Via Imbumba, Mont Blanc. First ascent by Coda & Bruni, 5 Oct 2025 скачать в хорошем качестве

Via Imbumba, Mont Blanc. First ascent by Coda & Bruni, 5 Oct 2025

Val Ferret, Mont Blanc massif. Massimo Coda and Niccolò Bruni open the Imbumba Route, an alpine bridge between Africa and Europe on the road to the Cortina 2026 Paralympic Games, under the official patronage of the Italian Paralympic Committee (CIP). A day of wind and granite. Massimo Coda, climber with right-leg amputation, and Niccolò Bruni, UIAGM mountain guide from Courmayeur, trace a vertical line where technical excellence and solidarity rise together. This is not an assisted climb: it is a fully autonomous alpine first ascent. Massimo Coda permanently lost the use of his right foot in a 2010 climbing accident. Sixteen surgeries, two years of hospitalization, loss of employment. In 2017, after regaining professional stability, he chose voluntary below-knee amputation to reclaim the freedom of movement he had lost. In 2021 he completed the Monte Rosa traverse in full autonomy with Andrea Lanfri, summiting Punta Giordani, Piramide Vincent, Cristo delle Vette, Capanna Margherita, Naso del Lyskamm and Castore. His mission remains clear: the greatest limitation is often the excuse we build to avoid overcoming it. The Imbumba Route is dedicated to Imbumba Foundation of South Africa, led by Richard Mabaso, which since 2012 has used mountaineering as a tool for social and educational inclusion. "Imbumba" means seed in Xhosa: a seed of dignity, shared possibility, transformation. Trek4Mandela International, born from the partnership between Imbumba Foundation and Art Consulting, carries this vision across three continents. The Italian Paralympic Committee has granted official recognition, positioning the Imbumba Route within the international Paralympic and inclusive movement. The project is further supported by CAI Cortina, Guide Alpine Courmayeur and Unione Valdostana Guide Alta Montagna. The route marks the first European chapter in the journey toward the Flag Auction at the Cortina 2026 Paralympic Games. The Trek4Mandela flag has already travelled across Tofana di Rozes in Europe, Kilimanjaro in Africa, and Shisha Pangma in Asia, where it was carried to the summit by Mario Vielmo, one of only twenty alpinists worldwide to complete the 14 eight-thousanders without supplemental oxygen, bearing a unified message of dignity and inclusion. Trek4Mandela International advances the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, specifically SDG10 - Reducing Inequalities. The initiative is under consideration for the UN SDG Action Awards, Zero Project (UN Vienna), and FAO Mountain Partnership, as an inclusion-driven programme aligned with the UN 2030 Agenda. This film documents the complete expedition: arrival in the valley, preparation beneath the face, alternating leads, close footage of protection placement, wind carving each movement, rappel descent and return. Not a conventional documentary, but the unfiltered chronicle of an alpine achievement that becomes a symbol of shared possibility. The mountain as territory of dignity, not exclusion. An invitation to look upward, always. Toward Cortina 2026.