"Don't think outside the box, think there is no box!"

1) Who is your favorite climbing partner and why?
That one is easy, I married her! Caroline Ciavaldini.
2) Which is the first La Sportiva shoes/boot you used?
Katana and Testarossa. After climbing with another brands shoes for all my climbing life, I was surprised to find shoes that actually seemed to fit around all of the contours of my feet.
3) What is your favorite climbing/mountaineering book?
I love to read any of the old anthologys of climbing epics.  Reeding about some of the multi day or high altitude bivys helps put into perspective the problems that most regular climbers like me face.  Sore skin and bad conditions suddenly don't seem so bad!
4) What is the mountain you would like to see at least one time in your life?
I'd love to see K2 one time in my life.  I used to want to climb it, but as I get older, and especially after becoming a father, I struggle to justify all the objective dangers out of my control.
5) Do you take part to a charity or cultural project?
Caro and I run a small charity called S.P.O.T, which aims to help climbers from any country, and any background have access to climbing equipment and information.  So far we've run programs in the Philippines and South Africa.
6) What's in the air?
Figuring out how to make this life work with a little baby, and continue to travel and search for new trad routes that push myself to new levels.