Edition

Discover the history of past editions, the rocks, the people, the top climbers and alpinists, and the atmosphere.

There are now 35,000 registered participants across the 19 editions, with an average of 2,315 participants per year over the last four editions (with an all-time high of 2,800 in 2017 and 2,600 in 2011 and 2016). Half of the participants are aged between 20 and 30, and 80% are aged between 20 and 40; women account for over 25.0% of participants, a figure that is steadily increasing and has remained stable at around 30.0% in recent editions. Foreigners account for more than 15.0% of entrants, with over 5,200 participants across the 19 editions representing 85 nations. The international presence at Melloblocco reflects a geography of European and global climbing that has taken shape edition after edition, with deep and loyal followings. Germans form the largest foreign contingent by far, with a cumulative total of 482 participants, followed by France (425), the United Kingdom (358), Spain (312), Switzerland (265), Austria (207), the Czech Republic (181), Russia (130), Slovenia (102), the Netherlands (96), Romania (88), the USA (89), Ukraine (83), Belgium (78) and Bulgaria (62).

Participants

Registered participants: 34,845; Italians: 29,849 (from 100 provinces and all regions over the years); Foreigners: 4,852 (from 85 countries); Women: 8,982; Men: 28,863; Total visitors to the valley: 140,000.
Please note that 35,000 is the number of participants officially registered for the event, whilst tour operators and local authorities have estimated that around 140,000 people came to the Valley for this event, including tourists, trekkers, long-distance climbers and spectators.

Melloblocco areas and boulder setters:

Mota, Discarica, Sasso Remenno, Visido, Campeggio, Campo sportivo, Val di Mello, Bagni di Masino. Simone Pedeferri (ITA), Andrea Pavan (ITA), Matteo De Zaiacomo (ITA), Marco Bufalo (ITA), Jacky Godoffe (FRA), Loris Manzana (ITA), Mario Prinoth (ITA), Alessandra Prato (ITA), Max Piazza (BRA), Gabriele Ticozzi (ITA), Isacco Saini (ITA), Sebastiano Pagani (ITA), Laura Sempeboni (ITA), Cristian Bubani (ITA), Luca Fiorelli (ITA), Simone Ciappini (ITA) e Ass. Val Masino Climbing.

Prize-award boulders

Women: n. 155 Boulder, n. 1.077 Top, n. 27 Not climbed.
Men: n. 163 Boulder, n. 1.818 Top, n. 32 Not climbed

Who has climbed the most prize boulders

Women (n. top): Barbara Zangerl (AUT) 86, Jenny Lavarda (ITA) 46, Roberta Longo (ITA) 40, Yulia Abramchuck (RUS) 29, Mélissa Le Nevé (FRA) 24, Alexandra Balakireva (RUS) 24, Anne Laure Chevrier (FRA) 23, Giovanna Pozzoli (ITA) 23 e Giulia Medici (ITA) 23.
Men (n. top): Gabriele Moroni (ITA) 61, Silvio Reffo (ITA) 47, Stefano Carnati (ITA) 44, Mauro Calibani (ITA) 42, Anthony Gullsten (FIN) 42, Stefano Ghisolfi (ITA) 40, Michele Caminati (ITA) 38, Adam Ondra (CZE) 36, Jacopo Larcher (ITA) 34.

Other VIP present

Anna Stohr (AUT), Barbara Zangerl (AUT), Hansjorg Auer (AUT), Katharina Sauerwein (AUT), Kilian Fischhuber (AUT), Johanna Ernst (AUT), Chloè Graftiaux (BEL), Nicholas Favresse (BEL), Muriel Sarkany (BEL), Klaas Willems (BEL), Ivailo Radkov Fazata (BUL), Sean McColl (CAN), Adam Ondra (CZE), Tomas Mrazek (CZE), Daila Ojeda (ESP), Eneko Pou (ESP), Iker Pou (ESP), Patxi Usobiaga (ESP), Ramon Julian Puigblanque Ramonet (ESP), Anthony Gullsten (FIN), Nalle Hukkataival (FIN), Anne Laure Chevrier (FRA), Anthony Lamiche (FRA), Caroline Ciavaldini (FRA), Daniel Dulac (FRA), Enzo Oddo (FRA), Francois Lombard (FRA), Giuliano Cameroni (SVI), Guillaume Glairon-Mondet (FRA), Jerome Meyer (FRA), Liv Sansoz (FRA), Mélissa le Nevé (FRA), Sandrine Levet (FRA), Toni Lamprecht (GER), Alberto Gnerro (ITA), Bernardino Lagni (ITA), Christian Core (ITA), Cristian Brenna (ITA), Elena Chiappa (ITA), Enrico Baistrocchi (ITA), Gabriele Moroni (ITA), Giovanna Pozzoli (ITA), Giulia Giammarco (ITA), Jenny Lavarda (ITA), Jacopo Larcher (ITA), Lisa Benetti (ITA), Luca Zardini (ITA), Lucas Preti (ITA), Marzio Nardi (ITA), Mauro Calibani (ITA), Michele Caminati (ITA), Riccardo Scarian (ITA), Roberta Longo (ITA), Stefania De Grandi (ITA), Stefano Alippi (ITA), Stefano Ghidini (ITA), Sara Morandi (ITA), Matteo De Zaiacomo (ITA), Pietro Dal Prà (ITA), Paolo Masa (ITA), Jacopo Merizzi (ITA), Sachi Amma (JAP) Hiroschi Okano (JAP), Jorg Verhoven (NED), Alexandra Balakireva (RUS), Alexey Rubtsov (RUS), Anna Gallyamova (RUS), Dmitry Sarapaev (RUS), Ekaterina Andreeva (RUS), Julia Abramchuk (RUS), Nadya Gallyamova (RUS), Natalia Vasylenko (RUS), Olga Bibik (RUS), Olga Iakovleva (RUS), Rustam Gelmanov (RUS), Janja Garnbret (SLO) Katia Vidmar (SLO), Klemen Becan (SLO), Jernes Kruder (SLO), Maja Vidmar (SLO), Said Belhaj (SWE), Shawn Raboutou (USA), Mykhailo Shalagin (UKR), Olga Shalagin (UKR), Andrew Earl (UK), Garret Parry (UK), James Pearson (UK), Shauna Coxsey (UK), Chris Sharma (USA), Cody Roth (USA), Daniel Woods (USA), Dave Graham (USA), Sasha DiGiulian (USA), Dale Bard (USA), Stevie Haston (UK), Angelika Rainer (ITA), Loris Manzana (ITA), Mario Prinoth (ITA), Jacky Godoffe (FRA), Philippe Ribiere (FRA), Beat Kammerlander (AUT), Dale Bard (USA), Stevie Haston (UK), Angelika Rainer (ITA), Steve House (USA), Stefan Glowacz (GER), Steve McLure (UK), Urko Cardona (ESP), Ben Rueck (USA), Antonio Rossi (ITA), Marco Scolaris (ITA), Caroline Ciavaldini (FRA), Sean Villanueva (BEL), Luca Maspes (ITA), Claudia Ghisolfi (ITA), Alessandro Zeni (ITA), Alberto Milani (ITA), Solenne Piret (FRA), Fabian Buhl (GER), Laura Pineau (FRA), Roger Schäli (SVI), Michelle Kao Voss (USA), Arsène Duval (FRA), Freja Shannon (SWE), Wafaa Amer (EGY), and Federica Papetti (ITA).

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