genre may be). It even included a ski descent of his driveway and a bivy on a sketchy ledge (READ: his balcony.)

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