Ale Santuz: MAMMUT® presents: the biggest peak project in history - "The Zuitas™" are planning their tour.

MAMMUT® presents: the biggest peak project in history - "The Zuitas™" are planning their tour.

It's official: our tour has been selected between more than 2000 other projects and we are now part of the 150 teams that will take part in the biggest peak project history! From 10th to 12th February 2012 our team, composed by 5 of us plus a mountain guide, will attempt the summit of Monte Civetta (3220 m) from two different routes:

the first team, composed by Alessandro "Ale" Santuz, Nicolas "Nikla" Bellomo, Alberto "Ray" Vianello and the mountain guide, will ascend through the "Alleghesi" route, that in summer is a via ferrata of medium difficulty (it's classified III-/AD-), but in winter could become far tougher (if the conditions won't be enough dry, the Normal Route can become a safest alternative);

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the second team, composed by Enrico "Gere" Geremia and another expert climber, will attempt the summit through the magnificent NW wall, through a route of outstanding beauty, named "Viva Mexico Cabrones", opened from Venturino de Bona in 2001, counting just a summer repetition from Alessandro Baù and Enrico Marini and no winter repetitions.

The meeting of the two teams on the top will greatly celebrate the adventure, hopefully in the days planned (weather forecasts will make the final decision).

Mammut (http://www.mammut.ch) has provided us with a great clothing-set: GORE-TEX® Paclite Shell® 2-Layer Jacket (the Rainier Jacket), a pair of trekking pants (the Fiamma Pants) and a 30l backpack (the Taranaki 30), everything from the Summer 2012 collection.