From Gripped Magazine · Brandon Pullan · · 40s
61-Year-Old Alessandro Lamberti Climbs 5.14b
Alessandro Lamberti, 61, repeats 5.14b route in Italy after 40-year climbing career.
In brief
Alessandro Lamberti, 61, repeats 5.14b route in Italy after 40-year climbing career. Alessandro Lamberti, 61, repeated a 5.14b climbing route in Italy, showing his enduring skill after 40 years in sport climbing. Originally reported by Gripped Magazine.
Lamberti repeats 5.14b route
Alessandro Lamberti, 61, repeated Jöllich Directe 5.14b in the Bronx sector of Grotti, Central Italy on Oct. 23.
“I put myself back in the game, and I realised I can keep going”
40-year climbing career
Lamberti began sport climbing in Italy in the early 1980s and has repeated routes since 1986.
Longevity through technique
Lamberti attributes his longevity to efficiency, technique, and adapting to age, not relentless training.
“If aged 30 I had 100 of 'power', I was surely only using 60 of it. Today I have 50, but I use 110%.”
What it means
Alessandro Lamberti, 61, repeated a 5.14b climbing route in Italy, showing his enduring skill after 40 years in sport climbing.
