Mauro "Bubu" Bole
Ferrino is passionate about their work and invests time and money in hi-tech products. All in all, Ferrino always looks toward the future, like me: that’s why we get along so well
Accomplishments
1999. The first free climb of the Couzy to the Western peak of Lavaredo, bringing the tenth level to the Dolomites.
2000. A new route on the southern wall of the Esfinge (5350 m) in Peru.
2001. New route on the eastern rock face of the Shipton Spire (5850 m), in the Trango Towers (Pakistan). For the first time in the history of alpinism he brought the tenth level above 5000 meters.
2004. New route on the southwestern wall of the Trieste Tower (Dolomites).
2005. "Le Nez" (1.300 m - 38 rope lengths - 7c max): the first itinerary that free climbs the jutting spur of the Croz to the Grandes Jorasses-Monte Bianco.
2007 first repeat and free ascent of Donna Fugata on Torre Trieste (Dolomites) and second repeat and free ascent of Mezzogiorno di Fuoco in Sardinia
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- Profession
- Plumber the first third of his life, then Alpinist, and at the end...we'll see!
- Born
- May 21, 1968
- He lives
- In Trieste, in a caravan in a campground amidst greenery, overlooking the city.
- Civil status
- Single for now... but never say never!
- Height
- 172 cm
- Weight
- 68 kg
- Sun sign
- Gemini, but without being two-faced
- Nickname
- Bubu, like the playful bear
- Ferrino products used
- Most of the catalogue: tents, sleeping bags, backpacks, always high-end products: Portaledge realized togheter with Ferrino, XMT and Freney backpacks and HL Revolution 800 sleeping bag !
Career
He began rock climbing on cliffs near Trieste when he was 13. At 16 he was skiing down gullies and rock walls and canyons. From 18 to 21 he became more and more enthusiastic about Alpine skiing with every extreme solo run and completed his first climbs in the Dolomites. Bubu launched a rewarding career as the protagonist of high altitude adventures all over the world. He has had a memorable career marked by exploits like the 1999 revolution of the Dry Tooling difficulty scale for mixed rock and ice climb with the use of and ice axes by repeating the most difficult routes for this discipline and adding new ones. In the same year he participated in the Ice World Cup competition for ice climbing and usually ended up on the podium. In 2001 he received the "Grignetta d'Oro" as the best alpinist over the past two years. In 2002, he received the "Pelmo d'Oro" in recognition of an extraordinary career. Mauro Bubu Bole also became an Alpine Guide in 1991.
An interview with Technical Team
- What is climbing for Bubu Bole?
- An extraordinary passion that makes me happy even when I’m not hanging from a rock face.
- The quality that people recognize in you?
- I throw myself whole-heartedly into all the things I truly believe in.
- Your flaw?
- It could be selfishness...and plenty of others!
- A childhood memory that you hold particularly dear?
- Running through the woods and treehouses.
- What do the following mean to you?
- Adventure?
- Knowing how to live outside of the limits imposed by society.
- Risk?
- You need to know how to risk to obtain something. You can risk everything, except your life obviously!
- Passion?
- I can’t imagine a life without passion!
- Friendship?
- Absolutely essential. I believe in friendship between people of the same sex, but not between men and women.
- Keeping in shape?
- It’s important to me. The weight-strength ratio is important for good health.
- Vacation?
- Is wasted time?
- Your favorite film?
- “Point break". I think it is a manifesto of the will to live what you truly believe in to the fullest.
- Your favorite song?
- “With or without you" by U2, my favorite group.
- Historical figures that you admire most?
- No one in particular, but adventurers who in any case respected humanity and nature.
- The athlete you admire most?
- Pantani’s professional and human life adventure is the one that impressed me most.
- If you hadn’t become Bubu Bole, what would you have done?
- …electrician, mechanic, carpenter… almost any activity involving manual skills.