I am a mountain guide. I qualified in 2001 and since then the Dolomites have been my life: I climb them, I teach about them, I tell their stories.

The mountains are the most wonderful passion in the world. To pursue this passion and turn it into my job, I left the hustle and bustle of the city and chose to live in San Lorenzo in Banale. Here I discovered another dimension of reality, where everyone can experience the mountains at their own pace.

But the most important part of my work came about almost by chance, through a training course on disability that changed the way I view the mountains. I soon realised that the Dolomites, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, must be accessible to everyone.

From that conviction, Dolomiti Open was born, the association of which I am president, through which we organise inclusive experiences at high altitude: people with a wide range of abilities climbing, walking and experiencing the mountains side by side. Barriers do not exist — they exist only in people’s minds.

One of the projects I am most proud of is the Falesia Dimenticata. It was a beautiful crag in San Lorenzo Dorsino, closed for twenty-five years. In 2017, we launched a crowdfunding campaign, and 400 people responded. We were thus able to reopen it, restore it and return it to the community as an inclusive public asset.

Because everything that is objectively beautiful must be a heritage for everyone.