2010 Excursion Reports
Monte Veticoso and the struggle of the crocuses
By Redazione Published: 04/11/2011
How long this night is, it never seems to end... and heavy, so very heavy. Why is that... They are fragments of thoughts, splinters of lucidity in this sleep seasoned with anxieties, dreams or perhaps…
Monte Cavallo, Monte Mare and La Ferruccia
By Redazione Published: 04/11/2010
Of all the Mainarde, Monte Cavallo is a particularly interesting summit: set deep in the living heart of the mountain group it belongs to, it can easily be reached from Prati di Mezzo with a…
Trip to Nepal 2010 - Alessandro and Elena
By Alessandro ed Elena Published: 31/10/2010
Alessandro and Elena have been to Nepal and have left us this wonderful, super-detailed trip report... not to mention the many spectacular photos they managed to take...It should be read in small pieces, because there…
Monte Forcone and Monte Ninna
By Redazione Published: 30/10/2010
Never was a hike so painful as the one to Monte Forcone, painful physically and psychologically. Indelibly, today more than ever, it marks a dividing line between two quite distinct periods of my life. A…
Monte Capreo in slow walking
By Redazione Published: 15/10/2010
Almost a year has gone by since the last mountain hike, in which Gaetano and I got our work colleagues involved. Over the summer it wasn't possible to organise one because of the various commitments…
Hiking the northern peaks of the Majella
By Redazione Published: 10/07/2010
The Majella is a decidedly unusual mountain group compared with the other mountain groups of the central Apennines. It's true that every single mountain group has its own peculiar features, but it's also true that…
Monte San Nicola - The strength of children...
By Redazione Published: 01/07/2010
Thursday 1 July 2010 Summer is in full swing, the first heat is arriving, the long days, the bright sky and the sun are the prelude to many beautiful hikes. In recent weeks we have…
La Cimetta (Monte Prena) from Campo Imperatore
By Redazione Published: 05/06/2010
La Cimetta is a small summit lying north of Monte Prena. It is, in truth, not so much a summit, as its name would have it, but a buttress-like promontory of Monte Prena itself. A…
Monte Terminillo, the pleasure of a repeat...
By Redazione Published: 08/04/2010
The climb up the central gully of Monte Terminillo is a classic for Roman mountaineers. Technically not very difficult, the central gully involves about 200 metres of height gain at angles of around 35 degrees…