Discover the history of past editions, the rocks, the people, the top climbers and alpinists, and the atmosphere.
Almost 31,000 participants have officially registered for the 17 editions, with an average of 2,522 participants per year over the last 5 years (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% between 20 and 40. Women represent 23.9% of the participants (28,3% in the last edition) and foreigners (non-Italians) 15.2%, with 4,250 participants in the 17 editions representing 80 countries. The largest groups so far have come from France (367 participants), Germany (367), the United Kingdom (296), Spain (253), Switzerland (213), Austria (174), the Czech Republic (160), Russia (130), Slovenia (100), the Netherlands (85), Romania (84), the United States (77), Ukraine (76), Belgium (75), and Bulgaria (62). It should be noted that 30,500 is the number of participants officially registered for the event, while tour operators and local authorities estimate that around 98,000 people came to the valley for the event, including tourists, trekkers, multi-pitch climbers and observers.
Participants
Registered participants: 30,556, Italians: 26,303, Foreigners: 4,252 (from 80 countries), Women: 7,688, Men: 22,884, Presence in the Valley: 98.000.
Melloblocco areas and boulder setters:
Mota, 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).
Prize-award boulders
Women: n. 136 Boulder, n. 959 Top, n. 25 Not climbed.
Men: n. 144 Boulder, n. 1694 Top, n. 29 Not climbed
Who has climbed the most prize boulders
Women (n. top): Barbara Zangerl (AUT) 71, Jenny Lavarda (ITA) 46, Roberta Longo (ITA) 39, Yulia Abramchuck (RUS) 29, Alexandra Balakireva (RUS) 24, Anne Laure Chevrier (FRA) 23, Giovanna Pozzoli (ITA) 23.
Men (n. top): Gabriele Moroni (ITA) 53, Mauro Calibani (ITA) 42, Anthony Gullsten (FIN) 42, Stefano Ghisolfi (ITA) 40, Michele Caminati (ITA) 38, Silvio Reffo (ITA) 37, Adam Ondra (CZE) 36.
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).