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La
'piccola Bottega degli Orrori' (The little workshop
of horrors) is a little wall not horrible at all,
not far from the little church of Saint John of
Domusnovas: this is an area that is already brimful
with cliffs. Its riveting had actually started
in 1988 when the first route was created thanks
to the photoclimber Mattia Vacca. Two routes were
then added by Corrado Conca and the thing finished
in that moment. The little workshop sunk into
oblivion! But Massimo Gessa, also called Gessetto
decided to start the beautiful little wall restyling
during the autumn of 2000, under the wall with
not very clear purposes. He was alone in that
titanic undertaking at the beginning, but at least
his most faithful friends, conscience-stricken,
decided to lend him a hand: Giampaolo Mocci the
strongest climber from Assemini and Alessandro
Casti, the strongest from San Sperate. They got
immediately ahead and sacrificed entire Sundays
to go and put pitons up there! The power of friendship
performs miracles! And at last it was me that
wound it up with a flourish with the hardest route:
this one will bend your fingers a little, or at
least I hope it will have this effect! The climbing
is a violent one, as it was in 1988, on routes
from the degree 6b upwards. But it is a pleasant
and relaxing one, on a beautiful grey rock and
it is well marked with pitons on easy degrees.
Routes are a little short but agreeable; the cliff
is in the shade in the late morning. You can reach
it from the little church in 15 minutes! In case
you would like to have further information, please
look at Pietra di Luna!
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Massimo Gessa, author of almost all the routes,
on the Mago del Computer (The PC Magician) (6b)
- (Photo: Maurizio Oviglia)
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