Tuscany Walls (Anglais)

In the collective stereotype, Tuscany represents art cities, the hills of Chianti, the seas, the islands, its archipelago, the Apuan Alps are the marble quarries.

For those who practice climbing in Tuscany and in the Apuan Alps, it is a splendid island of limestone rock, with not only the immense cliffs of Camaiore, but also the wild valleys that hide the great rock faces on which the history of mountaineering in this region unfolds. 

A history that continues to live and renew itself with new routes opened in a modern style, with bolts, which alternate with the great classics. Some routes are immersed in untouched nature, others are wedged between the devastation of white marble quarries. 

Some of these routes carry important names and have played their part in the long struggle that lasted decades to save this paradise from the massacre of the extractive industry.

From the 1000 metres of the north face of Pizzo d'Uccello to the most modern routes of Procinto, taking in the high difficulties of the imposing face of Nona. In this journey between mountain and sea, we will visit the rocks that overlook the blue sea of Argentario, exploring Tuscan climbing from north to south.

• Raffaele Giannetti was born in 1985 in Carrara (MS) right in front of the Apuan Alps, mountains he has frequented since childhood and which motivated him to take up sport climbing. President of the association Versante Apuano, which has been working for years on the equipping, cleanliness and safety of crags and the creation of events to promote climbing in Tuscany and beyond, he opened in 2017 The Wall, a climbing gym halfway between the Apuan Alps and Muzzerone.