The Pill 48 Women's Issue EN

Silvia Trigueros Garrote

Courtney Dauwalter

Giuditta Turini

Impossible is overrated: the Basque ultra runner won her third consecutive Tor, the only one in history.

A series of world titles won. A free spirit who trains without rules, with an out of line style.

Italian Trail Champion again. A nice milestone for someone who had never took part in a race until 2017.

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GEA, il leggendario scarpone da sci alpinismo dedicato alle donne. Affidabile e confortevole per chi si avvicina a questo sport, si esalta ai piedi degli sci alpinisti più esperti. L’uso del Pebax Rnew®, materiale prodotto da fonti rinnovabili, conferma la vocazione di SCARPA alla sostenibilità.

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Women vs Women I have always had a super partes position in life. From silly home discussions on the cooking time of spaghetti, to more urgent issues such as equality, race or gender. It is a trite theme, withdrawn, poorly digested and endlessly regurgitated. I am convinced that no other opinions are needed on this.

Thoughts have already been thought, sentences already been pronounced, words already been written. My view about this would only feed an already overflowing cauldron of anger, frustration and (often unsubstantiated) controversy. It is not useless or wrong to fight for a cause you believe in.

However, it is out of place, even dangerous, to take on the role of a contemporary suffragette who proudly flaunts her “Votes For Women”. Care must be taken not to confuse times and methods. We need to know how to separate realities, eras. We are confusing the gravity of not having access to the vote, and the consequent tragic exclusion from political life, with something that often I miss. Of course our mothers were very much able to stand up for themselves. In opposition to men, they chained themselves to the railings of the cities, burning or filling the mailboxes with jam. (Violence is never a solution, but well done girls.)

However, it is a lack of respect now to compare the two situations. There are those who have had to earn the right to have an opinion by paying with the guillotine. Today, the defense of the rights we have as women is often confused with a stance at all costs, not always informed and aware. I do not want to list the examples, sometimes subtle, proof of how much work still needs to be done on the issue, this is not the pla-

ce. Instead, I would like to focus on the results achieved. I am pleased, because in the end I cheer for my team, when a woman wins an ultra running race (a not so rare event), but I do not understand and I cannot reduce sport and life to a mere question of gender. We are simply different, women and men. Our real lack, as women, was to want to confront ourselves with the same measure.

Rather than understanding the strength of our "weaknesses", if we want to define them in this way. It is sacrosanct to have the same possibilities, it is right to fight for the same rights, it is wrong to pursue the same results. We are not inferior if we climb a simpler grade or if we run slower: we are different.

Science, God, Jesus, Brahma, Shiva or the Gods of Olympus, have chosen to make us different, it was necessary.

The real problem, in my opinion, does not lie in the question "let's fight for equal rights”. Not because it is not important, it is vital, but because in 2021 there should be no need to talk about it, simply. The problem is the internal conflict between women who are confused about the nature of their roles. Too many women do not embrace their femininity, we ourselves often label it first as a sign of weakness. On the other hand, too many of us take advantage of the alleged advantages

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that being "female" can bring, by wearing a lower-cut blouse, for example.

You see the conflict right? I am convinced of it. Sometimes I have the feeling that ours is an internal battle. Women vs Women. And while one platoon gains a few meters, another runs in the opposite direction making the whole troop forget the real opponent.

I believe, in short, that we need to work a lot on the self-awareness of the individual, before talking about women or men. I believe a more close-knit and conscious collective identity should be created: a united one. That when we are fighting for what we think is an injustice that we received, it will allow us to fully understand what we are fighting for. Preventing us from falling into a bottomless pit of clichés.

The human species, like all species, has only one purpose, after all. Reproduction. To progress. Someone, among those mentioned above, gave the man a robust body, with sculpted muscles and hard shapes and, to the woman, gave sweetness of features, more timid muscles and a soft and round shell.

Weren’t we the ones (all of us), then, who turned the tables? Let's not reduce everything to a gender issue. It does not pay tribute to us. It does not pay tribute to men. It does not pay tribute to life.

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Golden Hikes Revel in the colors of fall Crafted for crisp morning trekking just below the snowline, our hiking collection was inspired by the golden hues of fall and made for the peace and tranquility of late season hiking.

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A S I C S A I M S AT S U P P O R T I N G WOMEN DURING RUNNING Asics presents the new Nagare collection, designed to ensure greater fluidity in movements. Ergonomic materials and small details help to understand the soul of a collection developed using technologies designed for the female body, so as to follow and support movements. Even the shoes of the collection (Gel-Nimbus 23, Gel-Kayano 28 and Gel-Pulse 13) have features that can encourage extra comfort, taking into consideration women’s running style.

C H A N G E AT T H E T O P O F M A M M U T S P O R T S G R O U P AG After successfully completing the transfer of ownership from Constant to Telemos Capital, the Board of Directors of Mammut Sports Group and the CEO Oliver Pabst jointly agreed the transition to the next phase. Oliver Pabst will resign from CEO and Greg Nieuwenhuys, president of the Board of Directors, will temporarily take the executive role. Pabst will be involved as Senior Advisor and the company will continue to benefit from his knowledge and experience.

DOMETIC BUYS IG LOO FOR 67 7 MILLION DOLL ARS The Swedish company Dometic Group has announced the acquisition of Igloo Products (an iconic Texan brand that cools drinks since 1949) from the Acon Investments. Dometic, whose core business is the production of accessories for mobile living, stated that the addition of igloo "will significantly strengthen the offer and distribution network for the outdoor market in North America". In the previous 12 months, Igloo has recorded a turnover of 401 million dollars, a growth of 24% compared to the previous year.

EU ROPE AN OUTDOOR FILM TOU R 2021: THE OFFICIAL PROGRAM After the one-year hiatus due to the Covid19 pandemic, the jubilee edition of EOFT will start on October 12th, 2021 from Munich and will continue through 13 countries. Among the protagonists are the Iranian climber Nasim Eshqi and his insatiable desire for freedom, Eliott Schonfeld and his thrilling journey into the past, Jonas Deichmann and his challenge around the world. The 20th edition of EOFT will show you on the big screen what we've been missing: unique adventures and inspiring stories. More info on www.eoft.eu.

M O U N TA I N F L O W : A F R E E T I M E B O N U S AWAY F R O M W O R K mountainFLOW, innovative brand of waxes and lubricants for the ski and bicycle industry, becomes the first company in the sector to offer a free time bonus called Adventure Time. Although the brand already offers paid and unlimited leave to its employees, it requires them to participate in an adventure of at least 3 days by disconnecting from devices and work responsibilities. mountainFLOW in this way breaks new ground to emphasize the benefits of the outdoors and the search for a balance between work and private life.

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MONICA MIRRO APPOINTED NEW PRESIDENT OF PRANA prAna, Columbia Sportswear's sustainable clothing brand, has appointed Monica Mirro as its new president. Mirro's resume includes three years of experience at Under Armor (as vice president of sales) and nine years at the underwear brand Spanx. “prAna is a brand that blends innovation and creativity with its innate integrity. I'm looking forward to leading the team on a journey that will allow more consumers to discover and experience its power” said Monica.

CIMALP 864 DROP E VOLUTION 4H E R: THE SHOE WITH PROGRESSIVE DROP After the launch of the men's version, the French company Cimalp presents 864 Drop Evolution 4Her: the first running shoe, dedicated to female runners, which allows you to progressively approach drop zero. Developed for the girls of the Cimalp Trail Running Elite Team, the new shoe features an ultra-flexible and dynamic midsole for an effective pace and improved proprioception. The three internal insoles allow you to evolve towards a more natural step, gradually reducing the drop from 8 to 4mm.

PU MA & CYB E X L AU NCH A C O L L E C T I O N O F S T R O L L E R S F O R A C T I V E PA R E N T S Puma and Cybex, German company specializing in children products, have created a collection of strollers aimed at active parents who like to take their children with them during training. Two products: Zeno, the 4-in-1 multisport stroller that can be pushed or pulled while running, attached to a bicycle or even to skis, and Avi, the lightweight sports stroller, ideal for running. Both are equipped with reflective elements and protections at strategic points.

O N R U N N I N G : W I N N I N G D E B U T AT WA L L S T R E E T On Running went public on NYSE in New York with surprising results and above expectations. While in 2019 the Swiss company held around 40% of the domestic sports footwear market, in 2020 it achieved a record turnover of 425 million francs, with an 85% jump in sales in the first six months of 2021.

The entry on the stock exchange should make it possible to finance further expansion plans. According to Bilanz magazine, the company's valuation could reach $6-8 billion.

S A L E WA I S O F F I C I A L PA R T N E R O F A I U T A L P I N D O L O M I T E S Salewa joins the partner pool of Aiut Alpin Dolomites, a helicopter rescue service active since 1986. In addition to having their own headquarters in the Dolomites, what unites them is above all the set of values such as reliability and love for the mountains. A solid basis for a partnership that promises to be fruitful and lasting: in the face of financial support, the Salewa R&D team will be able to count on the precious collaboration of rescuers to test and develop increasingly innovative and safe equipment.

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Inspired by a vintage model found in the Patagonia archives, Skyforest is the perfect parka to accompany you when the season changes. It is made with NetPlus, a 100% post-consumer recycled nylon coming from used fishing nets that helps reducing marine plastic pollution.

OCY (Outdoor Cutlery Set) is a lightweight kit which can be hooked together to reduce the size or extended to reach the bottom of a bag or a pot. It is made with high temperature resistant castor bean based bio material. It comes in a thin FSC certified paper packaging.

The ski mountaineering backpack for multi-day trips. Its strong point is the new watertight rolltop flap that allows you to increase the useful volume of about 10 liters. The strap on the top can be used to attach extra luggage or a rope. The rear opening allows quick access to all objects.

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Ventilation and comfort in just 240 grams. These are the strong points of Sirio, the helmet for climbing, mountaineering and ice falls. Characterized by a wraparound design, which makes it particularly comfortable and stable once worn, it is sized to offer greater protection against side impacts.

The most innovative chalk in the world, which is not extracted from the ground, like the most common chalk of mineral origin. It is a 100% pure magnesium carbonate that comes from the purification and desalination of sea water. Extra absorbent, it guarantees very fast drying times and exceptional grip.

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For the autumn/winter season Tecnica expands its Magma family with a new mid version that offers ankle support. It integrates the distinctive features already present on this collection: CAS system for a perfect individual fit, Vibram Litebase sole in Megagrip compound and lining with Gore-Tex membrane.

Main compartment in 100% recycled water repellent nylon, external pockets for quick access to phone and documents, gusset with expandable zip that allows you to adjust the capacity up to 2L. A light belt bag that guarantees freedom of movement and everything you need within reach.

Dual stretch thermal fleece with anti-pilling treatment. The special construction makes the fabric comfortable and resistant, while the micro grid structure carries sweat outwards, away from the skin, where it can evaporate quickly. Cuffs and bottom finished with elastic. Ideal for multiple outdoor activities.

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To tackle long distances in the winter season, Dynafit Ultra 50 is equipped with the innovative waterproof and breathable Gore-Tex Invisible Fit technology and a Pomoca sole, with an aggressive profile, optimized for wet and muddy terrains. It provides unlimited running and dry feet even in case of bad weather conditions.

A radical approach to sleeping comfortably in the outdoors. Klymit's X Frame Mat provides support at key pressure points by eliminating every ounce of unnecessary material. The result? Just 240 grams contained in a 7x15cm bag. It works particularly well inside the sleeping bag.

Breeze Lite Low GTX is a slim-fit trekking shoe for fast trail adventures. Class-leading weight, traction and waterproofing thanks to its Gore-Tex membrane with Extended Comfort technology and an exclusive Vibram Ground Control LiteBase sole with Megagrip compound.

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by Nature A journey isn’t defined by a goal. It’s the moments inbetween. The lessons learned, the success in turmoil and the strong mindset. Changing your perspective and looking at things differently than before.

Staying present in the highs and most importantly the lows. It’s discovering beauty in the unexpected, success in the hard times and finding joy in the unanticipated. But most importantly, it’s the company you keep. The laughs, tears, happiness, frustration and anger shared together.

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Everything you love about growler, in a small space that can hold up to 32 ounces (900ml). 18/8 stainless steel with Thermo 3D double wall vacuum insulation technology. Its lid seals the carbonation and its hook locks in place when opened. Cold for more than 24 hours, hot for up to 12 hours.

Wilier Triestina has combined the technological perfection of its Filante SLR frame with the work of Japanese artist Jun Inoue. A limited edition work of art that celebrates Shimano's 100th anniversary by embracing both Shodo (an ancient form of calligraphy from the Rising Sun) and the thriving contemporary art of Tokyo and Osaka.

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The classic Anatra Boot by Calzaturificio Diemme is reinterpreted

by Rains, the Scandinavian rainwer lifestyle brand, with a waterproof and reflective PU upper. The silhouette, finished with metal hardware, maintains its typical Hiver Duck Sole.

Produced in Italy in limited amounts.

Coros presents the Pace 2 edition that honors the achievements of Eliud Kipchoge, the strongest marathoner of all time (gold medal at the recent Tokyo Olympics). Available in 5000 pieces, it incorporates the technical characteristics of the original model.

Sold in a special package that integrates the Coros POD device and two straps.

Punk and poet, artist and longtime cyclist, Russ Pope collaborated with Stance on a collection of socks (casual and performing) for the Italian bicycle brand. The collection comes to life from the numerous artistic projects resulting from a long friendship between Russ and Antonio Colombo, founder of Cinelli.

Search & Rescue, one of TNF's most sought-after archival collections, originally created to protect mountain rescue teams, comes back to life thanks to artist Shantell Martin. The Himalayan parka is available with a personalized print that wants to be a hymn to the courage to face new challenges.

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The call of the outdoors is also felt in the new capsule collection between Element and Hotel Radio Paris, an independent broadcaster active in more than 100 countries around the world.

The protagonist of the collection is the Polartec Neo Shell fabric, also present in this unisex waterproof vest with taped seams and mesh pocket on the chest.

Finisterre fabrics’ innovation meets Helinox's proven experience. Fully waterproof 100% recycled nylon seat, ultra-light and exceptionally strong aluminum alloy poles. It can be stored in its 35cm long carrying bag for a total weight of just 960g.

Bee Line reinterprets Garrison Trail hiking shoe in an exclusive capsule for Timberland with bold color combinations and eco-responsible materials.

Upper and lining in ReBOTL fabric with 50% recycled plastic. TimberGrip technology in natural rubber and resins obtained from waste wood pulp and cellulose pulp.

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Dr. Squatch collaborated with Stone Brewing and realized this limited edition soap inspired by its iconic West Coast style IPA. Made with recycled hops used in the brewing process and real Stone IPA beer, this energizing bar of soap has a refreshing touch of menthol and a bright lemon scent.

The latest addition to the Rumpl Artist Division program is signed by Brett Stenson, illustrator and graphic designer from Portland. A Fish Are Fly print inspired by the outdoors, by the artist’s past in the Midwest and his wildlife conservation activism. 100% recycled polyester lining and insulation.

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One of the most unexpected and stimulating combinations ever seen.

Two different styles for a single pair of shoes distinguished between right (Kiko Kostadinov) and left (by the team of Brain Dead). Gel-Fratelli uses the same sole of Gel-Nimbus 23 while the upper comes from Lazerbeam.

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THE OBERALP GROUP PRESENTS “CONTRIBUTE”, T H E 2 0 2 0 S U S TA I N A B I L I T Y R E P O R T Oberalp has published the sixth edition of its sustainability report in which the most important issues of 2020 were highlighted: the management of chemicals, the protection of human rights and circularity. The single brands (Salewa, Dynafit, Pomoca, Wild Country, Evolv and LaMunt) have also developed a digital handbook that collects practical advice to take increasingly sustainable choices, even in the mountains. To learn more about the strategy and its results, you can download “Contribute” on www.oberalp.com.

ORTHOLITE ANNOUNCES T H E Z E R O WA ST E I N I T I AT I V E A leader in high performance footwear solutions, OrthoLite unveils its Zero Waste Initiative, a significant step towards pollution reduction and regeneration. This commitment includes investing in a proprietary manufacturing system that elevates waste minimization and management beyond traditional standards. Since 2019, the company has included participation in the Higg index to transparently share progress and to help other manufacturers to work towards the same goal.

S U P E R . N AT U R A L I N V E ST S I N A N E C O - F R I E N D LY P A C K A G I N G The Swiss clothing company Super.Natural announces the transition to a new packaging that replaces the long-abandoned plastic bags. With the beginning of the new autumn/winter season, the brand presents a compostable alternative based on corn starch, taking significant steps in the progress of its packaging. The new biodegradable bags are made of 80% PBAT and 20% PLA. Under industrial composting conditions, the polybag can be 100% degraded by biological processes within 180 days.

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THE MICROFIBRE 2030 COMMITMENT The Microfibre Consortium (TMC) unveiled the road map that proposes to align the sector and to provide zero impact in the fragmentation of the fiber on the natural environment. The signatory members are Adidas, Arc’teryx, Finisterre, Haglöfs, Helly Hansen, Mammut, The North Face, the Oberalp Group, Outdoor Industry Association, Patagonia and Vaude. The commitment that companies make replaces the previous offer of membership and reflects on the collaborative and proactive intersectoral work, essential to achieve the same results achieved so far.

T H E N O RT H FAC E , PA R T N E R O F C L E A N - U P TO U R Clean-Up Tour, launched in 2019 by Summit Foundation, brings together waste collection operations on the Swiss mountain, in partnership with ski resorts, tourist offices and ski schools of those places. Thanks to the support of The North Face and the European Outdoor Conservation Association, starting from 2021 new stages will also involve the Italian Alps, starting with Bolzano and Courmayeur. This year, the Summit Foundation has already organized 27 events with 1310 participants who collected 4370kg of waste.

S P R O U T: T H E F I R S T P E N C I L I N T H E W O R L D T H AT C A N B E P L A N T E D Imagine planting a pencil and giving it new life when it gets too short to be used. This is the idea behind Sprout, a project born from the intuition of a group of MIT students. Since its launch 8 years ago, 35 million plantable pencils have already been sold in more than 80 countries around the world. 100% biodegradable, the pencil is made of FSC or PEFC certified wood, graphite and clay. The capsule at the top contains seeds of aromatic herbs, plants and flowers including basil, tomato and daisies.

VA U D E C R E AT E S T H E F I R S T B I K E B A G M A D E F R O M R E C YC L E D M AT E R I A L With the new ReCycle Pro Single, made entirely from recycled materials, Vaude sets new standards in bike bags and opens the door to sustainable production. Thanks to the collaboration with Interseroh and the recycling company APK, the rear panel is made entirely from post-consumer waste collected in Germany, while the fixing hooks derive from the waste produced during the production of multilayer film for packaging. Waterproof, robust and eco-friendly, it has a 5-year warranty.

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The North Face Summit Series From extreme expeditions to the most demanding climbs, Summit Series is the collection designed by The North Face to face tough days at high altitudes where every detail makes the difference. Summit Series presents products ideal for climbing and mountaineering, equipped with the most revolutionary technologies and innovations tested by the brand's athletes, essential to push the limits of human potential further and further when facing the most extreme conditions. The North Face has always been attentive to female needs and now it comes to the aid of all female mountaineers and high mountain lovers who do not want to hold back even when facing the most difficult challenges.

Summit 5050 Jacket The perfect jacket to face the most extreme adventures. It's stuffed with water repellant 800-fill ProDown with RDS (Responsible Down Standard) certification by Control Union, that not only delivers incredible insulation but also retains its loft even when wet. It also integrates a new baffle structure: 50/50 down, whereby a series of down baffles are paired with a highly air-permeable face fabric to create a ground-breaking breathable down layer. For harness, helmet and gloved-hand compatibility there's a large, pre-tensioned hood, raised side pockets and quick-pull zips. The internal hem cord is adjustable to lock in heat when at rest. It comes with its own stuffsack for easy storage in the backpack or on the harness. Summit Series layers all work together for optimum performance in terms of breathability, insulation, weather resistance and moisture management.

Summit L5 Futurelight Jacket This garment features the innovative Futurelight technology, a membrane that allows air to pass through for better breathability without sacrificing waterproofness and durability. Unlike traditional membranes, Futurelight in fact has a nanostructure that allows the passage of air, ensuring greater ventilation and breathability without sacrificing waterproofing and resistance. This new nanofiber structure has therefore made it possible to create a lighter and more breathable membrane, with an ultra-thin, flexible and comfortable fabric that guarantees the protection from bad weather necessary in the most hostile environments. In addition, Spectra yarns are used over the elbows for extra durability and all seams are fully sealed to provide a barrier against wind, rain and snow.

The jacket features an articulated design that guarantees excellent fit and freedom of movement. The fixed and visor hood is fully adjustable and compatible with the helmet. Finally, it has a stuffsack in which to be folded and stored.

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Summit L5 Futurelight Bib Trousers Designed to defy the challenges of high alpine mountaineering, this bib also features the innovative breathable-waterproof Futurelight technology that offers a great protection thanks to its nanostructure that allows the passage of air, guaranteeing ventilation and breathability to face the most extreme challenges. Spectra yarn reinforcement in high-wear areas helps them stand up to abrasion.

Adjustable integrated stretch gaiters and robust, reinforced hems provide a seamless fit with a variety of mountaineering boots and remove the need for separate gaiters. These trousers come with suspenders for a better fit.

Finally, they have full-length waterproof YKK AquaGuard side zips, two pockets on the legs, an internal mesh pocket and two side pockets on the upper bib with heat-sealed openings for quick and easy access to all objects.

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WAVE MUJIN 8 La nuova Wave Mujin 8 è caratterizzata dalla suola in gomma Michelin per un grip estremo ad ogni passo e un sistema di calzata ergonomica che garantisce la massima stabilità del piede durante la corsa.

La nuova mescola MIZUNO ENERZY, unita alla tecnologia MIZUNO WAVE, fornisce maggiore ammortizzazione e ritorno dell’energia.

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Deuter Motion SL backpack Made by women for women deuter has a long pioneering history in women’s backpacks. In 1959, the women’s Tauern model was released, a novelty in the outdoor industry. In 2005, deuter established a dedicated SL team to progress the development of women’s backpacks. The team consists of female designers and top athletes from all disciplines. Since 2006 they have been always pushing forward, guided by the principle “made by women for women” which proved to be a huge success. The SL team came up with the perfect fit for women because the “shrink it and pink it” approach just wasn’t cutting it anymore.

These SL backpacks featured narrower and closer-set shoulder straps with a distinct S-shape and all-round soft edges. This ensures a perfect fit around the shoulder area in order to avoid any pinching or chaffing. These backpacks also have shorter back compared to men models and a carrying systems adapted to the female anatomy. Finally the closed SL hip belt forms a cone to perfectly adapt to the female anatomy.

The conical shape is the result of the the ends of the hipbelt coming together in an upward direction and the anatomically adapted design for the SL hip fins.

All of these features give the backpacks a more solid, secure and comfortable fit.

Gravity Motion SL One of the greatest novelty this year is the technical Gravity series that epitomises the company’s longstanding heritage in mountaineering. For years, the backpack pioneers at deuter have worked closely with climbers and high-altitude mountaineers like Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner and Melissa le Nevé on developing the models in this series.

For the Fall Winter 2021/2022 season the Gravity series has been fine-tuned

to meet the needs of this target group even better and also to uphold deuter’s strict sustainability standards. The Gravity Motion SL model has got the space of a duffel bag and the functionality of a 5L backpack. The side pockets are bigger for stashing equipment. A large zipper opening that runs the full length of the back makes accessing and loading quick and easy. It also has straps with metal hooks on the outside and under the lid designed to quickly equipment.

The hardwearing fabric is made entirely from recycled bluesign-certified materials and under fair working conditions. In addition, like all deuter’s products, it’s PFC free.Gravity Motion SL uses a bluesign certified cord and recycled card, replacing the iconic yellow flower. The new hangtag is instantly recognizable and clearly illustrates

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that these are women’s models, while on the back it also provides details about the special features. The SL Team meets up 3 or 4 times a year to discuss market trends and assess the efficacy of the latest developments. In 2019, a new goal was soon identified: to develop a sustainable label that also imparts information on the specific fit of women's products. deuter is vigilant about the sustainability of its entire product range. And that’s one of the reasons they felt it was time to move forward from the flower and bring deuter’s labeling in line with its sustainability ethos. The figure-eight knots in the wristbands are symbolic. They evoke mountaineering, where this particular knot is used to tie into a rope for safety. They also symbolize the number 8 that stands for the circle of life and for infinity.

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Liv Cycling For women, by women, with women Since 2008, the year of its birth, Liv Cycling has established itself on the market as a cycling brand dedicated exclusively to women. Founded by Bonnie Tu, as part of the Giant Group, Liv manufactures frames, components and accessories to make the riding experience perfect right from the start. For women, by women, with women, is the key principle that has moved the brand since its earliest years, and it translates into always putting women in the foreground and bringing as many of them to cycle together. Liv Cycling presents for the new season some interesting news, above all the road bike Langma Advanced Pro 0 Disc and two helmets, Liv Relay MIPS, designed for road riders and bike commuters, and Liv Path MIPS, developed for modern mountain bikers.

Langma Advanced Pro O Disc Designed for aggressive climbing, steep descents and strong accelerations, Langma Advanced Pro 0 Disc features a slender tubing and a stiffness tuned for the female rider that makes it a serious climbing weapon. The frame’s slender tubing creates an extremely fast and lightweight racing machine, while the downtube thickens as it approaches the PowerCore bottom bracket for pedaling stiffness and strength. Both these aspects give their best in acceleration and when climbing but also ensure the right power on flat terrain and when it's time to attack the group.

Core of the model is an ultra lightweight Advanced-Grade-Composite carbon frame-set that offers an excellent stiffness-to-weight ratio ensuring extreme reactivity and explosiveness even uphill. Updated truncated ellipse tubing reduces wind drag at a wider range of yaw angles, gaining precious seconds in flats, descents and headwinds.

The fork, also in Advanced-Grade-Composite carbon, ensures lateral stiffness for precise handling and responsiveness. The model is equipped with the top of the range Shimano Ultegra Di2 system. The integrated Shimano Ultegra hydraulic disc brakes provide the necessary confidence to carry speed in fast corners or tight quarters.

Thanks to Liv's 3F design and to cutting-edge lightweight aerodynamic innovations, Langma Advanced Pro 0 Disc is suitable for a variety of situations, from long hilly races to fast-paced criteriums.

Liv Relay MIPS & Liv Path MIPS Both helmets feature MIPS (Multi-direzionale Impact Protection) technology,

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an extended rear coverage for added protection at the back of the head, and Direct Flow Cooling channels that pull air in to keep riders cool. Featuring a new 360° full surround fit-belt, ponytail friendly design and the CINCH Pro system that provides intuitive one-handed dial adjustment, both helmets make it easy to achieve the perfect fit for a more comfortable ride. The two models incorporate proprietary TransTextura moisture-wicking, antimicrobial inner padding technology that resists bacteria growth and prevents odors, as well as a Liv proprietary taillight docking station compatible with the Alumbra taillight to enhance rider visibility in low light.

“Deve davvero essere così scomoda?”

La vera storia dell’invenzione dell’abbigliamento Fast and Light.

Dalle necessità di questi atleti ho studiato soluzioni per tutti gli amanti della montagna come te.

Creando capi che superassero i limiti dell’abbigliamento tradizionale attraverso innovazioni continue: • 1989: la prima tuta da sci alpinismo • 1992: la prima giacca nata per lo sci alpinismo • 1995: primo completo da sky running • 2000: l’intruduzione delle cuciture piatte nel mondo della montagna • 2013: la prima giacca completamente elastica dall’imbottitura ai tessuti • 2020: Jkt Levity, la giacca più leggera del mondo

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Meindl x Gore-Tex: 40 years of mountain experience

Meindl and Gore-Tex boast a long history of collaborations and common projects. In fact, the first Meindl mountain boot with Gore-Tex technology dates back 40 years ago, presented

by Alfons Meindl himself at the then "sports goods fair" that we all know today as ISPO. The Meindl Trailer model is only the first product of a long series, the result of the synergy of the two companies, both based in Upper Bavaria, which have seen them working closely together year after year and decisively influencing the outdoor and mountain footwear sector.

The results of this long-lasting collaboration can be seen "physically" at the Meindl Museum, in Kirchanschöring in Bavaria, and it is exactly there that Lukas and Lars Meindl together with Achim Löffler, Global Business Leader Consumer Fabrics at W.L. Gore & Associates, gathered to celebrate the important anniversary.

“This is a unique partnership that I don't think has an equal: Gore is a highly high-tech company while Meindl is an artisan brand. This collaboration is based on a lot of humanity and cooperation between the different employees” said Lukas Meindl. "In fact, I can only thank all the employees who work in our company as well as those of Gore, and wish everyone a strong and lasting partnership also for the future".

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In fact, both brands aim to develop the best mountain products capable of meeting various criteria such as maximum quality, high functionality, durability and sustainability, and, on the occasion of this important anniversary, Meindl presented a new mountaineering and hiking boot that obviously implements the innovative Gore-Tex technology. Island EVO joins other classic Meindl models, such as the Tonale Lady GTX. Just like this historic shoe, the new model

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uses the waterproof and breathable Gore-Tex membrane.Island EVO is part of the SS22 collection and it will be available from March/April 2022.

01. Meindl Island EVO The new mountaineering and hiking model is very comfortable, breathable and waterproof, thanks to the Gore-Tex membrane, and can also be adjusted according to any personal fit. In fact, the Memory Foam System technology ensures MFS foam in the

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upper and Soft Print foam in the footbed, so that the boot can adapt perfectly to the shape of the foot thanks to the heat and/or body pressure for an optimal comfort. The DiGAfix closure hooks are placed deep for great heel positioning while the two-zone lacing ensures a better grip to the foot. The front of the boot features a hand-applied rubber edge, finally the PU wedge has integrated support for pronation and supination.

02. Meindl Tonale Lady GTX Historic model of the Light Trekking series, this boot developed following the anatomy of the female foot, boasts a stable structure that guarantees extreme safety in all mountain environments. It features a durable suede upper and mesh material. The lacing up to the toe allows the shoe to adapt perfectly to the foot. The Variofix system ensures better heel hold and a versatile fit, while the Vibram rubber sole with EVA

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Duo Density cushioning makes it suitable for a wide variety of terrains.

“This is a unique partnership that I don't think has an equal: Gore is a highly high-tech company while Meindl is an artisan brand.

This collaboration is based on a lot of humanity and cooperation between the different employees”

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Michelin x Bogner

Bogner presents great news for the Fall/Winter 2021 snowboots collection, the Michelin soles developed

by JV International which for the first time sees the French brand on a luxury snow collection.

What is Bogner’s DNA? The original luxury sports fashion brand, Bogner stands for effortless elegance on the slopes and off. It was pioneering designer Maria Bogner, wife of Olympic skier and company founder Willy Bogner Sr., who first made the connection between fashion and function. Since then, each Bogner collection has represented an incomparable mix of chic and sportive, timeless and technical. Bogner has defined athluxury since 1932.

Bogner has a decade-long history in which luxury, fashion and sport have always been masterfully intertwined. Where does the inspiration come from? Maria Bogner brought a unique fashion sense and excellent tailoring skills to the skiwear company founded by her husband Willy Bogner Senior. "Sport and elegance are not mutually exclusive," she declared when she launched her first winter collection in 1948, which was hailed by the press as the "birth of ski fashion”.

In recent years, the fashion world and the outdoor one are more and more interconnected, is this a trend destined to grow? We definitely continue to see a strong casual trend that fits perfectly with the Athluxury Sports Fashion direction

of Bogner. The trend has even increased, because sweat styles have definitely become street and everyday wearable. We therefore see enormous potential in this product group. The focus here is on the "loose elegance" that is typical for Bogner.

For the Bogner collection, the team JVI-soles by Michelin has developed an innovative snowboot outsole concept inspired by tire grip technology. What are its main features? The main products of the collaboration are the Bogner snowboots with outsoles manufactured by Michelin, famous for its gomma-grip competence. It is a winter outsole concept inspired by snow and ice tire technology and was exclusively designed for Bogner. The outsole is designed for cold resistance thanks to a soft antislip rubber that ensures firm grip on snow and ice. It also features a fiber lite technology for great light-

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ness and a robust toe and heel area for durability. All this means that the boots are very flexible and perfect for walking and can work also in extreme temperatures.

This year Bogner and the team JVI-soles by Michelin joined forces for the first time in a unisex shoes collection. How and when did the collaboration start? What are the highlights of the collection and for which type of user are they recommended? The collaboration is brand-new and started during the development process for the Fall/ Winter 2021 collection. The Bogner snow boot La Plagne is one of the highlights of the collection. They are recommended for any kind of active female who wants to look good during the cold season but doesn’t want to miss out on comfort and perfect grip on slippery grounds such as snow or ice.

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Staša Gejo x Unparallel Unparallel have a climbing shoe for every climbing need. With over 20 years of shoe manufacturing experience, the brand has been able to develop specific footwear for the different type of users, and has recently joined forces with Serbian athlete Staša Gejo to produce a new version of its famous Flagship model specifically designed for the female anatomy, Flagship Women LV shoe.

The Flagship is all-encompassing, from pinpoint precision footwork on high-grade, outdoor sport routes, to low-percentage toe hooks in competition finals.

This new women’s version has been designed for women and low-volume climbers, with a 3D molded toe cap and heel outsole in VC Pro high-friction rubber compounds. The front outsole is made from die-cut RS rubber. By separating the outsole on the low-volume fit, Unparallel achieved maximum stiffness/ ridigity and power to the toe while maintaining sensitivity and feel to the rest of the foot without extra volume. This allows for micro body adjustments without transferring movement to the toe.

This is a true women-specific, high-performance, low-volume shoe that Staša tested herself both in competitions and trainings. Together with Unparallel, they developed an all-round performance shoe, with its focus firmly on edging, be that indoors or out.

We reached out to Staša and asked her a few questions about this recent and fruitful collaboration.

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Engineering in Munich.

You’ve just developed a climbing shoe in collaboration with Unparallel. How did this collaboration begin? I was feeling a bit stuck in the shoe industry last year, it felt like there weren't so many distinctive options for a climber to optimise performance. However, I spotted the Unparallel shoes on some early reviews and videos. I immediately got the wish to try them on. As soon as I did my first climb in the regular Flagship, I fell in love with the rubber, the shape and the opportunities this shoe can provide. I am happy that they were happy to begin the collaboration with me and start making great things together.

What was the inspiration behind this shoe? What are the main features a climbing shoe should have in your opinion? Every person has a different foot shape. Some people, including me, struggled with the regular Flagship, as it was leaving too much air under the heel. The Low Volume version is meant to solve this problem, with keeping the extraordinary toebox and rubber. It is great on volumes and rocks where you need a lot of surface area pressure and a flexible shoe. It can be very good on smaller footholds too, however, not a primary weapon for it. It is the most comfortable shoe I have ever tried. I barely ever take them off!

Who is Staša Gejo? What’s your story? And how did you get involved in climbing? Staša Gejo is a 23 year old female climber born in Serbia, daughter of a climbing couple who raised me with climbing. I started competing very early, already in 2004 and by 2011 my family and I were travelling all across Europe to learn how big teams do training and watch big stars

climb. By 2015 I had won all the possible youth climbing titles, including the World Championship gold. A couple of years later, after transferring to the senior category, I won the World Games and the European Championship in 2017. I have competed in the World Championships and have won the bronze medal twice. Besides climbing, I am an Electrical Engineer, currently pursuing my Masters degree in Power

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"I spotted the Unparallel shoes on some early reviews and videos.

I immediately got the wish to try them on.

As soon as I did my first climb in the regular Flagship, I fell in love with the rubber, the shape and the opportunities this shoe can provide."

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LaMunt’s View The new brand of the Oberalp group looks at the mountains w ith a different point of view, the female one.

Fourteen women passionate about the mountains and two days of hiking, workshops and discussions to shape the vision of LaMunt, the premium mountain brand by women for women. Its first collection will be available from November on lamunt.com and from February in selected stores.

When we get to the top, Katharina has been waiting for us for a while. She likes to climb fast, with her head down and legs that run downhill. We have a more peaceful pace, without missing the opportunity of taking some pictures and sharing confessions, from time to time, about those feelings that, just walking, come to mind. And then there is Sophia who, with her sky-colored eyes, looks at us without understanding a word as we rant in Italian about complicated hypotheses about indecipherable behavior. Yet she is with us and every now and then she repeats some of our words with her German accent that makes us smile. Giada acts as an intermediary, translating the key concepts with impeccable clarity.

We are all different and yet we are together. We almost didn’t know each others until the day before and today we find ourselves walking towards the same goal, some at the head of the group and some with a more relaxed pace. In the background, the Dolomites. What we have in common is being women and our intense but at

the same time so intimate love for the mountains, a feeling that it is different for each of us. LaMunt chose his Crew carefully, using only one criterion: the passion for the mountains in all its most varied facets. Beyond the degree of preparation, but sensing the idea of the mountain of each one of us, it gave life to a heterogeneous group of women who, for the most diverse reasons, made going to the mountains one of their moments of happiness.

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And it gave us an appointment for two days, starting from Vallunga in Selva di Val Gardena. On the first day we had Saslong in the background on a trail that is 7 kilometers long and with more than 800 of elevation gain. This trail took us to a well-deserved lunch at the Puez refuge, before resuming for another two and a half hours of walking until reaching the Gardenacia refuge in the Unesco Puez-Odle natural park in the Dolomites. The

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following day, however, started with a very early wake up call and the goal of reaching the Para Dai Giai from which to watch the sun rise. We walked in a single line, with sleep still in our eyes, but adrenaline in our hearts, we turned on our headlamps, put on our backpacks and zipped up our jackets, advancing in a collective silence that melted as the light illuminated the beautiful landscape in front of us.

On top, the sun was shining, we had coffees and shared many smiles. An intense and satisfying experience that allowed us to share this passion without competition or judgment, just doing what we were called to: give feedback on the collection that, from next spring, will arrive in stores. Tech-

nical garments, studied in detail and different from any other product on the market. The idea is not to give life "to" a female line, but rather to create a collection "for" the female universe.

The importance of the LaMunt Crew lies precisely in this subtle difference.

The overnight stay in the refuge represented an opportunity to gather ideas and confront each other. And so we found ourselves in front of a beer or a hot tea at 2500 meters high, after a day of walking through unique landscapes in the world. It's amazing how little time it takes to create synergies when we do something together that we deeply love. Everything is valid, every idea, every doubt, because seeing a woman in the moun-

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tains today is no longer so rare, but a reality, a woman that knows what she needs in order to feel fulfilled in her passion. This is why every idea is important and never banal. And they were collected as if they were nuggets still raw to be worked on, to give life to something that is not just the answer to a marketing need, but rather a need and a shared desire.

We are behind the scenes of a project that aims to give a voice to mountain enthusiasts, supporting a close-knit team that strongly believes in what is doing. And together we are a group of women who know how to get excited in front of a sunrise, as well as in front of a well-made plate of knödel. Better if enjoyed all together.

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Elise By Olsen x Colmar For the new Fall/Winter 21 collection, Colmar chooses the Iranian-born designer Morteza Vaseghi, to reinterpret the brand's archives, and Elise

By Olsen to take care of its communication.

The result is a selection of sustainable clothing, made with materials strictly derived from recycled sources, which reinterpret some Colmar classics and play with continuous contrasts and unconventional roles thanks to motifs and colors, alternating between patterns directly inspired by the mountains.

Who is Elise By Olsen? What’s your story? How did you get involved in fashion? My name is Elise By Olsen, I’m an editor and culture entrepreneur born and raised in the suburbs of Oslo, Norway. I spent a lot of time in the nature while growing up and got involved in fashion when I was 8 years old. At that time I started blogging basically what I was doing everyday, who I was hanging out with in the schoolyards and things like that, but eventually it ended up having more a fashion focus. At the age of 12 I got on Instagram and met a lot of people with my same kind of interests and in the end I started a blog network that was about fashion and culture. When I was 13 I launched Recens Paper, a youth culture magazine.

Fashion has always been something very inherent to me, I’ve always liked playing dress up and stuff like that, but I do not come from a fashion background, my parents are not involved in the fashion industry. I still feel like

I have one foot in and one foot out of the fashion industry, a sort of outsider perspective.

You published your own culture magazine, Recens, at 13, making you the world’s youngest editorin-chief. What was the inspiration behind it? There was not a real inspiration behind it but a response to the current media climate at that time, in 2013, where youth magazines that existed had an heavy beauty focus. They were all very girly and weren’t really taking young people seriously, so I decided to create a print magazine made by and for young people to bring those young people’s creative expressions into newsstands and into big culture conversations. So as I said, it was not an inspiration but a reaction to what was happening at the time.

Is print really dead as many people say? Do you think that millennials and zoomers are a non-literate generation who completely live online? I think “print is dead” it’s a statement that had taken a big turn.

Today print media is a luxury object, it’s very sensible: you can smell it, you

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can touch it and you can collect it. It is something you turn your completely attention to. I think its something that’s very appealing to young generations, however I think that we consume print and digital media differently.

Digital media is good for news and instant information and content, while print is very nice for stories, interviews, articles, also visually it is more of an artefact basically. It’s true that my generation is perceived as a non-literate generation who completely live online but, again, I think that print media is a counteraction to all the information we’re exposed every day, it’s healthy and something that young people really want.

In the digital world we live in nowadays, what a real, print object can give you more if compared to the things you consume online? The physical, tangible, print object has a more cultural function, it is a more symbolic object. A way to slow everything down a little bit, almost a time machine that captures a moment in time, in history and in culture as well.

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Do you think that the current Covid pandemic will make us rethink about our life style and mentality?

I think that it will help us rethink the industry and its mentality. Because of the pandemic many things had to become more slow paced and I think that’s good because it really forced brands to relook into their own archives, into previous campaign and to recycle collections because they couldn’t produce anything new. In a positive way, it has been a big shift. Before the pandemic brands used to shoot a campaign every few months and that lasted just for a few days online or on a billboard, now I think stuff is going to last for a little more time while brands will be forced to slow down a bit and look backwards instead of looking for only what’s next, which can be really exhausting sometimes.

At a very young age you started working with your business partner and art director, Morteza Vaseghi. How did this collaboration begin? He began working with me on Recens Paper as art director. We actually met in a co-working space I was used to go work to and that was a kind of incubators for start-ups. He came on board with his incredible design language, re-branding the publication and really translating my concepts and ideas into a visual format.

Now we’ve been working together for 8 years and he has been also the art director of Wallet, my fashion criticism publication that I’ve been working on for the past 3 years now.

It’s very beautiful to witness Morteza taking a leap from the printed page towards literally dressing the human body and translating all of his visuals into design, fashion and textile.

Morteza Vaseghi designed the new Colmar collection while you took care of the communication side.

Can you tell us something about it?

First and foremost it is an incredible

collection, the kind of line that I want to buy and wear. On a second thought, it is sustainable and it is made with sustainable textiles and materials.

The new line is inspired by the mountains and feature some Colmar’s classics but re-elaborated with recyclable fabrics. How important is sustainability for you?

I think fashion is about desire, about appeal, about conveying a message in a vision, that’s the most important thing for me. As part of the young generation I can say that we take sustainability, consciousness and circularity almost for granted. The ecology part of fashion is very important because when I buy a product, I don’t want to think about if it is sustainable, I want it to be sustainable.

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Any future projects? Last year I launched the International Library of Fashion Research which is my new cultural institution in Oslo, Norway, so my future project is to grow and developed that. I prefer not to speak about my goals and dreams, but just do them and speak about them after, or better, let them speak for themselves.

“I think fashion is about desire, about appeal, about conveying a message in a vision, that’s the most important thing for me.”

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Climbing for a Reason.

A hymn to life.

BY CHIARA GUGLIELMINA PHOTOS JOSÈ DOMINGO CHEYRE

July 16th, 2021. Make a nose.

Myself: “You’re back in Pakistan Tami, that’s so cool.

I miss it. Enjoy your time there. And congrats on what you’re doing” She: “Chiara! I’ll get back to you as soon as I come back, okay?”

And here we are.

August 31st, 2020. The first time.

Every time I speak with Tami, I feel good. I first met her about a year ago, she’s an energetic woman, with strong muscles and kind eyes. I had dedicated her some words written during a late night which I had titled “Eros alpinistico”. I had heard from Marco and Alice, “la Russolo”, that they would attempt to climb the Nordend (4609m) on Monte Rosa. My house is at the foot of the southern slope, the wildest, but for a dinner with three mountain people like them I’m willing to move west and reach Staffal. I have few but clear details of that dinner. The thick tomato stream waving like lava when we got our pizzas and the tiny bits of crust crackling like firecrackers. Even what came out of the oven that evening took me back to the glacier.

[At the time Tamara was carrying out her "Tour Italia", a particular mountaineering trip on a camper van with the aim of reaching the highest mountain in each Italian region.]

The same day.

Some words from “Eros alpinistico”.

At the table, they speak a language I know very little. Difficult words that have a precise meaning for them. In the meantime, I'm looking for

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details. Rough skin and gnarled hands, tight and firm on invisible holds, as if they had always been attached to the rock. Tamara, Alice and Marco are planning the ascent of the following days towards the Nordend peak, the highest one in Piedmont. A difficult climb, most of the times with hostile conditions. And there I was, comparing our hands in my mind: I too want them so definitively clinging to something. I don't know how, but suddenly, when everyone except me has finished their pizzas, Tamara opens up and talks to me about one of the most intimate things, her relationship with death. "I am at peace with death" she says. She used to have more fears, but now she has put them aside, she explains. Or rather, she has learned to manage them.

She’s not reckless or with little judgment, she is simply aware and happy about her life. "Even if I were to die up here, I am happy with how intensely I have lived up to now." This was what she was repeating to herself a few days before, along the exposed ridge hit by frightening intermittent lightning, which leads to the summit of Monte Saccarello, in Liguria. The drive for life that the mountain has, pushed me to want hands full of adventures like theirs.

The word “Eros”, in psychoanalysis, it indicates the drive for life, not only from a sexual point of view but also from a self-preservation one.

Seen in this way, the history of mountaineering is certainly one of the most erotic in the world: life drives lived in opposition to those of death.

Tamara is full of these life drives. Probably on Nanga Parbat, seventy meters from the summit, she has understood its strongest face, the most human, the most primitive. A renunciation that has become her biggest success. A hymn to life.

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Some months later. K2. “Maybe never again.”

Juan Pablo already had quite clear ideas on how to coordinate the project and had chosen, as a location, the town of Shigar, on the banks of the homonymous river and a crossing point for many K2 expeditions. These initiatives have a double goal: on the one hand, the desire to allow women, here often excluded from multiple activities, to practice sport and, on the other, the desire to help communities to develop the potential of the area.

The first months of 2021 marked the history of mountaineering with the ascent of K2, in winter and without oxygen, by the Nepalese Nirmal Purja. He celebrated properly for this success.

The image of the mountaineers arriving at the top, held in each other's arms, made me think of the last lines written by Manzoni in "Il Conte di Carmagnola", when the meaning of brotherhood no longer concerns only those who belong to the same nation, but it extends to the entire human community: “All made in the likeness of one Only; All children of a single redemption.”

Wafaa Amer. Free.

"Wow, here women can really do the same things that men do." This was Wafaa's thought during her first experience in the gym, in Italy. Who better than her to help understand and manage such an experience, then? The attention, in Pakistan, was in fact focused mainly on girls and boys.

The presence of Wafaa, who accompanied Tamara throughout the journey, was decisive. The young Egyptian-born climber grew up far from home, finding herself elbowing between objective difficulties and unfounded discrimination.

Wafaa knows what it means to be a woman, to be a foreigner, and to be a climber: it's not easy. It is also thanks to her that even the most shy ones, bolt after bolt, let themselves go.

However, while at 8611 meters high ten men earned the credit they deserved, a few leaps into the void further down the same day, Sergi Mingote died. A few days later, four other men lost their lives on the same mountain. The paradoxical essence of mountaineering, the fine line that unites life with death, up there, becomes imperceptible and delicate as silk.

“K2 screamed to me: -Go away!- Everything was falling apart, ice bent the nails and tangled ropes solidified in the chill wind. I’m not going back there again in winter. Or maybe never again. “ Juan Pablo Mohr's name has to be added to the list of men who disappeared forever on the mountain on February 5th, 2021. Tami called him JP.

Finally, the hymn. @climbingforareason. Six months later.

“You know…” adds Tami, “We would like to do a similar thing elsewhere someday, perhaps in Mongolia.

Maybe." I do not miss the opportunity to propose myself as a photographer for future projects when, before saying goodbye, she adds:

Tami shamelessly confesses that she suffered a lot from what happened on K2, especially the loss of her friend JP. She found herself struggling again with the theme of death going through dark months. The choice to take up the baton, carrying out the project Climbing for a Reason, allowed her to alleviate the pain and reconcile with the mountain. The project, born from JP and its foundation, aims to bring people in difficulty closer to climbing, in isolated places. The program involves the construction of artificial rock walls in schools and public places in small remote areas. New routes are also opened and, consequently, cliffs are created. The project features workshops and events and the possibility to learn to climb safely, using all the necessary equipment, which is also donated.

“And by the way Chiara, the smiles of the girls clinging to the grips acted as a counterweight to the renewed pain for JP. I wish you could have seen them.

Everyone should have seen them. I am convinced that, even in the darkest moments, there’s light. You just have to find the right switch to turn it on.”

In this sentence I find all the Eros I met a year ago. Once again, even if in its own way, the history of mountaineering gives us a drive for life in response to death. A hymn to the life of JP, to the one of Tami. To the one of each of us.

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Maria Granberg Growing up together

BY CHIARA GUGLIELMINA

“If what I do every day inspires even a handful of people in the world, I can be happy.

In this dimension, my life makes sense.

This is the purpose of the journey: to find the limit, to overcome it, and to help others to do the same. In short, growing up together.”

Speaking with Maria it is difficult to believe that she has the canonical twenty-four hours a day granted to mere mortals.

She’s not just an athlete or a simple adventure lover. She is these two things and more: she is a visionary professional, one of a kind.

Over the years, she has developed a sincere passion for mountaineering, but she has not missed the opportunity to carve out some time for herself, to jump from airplanes, surf or dive in deep water. She says that she’s not a simple and curious passionate person who values ​​commitment. Her mantra is: "If a dream doesn't scare you, it's not big enough." On this concept, probably, she has based her entire life as an athlete and as a woman.

The concept of fear is something that has always haunted her, she refuses to be conditioned by it. She does not accept that a small fear could preclude new experiences. She has embarked on a long journey of personal growth, working on herself and studying psychology. Today, in addition to climbing Everest, trying to reach Manaslu and approaching the highest peaks on Earth, she is also a coach and a speaker.

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Let’s start before the beginning: who was Maria Granberg before the discovery of her strong passion from mountaineering and adventure in general? I grew up in a very small mining village in Värmland, called Persberg, and spent most of my childhood dedicating myself to sports and school. For as long as I can remember I’ve always had big dreams and a great curiosity for adventure and the outdoors in general. Adventure and sports were very much interlinked as far as I was concerned, as was my interest for the human mind and the psychological aspects regarding embracing new challenges that would require me to grow up in one way or another. I was a very sensitive kid with lots of big emotions and with those came many fears of all the unknowns around me. But rather than backing away, that formed a kind of “obsession” of mine to approach and go through every fear that surfaced in order to figure it out and not allow a feeling to hold me back. As the years passed by, my passion for sports and my curiosity for psychology (and fear response) led me to East Africa where I worked as a volunteer and had my first experience at high altitude. Moving back to Sweden it all came together on a journey where I studied to become a behavior scientist and went on numerous expeditions with the aim of expanding my mountaineering experience but also exploring more about myself and psychological aspects in extreme environments.

When and how did you get closer to extreme adventures? Is there an event or a specific reason that pushed you towards this lifestyle “out of the box”? My curiosity for Everest was for sure the main catalyst for facing more and more extreme expeditions. I’ve always been very fascinated by exploring my limits, mainly because of what you’ll discover about yourself once you’re in that kind of places. Since my biggest driving force has always been

the aspect of fear, it came pretty natural to me to put myself in the scene of extreme sports since that setting would enable me to encounter those feelings and figure out the tools to process them and grow through the experience.

Which aspect of mountaineering made you grow up the most? I wouldn’t particularly say that mountaineering made me “grow up” but it definitively taught me a lot about myself and helped me expand in many ways. I truly love the mental aspect of mountain climbing, the patience, humility and resilience it requires as well as the simplicity of being in the mountains, oneness with nature and the ways in which it invites you to stay in the present moment. All in all, it will teach you to become comfortable in very uncomfortable moments whether it is about discovering parts of yourself or parts of the journey that is inevitably painful yet full of exactly what you came searching for.

You said that “if a dream doesn’t scare you, it is not big enough”. In your opinion what is the secret in order to face your biggest fears?

The secret to face fears, in my opinion, is curiosity and a willingness to be vulnerable. If you’re resisting being vulnerable you’re also resisting the opportunity to practice courage. There is a lot of information in all of our feelings so for me it’s about staying open minded and inviting all of those fears and feeling in, sitting with the most uncomfortable ones and listening until I’ve heard what they came to say, if that makes sense. It requires a big amount of patience and self-compassion as well as knowledge about how you’re brain is wired but also the behavioural patters that you’ve formed throughout your whole life. You’ll never get to know what you’re not curious about, and since every fear that we have can either hold us back from or bring us closer to a braver version of oursel-

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ves, I find crucial to dare to dig deeper into what scares us and staying curious about the reasons why.

Have your expeditions, your dreams and adventures changed the way you look and manage your everyday life? In which way? Yes, that’s the whole reason why I pick the adventures or expeditions I do.

When I dream or brainstorm about which challenges I’d like to approach, I always do clearly thinking about the ways in which they’ll require me to grow, whether that’ll be mentally, spiritually, physically or skilfully.

Everything that I learn in the mountains, or during other extreme sports, translates in one way or another to my every day life. It has for sure nurtured and fostered not only a continuous curiosity about myself, other people and life in general but also strengthened my resilience in tough and challenging situations.

First Everest and now Manaslu without oxygen. What are you looking for in your expedition?

What enriches you of the Himalayism? I’ve always chosen my expeditions out of curiosity, thinking about both for my mental, physical or spiritual limits and the discovery of an unexplored territory.

I’m always looking for new aspects that will help me grow into not only a better athlete but also a better human being. It’s for sure a continuous

The secret to face fears, in my opinion, is curiosity and a willingness to be vulnerable.

If you’re resisting being vulnerable you’re also resisting the opportunity to practice courage.

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journey and the prospects always change depending of what it feels most meaningful at the time or the ways in which I believe it will be impactful not only for me but also for the people around me.

You said that you would have liked to climb an eight-thousander without oxygen, why did you choose the Manaslu? Climbing an eight-thousander without oxygen requires you to be very strategic in your choice of both mountain and route in order for the challenge to be achieavable and relatively “safe”. I spent these past 5 years doing research and getting advice from various friends and climbers and the choice landed on Manaslu mainly because of its terrain, altitude, geography and weather conditions. Many people who try to climb without O2 usually go for Manaslu (Nepal) or Cho Oyu (Tibet) since they have the best track record of safer attempts and a reasonable technicality.

How important is respecting the environment for you? Can an expedition like the one you are approaching be sustainable? Respecting the environment has definitely been important to me since childhood but it is also a topic that has grown exponentially these past few years, both for me and for many people. Of course we cannot hide that traveling across the world isn’t environmentally friendly in any way and that’s the challenge that most competitive and/or exploring athletes are facing. I for sure try my best to learn and adapt in every way that I can to make as little impact as possible while also maintaining some sort of “balance” in what I do. I’m sure that there’s a lot that can be done on expeditions like this and it’s been a learning curve to figure out the best ways how, but I’m excited to dive deeper into that every year and find those ways to climb in a more sustainable way while still being able to dream about big challenges like this.

The main thing I believe is embracing environmental challenges and being open to learn and adapting and using this as an inspiration as you move forward.

ability to have faith in the fact that you have yet to discover the best version of who you are, if you’re willing to let go what you were and embrace what you could be.

How important are physical and the mental strengths in challenges like this one? After an injury, after a failure, where do you find the strength to get up and start again? High altitude mountaineering is extremely challenging for both the body and the mind but I would definitely say that the mental and emotional stamina is the fundamental platform upon which you build the ability to approach challenges like this. If you have a strong body but you don’t know how you function mentally and/or emotionally you won’t be ready for what these mountains will make you face. However, these factors that you can “control” (body, mind, emotions, practical preparations) might of course not determine whether you actually succeed or not since there are so many aspects in mountaineering that you can’t control, like natural hazards, weather conditions or health conditions. You just have to prepare in the best way possible and embrace that fact that many times that won’t be enough. You “simply” have to learn how to appreciate the journey, stay curious, find the safest way through it and do your best to enjoy both highs and lows, no matter the outcome.

I’ve been subjected to a lot of injuries throughout my life and as much as they have broken me down they have also made me resilient, disciplined and appreciative for this vehicle that we call our “body”. The most challenging part isn’t the physical healing but the mental and emotional aspects that you need to go through in order to get to know yourself all over again and create a new frame of reference regarding how you perform and approach your future goals. Again, curiosity and humility are both keys in this process and the

What advice would you give to young people who cannot find motivation for their dreams?

What would you tell them? The things we desire the most in life are usually what scares us the most, so my advice to young people would be to get curious about those fears and approach them with the intention of exploring every inch of them with patience, compassion and an open heart. We’re all ongoing projects in the making, and the most important choice we can make is to keep showing up for the person we’re becoming. Every single day. No matter how scary it is.

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What adventures do you see in your future? As Haglöfs Ambassador what are your essentials for such an expedition? My future dreams concern not only making my expeditions more sustainable but also combining paragliding with mountaineering, exploring more remote areas/peaks, continuing to expand who I am on a personal and athletic level and finding meaningful adventures that have an impact beyond myself. My essentials are for sure a really good shell layer and a puff jacket like the ones from the ZT collection that have minimal weight yet offer maximum protection and warmth in harsh conditions.

I’ve always chosen my expeditions out of curiosity, thinking about both for my mental, physical or spiritual limits and the discovery of an unexplored territory.

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Caroline Côté Beyond our Limits

BY CHIARA GRASSO PHOTOS VINCENT COLLIARD

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“The force of nature helped me to accept human vulnerability.”

She is known for her wonderful shots in the mountains and in the lost forests of our planet. From Antarctica, to Quebec, up to Alaska, on foot, by canoe, by bicycle or on skis, alone or in a group, exploring and telling what she experiences is her work, her mission. She is Caroline Côté .

In fact, Caroline experiences adventure and exploration as an intimate meditation, a continuous contact with herself, overcoming her own mental limits, and only afterwards the physical ones.

“When we are in contact nature, that is the moment when we have to listen to this voice that comes out of our guts and pushes us to meet the unpredictable, against the established plans. It tells us to trust our instincts, to ignore convention and to move on. When I am in the mountains, the elements of nature are unpredictable, storms, rain, wind and cold make me feel uncomfortable and in those situations, in which I have to adapt, I find the balance of my life, the reason for my existence. The emotions I feel when I find myself in this type of context help me to make peace with myself, they are the silence of the mind and the reassurance of my whole human being.”

Although she is now one of the most famous documentarians in the world, Caroline was not born as a director. Until not too many years ago, she worked from 9am to 5pm in an advertising company. The classic permanent position, safe, behind a desk until one day the adrenaline and the need to fulfill herself pushed her to change her life.

“This desire to experience adrenaline took over, I chose to live the adventure and I dared to leave the world of private companies. Our personal research must pass through this need to connect with the real and the simple, with the people we meet on our path and with the nature that surrounds us and that we often forget about.”

And nature has forged Caroline's strength today.

It is in nature that she has learned to overcome the difficulties of everyday life. “When we overcome certain challenges in our daily life or in an adventure, we are not only struggling with snow, rock, wind, storm or crevasses in our path, but also with ourselves and our human frailty. Finding stability in the storm and continuing to move forward day after day on an expedition is a mental exercise that allows me to feel calm when I'm back in town and have to go through everyday life.

The mountains softened the anxiety that was in me. I no longer feel stressed about giving lessons because I have been able to handle a safe and gentle approach to a polar bear. Every journey into nature, be it short or long, has taught me lessons and inspired theories that guide my path today. The mountains bequeathed me collaboration and desire for innovation. The glaciers have given me the values ​​of honesty and vulnerability. Now, in Montreal, I am ready to accept any challenge of my everyday life. When driving, I don't feel the pressure of being stuck in traffic, because I've experienced much more stressful moments on a rope between two crevasses.”

And Côté did exactly this, even if it wasn’t that simple: she reconnected with her dreams and made her passion her profession. Today she is the director of adventure documentaries, she travels the world telling the most unexplored places on the planet fully living her dream, yet it is not always so easy.

“Obviously I was afraid of not being able to do that and not being good enough at the beginning and this fear is connected to the fear of other people and what they would think of me, of my life. I lived in the city and was surrounded by people who did not share my same passion.”

Caroline is a tenacious girl. The judgment of others has never hindered her in achieving her goals and when we asked her what it meant to be a woman in this world of adventurers she replied: “Women today must occupy the same place as men in the adventure field. I've often heard that women can carry less weight than men, but I believe the world of exploration and adventure is defined more by mental resilience than by the weight a woman can carry on her shoulders. When I choose my long-distance adventure companions, I select them based on their experience, their desire to go through with the challenge, and not based on the size of their arms or muscles.”

In her book “Dépasser ses Limites” (Beyond our Limits), Caroline tells the stories of the people she met on her various adventures and when she talks about difficulties and vulnerability she often quotes Brenée Brown, a Houston University professor:

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“To anyone who would like to do the same I recommend to surround themselves with open and inspiring people, in this way you will have no doubts.”

“Vulnerability is not about knowing victory or defeat, it is to understand the need for both. It is to commit ourselves.” And it is precisely this teaching that has led Côté today to believe in herself and in her limits "When I was younger I was ashamed of failing and telling about my failures but this inspiring woman showed me a new way of thinking through which I understood that if you don't take any risks, and don't have the courage to take off, you don't win.” According to Brenée Brown, failing is essential to learn and grow and that's how Caroline began to accept vulnerability.

addition to the Arctic and Antarctic, the numerous glaciers, scattered around the world, regulate the temperature of our planet. But the acceleration of climate change is hitting them hard, and they are gradually turning into water. In the long term, this melting will contribute to countless impacts on the environment and will affect all ecosystems. In my small own way I try to learn more about the layer of soot that covers the snow around me.

It's black carbon.”

Perceiving the changes on the glaciers led Caroline to change her lifestyle. “I'm trying to change my way of thinking, the way I've lived in the past. That's why I try to dress with clothes that have a long life and also to fix my gear before giving it away. I exchange my outdoor equipment before buying new ones and above all I try to reduce my impact by sometimes deciding to buy equipment parts that are made of recycled material.

Every day, I make a gesture to reduce my environmental footprint and challenge myself not to buy any products wrapped in plastic and to only buy products coming from my region. I carry my reusable bags on every trip, so I always manage not to use a disposable bag. In nature, in the mountains, I do the same thing.”

The messages that Caroline Côté transmits through her documentaries are many and it is behind the camera that she realizes her goals: "My mission is to involve people to learn more about nature conservation and to overcome themselves, is to make as many people as possible venture outside, outdoor, so that we understand that we must take care of the our living environment by all means, that all of us are the actors of the changes of tomorrow.”

And it is by traveling in the arctic places of the world that Caroline has come to understand even more the impending and seriousness of climate change. Living and observing glaciers, she realized the importance of preserving and protecting them, and this is also what she tries to do through her documentaries: “Anchored to the ground, glaciers are blessed with a quiet force that extends to our feet.

They won my full admiration. During our last expedition, Polar Shadows, Vincent and I skied in Svalbard for two months from north to south in winter, exploring this territory with wonder, like children, grateful for the incredible luck we have had to walk onto such a majestic and legendary territory. Glaciers are precious and guarantee an irreplaceable balance. Now it is up to all of us to ensure their sustainability for generations to come. The countdown has already begun and every gesture counts. The size and strength of the glacier make me realize how small, fragile and fleeting I am. Yet this ice giant is now vulnerable and faces a darker future. In

In short, an example of sustainability, tenacity, courage and strength of spirit that inspires us to follow this lifestyle. This audacity in making your dreams come true. But how to do it? Just leave everything and go. What does this woman of the glaciers recommend?

“To anyone who would like to do the same I recommend to surround themselves with open and inspiring people, in this way you will have no doubts. I found my rightful place in this outdoor world by sharing this lifestyle with people with my same values. Also, you don't have to be in a hurry to want to work more and more. Rather, choose a profession that is linked to your passions, for me it’s all about nature, adventure and self-improvement. Following the heart and the values directly linked to these areas, I believe you will intensely feel you're belonging to the present moment.”

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Silvia Trigueros Garrote The Queen of the Tor des Géants

BY M A R TA M A N ZO N I PHOTOS JOSE MIGUEL MUÑOZ

Winning Tor Des Géants is a once-in-a-lifetime experience.

Winning it three times is impossible.

False.

For Silvia Trigueros Garrote impossibile is overrated: the Basque ultra runner won the twelfth edition of Tor, winning her third consecutive title, the only one in history.

No one had ever done it before.

The Scarpa team athlete arrived at the finish line in the middle of the night, at 3:57am, in a deserted Courmayeur, after hours and hours spent under the flood: for her the mountains of the Aosta Valley are now home, yet at the start she knew that every Tor is a unique experience, an extreme challenge with yourself, where nothing can be planned and the unexpected is the rule.

She immediately detached her opponents by a large margin, demonstrating a formidable mental and physical preparation.

During the second night of the race, however, she had to deal with several crises and physical problems aggravated by a fever.

But in the end she flew: her determination was stronger and she covered 330 kilometers in 89h57', thirteenth position in the overall classification. And she became a legend.

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What was the most difficult crisis you faced?

This year I had to deal with a severe stomach ache that prevented me from eating and drinking for many hours. I had to be very careful not to get dehydrated. I also had a fever for many hours, it always happens to me when I have my period. In addition, I suffered a lot from the heat and there was a moment when it was over thirty Celsius degrees. All together it was a pretty tough mix to get through. But I did it.

Talking about ultra runners, what kind of people are they? My greatest friends are all people I met while running. Sharing suffering with other people leads you to have a unique, special union. Of course, ultra runners are somewhat special people, but capable of overcoming difficult moments.

Why do you like suffering? Ultra running means suffering but also gives you great satisfaction. Plus it always teaches you something new. In this Tor, for example, I learned to be able to handle even a very severe pain like my stomach ache. I have two children, and what I would like to pass on to them is the value of the reward of fatigue, the awareness that results are achieved with sacrifice.

What food did you dream of during the race?

Potato tortilla! I was exhausted when I reached one of the aid station and found my husband there with a tortilla he cooked for me, it seemed like a mirage! It pushed me to start running again.

How did you manage your sleep? Did you experience power naps before the race? During my first Tor I had taken a few power naps but that hadn't worked: I felt even more tired. So this year I stopped twice for an hour and a half but without sleeping, I just rested a little bit.

What does ultra running mean to you? It is a challenge with myself: to see if I am capable or not.

When did you start running? I ran my first race after having my second child, when I was 36, to keep fit. Before that, I was a mountaineer.

Is it harder to deal with the mental aspect or physical one? I would say half and half. If you don't really have a strong motivation to reach the finish line you will retire for sure.

What is the race you’re dreaming of? La Diagonale des Fous, on La Reunion Island: 166km e 9600m of difference in height.

What was your motivation for reaching the finish line? My husband, who assisted me, kept telling me that if I won this year too I would become a legend, I would be the first person in the world to win Tor three times in a row, and this thought accompanied me during all the time: I wanted to break this record.

How do you imagine the future of ultra running? I hope it’ll never change. However, I’m noticing that there are more and more people approaching this world coming from road running with no experience of mountain running.

When will you stop running? I want to compete again and for now I have no intention of stopping. I am a mountaineer, maybe in the future my backpack will become a little bigger and I will do more mountaineering, but I will always be in the mountains.

What are you bringing home from this Tor? What moments will you remember? The media visibility I am getting seems incredible to me, I did not expect it, it is much greater than the one I got after the other two victories. Many national and international newspapers and media are contacting me to ask me for an interview.

I feel very flattered, and I must say that I don't mind a bit of popularity.

What is your favorite moment of Tor? Tor is every day of the year.

What’s your favorite place in the world where to run? The Aosta Valley.

Have you ever felt alone while running? Yes, this year I felt very lonely. Fortunately, there were many volunteers along the route!

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Giulia Zanovello Running away from the city for love ITW & PHOTOS DENIS PICCOLO

Giulia, tell us something about you. How did you approach running? My running story begins in 2017 and it’s linked to the one of Giuditta Turini and Franco Collé. I started running in 2017. That year Giuditta signed up for Tot Dret and asked me to assist her: I had never raced before, nor ran in general. So I entered the world of running and after that experience I was so happy with the result she got that I felt the desire to start running too.

How did your life changed moving from Gallarate to Gressoney? My life has changed a lot and for the better. In Gallarate I had a fairly canonical life: graduation, friends, drinks in the city center. Then, when I met Roberto and I moved to Gressoney, I started doing different things. My friends from the city often ask me how I spend your time here. I started climbing after a few holidays in France, and even if it's not my sport, I got some satisfaction. Then the horizons widened when we met Franco and Giuditta and I started running. I have been living here for 8 years now and sometimes I would like to go back to Gallarate to see my family or do something different, but I feel the distance from the mountain more and more. My interests have changed and after a while in the city I start to find the days a bit empty. My parents have a house in Gressoney since I was little, so it often happens that they come here to visit me, it's also a way for them to see that we are building something solid here.

I started going to the mountains by walking a little faster than usual, but the turning point came when she and Franco decided to sign me up for my first race, the Ibiza Trail Marathon, 42 kilometers overlooking the sea.

That fall, when the season was over, I started running on some Alte Vie around the Gressoney valley and it was during these runs that I began to develop the idea of participating in Tor de Géants the following year. After the first Tor, I signed up for more and more races which have allowed me, especially in the last year, to achieve some personal satisfaction. I was born in Gallarate and I moved to Gressoney for love, without ever having played sports in the mountains before. Here everyone is an athlete, and that's normal. For me, going from zero to finishing seventh in the Tor women's ranking, after 117 hours of running, was a huge satisfaction.

Can you tell us something about the two Tor you ran? The first one has been something really huge. I almost remember the feelings I got during the first one more than those felt during the second: I cried the whole time, before starting the race and while crossing the center of Courmayeur.

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“I was born in Gallarate and I moved to Gressoney for love, without ever having played sports in the mountains before. Here everyone is an athlete, and that's normal. For me, going from zero to finishing seventh in the Tor women's ranking, after 117 hours of running, was a huge satisfaction.”

Don't you think that excessive attention or consideration may seem like a lack of respect towards women? Wherever I was during the race, if I was in a group of men, the cheering was often just for me. So in a way what you say is true. Assuming that every sport is hard and requires something from those who practice it, in the collective imagination running over long distances requires an even more tremendous effort. Trail running is still seen as a masculine thing, even among people around my age. I often talk to women or men who do not belong to the world of trail who are amazed when I tell about my races.

I was really excited, maybe too much. It went very well, but I wasn’t mentally ready so I lived it badly. I finished it because I am stubborn, I always have been, but not because I was really ready for it. That’s why the first time I relied heavily on Matilde and Roberto who waited for me all aid stations. This year, during my second Tor, I felt really good.

Do you have a coach? No, I run following my feelings and sensations. I like to go out with my dog, take some pictures and enjoy the mountains.

Will you take part in another Tor? This could have been my third Tor, but during the 2019 edition I retired at the 90th kilometer: I was very focused on the time scored the previous year and I ran under pressure. This year I started running without any expectations of times, I had only some reference time for Roberto who assisted me. The conditions were good and everything went well.

How did you become part of the Ferrino Women Team? I’ve met the Ferrino Women Team at Tor 2019, Alice and Scilla, who are still part of the Team, told me about it. The idea of the project is at the same time simple and great: sharing the lives of "normal" girls, whose life is not exclusively made of running, but who despite the commitments of everyday life find the time to prepare for such races.

Would you like to run another one? Sure.

Things always go in threes.

Is there another race you dream of? Mezzalama, on skis.

Future projects? From a sporting point of view, I have no idea. As soon as the Tor was finished, I wanted to run another race immediately, but we'll see. From a personal point of view, however, I would like to become a mom.

What about races outside Italy? I think everyone's dream is UTMB. At the moment I don't feel like I can do it, I'm not that fast and I feel I still need to improve a lot.

Is there an athlete you look up to? Yes. One is Emily Forsberg, I admire her a lot as a woman and as a person. Then there is Giuditta Turini, who is my closest inspiration. I think she is the strongest athlete in Italy but she’s also very humble, which is why she is a beautiful person.

Let’s move to another topic. There is a lot of talking about inclusiveness, but it still doesn't seem obvious that women can run for so long. Sometimes they get cheered up perhaps more than what is appropriate, as if it were less obvious.

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Girls Rocking UTMB TEXT FILIPPO MAURIZIO FOTO ALEXIS BERG

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What is UTMB? Easy to explain.

It is the ultra trail of Mont Blanc, the tour of the Mont Blanc massif on foot and a destination for trail running enthusiasts from all over the world. The 2021 edition, held from August 23rd to 29th, after the edition canceled in 2020, has returned to welcome thousands of enthusiasts who reached Chamonix to compete in one of the seven races proposed during the three days circuit.

It is a race that represents a world test, and within it the UTMB is the master test, a bit like the marathon at the Olympics. UTMB has got just a few rules: it starts and ends in Chamonix covering 106 miles spread over 10,000 meters of elevation gain. After all, it is a slow race that Europeans like to define as "runable and not very technical", a characteristic reflected in its rankings: no runner has ever managed to complete the ring in less than 20 hours. You must run with a backpack full of gear, two headlamps, two pairs of gloves, k-way, long-sleeved shirt, hat, etc.

To further increase the aura of myth of this race is the absolute absence of North American athletes on the podium: no American athlete has ever managed to win the race and at the same time the results of the stars and stripes athletes have always been subdued, despite the presence at the starting line of champions already winners of the most prestigious races of the ultra scene. No American has ever won the UTMB and this year the story did not change apart from a few twists: we have seen D'hene set a regular and constant pace that has slowly exterminated every other opponents, in a predictable way, leading a textbook race, but nothing exceptional.

On the contrary, the scenario of the women's race has been completely overturned.

The 2021 edition of Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc will be remembered for the unprecedented level of the women's competition. With the first four runners spaced just eight minutes at the Les Contamines aid station (km 31), the race was very close right from the start.

Around kilometer 50, Courtney Dauwalter and Mimmi Kotka were separated by a few minutes. They kept an eye on each others and found themselves at the aid stations. Despite this, they do not run even a meter together: it was not a strategy, each of them tried to find their own rhythm without letting be influenced. Camille Bruyas got the third position with a gap of almost half an hour.

The night passed by while the athletes approached Courmayeur, about halfway through the race (km 80). There many started to trudge and many gave up: Francesca Canepa, Hillary Allen, Kelly Wolf and many others were out of the game. At dawn only four woman remained in the game: Marion Deslespierre, followed by Luzia Buhler, who had been interviewed by The Pill (did we bring her luck?). In Champex-Lac, km 125, things got serious, there you could see who really had the right attitude.

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The psychological aspect, which is also one of the most fascinating one of this sport together with moving in wonderful natural spaces such as on the Mont Blanc massif, is what distinguishes ultra running from any other discipline. slowing down, changed pace and started to accelerate. Mimmi Kotka was suffering, her knee bled conspicuously, so she moderated her pace in favor of Cammille Bruyas who took advantage of it: together they reached the Trient aid station (about 140 km) an hour after the American athlete. Courtney Dauwalter got her victory and set the record, 22 hours and 30 minutes, beating the previous record of Rory Bosio on a slightly shorter course and finishing as seventh overall.

Kotka gave up the second position to Bruyas and Luzia finished with stable fifth position, preceded by Delespierre.

In retrospect, reflecting on Courtney Dauwalter's race, we cannot help but notice that this former Colorado professor, now obviously a professional athlete, has something extraordinary when put into perspective of sport in general. As the distance increases, where effort is no longer just a simple muscular process but also and above all a mental aspect, where it matters more to be able to resist fatigue, pain and know how to adapt to adversity, there are no gender differences, even from a athletic point of view.

On shorter distances, and obviously we are talking about sports where the limiting factor is the body and not just the skills (as in clay pigeon shooting, an Olympic discipli-

ne), the male physical structure is predominant in performance: think about 400 meters or road cycling. Bigger muscles bring more power, there is no escape. However, when distances increase and the "mountain" ingredient is added to the recipe, the result is much less unpredictable.

Running an UTMB at the highest level requires not only extraordinary training and well-trained muscles, but also and above all great mental skills, such as the ability to withstand fatigue, immediate problem solving, a good dose of instinct and, above all, knowing how to stay motivated and concentrated for a long time. The psychological aspect, which is also one of the most fascinating one of this sport together with moving in wonderful natural spaces such as on the Mont Blanc massif, is what distinguishes ultra running from any other discipline.

In this sport it happens to see Courtney Dauwalter arriving in the Chamonix city center greeted as she just won Tour de France after leaving practically every other competitor of any sex behind, running at a very strong pace, smiling after twenty hours on the move and dressed in her usual basketball shorts, after running all night and all day around Mont Blanc. It's all real and beautiful: well done Courtney!

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Alba De Silvestro

That Primitive Gesture

BY CHIARA GUGLIELMINA

The fascinating thing about ski mountaineering is that, although it has evolved, it has kept its primitive character almost unchanged. Around 2500 BC the Scandinavian population was the first to use skis as a means of transport.

Two beautifully shaped wooden boards and a pair of real sealskins have sanctioned the birth of one of the most popular winter disciplines nowadays.

As for everything, it must be said, purposes have changed: from a precious means of transport of the past, to a tool for leisure and sport today.

But is ski mountaineering just that?

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There are those who continue to argue that the era of exploration is over. But that’s not true. In Pakistan, just to give an example close to me, there are endless expanses and incalculable snow-capped peaks. So many that baptizing them all was not possible. So many that most of them are actually nameless.

Unexplored.

You can think that an athlete seeks the only challenge against time rather than exploration and adventure. That’s completely right if you have to compete on a professional level. Depriving them of honors would be like reproaching a carpenter for having first thought of completing the structure of the house before the arrival of winter, instead of immersing themselves in the art of wood. And anyway, every time I find myself talking with athletes, I discover rich men and women, since they have been tempered, albeit unintentionally, by the same environment as those first Lapp explorers.

And even if we have replaced the tanned leather (seals say thank you) with synthetic materials, even if purposes in climbing and descending the mountains have changed, believe me, when Alba talks about her adventures, you can perceive that desire for exploration that is not always geographical, but certainly human and personal. In the search for that lost primitive gesture, if I concentrate, I see the need to go back to the beginning. It is not even 6 in the morning when the alarm goes off at the Stelvio Pass. I have been wake for a few minutes before the annoying device that marks the beginning of the day emits its annoyingly melodic sound. If I cannot expect a gentle caress, I at least allow myself to regret the times of the cockcrow. I am alone in the room, I let a few seconds pass by before silencing that infernal noise and in the meantime I think about the shots that I’m going to take.

The meeting with Alba is set for 6:45 am, the pink stripes that decorate the sky are a harbinger of a clear day and the rays that illuminate the glacier eliminate the melancholy due to the absence of the cockcrow.

For him too, as for all diurnal birds, the first hours of light are the hardest. This is why he sings: to affirm his strength just out of the moment of greatest weakness.

While I wonder if such a thing also applies to men, Alba appears in the distance. Fresh face and brisk pace show her familiarity with the first lights, unlike the cock, with no need to inflate her chest or stretch her neck, she is full of energy.

(She doesn't want to take the lifts to get to the top. And there is no snow at the bottom. We have to hike.)

I look into her eyes, then look at my heavy backpack, and return to her with pleading eyes. She hesitates, but then she agrees to take the lift as far as possible. A few hours later, when the shooting is over, her face is wet but never tired, it was time to have a chat. And a coffee. Maybe two.

Who is Alba? Tell us something about you. I am a professional ski mountaineering athlete, I am part of the Italian National Team and of the Centro Sportivo Esercito. This is my passion as well as my job. In short? I am a lucky girl.

We know your past in alpine skiing, can you tell us about it? What prompted you to change? I’ve started practicing sports as a child, I was very young and I started with alpine skiing. From the first grade I was training at a competitive level without being able to compete, I was still too young. I grew up practicing that sport until, at a certain point, I got tired, all of a sudden I no longer liked doing what I had always done.

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athletic training with cross-country skiers. It didn't take long before I got hooked on running. More and more people were encouraging me: "You can ski, you can run very well, try ski mountaineering!". In the end, almost ten years ago, a little by chance, I tried. And I did not get tired of it yet.

How did you become a professional athlete? The road to becoming a professional athlete is not easy, it is made up of many ups and downs.

It's a bigger picture than what the audience sees, there are a lot of different shades in the things we do.

Personally, nothing has ever weighed on me but, sometimes, there are also hard moments. Right now I am more than satisfied with what I do and, most importantly, I enjoy doing it, I’ve always enjoyed it. Of course, there are many training sessions, a lot of perseverance and a lot of willpower, but in the end it all comes back. Training always and consistently has brought me somewhere, I hope it can be the same for others.

How do you deal with a typical race day? How do you prepare the body but, above all, your mind? Getting ready for a race in this sport is something that always changes. In my case, for safety, I methodically prepare all the necessary equipment: without skis and boots you can't go anywhere. The first races of the season, in December, are those where there is a little more excitement, you are no longer 100% sure of your abilities and it happens to have some doubts. My strategy is to always do things in the same way. I have a solid routine, I would say military, every little detail must be arranged. It is important for me to know that I have done everything that needed to be done.

Every athlete has his own method, this is what allows me to compete with serenity.

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How much does the result count for the real Alba, beyond the athletic point of view? The result counts a lot, it always does. If you are aware that you have worked hard and have done your best, perhaps it is not the only thing that has value, but it is still true that, in the end, you work for the result. Personally, I am committed to ensuring that everything is done in the best possible way, under all circumstances. In my opinion, if at the end of the most intense training period there’s no result, probably some mistakes have been made in the preparation phase. I firmly believe that if you work well, positive results will come sooner or later.

We know that the competitions are very tough. What do you think during a race? Is it true that it happens to have real blackouts? In the race, your head is full of thoughts: you think about many different things, but in the end everything converges towards what you are doing. Mainly I try to stay focused and anticipate what I will have to do shortly, it's a great way to always stay focused. It happens to have times when even the strength to drink is missing, I try to force myself to find it and always stay well hydrated. In general my mind does not wander that much during a competition, it is neither the place nor the right time for distraction.

How do you deal with difficult moments in a race? Every people have their own moments of difficulty in a race, there may be small unforeseen events or the classic “bad day”. I always try to stay motivated, thinking that the race doesn't end up at the finish line. I hold on even when the situation does not seem to turn in my favor because, more often than you might think, unexpected events also happen to others. It is not the end until it’s the end in a race.

What does efforts mean to you?

There is always a lot of fatigue in the race. You do a lot of efforts even when training, but the race is somewhat different. Anyway, this is a sport in which it is always present, but it pays off every effort. It can be said that the fatigue is temporary, while the result remains.

Has competitive activity, with its discipline and sense of duty, also influenced your way of living your everyday life? Being an athlete certainly gives you a certain rigidity in your daily life. Having a correct routine is essential, you have a specific time for everything: to eat, to sleep, to train. It is a life that teaches the sense of duty and commitment, but you have to be very careful not to become addicted to routine.

You made a living out of the mountains so you are often in contact with nature. What do you think and how much are you afraid of the effects of global warming?

Global warming is a problem not to be underestimated, in recent years the conditions have been changing a lot and quickly and especially for us, who are more in the mountains than at home, it is a non-negligible issue.

Certainly it will be necessary to increase concrete interventions. I am not an expert and in my small way I try to have the right precautions to avoid worsening the situation, but unfortunately we all pollute and everything pollutes. We will certainly need to do something and do more.

What can be done to make ski mountaineering better known among people? How to stimulate the little ones to practice it? In recent years, ski mountaineering has been growing a lot even at a youth level. More and more young people are showing interest in this sport and companies are also evolving in this sense. Furthermore, now that the discipline has finally been admitted to the Olympics, I expect further inte-

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Many of us would like to leave a mark of our passage. On the snow you do it with skis, but what about more in general? Have you ever thought about it? Our lifestyle is rigid and can be heavy to bear with, sometimes it is also difficult to be understood. However, it happens more and more often now that it is a good example for young people. For me, hearing kids at the finish line of a race exclaiming: “Well done Alba, can we take a picture together?" it is already a great satisfaction. We are not perfect, I am not perfect, and to see someone who thinks "I want to become like her" or even just "I want to do what she does" gives me a sense of accomplishment. You understand that your work is not limited to competing in races, often and willingly it happens to go further.

Curriculum Trofeo Mezzalama gold and silver medal World Cup gold and silver medal World Cup (relay) gold medal World Cup (individual) silver and bronze medal Alba was able to grasp the best of that primitive gesture mentioned above, beyond her incredible palmares, her proactive attitude is the definitive proof. Before going back home, however, another primitive aspect hidden in this discipline struck me: the transmission, from generation to generation, of a pure way of exploring the mountains. By limiting the use of ski lifts, the environmental impact is almost absent and young people grow up with the temper of those who choose to climb 2000 meters for a descent.

The only one of the day, perhaps, but that will be full and tasty.

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Women of Western States

BY FILIPPO CAON

PHOTOS LUKE WEBSTER

Beth Pascall (Salomon) 17:10:42 Ruth Croft (adidas Terrex) 17:33:48 Ragna Debats (Buff) 17:41:13 Brittany Peterson (Nike) 18:07:42 Katie Asmuth (Saucony) 18:23:24 Audrey Tanguy (Hoka) 18:37:45 Emily Hawgood (adidas Terrex) 19:13:55 Camelia Mayfield (Brooks) 19:17:20 Keely Henninger (Nike) 19:42:37

There is place near Trento, I won’t say the name, that between March and May looks like Robinson Flat (look for "Robinson Flat to Foresthill" on YouTube and you will understand what I’m talking about). Well that’s no really true, it doesn't look like Robinson Flat, but I like to think it. A bit like all of us runners who have a passion for foreign things like to think, forced to look for motivation in the beautiful dream of an exotic and far place.

This is what Western States is about, it is not a legendary and historic race.

I mean, it’s also that, but it’s above all the West, in its deepest meaning, where everything is redemption, every life is possible and every desire comes true. Oh well, at least for us.

So, at the end of June, when in the Olympic Valley (aka Squaw, for the less sensitive ones) starts the race, a countless number of Italian runners, nine time zones away, sticks to their cell phones, usually waiting for the

arrival of some friends in Col Gallina, to follow the regular IRunFar updates, which, like a military bulletin, sanction survivors and fallen ones in that land far away.

I open up Twitter, while eating a pistachio ice cream sitting on the plastic bench of a Belluno ice cream shop. In a short time, I can see the first arrival photos on IRunFar feed: all important names, the first twenty runners cross the finish line in less than twenty hours, and even beyond the twentieth position there is still some famous name such as Eric Senseman, Clare Gallagher, Abby Hall.

In the first twenty positions, almost half of the names are of women and the fact is so much appreciated by the international press that on the Strava blog appears an article entitled "Women of Western States". Many of them are my points of references in the world of ultra running, while I know little about the others, but I immedia-

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tely have the desire to know who they are and what they did in the past. I find out that some of them have won very important races. I didn't have the slightest idea and I am ashamed of my ignorance.

In a very professional way I try to contact them on Instagram. Some give me their mobile number, others just tell me a simple email address. They are all happy, very happy to write, to send voice messages, to make phone calls. Even too much: the space is little and I need just a short feedback on the race, but in the end I ask them way too many questions. I reach Ruth Croft on the phone, while she’s at the Geneva airport. She’s from New Zealand and the idea of facing this language scares me a little, but in the end everything went well. I am a person that finds these too easy operations suspicious, so I ask her what she thinks about the whole story, about so many women in the first positions, about the hype unleashed online and offline.

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Talking to these people puts you in front of the fact that our sport still has a family dimension, even if companies are trying to pursue, especially regarding the men field, an idea of an athlete developed all around the corporate identity and the product.

“You know,” she says, “many guys had a bad day” Uhm. It’s true that the guys didn’t run that fast (meaning that the best time had been widely under the record), but they didn't even run slow, someone had been left behind, but not everyone, and that normally happens sometimes.

I can’t record when speaking on the phone and I was never good at taking notes, so I will avoid quoting her exact words, but she just tells me that women can perhaps manage a little better a race than men, who instead tend more often to lose their mind a little.

She, on the other hand, managed very well the race. Western was her first 100 miles. But Western is also the most competitive race in the United States.

And in this race she arrived second.

Ragna Debats, the third classified, has a past of fast races and skyraces transformed with years of experience in long distance wins, but almost never so long. She participated in the race with her husband, it was her first experience with a pacer, and she is not sure of having fully understood his importance. Every time I talk about pacing with a professional athlete we end up listing a series of advantages that involves having a person running with you half the race. So every time I get discouraged and change the topic. Not this time with Ragna, and not even with Ruth: they tell me more human things, and how nice is to share this experience with a friend or a partner.

And then there are the Americans girls, who know a lot about 100 miles races, unfortunately this meteorologically nice year has not been good to them. Katie Asmuth answers me from Mammoth Lake, California. I ask her what scene of that day she will bring with her: "Entering Foresthill I saw many people cheering for me, then I saw my children, Noa is six years and Liam is four.

There are not many parents who run ultra races because with children is not easy!

Seeing them made me feel good. Then my coach started running with me along the Aid Station, cheering for me and for a brief moment I passed from the third to the second position, I will never forget it.”

I meet Audrey Tanguy in Chamonix at the end of August. Her UTMB lasted 32 kilometers, but she was already looking ahead and getting ready for the next race. Audrey is a professional athlete, and when she ties her shoes it is not for a simple walk, but she enjoyed her Western, talking to the other athletes and having fun at the Aid Stations.

She’s perhaps the most famous athlete, at least in Europe, but she remains a very easy going person.

Talking to these people puts you in front of the fact that our sport still has a family dimension, even if companies are trying to pursue, especially regarding the men field, an idea of an athlete developed all around the corporate identity and the product.

100 miles is an iconic distance, maybe it is the core of ultra running. Keely

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Henninger, from Portland, Oregon, tells me: “I started running in 2014, but I didn't want to run a 100 miles just because I had to. It had to be something I really wanted to do, and it took me some time to face it. “ Emily Hawgood is just 27 years old, she’s from Beatrice, in Zimbawe, but answers me from Idaho. I don’t know much about her, what I know is that she runs for adidas and that she has a lot of experience in 100K races. She got the Golden Ticket for Western at The Canyons 100, a hundred kilometers race that crosses Western's trails. She don’t say much to me, but those few words she says are full of gratitude and respect for people, for the race and for its story. In the end, I never had a chance to interview the winner of the race, I couldn’t reach her. I wanted to ask Beth Pascall about her days in the mountains of Sierra, about her references points in the race and what she thinks about the fourteen victories of Ann Transon and about the historical record (which next year will become of ten years) of Ellie Greenwood.

Western is a dream race, and having the opportunity to get to know better its stories is always exciting. But talking to these girls and writing this article also allowed me to focus on a couple of things about the identity of ultra running and the people who practice it.

See you on the trails.

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Giuditta Turini From 0 to 130km ITW FILIPPO CAON PHOTOS DENIS PICCOLO

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Giuditta Turini in 2021 won for the second time the Italian Trail Championship. A great milestone for a girl who had never ran a race until 2017. That year she took part in her first competition,Tot Dret, one of the race part of the hardest and most fascinating trail circuit in the world, Tor des Géants. She covered the 130 kilometers and 12 thousand meters of positive difference in height from Gressoney to Courmayeur as a challenge against her father. And she hasn't stopped since then. Born in Gressoney, her love for the mountains and for the wild nature led her to compete in some of the most prestigious trail races in the world, always accompanied and supported by her partner Franco Collè and with her HOKA ONE ONE shoes at her feet.

How did you approach long distance races?

In the Aosta Valley there is a site that map all the trails and on which you can draw your own tracks. So I started spending afternoons around the mountains: I studied the route on the internet, took some photos of the map to identify the crossroads with other trails (at the time I didn't have a watch on which to download the track) and went to discover it with my dog. I didn't actually approach long distance races, I started with them: the first race I signed up for was a 130km. I am not a lover of speed or, more than anything else perhaps, I am not inclined to make too much effort. Over long distances, despite being on the run for more hours, the pace is slower and you can enjoy landscapes more.

sented myself at the start line. I had been training a lot, even if it wasn't really specific to that race. I started with my usual slow pace (which is perhaps my winning weapon) and slowly tried to increase.

We agreed with Franco that I would have to manage the first half of the race in the best possible way and then try to give everything from the fortieth onwards. And so I did, coming to catch up with Marti, who was the first Italian in the lead of the race, just a couple of km from the finish line.

It was a great satisfaction because I didn’t feel so much mine the title I got in 2020 at UTLO because in reality the winner was Giulia, but she did not have a membership back then. Then I’ve got beaten anyway because, if you look at the general classification of the race, on the first two steps of the podium there are two foreign Athletes, with a capital A, who gave me respectively 50 minutes the first and 16 minutes the second. This makes it clear that the “strong ones" are other people.

What does Tor mean for a girl of the Aosta Valley? Tor is the journey on my home trails.

Unfortunately, the symbolic race of the event, the 360km race, is not within my abilities for now, but I believe that for those who manage to live it to the full, it is a magnificent experience. I was lucky enough to experience different aspects of it: the air you breathe on those trails is different, it is full of emotions, you can breathe the air of Tor. The event also includes three other races, and I was lucky enough to run two of them. One, Tot Dret, starts right from my village, Gressoney, and climbs right into the valley behind my house. It is unthinkable to try to describe the emotion felt on the evening of the start.

You’ve just got a second place at TDS, perhaps the toughest race in the UTMB circuit, two years after winning Tot Dret. The two races seem similar in length and height difference, and are both very tough. But are they really that similar? Did you manage the race in a different way? The races are similar because of their kms, but I must say that Tot Dret runs on much more technical trails than TDS. The approach and management were completely different. The Tot Dret raced in 2017 was my first long race (before then I had only run the 50km of the Monterosa Walser Trail in July). I signed up for fun and to challenge my dad. My friends Pero and Zetha, along with my mom, followed me to the various accessible aid stations to pamper me with dry food and clean clothes.

You’re the Italian Champion, how was the race at Porte di Pietra? It went as I never would have thought. I don't like “runable” races, I prefer more technical ones. Porte di Pietra is exactly the opposite: a very easy race to run and not very technical. But I wanted to get involved and so I pre-

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I rested for an average of 15/20 minutes at every aid stations. I didn't know what it meant to run an ultra trail and my only goal was to get to the finish line. To tell the truth, my real goal was to get to the end and beat my dad, but that's another story.

TDS is a race that I wanted to run with the awareness of what an ultra was and with the desire to give my best. I entrusted the external assistance to Franco, who knows ultra races very well, therefore, the aid stations were important but quick (after 5 minutes maximum he sent me out). During the race I had a small physical problem that led me to have to manage the race a little more, slowing me down on the descents where I usually love to give the throttle. But I had to get to the end and so, gritting my teeth a little, I went to take second place!

out, to organize the various trips to reach their start lines. A little less fun is having to pack and unpack not one, but two bags every weekend, but if this is the price to pay to make our dreams come true, I accept it. In addition, I can consider myself lucky as I can take advantage of his experience by asking him for little advice for my races and my training. He, on the other hand, can consider himself lucky because I prepare his bag for each race.

What feelings did you experience at the finish line of Tor when Franco won and broke the record? Emotions are difficult to explain. This Tor was full of emotions. Since I left him at the start line, my head has started to fill with positive thoughts. It's weird to say, but even when it was bad I wasn't too worried because I knew he was going to be okay. He just had to believe it and we, who were close to him, just had to give him serenity. At Ollomont, when I began to understand that he could break the record, my desire to motivate him was even more impulsive: this time it was I who dictated the timing of the aid stations and sent him away to go back to the race. Seeing him running in Via Roma at 04:30 at night, under the pouring rain but with the biggest smile he could have, filled my heart with happiness. I gave him a kiss and said “well done Giannino”!

Talking about TDS. This year, due to an accident, the organization decided to stop all the competitors who still had to pass through the place where the accident occurred. So just about 200 people were able to finish the race, including you. What do you think of the organization's decision? Is it in line with the spirit of our sport? Many said they should have stopped everyone or none. Unfortunately, I lived the accident. The guy was just in front of me and I witnessed the identification of the athlete on the night. I am of the opinion that when we sign up for a race, each of us must take into account the possible risks that we run. Honestly, I didn't understand why the other athletes were stopped for hours on the hill. Maybe for the rescue? I think that the organisation shouldn’t have stopped them for the simple fact that stopping the competition did not change the fate of the unfortunate guy. The accident was an accident: the organization had secured the exposed stretch of the trail, they could not do anything else. I can only tell you that I cried for that guy, because, even though I didn't know him, he was one of us. I took him with me to the finish: I crossed the finish line by dedicating a thought to him.

You’re part of the HOKA team, what does it mean to you to run for them and with them?

I used HOKA shoes before being part of its team.

The HOKA Italia team is first of all a big family.

There is a beautiful friendship between all the athletes and the company staff. Initially I entered as an ambassador (or perhaps as Franco’s partner). But they have always believed in me and what better way to thank them than to try to give my best and bring the HOKA group to the top? Now I am part of the athletes team and this makes me very proud. Until some time ago I used to run with HOKA Speedgoat, but since I tried Zinal for the first time I never went back, it’s unbeatable. It feels like wearing a slipper.

Your partner is Franco Collè, who is an ultra runner like you. How do you live your relationship as a couple and how do you share common passions? I think sharing the same passion is a wonderful thing. It allows us to spend much more time together and enjoy what life gives us.

It is fun to plan races together, to go and try them

Any medium and long term projects? The European Championships in Portugal in November and the World Championships in Thailand in February are certainly planned. But to tell the truth, I don't like making long term plans. I like to take what life offers me. Or rather what Franco organizes for me!

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Breaking Stereotypes The adventure of Salomon WMN

BY S O F I A PA R I S I

BY S O F I A PA R I S I

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Talking about “women”, in a world where there’s a lot of talking about “women”, is not that obvious. It’s somewhat risky: you always have the fear of falling into clichés. In addition, you wouldn’t like to be extreme, but not superficial.

But in the end, what's wrong with being extreme or superficial?

In conclusion. How to manage everything?

Well, the women who conceived and developed Salomon's WMN campaign, believe in simplicity and concreteness. That’s why, from the first initiatives in 2017, until the last one launched in June 2021, the key word of this campaign has been “authenticity".

ple with the same interests and made different connections. So, the following year we felt even safer, and we set out in search of Salomon WMN ambassadors: women of different ages who practiced various sports. We wanted these activities to be a passion and not a job. We selected a few of them and invited them to Annecy to meet them, get to know them, understand if they really corresponded to the genuine and authentic spirit of the campaign. We voluntarily left some freedom in the contract, asking the girls to choose the products they found most useful for their adventures. The contracts therefore included the equipment, but also a budget for their outdoor projects. The nice thing is that we immediately developed a relationship of trust, we didn't want to treat them as models, but as active collaborators. Having this personal relationship, extending the working relationship to a personal relationship, has made the campaign a human adventure, not just a business project.

“It wasn't just a business motivation: obviously, there was potential. Various companies began to take into consideration this aspect. Salomon was then seen as a mostly male and performance-oriented brand.

The world was aware that women practice exactly the same sports as men, but the image of the sporty woman was still too tied to the consequences of sport on the shape of the female body and not to the merit of the sporting gesture.” Told us the two main creators of the campaign, Helena Celestini, Global Marketing Manager, and Sofia Ahnebrink, Outdoor Activation Specialist.

Although the campaign has been developed over several years, the Salomon team has maintained a strong coherence, based on the pillars of the project: to create products designed specifically for women and to rebalance the difference between the male and female range. Speaking to women, whether they are ambassadors or consumers, in a transparent and direct way, and with humor. Giving women a place in brand communication, where the male presence was clearly prevalent, from Instagram posts to Salomon TV.

We never wanted to exclude men from this adventure, and indeed their contribution was fundamental. The WMN community would not have been the same without people like Jean, Loïc, Tim, Bruno, Adrien, and other colleagues who were as involved as we did in this campaign because they believed in the value of the mission we were carrying out. The tone of voice has never been argumentative or aggressive: we tried to awaken some conscience, to make some snide remarks, but with a smile, without taking ourselves too seriously, without attacking anyone.

And it worked. The highlight of the campaign was certainly the WMN Summit 2019 in Montenegro, an event in which to bring all these people together so that they could meet, get to know each other and have fun together in the middle of nature. A remote village in Montenegro

How did it all begin? The pilot initiative has been a weekend in 2017. Once the competition was launched, we received many applications: the idea was to involve winners in a multi-sport weekend with trail running, wake surfing, paragliding, mountain biking. Each could bring a friend and the event went very well, the girls were enthusiastic about it, they met other peo-

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The tone of voice has never been argumentative or aggressive: we tried to awaken some conscience, to make some snide remarks, but with a smile, without taking ourselves too seriously, without attacking anyone. And it worked. and a long series of activities, parties, sharing, emotions, where the protagonists were the ambassadors, the winners of the competition, the managers of the campaign and their colleagues, the women of the event agency, the photographers and videomakers.

Melody Buck Forsyth is a mother of four and a midwife. In 2015 she gave birth to her daughter Ruby, born with Down's Syndrome. Melody and her family do not correspond to the stereotypes of the world of sport, but for them the outdoor life represents a moment of escape, an opportunity to be together, communicate and relax.

What has been the evolution of the campaign? In addition to the creation of a community, the campaign has been developed on the reinterpretation of female clichés. For 2021 we wanted to move from the general to the particular, from hashtags that could unite many people, to real, precise and unique life stories: we therefore looked for three women, who became the three protagonists of the short movie Her Way, released in June. These three women are for us examples of normal and extraordinary lives at the same time, capable of inspiring and giving strength.

The 10-minute film was a largely female effort, with 10 women contributing to the production.

In fact, an original song titled “Her Way” was composed by Clare Vendeleur with lyrics and vocals by Danielle Bakkes. With this last stage of the WMN campaign, Salomon tried to give voice to real life stories, remaining consistent with previous years, and indeed confirming the need for authenticity and contact with real women, who participate in the outdoor life, each one of them in their own way, freely.

Are you happy with how this campaign developed? We’re quite happy, yes. We went far, we believed in it and we also organized interesting local initiatives. Consequently, the entire Salomon community felt involved: it clearly worked out, commercially and humanly speaking. We are sure that we have changed, perhaps even slightly, but still changed, the lives of some of the women we have come into contact with, more or less directly. We hope to have awakened consciences, and given a different perspective, a smile, strength, trust, to some women who may have been experiencing difficult situations.

Vuyiseka, Nancy and Melody are the heroines of the Salomon WMN campaign, but they are above all examples of normal and extraordinary women at the same time. Giving voice to the stories of real people, telling their lives, giving importance to these human beings, knowing that someone in the world can recognize themselves in them and find the strength to carry out a project, an activity, an idea, or simply live their lives as it is, but with more love for themselves, for us it means having reached the goal.

Vuyiseka Arendse was born in the small town of Beaufort West, South Africa, in a very poor family. She is a single mother. Despite the difficult conditions of her life, she began working as a volunteer in the fire department at 19. Today she is 26 years old, and supports her family alone working for the Cape Town NCC as a member of the Juliet Crew, the first all-female firefighters team in South Africa, committed to protecting the iconic places of the province of Western Cape from fires.

Nancy Jiang was born in China and, when she was 5, she moved with her family to New Zealand. She studied structural engineering and today she is the only female engineer in the company where she works. Small height but always eager to prove herself worthy of her work, she freed herself from the stereotype of being short by cultivating her passion for trail running on the mountains that surround Queenstown, despite the culture of her country and her family that never encouraged her.

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Courtney Dauwalter

BY DAV I D E F I O R AS O PHOTO BY HENDRIK AUF'MKOLK

The story of the Ultra Running Queen “Laugh and the world laughs with you.

Weep and you weep alone” said Oh Dae-Su, protagonist of the Korean movie Old Boy. A sentence of undoubted value, even if in reality both smiles and expressions of pain tend to be extremely transmissible.

But today we would like to talk about the first ones. Because Courtney's smile is something irresistibly contagious, something that’s worth sharing.

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Courtney grew up in Hopkinks and, although she is too modest to say it loud, her formative years have been full of extraordinary sport achievements. During her school career, she has been a four-time Minnesota state cross country champion. These successes earned her a scholarship for the University of Denver, Colorado.

Colorado to the Pacific Northwest classics. In 2013 she ran in 6 competitions collecting 5 podiums, starting a successful cycle that will see her protagonist at FANS 24 Hour Runs in Fort Snelling in the following years. In 2014 she ran 11 races, gaining seven wins, including two overall first places at Chase the Moon 12 Hour and at Tommyknocker Ultramarathons. In 2016 things really started to take off and she emerged as a world-class athlete: 11 races, 8 wins and 3 second places. And an impressive time of 21:23:37 that made her win the prestigious Run Rabbit Run 100 Mile. Or again Javelina Jundred, in the Sonoran desert, Arizona, where she ran in 8 hours and 48 minutes. Her women's record of 100km is still unbeaten. Trade magazines nominated her for Ultra Runners of the Year and titles like "The Unknown Woman Taking the Ultra World By Storm" started popping up. It was the turning point.

"I feel very lucky to have grown up in an active family, to have had the opportunity to love sports, and to have been able to pursue sport in college”. But since then, running has been a fundamental aspect of her life, from cross country to track she began to discover the constant need to push her limits, reaching pleasure beyond pain, suffering and sacrifice. She discovered the value of teammates, of training, of being part of a group: the perfect recipe for cultivating a love that has lasted a lifetime. “The teammates and coaches I had in high school and college were a huge part of developing my lifelong love for endurance sports. It was so fantastic to learn at such a young age that hard work pays off, and that hard work can be fun”.

She graduated in biology, thinking that physiotherapy or sports medicine would be her vocation. However, blood and needles made her faint, so she devoted herself to teaching, like her mother. After earning her bachelor's degree, Courtney began teaching biology, chemistry and physical sciences. Then came her definitive turning point, in 2017, when she started running at a professional level. But let’s take a step back, because there is still a lot of story to tell.

In the summer of 2017, Courtney became a full-time runner and decided to devote herself to running without having to adapt to the intense days of work. She ran 100 miles a week, with no specific plan “I leave the house without knowing if it will be for 40 minutes or four hours.

Once I am out on the run, I really tune into what my body is telling me it needs and adjust my pace or my route from there”. That same year she devoted herself to 24 hours races and scored the American record at the 250km Riverbank One Day Classic “I love 24 hour races because of the mental aspect. Physically you have to be prepared, but after awhile, it's just a mind game with yourself. On the trails your mind can be distracted thinking about where to put your feet, while on the track that part of your brain can completely be shut down. Your mind can go to some pretty interesting places. Reliving memories with family or friends can be quite fun during those moments. Then there are moments when

This story began in March, 2011, in San Antonio, when Prickly Pear 50K first captured her imagination. “I was so excited at the aid stations!

I grabbed handfuls of jelly and stuffed them in my pocket, and chatted with the runners around me as we spent the day on the trails. It was such a fun day”. A few months later, at Run Rabbit Run 50 Mile, came the definitive epiphany: “It was freezing cold, it was sleeting, and it was horrible weather, but the runners around me were having a blast and making the best of the situation. I remember thinking: this is a community I want to be a part of”. Between 2013 and 2015 she started approaching long distances: from 100 miles to 24 hours races, from Florida to Minnesota, from

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“I love 24 hour races because of the mental aspect.

Physically you have to be prepared, but after awhile, it's just a mind game with yourself. On the trails your mind can be distracted thinking about where to put your feet, while on the track that part of your brain can completely be shut down. Your mind can go to some pretty interesting places. Reliving memories with family or friends can be quite fun during those moments.

Then there are moments when it becomes so physically difficult that you can only focus on taking the next step”. it becomes so physically difficult that you can only focus on taking the next step”. At the end of the season, after many successes, among the rocky peaks of Utah she scored another great record: with a time of 57 hours and 55 minutes she won the Moab 240, 386km, with an advantage of 10 hours over the second runner. Ten hours.

We are able to really see what we are capable of. It is also a very strange time warp! I finished on Tuesday but in my head it was still Sunday. Managing sleep is difficult and I haven't been great at that. It is definitely something on my list of things that I want to improve in order to be more successful at this format”. In 2020, during an unprecedented distance edition due to travel restrictions imposed by the pandemic, she managed to complete 68 laps, or 283,3 miles, 455km, the longest distance ever recorded by a woman in the race. “I love long distance races for so many reasons. One of those is definitely the pleasure of being offline and slowing down a bit. In normal life, it's easy to feel like you have to check your emails and messages all the time, but when you're out running, you forget all about that. It’s good to get away from technology for a few days”. But not everything Courtney touches turns gold. Her incredible 2018 records stopped at the 24 Hours of Desert Solstice, where Camille Herron scored the best time. “After a very big race season and asking a lot of my body, I thought I still had one race left in me that season, and that I could avoid rest for a while longer. But this turned out not to be true. It was a good reminder that rest periods are just as important as a good trainings”.

2018 began with 4 successes in 4 months, including the overseas trip to Mount Fuji. But that year, she will be remembered above all for winning the Western States 100 Mile, the most prestigious of all races. She crossed the finish line at Auburn's Placer High School in 17 hours and 27 minutes. “I didn't train for it very differently from other races, but got in plenty of miles and tried to listen to my body when it needed rest. When race day arrived, I felt a sense of relief when the gunshot finally went off and we started running. Then it could be simple: just moving on the trails. The first 30 miles I felt pretty bad. I thought, where is my fitness, why is my breathing so bad? Many things can happen in 100 miles, though, and my body started responding and the gears started spinning after the first 30 miles.

From there, I just tried to move as efficiently as possible”. But 2018 is also the Big's Backyard Ultra’s year, the original one, the one in Bell Buckle, Tennessee, on the tortuous course invented by Lazarus Lake, the mind behind the iconic Barkley Marathons. The endless race, that's how people renamed it. A 6,7km loop circuit to be covered within an hour, until only one remains.

Courtney on that occasion completed a total of 67 laps, behind only the Swedish Johan Steene, setting the record for the women's course: 279 miles. “This type of race is such a cool challenge.

Let’s arrive at 2019, the recent history. Between the lines of the Team Salomon International she opened the season with a victory at the Tarawera 100km Ultramarathon, in New Zealand, and at the MIUT in Madeira, Portugal. But it is at the foot of Mont Blanc, at the end of August, that her smile bursted into the European scene. I remember like it was yesterday her arrival in the Chamonix parterre, with her hand on her forehead,

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“I find a lot of comfort in being uncomfortable. The pain cave is not a place I am afraid to enter. It is a place I am thrilled to find the entrance to because, to me, that is the entire point of why I am doing these races. I am curious what we are capable of if we keep pushing farther into that pain cave”. opening those blue eyes, almost incredulous.

From one UTMB to another is a short step. Two years passed by, yes, but in the meantime the world stopped. “During the pandemic, I was able to continue training as normal here in Colorado. I was reminded that I love running and training no matter what, that even without races I find a lot of joy in being on the trails”. After retiring at Hardrock 100 due to stomach problems, Courtney returned to France with an epic performance, damn close to perfection. She not only successfully defended her title by winning the race for the second time, but she did in a way that left everyone speechless: new course record (22:30:54) and seventh overall position. She was alone among women, alone on another planet. “It was a really fun day.

I’m thankful to have shared it with my husband, who was crewing me, the rest of the athletes, all the volunteers and people cheering in towns”.

mination, grit and tenacity. Blood, sweat and tears. This is a sport that demands everything from the human body: physically, mentally and emotionally. I've seen titans like Scott Jurek, Jim Walmsley and Killian Jornet push the boundaries of what's possible, what's human. But Courtney took things to the next level. Yes, it takes an innate talent to be successful at the highest level. However, what makes her better is her mindset. I remember a video from 2018 taken at the Tahoe 200 in which she introduced the concept of "cave of pain", that place beyond the pines where we see what we are made of. A place of extreme discomfort but also of profound discovery: “I find a lot of comfort in being uncomfortable. The pain cave is not a place I am afraid to enter. It is a place I am thrilled to find the entrance to because, to me, that is the entire point of why I am doing these races. I am curious what we are capable of if we keep pushing farther into that pain cave".

Nowadays Courtney is the ultra running queen. Winning example and contradiction. On the one hand, a full-time athlete who has achieved sporting excellence. On the other hand, the smiling, playful and carefree charm of a free spirit who trains without rules, a person with an out-of-the-line style: “I still don't follow a training plan. This means that I am free to listen to my body every day and go from there. Every morning, when I plan my day, I consider how my legs and my head are feeling. There is nothing strict about my diet either. I eat without restrictions. Before competitions, I eat whatever is convenient, usually pizza or Chipotle burrito bowl. During races, I stick to my tried and tested race foods: Tailwind, waffles, chews and mashed potatoes. In races that are over 100 miles, I add pancakes, McDonald’s cheeseburgers, quesadillas, and noodle soup. After the race, of course the first thing I like to drink is a beer”.

Courtney understood the mind game, that's obvious. But apparently, she has another ace in the hole, one more card to play: a superhuman level of positivity. She chooses happiness over anger. She always smiles and even in times of crisis she manages to keep her mood high. She doesn't run because she has to. She doesn't run because she is good. She doesn't run to be in the magazines. She runs because she loves to run.

The way she behaves, both on and off trails, is a shining example for everyone. In a world where negativity, jealousy and narcissism reign, it is a beacon in the night. If you happen to find yourself at an ultra race and need to figure out who Courtney is among the contestants, look for that woman with a beaming smile who looks like she's out for a basketball game rather than an endurance race. “It's pure comfort! I've always preferred long shorts, and when I started running ultra marathons, I didn’t see a reason to change that”.

Through the eyes of many ultra runners we have discovered a discipline made of deter-

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Elisa Deutschmann Model, designer & athlete INTERVIEW ABRAM TOMASI PHOTOS DANIELE MOCELLIN

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Elisa Deutschmann is a Bavarian girl who combines sport, design and fashion. Sounds extraordinary, right?

who you are? I have a beautiful dog and I spend a lot of time with him. But I find it difficult to separate my work from my free time. I practice a lot of sports, I’m an active girl. This is Elisa.

How did you approach the world of outdoor sports? I was born there. Even as a child, at the age of three, I always wanted to be outdoors, I was happy there, and this feeling has never changed since then.

Her goal is to make her dreams come true, on Instagram she has more than 50,000 followers and she constantly tries to motivate other girls to live their mountains and new adventures. She will soon fly to America, so before she leave, here's her amazing story!

You wrote "not all women are made of sugar and spices and not everything is beautiful”.

What is a woman made of in your opinion? And do you think it's still important to remember it today? In the outdoor world many protagonists are men but when I see a girl who practices sports in the mountains I think: “why not, we can do it too”. So, even on social networks I like to motivate girls like me. We are not always beautiful and perfect, but always looking for new adventures.

You are an athlete, a designer and also a Bavarian model, how do you manage to combine these apparently so distant worlds?

What's your story? They are distant worlds only in appearance. In the end, everything can be related to sport. From each work I draw inspiration for other ideas, for example, while I create a technical suit, I think about the design but also about what is important to optimize its performance. For me, becoming an athlete, a designer and a model was a natural and spontaneous process. Even while studying Fashion Design, I did a lot of treks and excursions. So in first place there was sport and then everything else happened.

On your Instagram profile @artivicial you talk about your experiences in nature, about yourself and about sport. What is your goal and how do you relate to your followers? My personal goal is to do my best as an athlete, to perform well but above all to follow my dreams, which is always the most important thing. As for social media, as I have already mentioned, I try to motivate others, especially girls, and I try to get the message across that mountains are also for us women.

When you are not an athlete or a designer,

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You also vlog a lot sharing your adventures, what was the most significant outdoor experience you had and why? I would say that every experience is beautiful in its own way, but if I had to name one, I would say the one that just ended. A trek from my home to the Alps. It was a project that lasted for years, but it was also my most significant outdoor experience! Maybe I say this because it was the most recent one and because I still have vivid emotions but certainly also because it was home.

and different. I’ve studied to become a fashion designer and at the same time I am an athlete, so I can easily combine the two worlds. Today you can also play a lot with innovations and sustainable products and create outfits that are always at the forefront.

Salewa is among the sponsors who support you. Can you tell us about the projects you are carrying out together? I’ve chosen and choose Salewa every day for many reasons. They look to the future of technical clothing, always looking for new materials and creating something that didn't exist before. In addition, they support the mountains and outdoor sports just like I do. And their clothes fit me incredibly well!

We live in a time with several moving restrictions, how has sport changed for you? Have you discovered new places close to your home? I sometimes felt deprived of my freedom, but like everyone in their own way, I think.

It wasn't easy at all. I had a great time at home but I couldn't be outdoors, let alone reach my beloved mountains. Hard times but let's hope for the future! When the lockdown ended, I didn't go very far but it was enough for me to go to the mountains close to home with my old friends.

Future projects? Many projects will start in October, but now I can't wait for mid-November to arrive, when I will fly to America! There I will spend six months between trekking, excursions and flights! Sounds like a dream, right?

I’ve studied to become a fashion designer and at the same time I am an athlete, so I can easily combine the two worlds. Today you can also play a lot with innovations and sustainable products and create outfits that are always at the forefront.

You said you would like to create something new that will bring the outdoors into the design world. How can that happen? How are your garments innovative compared to others? Everything starts with functionality and design. Returning to the first question, it is the combination that creates something new

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Mimmi Kotka

This is Ultra Trail Running I N T E RV I E W M A R TA M A N ZO N I PHOTOS FLORIAN MONOT

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Not all those who wander are lost - J.R.R. Tolkien Mimmi Kotka was born on July 12th, 1981 and grew up in her family farm just outside of a small town called Köping, in the middle of Sweden. Her memories of when she was little are linked to that huge old house with a garden full of fruit and vegetables. A magical place where to grow up.

She used to play outdoors and wander through the woods and lands around it, like a wild country girl. There was always something boiling in the kitchen, cousins ​​to play with, neighbours passing by. She did not practice any sports back then but she was a passionate scout. As a teenager, day after day, she became more and more a lover of nature and began to spend every weekend engaged in some outdoor adventure: trekking, scuba diving, kayaking, skiing. At 16, she convinced her parents to send her to study natural sciences, with a focus on marine biology, on the west coast. That seemed a dream to her: studying biology, living by the ocean, diving with her friends.

She always had her eyes fixed on the depths of the ocean: something mystical, the underwater world and its profound experiences. Then she met yoga, meditation and different breathing techniques, something she would carry with her forever. When she finished high school at 19, she moved to the mountains in northern Sweden, but she was sure that one day she would have return there, to live near her ocean. At university she studied biochemistry and molecular nutrition and later became a researcher. Meanwhile, she continued to practice outdoor sports until, at 29, she decided to take on a very popular running, cycling, swimming and Nordic skiing challenge in Sweden, called “The Classic”. So, while she trained to run her first 30 kilometers, she fell in love with trail running: she had some trails close to her home and she experienced them as a genuine way to stay in touch with nature, while living in the city. In 2014 she, together

with her family, made a life choice: she wanted to live in a simpler way, to have more time for her passions, so she got rid of what she didn't really need.

She also decided to run more, and she started training for Ultravasan, a 90km race. After the first two competitions, she understood that ultra trail is what she wanted. In 2016, her family sold the house in Sweden and she began spending a lot of time in the Alps, in Courmayeur. Mimmi adopted a dog and began discovering the place she would soon fall in love with and where she still lives nowadays. In the summer of the same year, she won CCC, her first major international competition, and got her first sponsorship. Within five years she went from having no experience as an athlete to winning the most famous races in the world: TDS, Madeira Island Ultra Trail, MaXi-Race International. In 2018, after a great start of the season, she got injured. But instead of stopping she continued to train.

Her health deteriorated: anemia, low immune system, mononucleosis and fatigue. In 2020 she realized she needed a break, and she began a postgraduate training in sports nutrition with the Olympic Committee. In February 2021 she started training again and her results now speak for her: she stepped on the podium at both LUT and UTMB. Mimmi, why ultra races? Ultra distances came by chance: the first race I did was a 30km, the second a 50km and I liked them a lot. I also love the ultra running community, it is very inclusive and generous. It is more about facing a challenge and supporting each other than about running to beat

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other people. You have to overcome your fears, the mountains and your inner limits, more than other runners.

They are special, passionate and spirited people: I hope they will never change. It is a very inclusive sport, something that touches natural, primordial experiences, which concerns inner introspection. It is a metaphor for life, which leads you to constantly grow during each race.

Your report about UTMB. It was a very special edition, especially for the women who participated, and I felt honored to have the opportunity to share the race with athletes of such a high level. Before starting the race, I thought that this was really the right year to take part in UTMB and I was right. As for my performance, at the beginning I felt good and managed to keep a good pace, but then unfortunately I couldn't keep it up for the rest of the race. I have had several problems and I am not entirely satisfied, but I know there is room for improvement and in general I am happy with my performance. I feel fit and healthy and I know the "ultra engine" is back, stronger than ever. At both LUT and UTMB I was full of energy, but my legs weren't spinning, but it seems normal to me since I was coming from a long break from trail running.

“Not all those who wander are lost” you said. What did you “find" after all these years of ultra running? The real big change was when I decided I wanted to live a simpler life: ultra trail adapted accordingly to this new approach. And my "wandering" part just made sure that life took its course, without

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planning anything and staying open to what was going to happen. And I have to say that so far it has been incredible, unexpected and better than anything I could ever have imagined.

Your favorite menu: walkable trails or more technical ones? I like running in unspoiled nature, on dirt roads, technical trails, and I love to mix all of them. A good run on the home trails with my dog is perhaps my favorite, but I also really like to experience great long-distance adventures with friends, ridge running and technical running. I consider myself good in technical descents, it is my strong point.

What is the race you dream of?

There are many races on my "wish list", MIUT, UTMB, but I'd like to run TOR one day too, it's a tough race from many points of view. I would also like to run a multi-day race in a team, like the transalpina, it's a format that I really like. I try to travel as little as possible for races (for environmental reasons): Alps are home to me and here is full of new adventures!

You said: “ultra trail is an inner journey, a metaphor for life”. What does this mean? This is the true value of ultra trail running: an inner journey that challenges you and makes you grow. I think physical challenge is part of the human experience and this sport is a great way to get out of your comfort zone and experience the elements to the fullest, fatigue, hunger, heat and cold, in a controlled manner. You learn to cope with adversity, to adapt to circumstances, and to move forward when things don't go your way. The more I run the less I am interested in material objects, in all problems that are not really important and in other people opinions.

Ultra running keeps me with my feet on the ground.

What's your pre-competition training routine? Nothing special: a little restless, I prepare clothing, backpack

and food. The days before the race do not count, what matters are the months before. The work must be done in advance, everything you do just before a race is little more than a detail: if you show up fit and healthy at the starting line, everything will be fine.

You are also a ski mountaineer. The only way to train is to run, run and run? Do you run every day? I really like cross training, and in winter I do ski touring and Nordic skiing. In the summer I prefer a bit of road cycling and mountain biking. I don't run every day, and during winter there are actually fewer running days than skiing days. I love climbing: I believe that exposing yourself to physically demanding moments is part of the human experience, something we all need, embedded in our DNA. It doesn't have to be ultra running, it can be trekking, skiing, cycling, kayaking, whatever.

But we need the contrast between fatigue and rest to feel good. I increase my training throughout the year, and in winter there are times when I don't run at all, I just ski. I try to train according to the seasons and be intuitive. I think it's very helpful to rest and slow down during the darker months, and then be full of energy in the spring. Even though I don't have a fixed yoga routine, I try to do some practice every day.

You are a great friend of Emelie Forsberg, with whom you founded, together with ultra runner and ski mountaineer Ida Nilsson, Moonvalley, an e-commerce of organic sports nutrition. I have thought for a long time that it would be great to do something in the nutrition sector, combining health, running and ecology. And there were no better people to do that than these women.

Ida and Emelie are not only fantastic athletes, they are loyal, funny, strong women: in short, the kind of people you would like to do business with.

Of course, running has united us, but even before it we have interests and

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values in common. The ECO Moonvalley sports nutrition label is named after the farm where Emelie and Ida live in Norway. We will see where this adventure will take us.

What are your tips for runners on nutrition? My advice for ultra runners is to make sure you don't have a calorie deficit, sometimes it's hard to eat enough when running long distances. Eat pasta! And, of course, eat real food! Junk food and ultra-processed foods may be fine every now and then, don't be too strict, but the basic diet should be as nutritious as possible.

Food shouldn't just give you energy, but everything you need to heal and regenerate yourself. Healthy nutrition is an important part of training.

Why do you say ultra runners are generous? How important are sharing and friendship? Regardless of the level of preparation or the result, every ultra runner first of all faces himself, his fears and inner limits.

This makes us all the same, from first to last, and creates a special union. I am inspired by a lot of people in this community, there is a special bond between everyone who runs an ultra trail race. In what other sport do you see the winner waiting to greet the last person to cross the finish line? I have many friends who run and I feel blessed to have these inspiring people in my life.

Is all this effort worth? Running comes from passion and curiosity, from the desire to go beyond my physical and mental limits.

How do you imagine the future of ultra running? I'm not a full-time professional athlete, I have several jobs and other commitments, but I know I have room for growth and can still run at a high level. However, this possibility could be lost, as more and more money is coming into the sport sector.

My hope is that there will always be the possibility for a "normal person" to achieve exceptional performance.

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Chapter 1 The revolution of useless Feeling useless is a form of violence.

No less tough than others. It is a destructive action against yourself and an act of disrespect towards others. A subtle form of offence to life: an unhealthy condition that blinds those who fall victim to it.

Uselessness as a perception of yourself is a frightening hymn to presumption and self-centredness: human diseases since ancient times.

Suspecting that my work is useless means considering every single story that passes through my pen as a direct consequence. However, the real sin is not perceiving that your own actions are vain, the real defendant is insecurity: another dangerous evil. A vice that disguises itself as a perennial justification: "Poor thing, she behaves this way because she is insecure." An infirmity that is treated, erroneously, with compassion and condescension.

When instead it would need a kick in the ass. Bumping repeatedly every day into a newspaper headline, a post, an interview or a photo that maliciously whisper a deafening chant: "Did you see how cool they are, what about you? What are you doing here?” That risks damaging less strong people.

And by the way, in the end, without a photographer, without a journalist, a documentarist or a writer present where life's things happen, many stories would get lost in the saturated chaos of more or less relevant anecdotes that clog the channels of communication every day. In any case, waiting for the judges of futility to issue a sentence, as long as this work opens the doors to realities like the one of Mira Rai, I can only feel grateful. And I humbly lend myself to the role of "modern storyteller", taking all the kicks in the ass that I deserve.

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Chapter 2 The willingness to lose Surely it already happened to you to lose your sense of orientation in the mountains, to advance stunned in a frantic search for direction. Dragging yourself dismayed in a murky fog, without physical or moral strength to support, dazed by the dull silence that drows reason and threatens the natural propensity for life. It is not fun to get lost, even if only for a short time. In the mountains I happened to get scared, but I felt the real anguish when a dense fog, on a normal afternoon, invaded my studio, leaving me helpless. Arms stiff like frozen mountaineers' jackets and a tumult in the chest. Panic attacks are much more common than you might think.

Unable to organize a form of defense from ourselves, we fantasize about a possible plan of attack to face the great things in life. Anesthetized by Western ease, we proceed drugged towards the dangerous lethargy of the unspoken, of the undone. Refugees in a comfortable sloth, but condemned to permanent inertia. It is important in life to have a plan of attack. A scheme based on the willingness to lose. On the ability to survive possible defeat.

And while we stopped running for fear of falling, Mira Rai won competitions where she didn't even know the route. The humble Nepalese girl has shown, with her immeasurable wil-

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lingness to lose, the shortcomings of a system, ours, completely unable to face one of the most urgent modern problems: the inability to manage suffering or, even only, its mere hypothesis.

The humble Nepalese girl has shown, with her immeasurable willingness to lose, the shortcomings of a system, ours, completely unable to face one of the most urgent modern problems: the inability to manage suffering or, even only, its mere hypothesis.

Chapter 3 Dreamer Mira Mira is, more than anything else, a young Nepalese woman. Born in 1988, she has a wealth of experiences that are not normally collected in a single life. From a Nepali rice picker child, to a Maoist soldier, from trail running champion, to a symbol of international optimism.

Born in an earthly paradise, a bright future could only await her. Since her birth, high snow-capped peaks have framed the green valleys of Mira's childhood. Huge expanses interrupted only by huts of some small village and by mirrors of water sparkling in the wind. I wonder how she, immersed in such a vast space, decided to run across it.

A unique place, but also a hostile environment where to live. We are still fighting against beliefs and superstitions that limit freedom and, above all, we are confronted every day with the rurality of a still very poor territory. Let's say that in such a reality,

taking a daily run to keep in shape is not common. As mentioned above, Mira, in addition to being a runner, is first of all a woman and probably this was her toughest challenge in Nepal.

In many villages the possibilities for emancipation are still scarce, if not zero. Finding an escape route, however far and fast you may run, is still very complex.

She grew up in Nepal, as a Nepalese girl. The only woman among five brothers, a modest family as a nest and strong women as an example of strength. She was educated as a child to contribute to the sustenance of the family, she soon experienced fatigue and sacrifice, moving large loads of rice from one village to another. Education was a luxury and school was only accessible after fulfilling these obligations. To have a dream, in such a reality, is to follow a chimera. Only a worthy visionary would be able to dream in such a reality. Mira's temper is touching.

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Chapter 4 Soldier Mira Mira was 14 when she chose to take up arms. The Maoist army guaranteed her two meals a day and a monthly allowance. In addition to the money, which she promptly sent home, one less mouth to feed allowed the family to take a breather. And Mira knew this very well, she felt a burden for her loved ones.

Trained as a soldier for two years, the conflict broke up before fighting was necessary. In the time spent in strict military discipline she discovered her talent: she could run faster and longer than anyone else. In

the messy set of contradictions that I do not understand and that I do not have to judge, one thing strikes me positively: in the Nepalese army, boys and girls are given the same treatment. They are considered equal or, as Mira revealed more poetically in an interview: "men and women like heaven and earth: inseparable." I don't know whether to read romanticism or exasperated communism, but I like the sentence. After winning an organized race inside the field, Mira started running for two hours a day, every day.

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Mira was 14 when she chose to take up arms. The Maoist army guaranteed her two meals a day and a monthly allowance. In addition to the money, which she promptly sent home, one less mouth to feed allowed the family to take a breather. And Mira knew this very well, she felt a burden for her loved ones.

Chapter 5 The turning point “Wow! This is for me.” - “I could run forever.” - “Just running, running, running.”

Sentences that testimony this turning point, words of Mira.

In 2006, a peace agreement was signed between the fighters of the opposing factions and an impressive number of children, over 4000, were expelled as minors. Mira, not yet eighteen, moved to Kathmandu in search of work. She soon found herself going through one of the darkest moments in her life: she was alone, with no work and no money. She still didn't know it, but by running every day for hours and hours, she was setting the stage for her revenge as a person. As a Nepalese. As a woman.

It is not long before she realized that the few pennies earned in Kathmandu were not enough. She decided to

apply for a visa to move to Malaysia and work in a large clothing factory, but a few weeks before her move, her life changed radically. The Himalayan Outdoor Festival, a tough competition that ran steep slopes over rough terrain for 50km, was waiting for her.

Worn shoes on her feet, torn trousers and on the face the naive and innocent expression of those who have not fully understood their being in time and space. But Mira won. She not only finished the race despite eating nothing on the way, but she crossed the finish line first, under a hailstorm.

Fifty kilometers definitely changed her life. While she continued to ignore the real size of her gesture. From that moment on, the great little Nepalese woman collected a series of successes that made her, in a short time, a global phenomenon.

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Chapter 6 Her curriculum and the years of debut

2014 HIMALAYAN OUTDOOR FESTIVAL - NEPAL - ULTRA TRAIL 50KM - GOLD

2014 MUSTANG TRAIL RACE - NEPAL - ULTRA TRAIL - GOLD

2014 SELLARONDA TRAIL RACE - ITALY - ULTRA TRAIL 57KM - GOLD - 06:36:30

2014 TRAIL DEGLI EROI - ITALY - ULTRA TRAIL 83KM - GOLD - 09:16:00

2014 MSIG HK - HONG KONG - ULTRA TRAIL 50KM - GOLD - 5:30:32

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Chapter 7 The result of a lifetime In 2015, back from Hong Kong, Salomon, which had closely followed her career, decided to sponsor her by officially inserting her into its team. Then suddenly, in 2016, everything on that strip of Nepalese land trembled. The earthquake also closely affected Mira who in a few minutes lost friends and family, but even in this situation she showed all her stoicism.

The propensity to resist. All time.

Three months after the earthquake she returned to Italy to run the 80km of the Mont-Blanc Marathon. She won again.

Still in mourning for the victims of the earthquake, she did not have her usual smile on her face, but the need to return home with positive news pushed her, once again, to triumph.

The earthquake also closely affected Mira who in a few minutes lost friends and family, but even in this situation she showed all her stoicism. The propensity to resist.

All time.

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Chapter 8 The super power of the women of the East The image of Mira crossing the finish line, waving her country red flag to the rhythm of applause and congratulations, literally went all around the world, becoming the cover image of all newspapers. From running around in worn flip-flops among her villages, to a source of inspiration on a planetary level. At this point, I wonder how much potential Eastern women hide. With many disadvantages from too many points of view, but with the super power of that willingness to lose which is unknown to us.

And anyway, returning to the beginning, what did Mira do in the end? She just put one foot in front of the other, right? Do we really think that’s useless?

Final chapter Stoic Mira I have always found something heroic in the idea of resisting. There is a subtle difference between "resisting" and "fighting". There is romanticism in the concept of resistance. Stoics are those who live by virtue. Those who believe it is possible to live a good life not by seeking wealth or power, but by doing the right things.

I wish Mira to follow this path, even if she seems to have been on the right path for several years already.

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ALBY SPORT DF SPORT SPECIALIST OLGIATE DF SPORT SPECIALIST ORIO SALEWA ORIO CENTER THE NORTH FACE ORIO UNDER ARMOUR MAMMUT ORTISEI SPORT GARDENA SPORT SCHMALZ SPORTLAND ORZINUOVI FREE TIME STORE SPORTLAND OSPITALETTO BIG WALL LA COCCINELLA ACTIVE CREMA SPORT INTELLIGHENZIA PROJECT SALEWA PADOVA SPORTLAND PALAZZOLO PELLISSIER SPORT PIRCHER GUNTHER ALPSTATION PARMA FREE SPORT MOVE MOUNTAIN LOVERS SEVEN SUMMITS FERRARI SPORT SPORTWAY NOVARA OLIUNÌD MILANO UKU PACHA MONDO VERTICALE SPAZIOUTDOOR ALTA QUOTA PESCARA KING LINE RRTREK PESCASSEROLI DF SPORT SPECIALIST PIACENZA L'ALTROSPORT OUTLANDERS SPORT IN MONTAGNA OUTDOOR LIFE VERTICAL PIETRAMURATA PIANETA SPORT ASPORTSTATION STIMM ZAMBERLAN ARIAPERTA M.C.RUNNING ONBOARD EUROSPORT SPORT HUB PINZOLO SPORTLAND PISOGNE SELMI TECHNOSPORT VALLEE SPORT PEAK PERFORMANCE STORE AMORINI OUTDOOR SPORTWAY PONTE KAPPAEMME SPORT MOUNTAIN SHOP BERGAMO SPORTLER PORDENONE TOFFOLI SPORT MIVAL SPORT LA SPORTIVA POZZA DI FASSA BLOSSOM SKI IL CAMPIONE PRATO SALEWA PREDAZZO V10 BERGFUCHS OVERLANDER OUTDOOR RAVENNA ROSSIGNOL UDINE REGGIO GAS A1 CLIMBING GINETTO SPORT MONTAGNA VERTICALE SALVATORI SPORT THE NORTH FACE RIMINI PERTINGER MOUNTAIN SICKS SPORT NATURA ALP3 MONTAGNA ALTA QUOTA ROMA BOTTIGLIERIA CAMPO BASE ROMA CLIMBER STORE GEOSTA LBM SPORT MONTURA ROMA MOUNTAIN AFFAIR ROMA ONERACE OUTDOOR EXPERIENCE PATAGONIA ROMA ROCK IT ROSSIGNOL PARMA RRTREK ROMA STAR WALL THE NORTH FACE THE NORTH FACE THE NORTH FACE UNDER ARMOUR STORE OMNIA SPORT SPORTLAND RONCADELLE SHERPA ATLANTE MONTELLO BLOCK3 CABAS SPORT CABAS SPORT MAKALU' SPORT MONTURA ROVERETO SPORTLIFEE MACIACONI ANIMA SPORTIVA PIÙ SPORT ALPSTATION AOSTA PAPIN SPORT SPORT HOLZER LAGAZOI SPORT SPORT HUB CHIAVENNA DF S.G. MILANESE SPORTLAND SAN LEONARDO SPORTLER SAN MARTINO TURNOVER SPORT SAN MARTINO SPORT SLALOM CLASSIC SLALOM DONNA SLALOM SPORT PARETI WEGER UNICO SPORT ALPSTATION BRESCIA NEW VIAGGIANDO GIUGLAR LAB IS SPORT FAMA SPORT ALPSTATION SARZANA 3.30 RUNNING STORE BESSON SPORT GIUGGIA SPORT MOUNTAIN EXPERIENCE ALPSTATION SCHIO MAX SPORT VALLI SPORT PIANETA CICLO ART CLIMB BRUNO SPORT ACTIV SPORT CABOT COVE OUTDOOR CAFÈ SALEWA OUTLET SERRAVALLE KINIGER SPORTMODE MAXI SPORT SESTO S.G. XL MOUNTAIN IL MARATONETA SPORT RONDIRO PASSSPORT SIGNORESSA SPORTLER CLIMBING CENTER SPORTLER TREVISO DF SPORT SPECIALIST SIRTORI ALTERNATIVA SPORT ALPIN SPORTS K&K SPORTS ROCK & ICE SOLDA SALEWA OUTLET VERONA CENTRO SPORT FIORELLI SPORT SONDRIO SPORTLAND SONICO CAMPO BASE SPILAMBERTO BERGER SCHUKE SPORTLAND STEZZANO SPORTLAND SUZZARA ALPSTATION TARVISIO SPORTLER TAVAGNACCO ZANI SPORT

NOVALESA OLGIATE OLONA ORIO AL SERIO ORIO AL SERIO ORIO AL SERIO ORIO AL SERIO ORTISEI ORTISEI ORTISEI ORZINUOVI OSIMO OSPITALETTO OSTERIA DEL GATTO, FOSSATO DI VICO OVINDOLI PADOVA PADOVA PADOVA PADOVA PALAZZOLO SULL’OGLIO PAQUIER PARCINES PARMA PARMA PARMA PAVULLO NEL FRIGNANO PERGINE VALSUGANA PERNATE PERO PERTOSA PERUGIA PERUGIA PESCARA PESCARA PESCASSEROLI PIACENZA PIACENZA PIACENZA PIANCOGNO PIANELLA PIETRAMURATA PIETRASANTA PIEVE D’ALPAGO PIEVE DI SOLIGO PIEVE DI TORREBELVICINO PINEROLO PINEROLO PINEROLO PINZOLO PINZOLO PISOGNE PISTOIA PLAN FELINAZ PONT SAINT MARTIN PONTE DI LEGNO BS PONTE FELCINO PONTE NELLE ALPI PONTE SELVA DI PARRE PONTERANICA PORDENONE PORDENONE POVE DEL GRAPPA POZZA DI FASSA PRATA CAMPORTACCIO PRATO PREDAZZO QUARTU SANT’ELENA RASEN-ANTHOLZ SÜDTIROL RAVENNA RAVENNA REANA DEL ROJALE REGGIO EMILIA REGGIO EMILIA REGGIO EMILIA RIETI RIETI RIMINI RIO DI PUSTERIA RIVAROLO CANAVESE ROCCA DI MEZZO ROMA ROMA ROMA ROMA ROMA ROMA ROMA ROMA ROMA ROMA ROMA ROMA ROMA ROMA ROMA ROMA ROMA ROMA ROMA ROMA ROMAGNANO SESIA RONCADELLE RONCO BRIANTINO RORETO DI CHERASCO ROVERETO ROVERETO ROVERETO ROVERETO ROVERETO RUFFRE' - MENDOLA S. CRISTINA SACILE SACILE SAINT CHRISTOPHE SAN CANDIDO SAN CANDIDO SAN CASSIANO SAN CASSIANO SAN GIULIANO MILANESE SAN LEONARDO IN PASSIRIA SAN MARTINO BUON ALBERGO SAN MARTINO BUON ALBERGO SAN MARTINO DI CASTROZZA SAN MARTINO DI CASTROZZA SAN MARTINO DI CASTROZZA SAN MARTINO DI CASTROZZA SAN PANCRAZIO SAN PAOLO SAN VENDEMIANO SAN ZENO NAVIGLIO SANSEPOLCRO SANT'AMBROGIO SANT’AGOSTINO SARONNO SARZANA SASSUOLO SAUZE D’OULX SAVIGLIANO SAVIGNANO SUL RUBICONE SCHIO SCHIO SCHIO SCOPPITO SEDICO SELVA GARDENA SELVA VAL GARDENA SENIGALLIA SERAVALLE SCRIVIA SESTO SESTO SAN GIOVANNI SETTIMO VITTONE SIENA SIENA SIGNORESSA SILEA SILEA SIRTORI SISTIANA SIUSI SIUSI SOLDA SONA SONDRIO SONDRIO SONICO SPILAMBERTO ST. NIKOLAUS ULTEN STEZZANO SUZZARA TARVISIO TAVAGNACCO TEMU

502.

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531.

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541.

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560.

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562.

563.

564.

565.

566.

567.

568.

569.

570.

571.

572.

573.

574.

575.

576.

577.

PIÙ SPORT 502.

PIÙ SPORT IOCORRO! 503.

IOCORRO! VERTIGINI SPORT 504.

VERTIGINI SPORT MONTURA FIEMME 505.

MONTURA FIEMME SPORT VENTURA 506.

SPORT VENTURA CRAZY STORE507.

TIRANOCRAZY STORE TIRANO TECNICAL SKI508.

TECNICAL SKI ALPSTATION TORINO 509.

ALPSTATION TORINO ASD BOULDER 510.

BAR ASD BOULDER BAR BSHOP BRACCINI 511.

BSHOP BRACCINI BSHOP RAVINA 512.

BSHOP RAVINA BSIDE CLIMBING 513. VILLAGE BSIDE CLIMBING VILLAGE CUORE DA SPORTIVO 514.

CUORE DA SPORTIVO FERRINO STORE 515. TORINO FERRINO STORE TORINO FRESH STORE516.

FRESH STORE GRASSI SPORT 517.

TORINO GRASSI SPORT TORINO JOLLY SPORT518.

JOLLY SPORT JOLLY SPORT519.

JOLLY SPORT MIZUNO STORE 520.

MIZUNO STORE MONTURA TORINO 521.

MONTURA TORINO PASSION SPORT 522.

PASSION SPORT RONCO ALPINISMO 523.

RONCO ALPINISMO SALEWA TORINO 524.

SALEWA TORINO SASP 525.

SASP THE NORTH FACE 526. TORINO THE NORTH FACE TORINO GULLIVER TORRE 527. PELLICE GULLIVER TORRE PELLICE SPORTLER VICENZA 528.

SPORTLER VICENZA LEZARD 529.

LEZARD CATTI SPORT 530.

CATTI SPORT LA SPORTIVA531.

TRENTOLA SPORTIVA TRENTO MONTURA TRENTO 532.

MONTURA TRENTO ROCK & ICE TRENTO 533.

ROCK & ICE TRENTO SHERPA3 PATAGONIA 534.

SHERPA3 PATAGONIA SPORTLER ALPIN 535. TRENTO SPORTLER ALPIN TRENTO SPORTLER TRENTO 536.

SPORTLER TRENTO TECNOSCI 537.

TECNOSCI VERTICAL SPORT 538. TRENTO VERTICAL SPORT TRENTO MAGNITUDO539.

MAGNITUDO LE BLOC SHOP 540.

LE BLOC SHOP ALPSTATION TRIESTE 541.

ALPSTATION TRIESTE AVVENTURA 542.

DUE AVVENTURA DUE SPORTLER TRIESTE 543.

SPORTLER TRIESTE FIASCARIS 544.

FIASCARIS K2 SPORT 545.

K2 SPORT SPORT CENTER 546.

SPORT CENTER SPORT CORONES 547.

SPORT CORONES SPORT MODE548.

MARIA SPORT MODE MARIA FIORELLI SPORT 549.VALMASINO FIORELLI SPORT VALMASINO SALEWA OUTLET 550.VALMONTONE SALEWA OUTLET VALMONTONE BASE CAMP 551.

BASE CAMP SKICENTER 552.

SKICENTER LODO SPORT553.

LODO SPORT VERNAZZA SPORT 554.

VERNAZZA SPORT CAMPO BASE555.

VERONA CAMPO BASE VERONA MONTURA VERONA 556.

MONTURA VERONA ROSSIGNOL VERONA 557.

ROSSIGNOL VERONA THE NORTH FACE 558. VERONA THE NORTH FACE VERONA CONTROCORRENTE 559.

CONTROCORRENTE MARATONANDO 560.

MARATONANDO OLIUNID VICENZA 561.

OLIUNID VICENZA GILIOLI SPORT 562.

GILIOLI SPORT MONDO MONTAGNA 563.

MONDO MONTAGNA VERTICAL NO564.

LIMIT VERTICAL NO LIMIT DHO SPORT 565.

DHO SPORT ROSSI 566.

ROSSI SPORTLAND 567.

VILLANUOVA SPORTLAND VILLANUOVA AFFARI & SPORT 568.VILLASANTA AFFARI & SPORT VILLASANTA BAROLI SPORT 569.

BAROLI SPORT CALZATURE BAROLI 570.

CALZATURE BAROLI HERBERT PLANK 571. SPORT HERBERT PLANK SPORT RUNNER 572.

RUNNER HELLWEGER INTERSPORT 573.

HELLWEGER INTERSPORT LA SPORTIVA574.

ZIANO DI LAFIEMME SPORTIVA ZIANO DI FIEMME TIRABOSCHI 575.

SPORT TIRABOSCHI SPORT CRAS 576.

CRAS TABIA SPORT577.

TABIA SPORT

TERAMO TERNI TERNI TESERO TESERO TIRANO TOLMEZZO TORINO TORINO TORINO TORINO TORINO TORINO TORINO TORINO TORINO TORINO TORINO TORINO TORINO TORINO TORINO TORINO TORINO TORINO TORRE PELLICE TORRI DI QUARTESOLO TRADATE TRAVERSETOLO TRENTO TRENTO TRENTO TRENTO TRENTO TRENTO TRENTO TRENTO TRENTO TREVISO TRIESTE TRIESTE TRIESTE UDINE UDINE VAL DI VIZZE 19 VALDAORA VALLES VALMASINO VALMONTONE VALSESIA VARNA VERMIGLIO VERNAZZA VERONA VERONA VERONA VERONA VIADANA VIAREGGIO VICENZA VIGNOLA VIGNOLA VILLAIR-AMERIQUE VILLANOVA MONDOVI VILLANOVA MONDOVI VILLANUOVA SUL CLISI VILLASANTA VILLENEUVE VILLENEUVE VIPITENO VITERBO WELSBERG-TAISTEN ZIANO DI FIEMME ZOGNO ZOLA PREDOSA ZOLDO ALTO

Germany 578.

579.

580.

581.

582.

583.

584.

585.

586.

587.

588.

589.

590.

591.

592.

593.

594.

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596.

597.

598.

599.

600.

601.

602.

603.

604.

605.

606.

607.

608.

609.

610.

611.

612.

613.

614.

615.

616.

617.

618.

619.

620.

621.

622.

623.

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625.

626.

627.

628.

629.

630.

631.

632.

633.

634.

635.

636.

637.

638.

639.

640.

641.

642.

643.

644.

645.

646.

647.

MOUNTAIN-SPORTS 578.

MOUNTAIN-SPORTS ROHRMEIER 579.

OUTDOOR ROHRMEIER OUTDOOR CONDITION STEIGENBERGER 580.

CONDITION STEIGENBERGER BERGSPORTHÜTTE 581.

BERGSPORTHÜTTE RIAP SPORT 582.

RIAP SPORT STADT LAND 583.

FLUSS STADT LAND FLUSS BERGSPORT GEISTALLER 584.

BERGSPORT GEISTALLER CAMP 4 585.

CAMP 4 GLOBETROTTER 586.BERLIN GLOBETROTTER BERLIN MONT K 587.

MONT K PATAGONIA BERLIN 588.

PATAGONIA BERLIN THE NORTH FACE 589. BERLIN THE NORTH FACE BERLIN UNTERWEGS 590.

BIELEFELD UNTERWEGS BIELEFELD KRENN MODE 591.

UND SPORT KRENN MODE UND SPORT GLOBETROTTER 592.BONN GLOBETROTTER BONN UNTERWEGS 593.

BONN UNTERWEGS BONN UNTERWEGS 594.

BREMENUNTERWEGS BREMEN UNTERWEGS 595.

CELLE UNTERWEGS CELLE DER SKANDINAVIER 596.

DER SKANDINAVIER MAGIC MOUNT 597.ALLESMAGIC MOUNT ALLES GLOBETROTTER 598.DRESDEN GLOBETROTTER DRESDEN UNTERWEGS 599.

DUISBURG UNTERWEGS DUISBURG GLOBETROTTER 600.DÜSSELDORF GLOBETROTTER DÜSSELDORF SACK & PACK601.

SACK & PACK UNTERWEGS 602.

ERFURTUNTERWEGS ERFURT FREILAUF 603.

FREILAUF BERGSPORT MÜHLBAUER 604.

BERGSPORT MÜHLBAUER UNTERWEGS 605.

FLENSBURG UNTERWEGS FLENSBURG GLOBETROTTER 606.FRANKFURT GLOBETROTTER FRANKFURT SALEWA STORE 607.

FREIBURG SALEWA STORE FREIBURG SPORT BOHNY 608.

SPORT BOHNY SPORT KIEFER 609.

SPORT KIEFER DOOROUT.COM 610.

DOOROUT.COM NORDWAND611.

SPORTSNORDWAND SPORTS ALPINSPORT 612.

BASIS ALPINSPORT BASIS BERGSPORT WN 613. ALPIN BERGSPORT WN ALPIN SPORT CONRAD 614. GARMISCH SPORT CONRAD GARMISCH BERGZEIT 615.

BERGZEIT GLOBETROTTER 616.HAMBURG GLOBETROTTER HAMBURG GLOBETROTTER 617. HAMBURG GLOBETROTTER HAMBURG UNTERWEGS 618.

HAMM UNTERWEGS HAMM BSZ BERGSPORTZENTRALE 619.

BSZ BERGSPORTZENTRALE ADVENTURE 620.

COMPANY ADVENTURE COMPANY SPORT NENNER 621.

SPORT NENNER BERGZEIT 622.

BERGZEIT UNTERWEGS 623.

HÖXTERUNTERWEGS HÖXTER SPORT CONRAD 624.IFFELDORF SPORT CONRAD IFFELDORF UNTERWEGS 625.

JEVER UNTERWEGS JEVER BASISLAGER 626.

SPORT HANDELS BASISLAGER SPORT HANDELS SCENIC SPORTS 627.

SCENIC SPORTS BERGSPORT MAXI 628.

BERGSPORT MAXI UNTERWEGS 629.

KIEL UNTERWEGS KIEL GLOBETROTTER 630.

GLOBETROTTER GLOBETROTTER 631.KÖLNGLOBETROTTER KÖLN SPORT GRUNER 632.

SPORT GRUNER ALPINSPORTZENTRALE 633.

ALPINSPORTZENTRALE ALPEN STRAND 634.

ALPEN STRAND 635. LEIPZIG THE NORTH FACE THE NORTH FACE LEIPZIG UNTERWEGS 636.

LEIPZIG UNTERWEGS LEIPZIG BIWAK 637.

BIWAK EISELIN SPORT 638.

EISELIN SPORT ALPIN OUTDOOR 639. LADEN ALPIN OUTDOOR LADEN ENGELHORN640.

SPORTSENGELHORN SPORTS OUTDOORTRENDS 641.

OUTDOORTRENDS MAGIC MOUNT 642.

MAGIC MOUNT GLOBETROTTER 643.MÜNCHEN GLOBETROTTER MÜNCHEN KELLER SPORTS 644.

KELLER SPORTS KELLER SPORTS 645.

KELLER SPORTS PATAGONIA MÜNCHEN 646.

PATAGONIA MÜNCHEN RUMRICH STONE 647. PROJECTS RUMRICH STONE PROJECTS

ANSBACH ASCHAFFENBURG ASCHAU AUGSBURG BAD REICHENHALL BAD TÖLZ BERCHTESGADEN BERLIN BERLIN BERLIN BERLIN BERLIN BIELEFELD BISCHOFSWIESEN BONN BONN BREMEN CELLE COBURG DORTMUND DRESDEN DUISBURG DÜSSELDORF DÜSSELDORF ERFURT ERLANGEN FELDKIRCHEN WESTERHAM FLENSBURG FRANKFURT AM MAIN FREIBURG FREIBURG FREIBURG FULDA FÜSSEN GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN GMUND-MOOSRAIN HAMBURG HAMBURG HAMM HANNOVER HEILBRONN HINTERTUX HOLZKIRCHEN / GROSSHARTPENNING HÖXTER IFFELDORF JEVER KARLSRUHE KAUFBEUREN KEMPTEN 87435 KIEL KÖLN KÖLN KONSTANZ LANDSBERG AM LECH LANDSHUT LEIPZIG LEIPZIG LIMBURG LÖRRACH MAINZ MANNHEIM MARKTOBERDORF MENDEN MÜNCHEN MÜNCHEN MÜNCHEN MÜNCHEN MÜNCHEN

648.

649.

650.

651.

652.

653.

654.

655.

656.

657.

658.

659.

660.

661.

662.

663.

664.

665.

666.

667.

668.

669.

670.

671.

672.

673.

674.

675.

676.

677.

SCHUSTER SPORTHAUS THE NORTH FACE MUNICH UNTERWEGS MÜNSTER SPORT CONRAD MURNAU SPORTHAUS SCHÖNHERR TRAVEL & TREK BASTIAN SALEWA STORE OBERSTDORF SCHRATT 1803 UNTERWEGS OLDENBURG DER OUTDOORLADEN DENK SPORT CONRAD PENZBERG E-XPLOSION GIPFELSTÜRMER LAUF UND BERG KÖNIG SALEWA STORE REGENSBURG MONTAGNE-SPORT BERGWERKER STUTTGART GLOBETROTTER STUTTGART GLOBETROTTER HARZ SCHNEIDER RAD+SPORT VIKING ADVENTURES BIWAKSCHACHTEL GLOBETROTTER ULM SALEWA OUTLET WERTHEIM UNTERWEGS WESEL SPORT CONRAD WIELENBACH UNTERWEGS WILHELMSHAVEN BASISLAGER WÜRZBURG SALEWA OUTLET ZWEIBRÜCKEN

MÜNCHEN MUNICH MÜNSTER MURNAU NEUSTIFT NÜRNBERG OBERSTDORF OBERSTDORF OLDENBURG PADERBORN PASSAU PENZBERG PFORZHEIM RAVENSBURG REGENSBURG REGENSBURG ROSENHEIM STUTTGART STUTTGART TORFHAUS (HARZ) TRAUNSTEIN TRIER TÜBINGEN ULM WERTHEIM WESEL WIELENBACH WILHELMSHAVEN WÜRZBURG ZWEIBRÜCKEN

Austria 678.

679.

680.

681.

682.

683.

684.

685.

686.

687.

688.

689.

690.

691.

692.

693.

694.

695.

696.

697.

698.

699.

700.

701.

702.

703.

704.

705.

706.

707.

ALPIN LOACKER ALPIN LOACKER ALPSTATION INNSBRUCK BERGFUCHS BLACK DIAMOND INNSBRUCK BERGSPORT BERGWERK HIGH LIFE HANDELS KAMAX BOOTS ONSIGHT BERGSPORT PATAGONIA INNSBRUCK PETE SPORT PETE SPORT ROCKNROLL MOUNTAIN STORE ROCKNROLL MOUNTAIN STORE SALEWA OUTLET PARNDORF SALEWA STORE HÖRHAGER SALEWA STORE LINZ SALEWA STORE SAALFELDEN SALEWA STORE SALZBURG SALEWA STORE SCHLADMING SALEWA STORE WIEN SPORT HILBRAND SPORT4YOU SPORTLER SPORTLER SPORTLER WITTING STEPPENWOLF THE NORTH FACE INNSBRUCK ZIMML ALPINAUSSTATTER

BERGHEIM SALZBURG BLUDENZ GÖTZIS GÖTZIS GRAZ INNSBRUCK INNSBRUCK INNSBRUCK INNSBRUCK INNSBRUCK KIRCHDORF IN TIROL KIRCHDORF IN TIROL KUFSTEIN LIENZ LIENZ LINZ MAYRHOFEN MITTELBERG PARNDORF SAALFELDEN SCHLADMING SÖLDEN ST. ANTON AM ARLBER ST. ANTON AM ARLBERG ST. ANTON ARLBERG STEYR WIEN WIEN WÖRTHERSEE ZAMS

Switzerland 708.

709.

710.

711.

712.

713.

714.

715.

716.

717.

718.

719.

720.

721.

722.

723.

724.

725.

TRANSA BASEL TRANSA BERN BÄCHLI BERGSPORT STILE ALPINO LUGANO PLANET ENDURANCE TRANSA LUCERNE DF SPORT SPECIALIST LUGANO SALEWA STORE PONTRESINA STILE ALPINO SAMEDAN BOOSPORT TRANSA ST. GALLEN MONTAIN-AIR BAYARD SPORT SALEWA STORE ZERMATT THE NORTH FACE ZERMATT THE NORTH FACE ZURICH TRANSA ZURICH BÄCHLI BERGSPORT

BASEL BERN BERN-BREITENRAIN CANOBBIO ECUBLENS LUCERNE LUGANO PONTRESINA SAMEDAN SIERRE ST. GALLEN VERBIER ZERMATT ZERMATT ZERMATT ZURICH ZURICH ZURICH-OERLIKON

France 726.

727.

728.

729.

730.

731.

732.

733.

734.

735.

736.

737.

738.

739.

740.

741.

742.

743.

744.

745.

746.

747.

748.

749.

750.

751.

752.

753.

754.

755.

756.

757.

758.

759.

760.

761.

762.

763.

764.

765.

766.

767.

768.

769.

AU VIEUX CAMPEUR ALBERTVILLE CYRIL'S SPORT PICTURE SNOWLEADER ANNECY THE NORTH FACE ANNECY CHULLANKA ANTIBES PEYTAVIN SPORT SPORTS AVENTURE AU VIEUX CAMPEUR CHAMBÉRY EKOSPORT PATAGONIA CHAMONIX THE NORTH FACE CHAMONIX ARC’TERYX CHAMONIX SNELL SPORTS SNOWLEADER CHAMONIX COQUOZ SPORTS SNELL SPORT SNOWLEADER D'AVENTURE EN AVENTURE ENDURANCE SHOP EPINAL LE SHOP TWINNER S'CAPE FONTAINEBLEAU APPROACH GAP ALTITUDE SPORT OUTDOOR AU VIEUX CAMPEUR GRENOBLE MONTAZ AU VIEUX CAMPEUR LABÈGE ESPACE MONTAGNE AU VIEUX CAMPEUR LYON SNOWLEADER LYON THE NORTH FACE LYON AU VIEUX CAMPEUR MARSEILLE CAP RUNNING CHULLANKA THE NORTH FACE NANTES ALTICOOP AU VIEUX CAMPEUR PARIS THE NORTH FACE PARIS THE NORTH FACE PARIS OPERA THE NORTH FACE ALPY'RANDO ENDURANCE MONTANIA SPORT

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ALBERTVILLE ALPE-D'HUEZ ANNECY ANNECY ANNECY ANTIBES BAYONNE BORDEAUX CHAMBÉRY CHAMBÉRY CHAMONIX CHAMONIX CHAMONIX MONT BLANC CHAMONIX MONT BLANC CHAMONIX MONT BLANC CHAMONIX MT-BLANC CHAMONIX-MONT-BLANC CHAVANOD CLERMONT FERRAND EPINAL FONT ROMEU FONT ROMEU FONTAINEBLEAU GAP GERARDMER GRENOBLE LA RAVOIR LABÈGE LE GRAND EPAGNY LYON LYON LYON MARSEILLE MARSEILLE MERIGNAC NANTES NICE PARIS PARIS PARIS PARIS PAU RODEZ SAINT ALBAN LEYSSE

770.

771.

772.

773.

774.

775.

776.

777.

TWINNER SAINT GERVAIS ESPACE MONTAGNE AU VIEUX CAMPEUR SALLANCHES AU VIEUX CAMPEUR THE NORTH FACE STRASBOURG AU VIEUX CAMPEUR CHULLANKA TOULOUSE TERRE DE MONTAGNE

SAINT GERVAIS SAINT MARTIN D'HERES SALLANCHES STRASBOURG STRASBOURG THONON LES BAINS TOULOUSE VILLE LA GRAND

778.

779.

780.

781.

782.

783.

784.

785.

786.

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TRAILXTREM ALCOBENDAS EL REFUGIO DEPORTES DIAGONAL ALMERIA VILADOMAT ALP SPORTS CAMP BASE INTERPERIE CAMP BASE NUS CUYLÁS BARCELONA EQUIPA'T GROWOLD MONTANYÀ SALEWA STORE BARCELONA SHARMA CLIMBING THE NORTH FACE BARCELONA VÈRTIC BARCELONA BARRABÉS RÍOS RUNNING BERGA SERAC SPORT HAMAIKA MOUNTAIN THE NORTH FACE BILBAO ARMERIA Y AVENTURA SUMMIT MOUNTAIN ESPORTS ROC VERTICAL AL COXINILLO MACHAPUCHARE ARISTARUN GOMA 2 TECNIC ESPORTS ANDORRA TRAMUNTANA ESPORTS ESPORTS NABES DEPORTES SHERPA GRANADA ILLA SPORTS DEPORTES CHARLI JACA BLACKISARD MOUNTAIN K2 PLANET CUYLÁS MADRID DEPORTES KOALA OUTDOOR SIN LÍMITE THE NORTH FACE MADRID DEPORTES LA TRUCHA RÍOS RUNNING MANRESA VÈRTIC SABADELL VÈRTIC MANRESA EVORUNNER FACTOR 2 CARVING ESPORTS CAMP BASE C17 LA SPORTIVA RODELLAR CAMP BASE SANT CUGAT AGOSTI XTREME SPORT PEREGRINOTECA.COM DEPORTEMANIA TANGOSENLAROCA.COM DEPORTES AITANA L’AVENTURA THE NORTH FACE VALENCIA DEPORTES ALVARADO TERRA DEPORTE AVENTURA SALEWA OUTLET VILADECANS CAMP BASE VITORIA DEPORTES GAIKAR KIROLAK

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BEVER ALMERE BEVER AMERSFOORT BEHIND THE PINES BEVER AMSTERDAM BEVER AMSTERDAM CARL DENIG KATHMANDU AMSTERDAM MONK AMSTERDAM THE NORTH FACE AMSTERDAM BEVER APELDOORN BEVER ARNHEM BEVER ASSEN BEVER BREDA BEVER DEN HAAG BEVER DEN HAAG HUNA OUTDOOR SHOP BEVER DEVENTER BEVER DOETINCHEM BEVER EINDHOVEN MONK EINDHOVEN BEVER ENSCHEDE RENÉ VOS OUTDOOR BEVER GRONINGEN SOELLAART BEVER HENGELO BEVER HILVERSUM BEVER HOUTEN BEVER NIJMEGEN KATHMANDU NIJMEGEN OUTDOOR & TRAVEL OUTFITTERS BEVER ROTTERDAM BEVER S-HERTOGENBOSCH BEVER STEENWIJK BEVER TILBURG BEVER UTRECHT KATHMANDU UTRECHT THE NORTH FACE UTRECHT ZWERFKEI OUTDOOR

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NEEDLE SPORTS SNOW+ROCK LONDON SNOW+ROCK LEEDS THE NORTH FACE THE NORTH FACE LONDON COTSWOLD OUTDOOR ELLIS BRIGHAM MOUNTAIN COTSWOLD OUTDOOR SNOW+ROCK LONDON CANARY SNOW+ROCK LONDON SNOW+ROCK LONDON THE NORTH FACE VICTORIA SNOW+ROCK LONDON SNOW+ROCK MANCHESTER PATAGONIA MANCHESTER SNOW+ROCK PORT SOLENT

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Nolite te bastardes carborundorum (Don’t let the bastards grind you down) - Margaret Atwood

Giulia is five years old and lives in a community. Her mother, Simona, set herself on fire. She has been tortured by her uncle since she was a child, she wanted to get rid of her body, the place of her torture, her prison. Society has never offered her justice, her tormentor got away with it. It took Giulia years to understand that she felt ashamed, that she did not want to be considered a victim too, as her mother. She is now 27 years old, she has left Rome and now lives in Trentino. She is a journalist, an activist and an ultra runner. When she runs her footsteps break the silence.

Suffering is a liberation. During an interview after her latest victory, someone asked her "what it meant to be a woman who runs". She thought it was

a stupid question. Reducing kilometers to dust allowed her to get through a very difficult time. Without running she would not be here. Her greatest friends are all people she met while running. Sharing suffering with other people makes her feel less alone. When she takes part in television programs as a guest she’s often victim of hate speech on social media. Women who speak are delegitimized in order to discourage other women from accessing opportunities historically considered prerogatives of men. For many men it is unbearable to give visibility to women, especially if they have power. Although she is an established professional, Giulia is presented by her boss as “the blonde girl” during editorial meetings. She became an adult during the years of Berlusconi, which forged the culture of society. The under-representation of women and the constant propaganda spread by Silvio Berlusconi's televisions have brainwashed her

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entire generation, who grew up with the idea that women should have big boobs and long eyelashes. And stay silent. The woman as a side dish, a scenographic embellishment. Women generated as automatons or, even worse, as consumer goods, by those who sell images and recycle stereotypes to networks for good people (quoting the song Rigurgito Antifascista by Italian band 99 Posse).

If a woman is an object, killing her is permissible.

In Italy there is a femicide every three days.

“Feminism has to involve a consciousness of capitalism and more genders than we can even imagine, and more sexualities than we ever thought we could name”.

- Angela Davis

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