Andrea Cattarossi

Born and raised in Belluno, amongst the Dolomites, he began his mountaineering career at 18, when he climbed to the peak of Monte Civetta for the first time. Ever since then, his love for the mountains has spurred him on to tackle climbing difficulty grades up to 8b and to climb straight up great classics such as the Diedro Philipp Flamm route on Monte Civetta and more recent routes like Tempi Moderni on the Marmolada. After graduating in computer engineering from Padua University he worked in IT for several years in companies operating in the fashion eyewear sector as he tried to juggle work and mountain activities. It was in these years that he started to make new friends, especially alpine guides, and to go on expeditions, including one in Morocco, to Taghia, with the opening of a new route published in the American Alpine Journal. This was followed by trips to the Yosemite, USA, for various climbs, including the Salathé Wall route up El Capitan and the Regular Northwest Face of Half Dome.

His activity then continued in the Dolomites with new openings up the most important Dolomitic big walls, including the Specchio di Sara, IX grade on the Marmolada and Spirit 8a on Cime D'Auta. Winter climbing includes ice falls up to VI grade and mixed up to M7, including Inachevée Conception Diretta in Cogne, climbing the north face of the Adamello and the Innominata Ridge to the summit of Mont Blanc. On skis, he has climbed the main peaks including, Monte Rosa, Monte Blanc, Civetta, Cristallo and Marmolada, with couloir descents of up to 60 degrees.