Simone "Zeta" Saccomandi
Born in Teramo (Abruzzo), mountaineer.
Sound Engineer
Passionated about music, cooking, yoga, and curious about life.
After 2 dozen years spent in Rome, and several others around, he finally went back to his country and settled in the mountains, in front of the "Paretone" (Paretone=Big Wall) of the Mount Corno Grande.
Since very young He has begun to explore the vertical world.
Developing his inclinations, he has got passionated about mountaineering, and about the big walls of rock, which often climbs in solo, in trad, or in aid climbing, becoming one of the points of reference for aid climbing in Central Italy.
In Solitaria, in apertura di "Sara, presto, una birra"
a Rocca Canterano
a Rocca Canterano
His Passion for Aid Climbing lead him to found, with his business partner Ing. Marco Vailati, the WallZ (www.wallz.it,
https://www.facebook.com/WallZAidClimbingGear,
https://www.instagram.com/wallz_aid_climbing_gear/)
a brand born to give voice and form to the Ideas and the innovation about techniques and materials related to the aid climbing world.
Through the WallZ, helped by mountain Guides, he teaches classes on Aid Climbing throughout Italy and holds dissemination events on this topic.
It's easy to find him on the walls of the Mount Gran Sasso, around in the European mountains, climbing in trad or in aid style, with or without the rope, often in a solo effort, listening to classic music from his portable radio.
He set dozen new routes, with a prefernce for the GreenPoint style (even if he set many sport climbing lines) .
WallZ Aid Climb
From a few years. he collaborates, as responsible for Central Italy, with Vertical Evolution.