verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . october 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message la sportiva industry snowsports hiking climbing trail running founder narciso delladio headquarters italy area served worldwide website lasportiva.com la sportiva was founded in 1928 by narciso delladio in italy . he started his business by manufacturing boots and clogs for farmers and lumberjacks . in world war ii he helped to provide italy s soldiers with custom mountaineering boots . in the 1950s he began to make ski boots and first introduced the brand name of la sportiva . today la sportiva is a popular brand of footwear for mountaineering climbing and skiing . their products are widely available in europe and north america . they sponsor athletes across a number of sports including mountain running rock climbing ice climbing alpine climbing and skiing . amongst those athletes tommy caldwell has received national attention with his partner kevin jorgeson when they made the first free ascent of the dawn wall in yosemite california . la sportiva has previously collaborated with caldwell in the development of the tc pro climbing shoe . this was the shoe that caldwell used while making his ascent of the dawn wall . references edit http www.nytimes.com 2015 01 15 sports el capitans dawn wall climbers reach top.html r 0 external links edit www.lasportiva.com official homepage www.sportiva.com website for la sportiva north america www.lasportiva.ru website for la sportiva russia v t e climbing types aid bouldering clean competition crack deep water solo direttissima face free free solo grass ice indoor lead rock mixed mountaineering slab speed sport top rope trad tree lists alpine clubs climbers deaths on eight thousanders equipment everest deaths first ascents knots mount hood incidents terminology terminology abseiling alpenstock anchor approach shoe ascender bachar ladder belay device belaying bolt bouldering mat cam carabiner crampons dry tooling dynamic rope exposure fifi hook grades grade bouldering harness head for heights mountaineering boot hex ice axe ice screw ice tool nut picket sure footedness pitch piton protection quickdraw self locking device shoes sling snow fluke snow protection snowshoe spotting tricam webbing media climber climbing rock & ice companies black diamond camp five ten grivel kouba la sportiva lanex mammut mountain safety research singing rock sir joseph the north face therm a rest triop ocun petzl rab red chili rock empire wild country organizations alpine club alpine club of canada american alpine club appalachian mountain club austrian alpine club austrian tourist club club alpin fran ais club alpino italiano den norske turistforening federaci n espa ola de deportes de monta a y escalada f d ration fran aise de la montagne et de l escalade german alpine club international federation of sport climbing international mountaineering and climbing federation south tyrol alpine club swiss alpine club svenska turistf reningen usa climbing category commons wikiproject portal retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title la sportiva & oldid 670821259 categories climbing equipmentcompanies established in 19281928 establishments in italyhidden categories articles needing additional references from october 2012all articles needing additional references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages fran aisitaliano edit links this page was last modified on 10 july 2015 at 12 40 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view