Climb in Rio

Based on our experience guiding climbers from all over the world during the last decades on Rio’s classic routes, I think we can say that it's not so easy to find climbers that would spontaneously say they really enjoy climbing chimneys.

is an exception, and it was a pleasure to take him on the super classic "Chaminé Stop" on the Sugarloaf.

The first ascent of the route was done in 1944 in a single push by Silvio Mendes, Guido Vergelle, and Rolf Vergelle. They used mostly natural protection, placing only 2 bolts in 230 meters of chimneys until the top of the Sugarloaf! All this wearing heavy boots and h**p ropes tied to their waists.

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Climbers on Via dos Italianos
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