Within the Swiss Alpine canton of Ticino, the Luzzone Dam splits the Brenno River and plunges over 500 ft to the valley flooring. The world’s tallest synthetic climbing route leads athletes in the other way.
Welcome to the Luzzone Hydroelectric Dam, one of many tallest of its variety in Switzerland and residential to the world’s longest steady synthetic climb.
On this GoPro clip, a handful of climbers tackle the 525-foot journey.
“I’ve been so queasy and nervous this whole journey,” one says.
“The longest I’ve climbed is, like, 5 or 10 minutes,” one other admits. “I’ve by no means climbed for hours.”
Prepared or not, right here they arrive — proper up the largest synthetic climb on the planet.
Runtime: 6 minutes
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