Emilio Comici

[1][6] He was the inventor and proponent of using multi-step aid ladders, solid belays, the use of a trail/tag line, and hanging bivouacs, contributing greatly to the techniques of big wall climbing.

[3][6][7] He began climbing at the suggestion of friends from the Trieste chapter of the Italian Alpine Club, gaining his first experience in the nearby Val Rosandra.

[2] In 1932 Comici moved to Lake Misurina in the municipality of Auronzo di Cadore, where he opened a climbing school.

[2] He died in an accidental fall caused by a frayed rope on the training cliffs of the Sëlva climbing area in Val Gardena.

[1][2][3][4][9] For a long time the precise circumstances were not reported by the Fascist authorities, who did not want to cast a shadow on the famous figure of Comici.

In addition to his talents as a climber, Comici is remembered for his aesthetic concept of climbing, perceiving it as a means of self-expression through harmonious movement.

The Rifugio Emilio Comici at Sëlva.
Routes on the north face of the Cima Grande (Große Zinne) of the Tre Cime di Lavaredo : 1=Dibona, 2=Via Camillotto Pellesier, 3=Das Phantom der Zinne, 4=Hasse/Brandler (Direttissima), 5=Sachsenweg (Superdirettissima), 6=Comici/Dimai