Michael Piccolruaz

ahh I really should have flashed this boulder!

perfect!!

well, it's just sharp, that's all

really wanted to flash this one. was a big fight. so happy when I had those topout jugs in my hands!

Epic is over !!!

Really happy about this flash! Such a perfect little boulder! Love this place!

Best one of the trip! Among the best boulders I've ever done! So much fun!!

Good one! Trying to keep the flash send train going!

compared to Phobos a little harder! Amazing climb and a perfect end to the Colorado trip! Thx Chad and Isabelle for showing us around in this place! Have to come back for some more of these awesome boulders.

Had to come back a second day for this one. Felt hard. Have to improve on those toe hooks. Really good moves though!

Really cool one! Happy to have flashed it!

superb!

was a big fight! looks a bit more logical to me than the centaur...

nice one move!! perfect conditions until the hail storm came! so cool to see Chon doing Jade in just a couple of tries!

so good!! an absolute must do!!

Felt so hard!! One of my real antistyle boulders! happy that it went down eventually!

The last time I tried it for quite a while. But I was alone, it rained and it was dark. This time I came back, started trying it with the beta I tried it the last time (which I thought would be the only beta) and then my girlfriend asks me: "why don't you go to that intermediate hold with your right hand? " I was like "hmm, thats quite far and the hold is super bad, but I'll try it". it turned out to work quite well!! Thx for the help Ale :-)

since the boulder comes down on how good your knee bar stays, and since I'm watching "Better call Saul" these days, I found the name quite fitting. to the right of White Mask.

a bit easier than the left exit. 2nd ascent?

Start as "Staub und Schatten" and then into "Scared of the shadow". 7B/+ into 7C+/8A.

never thought my toe hook would stay on. I think it is a little easier than "Pizza, beer..." so the grade difference might actually be ok...

amazing boulder. absolutely love the second part! just step right foot for the long move ;-)

topout is amazing!

With the knee pad probably not 8A+. Without the knee pad it wasn't so easy to keep the knee in. awful first campus move. the rest is pretty amazing!!

sooo good!! harder though without knee pad or if you don't reach the crimps with the knee bar in.

fell on the very end on the flash because I couldn't feel anything in my fingers... damn!

really cool wall. first tries on the proj today. damn it's hard!

used the left heel methode... still too weak on toehooks...

nice and proud line. cool little area. the next time I will have to climb the slopy traverses :-)

wow didn't feel so week in a long time...

used a totally wrong beta. I must think more about what I do...

Can't believe it. I finally managed to climb this problem. And that after I had a rest of three weeks! Crazy!!so tricky and so tensiony. Should definitely get more attention in Algund!

long first move. cool shield bloc!

one mover...

Absolute kingline!! Some of the best moves I have done!! The landing is almost finished. Can't wait to start trying the MEGA line! That thing looks so hard but so so good!!

yes!! building the landing was worth it!! such a special climb. a few tensiony moves with the feet still on the bloc below the roof and then 4 moves without feet. Try to find the white mask on the boulder ;-) 2 more projects on this bloc and one massive one just above this one!! can't wait for better conditions!!

this time from the original start. actually wanted to try rememberance, but after accepting that it is just too f***** hot, I tried this one... the start felt hard...

It seems like I use to finish off my trips with 7B highballs now :-) awesome spicy line!! without the arete at the start it is way harder though...

Just to add yet another combination... Dedicated to the one and only Capa!! you'r a true legend!!

this one should get more attention!! amazing problem!! but please: top it out and don't just drop off!

the second nemesis rig I managed to climb on this trip. I was so desperately close to the flash two years ago and now I finally managed to finish this thing off! soooo happy!!

actually only wanted to warm up for practice but then I got stuck on this boulder. Unfortunately I had to stop trying practice pretty soon... next time I'll put the pads in the right places!

perhaps the last problem I wanted to try on this trip. turned out to be the first one I tried :-) I didn't really like the start, eventhough it is really cool to find something like this on rock. second part then is just amazing.

2nd ascent?? the perfect highball!!

ahhh should have flashed this one... a real King Line!

I think this one is just as hard as Skiroute projekt. didn't feel a real difference in difficulty of the two upper parts... what I am sure about, is that Skiroute is muuuuch cooler :-)

basically flash but I did the topout before...

ahhhh damn. burned the flash. I'm so stupid! Felt like a beginner...

well I really don't know why I tried this one instead of Memento. Maybe because like this I am super syked to go back and try that jump!

maybe should have warmed up a bit before... really happy with the flash though!

thx Mauro for all the perfect betas!! you helped me a lot!

Actually thought that I did Vaffanculo but then I found out, that the original line starts one meter to the left from where I started. Will come back for the original one ;-)

for me the perfect climb. really at the end of 3 days climbing but still felt so incredibly good!

amazing climb but it would be nice if the topouts would be cleaned more properly... or did they only get covered again??

what??? this one felt soooo hard! No way this one and "Der Mauswanderer" are the same grade !

had to try hard for the first move

just awesome

what a unique move. I did a kind of double dyno jumping right hand to the rail and left hand from the crimp in the undercling into the proper undercling hold. quite comp style :-) felt really hard though... and risked so much to fell off from the top because my foot slipped on all that moss.

Wow what a Kingline! It is so good to finally climb on some featured holds! I found so many really good looking blocs but got dissapointed then because the walls were completely blank and holdless. But now Gregor found the gem we have all been looking for!!! Just awesome!!

Really nice one as well. kinda tensiony climbing... unfortunately it doesn't top out

literally love this problem!!! had to wait quite a while to come back and finally finish it off. luckily went down in a few tries this time. did it from the real sit. I mean... why not? you have two quite good holds there so it seems just obvious to me...

COMPLETELY in the sun. the worst thing I could try. In fact it felt at least like 8A...

I wish I'd some snow... soooo hot. Syked though to get the second ascent of this one. I think I'm done now on this bloc... so much more to do in the forest!

came right up after an extremely tiring 27h trip back home from the states. But the conditions where too good for the usual summer conditions, that I couldn't resist to climb a bit. and to finish this long day off we had an amazing barbeque with a pretty cool team ;-)

Amazing warm up boulder!

definitely should have flashed this one... first harder problem in the RMNP. Love it over here!!

just ran around and climbed some boulders in my sneakers :-) this one just looked too good not to try it... was challenging though!

somehow didn't let go... amazing climb. we had a nice team ascent on this one. 5 ascents within half an hour!

good one... even though the real king line on this boulder is "The Kind".

well... no words!

ahh never trust other peoples ticks. They cost me the flash...

Well, this one felt hard to me... totally my antistyle, what makes me only happier that I sent it.

I really thought this boulder is gonna be shitty and quite easy. But the moves turned out to be amazing and not that easy. Pretty cool addition!!

The perfect line toping out "Unendliche Geschichte" without a rope. So unbelievably happy to have done the FA of this amazing climb!!!

I was in this sector so many times, that I start doing connections like this... ah, should rather go for the better lines.

do you know what?the mantle is the best part of the boulder!! such a cool mantle !!! the whole boulder is nice, but the mantle just gives this extra bit!

some nice moves. was on the way to the lower boulders and I thought I should try it quickly...

good end of the day and good power-endurance training.

amazing jump!! didn't want to try the sit because I was just too afraid the starting hold breaks...

some classics you just have to do!

was so surpised that everything worked out well. the first move isn't that good but the rest is cool. too hot here in Cresciano.syked for Chironico

cool line. I understand why the original start was here...

well, this came surprisingly. I actually wanted to try Dreamtime, but then I decided to warm up a little bit on this one and with Alex' beta and his motivation for this climb, I just had to try it more seriously. And it luckily payed off. This is definitely one of the most unique boulders and now I am happy that I managed to do it (even If it wasn't my plan to do it ).

Ohhh yes! Finally! I put a lot of effort into this one. I knew immediately that it would feel so good to stick the jump move from the start and I didn't get dissapointed. Such an amazing feeling!! Pure joy! Definitely on the list of the top 3 most amazing boulders!

starts as "The wave", traverses right and tops out on "Tsunami"

second ascent. Nice line Lorenzo ;-) slab climbing in it's finest!! climbs really well!

The "Jump move" of the "Poststeig Project". Tried this move many, many times and today it finally went down. one of the best single moves I have ever done!!!

long and dynamic moves. cool style actually :-)

amazing problem. came really close to the flash but my fingers were just too wet from the lower part.

guidebook says it's 8A+, people say it's 8B, I say it's just amazing!! If there wouldn't have been so much snow I would never have tried this cool line. So I'm even kind of happy that we had such bad conditions...

cool to climb. but really easy for 7B...

well, suprisingly cool :-) a lot of foot work. like this one

This slab is kind of weird. I tried it for the first time many years ago not having any chance. A few weeks ago I spontaneously jump on to it again. And I got shot down again. This time I came back to finally complete this thing and all of a sudden it felt just like super easy. I just had colder fingers than the last time and my skin might have been a little better this time. The whole boulder just comes down to how good you hold this one single crimp...

We actually thought that this one is gonna be easier. Had a lot of troubles until I finally managed to top it out. We found yet another mega project just behind this boulder ;-) So syked! Love this place!!

Definitely the best line on this bloc. climbs also really well!

climbs actually even better than blochx addiction! got shut down on freak brothers again. damn I just can't do that one...

This slab has seen quite a few ascents these days :-) But I really had to try hard for it... definitely my hardest slab up to date.

Well it became such a mental game on this one. My skin was so bad that I actually didn't really want to hold that first hold what made it even harder to lift off the ground. But once I started to get angry I just went for it and it wasn't even that hard :-) amazing problem!!!

Absolutely love this one! Finally I could stick this jump after beeing quite canceless 2 years ago...

Always wanted to do this one!!! Such a good problem ! especially with the jump beta ;-)

HElli cleaned it, JOhannes climbed it = HEJO. One more perfect boulder in Schenna. Climbed this one actually already about two years ago, but as Juzi wanted to try it, I decided to try it a little bit with him and so I reclimbed it after some tries =)Still climbs as good as the first time!

well, I had a wierd expierence on this bloc. I managed to send this problem on my 3rd attempt. Afterwards I tried Weberknecht, which is supposed to be easier, for 2+ hours and simply couldn't do it?! My shoulder is definitely a big weakness...

wow!! came down so easily this time. I tried it briefly some time ago without having any chance. 20 mins this time and it was done... what a surprise!

cool line which looks easier than it eventually is.

All of a sudden I found the beta :-)

nice addition. First I wanted to climb the boulder a little bit to the right, which definitely felt like 8B/+, but then Marv found this other beta, which goes up more straight (and is also more logical). With this beta it was still hard, but already way easier than the way I tried it before. I decided to give it this name because the sun is shining right into this wall the whole afternoon, so, if it's not cold enough, you have to wait until the sun sets to start giving it serious tries :-)

I guess it's a first ascent from this start. In fact Juzi and I found the boulder and it was completely covered with moss, so we thought it has not been climbed before. We cleaned the amazing looking line a little bit and then I managed to send it after some effort. To be sure if it is a FA or not I called Helli. It turned out that they already climbed the problem many years ago but not from the exactly same start as I did. Anyway it is a shame that the problem got covered with all this moss again and nobody climbed it since then, because it's actually the best line I climbed so far in Schenna (and I already climbed lots of 5 stars lines in this crag)!!

this one is also cool. left variant of Free Bird Jam.

Adds actually only one move, but this move makes the boulder already a bit harder. I think this is the more logical start.

wow. what a nice line. the long drive was already worth just because of this one :-)

What an amazing day with Chris!! we crushed the forest =) This one was the last of the day. I actually was not that siked to try it, but fortunately we did. Climbs so much better than it looks! super syked

in the cave =)really cool line. the only thing is that you easily dab somewhere...

Sit start to "Regentanz". Finally I was able to put this one together! The sit actually adds not so many moves into the stand but the footwork is so complicated that everything together gets quite a bit harder than "Regentanz". Anyway, I'm just happy to finish off with this boulder after all the effort I put into it. On to the next now ;)

Good one. Tried the wet topout first so it's no flash... but anyway, happy to have climbed this one.

Third try from the start. came totaly unexpected. in my mind I was already on the way back home, but suddenly everything worked perfectly and I was standing on top. I love these moments when you least expect it and it goes =)

cool jump from a good crimp with poor feet, to the edge.

Nice compression boulder. the perfect line. Props to Johannes for the first ascent. Had to change the beta for the crux move. His beta is so hard!

such a cool problem! Tall and amazing movements on small crimps. definitely like this style ;-) and I absolutely love this crag. So many good lines that still have to be climbed!

awesome compression line!

One of the best problems ever!! Don't think that I've ever seen such amazing slopers on granite. My sixth comp boulder of this years Melloblocco. Can't wait to come back next year!

so long... was actually really lucky on this one =)

hard one. amazing crimper problem

Crazy beta. Felt really hard to me so I was even happier as I sent it on my last try =)

nice heel hook, toe hook beta. liked this one ;) first melloblocco comp boulder I managed to climb

This one is really long as well...had no idea how to climb the topout but somehow was lucky enough to keep it together.

It basically all comes down to this one crazy shoulder move... this move makes the grade.

first go this year. got so damn close to climb the sit...

nice climb =) you can climb in this cave even when it is raining havily.

climbs way better than it looks. crazy little jump.

now I can finally be in peace with this boulder. 1 pad on the start, 2 hands on the undercling and no good crimp in the crack... hard one actually. might be the hardest 8a in the forest...

weird one...

Didn't expect that I would climb it today. I'm just so happy that I managed to climb this awesome testpiece. This boulder was always kind of my total anti style and this spring I still thought that I will never be able to climb it...

a little harder now after the hold broke...

The same start as "The Opportunist" and then into "Ne ha tanta". unexpectedly cool to climb =)

Yes. happy about this one. fits my style quite well...

funny one...

7c??? never... might be the hardest boulder I climbed so far in zillertal...

hard one... and long. got pumped =)

the jump on the left of Spirit. amazing one mover.

10 min this time... nice line.

felt quite hard... was lucky on the topout.

easy with the right beta ;)

harder than any boulder I climbed so far in Algund. might be low end 8B. nice one anyway. props to Juri for establishing such a rad line.

"Thor" or "The king"??? Whatever... I've barely seen such an amazing line. I fell off on the penutlimate of the many moves on my flash attempt and afterwards I couldn't hold the swing anymore. So I had to find this other crazy beta, which is way harder but at least as cool as the swing-beta.

Well... not the best problem I've climbed so far. I guess the project to the right could become the first 9A boulder problem. looks amazing!!!

feeling so tired...

long moves. good to climb though!

too long

it was a mistake to try this one

when I started trying this boulder I thought I will never be able to hold the crimp you jump to and all of a sudden I toped the problem out. one move was missing for the sit... next time?!

right after "Jack's broken heart". nice little cimper problem.

don't thought that this problem is so cool.

just jump and it's done...

it is such an amazing feeling to come back a year later seeing that everything what caused you troubles the years before feels so easy now. cool campus moves =)

Love these moves... I think this boulder is quite condition dependent. I was lucky enough not to have the worst conditions =)

always wanted to sit on the tree on the top of this boulder =)

climbed all the way to the top of the bloc so it might be 7C. but please don't do that... you won't get off again!

what a fight. actually not the best line... tried rememberance a little bit and it feels pretty much possible. *

after getting so damn close the last time I managed to climb it today. unfortunately it is a little defined (without the right arete). nonetheless it's amazing to climb. it has kind of everything but mostly it comes down to the delicate foot work (heel hooks, toe hooks, knee bar).

Finally. Spent so much time into cleaning and building a proper landing. Actually way more time than in trying the problem =) Rudi climbed the left exit which might be around 7C+, and I believe that with this exit it might be an easy 8A. The exit itself is not hard but it adds a scare factor. However, IMO this boulder is the best one we have now in Pontives. Unfortunately it is the one which takes you the longest to get to =)

first move is hard... an then mantle =) actually not the best boulder on this bloc, but it's ok.

nice movements.

low ball... nice to climb though!

low start to "2:eppes"

Nice compression moves. didn't expected to climb it so fast. felt hard though. second hard boulder on this bloc =)

if your heel stays you will probably climb the boulder. otherwise it will be hard...

This one is for my bro Julian!! amazing climb!

oh man... I'm climbing like sooooo bad on plastic and feeling so strong on rock. Why?? felt like a 7b today. wasn't even warm yet. don't know what's going on...

sds. hooks and crimpers in its finest. nice end of the short trip to Zillertal. can't wait to come back!

Oh man, fell off on the last move on the flash attempt... frustrating, but nevertheless it felt really good to climb this amazing line.

fell off for the second time within an hour on the last move on the flash attempt. compression moves into a last balancy move. perfect climb!!

THE classic. unfortunately it was raining almost all day long so we couldn't try that many problems. have to come back ;)

wow! what an amazing boulder. I actually just wanted to get warm, but then the moves went down easily and so I managed to climb this awesome climb on my second go from the start.

I really had to fight on this one. Even if the boulder is just about 2 meters high I got pumped. wtf?!?!?!

five star line. one of the biggest fights ever. Thx Ale for all the support, especially for the mental support =)

too long, too technical, totally not my style... but interesting to climb though =)

I had to try this one far too long to give it 7C... felt actually way harder than "Ramble on"!!

Awesome line. perhaps the best movements I climbed in Algund so far =)

funny =)

felt way too hard...

this thing is soooooo hard!

amazing slab boulder!!!

the best boulder I've climbed in a long time!!

not the best boulder in Chironico...

I liked this one =)

I had no chance on "la boule" so I tried this one =)

not easy... worst climbing day in a while!!

it's cool to just play around =)

flash if I would not have touched the tree, but come on... 8a???????

felt quite hard to me... hate monos! my dream is to climb Big Paw once in my live!

with the beta I used this boulder is really cool!

hard to get your ass off the ground.

one of the only boulders I was not able to climb on my last trip =)

strange start.

definitely worth trying this one...

I found this boulder about two years ago and I was immediately sure that it is going to be an amazing one. Some time later I started to try the stand start which already took me way longer than expected. In march than, I managed to climb the stand start and started working on the sit. After some more days working on it, spread over the rest of the year, today I finally managed to finish it off.

I climbed this boulder already in 2010, but then, about two years ago, a good firend of mine tried the boulder and one of the key holds broke. I tried the boulder then some time ago but had no chance... until today =) If you are tall enough it might not even be harder than it was before the hold broke, but for smaller people it might be a little harder now...

yes! finally! felt hard to me. I tried this problem for the first time about 4 years ago and I thought it is gonna be a quick work but I never managed to climb the topout till a month ago. And then I had to try it still three more times until I was finally standing on the top today =) really cool boulder. definitely one of the best in Algund!

climbs better than it looks like. so much to do here in Algund. waiting for the good conditions...

3 moves but cool ones =) also here the topout has still to be cleaned (scary!!)!

FA after broken hold. crimpy. topout has to be cleaned and then it will be for sure a pretty nice problem =)

2nd ascent. looks harder than it actually is. pretty cool to climb though! 7b??

I was sure that my heel hook doesn't stay up this time but he did. happy about this one. came also close on "Dark Sakai"... next time!

started on the jug! climbs much better than it looks like.

tried the start 3 weeks ago and had no chance to climb it. I was getting desperated because if I would have been able to climb the start there where many different boulders to try... but as I said I had no chance. this time the start felt much easier and i was able to send it on my second go.

sooooo happy to finally climb this one. tried it last year and had no chance... tried it this year and had no chance, but then I found the right beta =)

5 min 3 weeks ago... 10 min this time. almost every boulder on the "Bruno bloc" climbed!! but I have some troubles on "Nana Bianca"

on my flash attempt I had the final hold already in my hand but than came down because I slightly tuched the crash pad at the start. nice little boulder =)

I came close already on my last trip... this time it felt really easy. cooler than expected =)

I thought it will be easier... hard to get the final arete. 10 meters left of the "project bloc"

just awesome. had to fight... I'm feeling super week. need some rest!

2nd go

awesome boulder. definitely one of the best in the wood. maybe it's a bit conditions dependent so it might be easier with good conditions. last boulder of this trip... we had to leave with plenty of projects to complete =(

wow! a dream come true! after falling twice on the last hard move just because of a simple foot slip, I managed to climb the whole line. I was just super relieved and super happy holding the final top hold and I still can't believe that I was able to climb this awesome historical line. It wasn't even my goal to try the whole line, but once I did the second part so easily and I knew that I climbed the first part quite fluently last year, I decided to try the whole boulder. And it turned out that it is possible =)

this boulder is just 7c because the possibility is high to touch other blocs! nevertheless it's good fun climbing it!

awesome climb. the start of pura vida and schneasturm has no sense. the most obvious start is where one summer starts.

not sure if we started in the right way... scary topout!

this boulder is just so amazing. scary top out =)

came already quite close last year so I knew it was possible. this time we had to find out the right beta again, and then I managed to climb it within half an hour. I was also syked to climb free for all and jacks broken heart but I had no skin anymore. next trip =)

one hard move and pretty much conditions dependent. funny boulder!

the start is hard. beautiful line though.

we found a little trick so that it was easier to stand up!

I had no chance last year and I thought I have no chance this year too, but fortunately my fingers got stronger and it felt quite easy.

it's much easier for taller people!

hard to release your feet.

soft! nice movements!

hard 7B! this is definitely the best piece of rock we have found up to date in Pontives! three amazing boulders!! amazing compression moves out an almost 90 degrees roof. just perfekt!

low end of 7c! might be a cool boulder, but after having tried the new roof boulders in Pontives yesterday, this boulder don't feel so good anymore.

finally sent this one. I had to work so long on this line, and then it turned out to be quite easy... but the hard work was definitely worth! super cool line! the lines in Pontives are getting better and better =)

trav. not so cool! way to long for me!

soft!! unbelievable! I can't realize that I have flashed an 8a!!

two long moves!

quite fast ascent!

not my style... too long!!

jump start! funny problem

stand start. climbed it with the jump beta. flashed the part from the good crimper!

amazing arete!!

neither 7b+ nor 7b! one hard move!

proud line!!

first day of our trip! good start =)

awesome boulder but so painful! the second crimper is just so sharp...

wow felt pretty easy. cool trav. on slopers. there are not many boulders in varazze on slopers =)

last boulder of the day. felt quite hard, perhaps because I had no skin...

strange to climb... sds is next!

cool to climb but definitely not harder than 7b!

soft for the grade! so cool to climb! amazing compression moves!

so unexpected... cool =)

perfect day, perfect conditions, perfect boulder =)

soft for 7c... felt a little easier then profiteroles con panna! cool to climb!

wow... this boulder has not seen so many ascents but nevertheless it's super cool to climb!

this one is definitely a nightmare boulder for me. perhaps because I don't like traverses and even because I had to try it so long, and I hate it to try boulders so long.

hard move to a pretty far undercling...! so happy to finally climb this one!

trav. so long... about 25 moves =)

on the "project block"! a lot of work to brush down everything...

on the same block as "Brave new world" trav. the block locks like a buffalo and this line goes straight over the back of the buffalo =)

compression moves... one of the best in the area!

3rd ascent! pretty cool to climb. maybe it's not so easy to find out the best beta.

cool to climb. I'm waiting for some repeats.

just two moves... a friend of mine said it could be a nice 7b... but he failed =) nevertheless it's good fun climbing it!

hard to fight quite a while on this one!

soft. compression.

just one hard move...!

easy once you know how to do!

fall two times on the last move...! perfect to climb.

I jumped!

cool compression line!

pretty soft.

strange line. strange sector

one of the best in the area =)

sds.

Wow! this boulder is so perfect. compressionpower!

Perhaps one of the best boulders I've ever climbed!

We worked so long on this boulder. at the end I climbed it twice more for the movie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGNrjDXmuOs&feature=fvst

My first 8a =)

first of this grade =)

trav.

I needed some time to find a good beta!

cool to climb on small crimpers! quite high...

strange start

one of the first boulders in Pontives. hard to start.

strange start...

strange boulder. dyno to the lip!