Brocchi sui Blocchi

Together with the "Brocchi sui Blocchi," we will record a live episode of their podcast "Preferisco Ghisarmi," dedicated to outdoor culture and, specifically, what this term means and what values are connected to it when we talk about sports and climbing.

Average boulderers but ironic and brilliant communicators, the Brocchi will help us reflect on some of the most important themes regarding the world of outdoor sports.

Thursday, August 28: Listening to the Mountain: having a relationship with the high lands.

The mountain is not conquered; it is listened to. In this meeting, we will talk about how to slow down, observe, and relate to the places and communities that inhabit them to learn to have the right approach to spaces.

Thursday, October 2: Being Local: what it means to be indigenous to the mountain.

Being local is not just a matter of residence: it is about taking care of one’s walls, routes, and the history they hold. A meeting to understand the deep connection between community, climbing, and territory.

The outdoor world is often seen (even by the companies producing sports products) as a place of achieved milestones, of effort, of limits pushed further and further, and of the search for the distant, the pristine nature. Often, ideas of outdoor are linked to those of results, of performance, and leave aside some elements that should be brought back to the center of the conversation: community, the environment we move in and on which we inevitably have an impact, limits and failures, joy and fun.

In a society that imposes on us to always be the best version of ourselves—in work, in sports, in our group of friends, and obviously on social media—we choose to remain mediocre. By embracing failure and mediocrity as acts of rebellion but also of liberation, offloading the weight of others' expectations and enjoying the moment and the gesture.

Climbing thus becomes not only a fun activity but also a gesture of sharing.

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