Mountain and Hiking Handbook
The mountains of the Apennines are made for hiking. What is hiking? It is discovery, an alternative to plain tourism, it is sport. No sporting activity has ever had as many countless facets as hiking. Discovering these facets is already a journey in itself
This practical hiking handbook aims to gather the essential information you need to get ready to go into the wonderful mountains of the Apennines in complete safety. It was put together from the practical experience built up within the Gruppo Escursionistico Aria Sottile. The contents, taken from the website www.ariasottile.net, have been revised, expanded and improved. The reading and the common thread running through the topics have been improved. Tips have been added and the layout refined for quicker reading.
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Fighting depression on your own
By Redazione Published: 03/12/2017
An important premise. This article is about how the mountains can help you find your good mood again in moments of melancholy and tiredness. Real depression is an illness: if sadness, lack of energy or…
Ticks. Tick bites: how to protect yourself
By Redazione Published: 23/08/2017
Ticks belong to the arthropod family; in particular they are parasites of animals and of human beings, and so they are found in all those places where their so-called “host” lives, whose blood they suck…
Altimeter and analogue multifunction watch 5 in 1
By Redazione Published: 29/09/2014
The use of instruments that are cutting-edge and at the same time functional is more and more common in sport, hiking and mountaineering.To all mountain lovers, Pce Instruments offers an altimeter watch with a classic…
The "curvimeter", an instrument from another age...
By Redazione Published: 15/08/2014
An instrument now largely supplanted by GPS devices and electronic tracks, it is an instrument from another age. And yet this is an instrument that gives the hiker clear guarantees that it works. It is…
The amateur athlete's diet ...
By Redazione Published: 29/05/2014
At the heart of a sportsperson's life there are two crucially important moments, which decide how well your athletic condition turns out: training and diet — meant not as giving up food, but as choosing…
What to eat on mountain hikes?
By Redazione Published: 08/04/2014
On long hikes that take up the whole day and call for a considerable energy intake, it is advisable to get hold of foods with a high Glycaemic Index, such as rice.When you take on…
Hydrating drinks and electrolyte supplements
By Redazione Published: 26/08/2013
It's recent history... in 1965 the most famous (for better and for worse) sports drink was born, known as Gatorade; many others have come after it. It was invented in a context linking sport and…
Anxiety in the mountains
By Redazione Published: 26/08/2013
Anxiety is a breathless inner agitation brought on by longing or uncertainty (definition from the Devoto Oli dictionary).Symptoms of anxietyPhysiological symptoms of Anxiety: Heart palpitations, heavy sweating, trembling, nausea, unjustifiably rapid breathing, a feeling of…
Energy drinks for hiking
By Redazione Published: 23/08/2013
You can drink an energy drink before a hike to give yourself a decidedly better walking performance. But it is worth understanding how they really work. How they act on the body Energy drinks were…