We are all much more limited in the movements, at this time. Now, more than ever, we find us to make attempts to projects that we abandoned when a wider range of routes was available. Here is the video of the first ascent of Hot Spot, a route set by me in 1996-1997  with glue-in bolts, that I've never sent. As a matter of fact, such was the abundance of rock at that time. It was a long time and Hot Spot was left without a grade. It was harder than the nearby Loretos (a benchmark  7c of the crag), but how much harder it was, was not yet determined.

For this reason and for the total abandonment of this crag (due to the furious polemics involving many lines) the route was forgotten. If it weren't for this bloody Virus, and for the fact that  Neil Agostinelli has already sent all the routes up to 8c of our area, Hot Spot would probably be left without a grade for several more years.

After the first attempts, Neil felt like the ascent was feasible. In fact, after a good brush-up, Hot Spot was sent, with a proposed grade ranging from 7c+ and 8a.

Hot spot is different from all the other routes of Valgiubola. It has a really demanding start culminating in a crux that doesn't give you plenty of time to think. 

Now Neil is on another old abandoned project, of which all we know is the name "Andrà tutto bene", and in the meantime, he's tidying up the base of the wall, together with other locals.