BURSTOn June 30, Stefano Ghisolfi topped Anam Cara Low V15 (8C) at Silvapark in Austria. It was Italian climber’s first of the grade. Two days prior to his Anam Cara Low ascent, he completed Anam Cara V14 in only a few attempts. On that same day, he sent one V10, three V11s, and two V12s. He just released a film about his send of Anam Cara Low, which you can watch below.
Although Anam Cara Low was Ghisolfi’s first official V15 boulder, he had previously completed the crux of Adam Ondra’s Silence 5.15d, a sequence that goes at V15 at a minimum. On August 4, he sent another V15, Hazel Grace Sit, a problem he said was his hardest ever. He has six V14 boulders to his name, his first being Gandalf il Grigio in Varazze, Italy way back in 2012.
“My first 8C/V15!” said Ghisolfi on Instagram. “Anam Cara low adds 4 moves to the [V14], I tried the moves just after sending Anam Cara and did the whole line after 1 rest day. The only downside is that now I can’t jump from [V14] to [V17] boulder. Feels good to climb a new grade, last time it happened was in 2018 with Perfecto Mundo [5.15c], my bouldering motivation has always been up and down, but I feel I can focus on it a bit more from now on.”
Before this summer bouldering spree, Ghilsolfi focused musch of the Spring 2025 season on one major goal: climb four 5.15b (9b) routes, each at different crag in Spain. He ended up completing three of the four routes he set out to do. In mid-February, he made the third ascent of Alex Megos’ The Full Journey 5.15b in Margalef. A few weeks later at the beginning of March, he made the fourth ascent of Chris Sharma’s Sleeping Lion 5.15b in Siurana. Two weeks after that he threw down Sharma’s Neanderthal 5.15b in Santa Linya, again making the fourth ascent of the line.
The last route on his list was Sharma’s Fight of Flight 5.15b in Oliana. The route proved to be the most difficult for Ghisolfi, spending more projecting days than any of the other three routes. He completed The Full Journey in nine sessions, Sleeping Lion in eleven, and Neanderthal in nine. With temps warming into the 30s, he had to leave the project uncompleted.
Stefano Ghisolfi on Anam Cara Low V15
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