As a climber, Stefano Ghisolfi has set his sights on two incredibly challenging projects: Silence 5.15d and Burden of Dreams V17. Despite not being known for his bouldering prowess, Ghisolfi has made impressive progress on Burden of Dreams and expressed his determination to attempt it again.
Over the past two years, Ghisolfi has taken multiple trips to Flatanger in pursuit of the second ascent of Adam Ondra’s Silence 5.15d. He has also tackled Nalle Hukkataival’s Burden of Dreams, a newer project for him. The film recently released by La Sportiva documents Ghisolfi’s attempts at these climbs during a trip to Scandinavia in May 2023. This came shortly after his successful ascent of Excalibur 5.15c in Arco.
The film provides a detailed breakdown of the challenging crux of Silence, which is rated around V15. Ghisolfi’s impressive climbing resume includes ascents of multiple 5.15c routes, such as Excalibur in Arco, Perfecto Mundo in Margalef, Change in Flatanger, and Bibliographie in Céüse. In 2022, he repeated Adam Ondra’s Move 5.15b and established two 5.15b routes of his own in Italy. His accomplishments in 2023 include first ascents of Excalibur 5.15c and Il Terzo Occhio 5.14d in Arco, as well as repeats of Kangaroo’s Limb 5
