Climbing buildings has become a tradition for the Italian
city of Sondrio. For several years now, passionate climbers have been gathering
here to take part in the now famous Sondrio Street Climbing festival.
This year, the event has managed to bring together
around 200 professional climbers from all over the world, all eager to start
climbing some of the oldest, most important buildings in the city. βIt is the
new sport of the future and we are pioneering it β street bouldering.
And with the Sondrio Street Festival we have established ourselves as
the world center for street bouldering,β a spokesman of the council explained.
Last year, 75 climbers showed up for this offbeat event, but
the numbers of people interested in street bouldering is definitely on the
rise. On December 18, over 200 climbers took part in the various events that
included scaling granite columns, stone walls and even a 40 meter tall bell
tower. Just like last year, winners were rewarded with a delicious pizza and
pints of beer.
Photo by Matt Tarter
Photo by Matt
Gianatti
Photo by Matt Tarter
Photo byLuca Maspes
Photo by Luca
Biscotti
Photo by Luca Biscotti
Italian City Drives Its Tourists Up the Wall was
originally posted at OddityCentral
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