First of all, if you don’t know ABS Man as Madonna (yes, that Madonna) has nicknamed him, go read his beautiful book written with Folco Terzani (yes, the son of that Terzani): Ultra.
You’ll read it in less than the 13 minutes of this beautiful video designed for a La Sportiva series, that’s how beautiful and exciting it is. You’ll discover how a top model became a champion, the first Italian ever to win the Badwater Marathon: 217 km from the lowest point to the highest point in America through Death Valley.
But not only that. In this video, the feat that earned him the Guinness World Record: crossing the Gobi Desert, covering 1703 km in 23 days, 8 hours, 46 minutes.