Stefano Ghisolfi First to Repeat 5.15d Crux

Stefano Ghisolfi has been projecting Silence 5.15d for a few seasons now, a route that’s arguably the most difficult sport climb ever redpointed. Since Adam Ondra’s first ascent in 2017, no other climber has been able to repeat the V15 upside-down boulder crux halfway up the route until now.

Ghisolfi is one of the world’s best sport climbers. He has climbed four 5.15c’s: 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 put up two 5.15b’s of his own in Italy, The Lonely Mountain and L’arenauta. His 2023 highlights include FAs of Excalibur 5.15c and Il Terzo Occhio 5.14d in Arco, and repeats of Kangaroo’s Limb 5.15a in Flatanger and Action Directe 5.14d in Frankenjura.

Watch a new video by Ghisolfi which shoes his repeat of the Silence crux and also showcases a 5.15a send by Shawn Raboutou.

Silence