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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Essential gear for climbing
By Redazione Published: 13/06/2012
A bolted crag is a fairly vertical rock face that has, at predetermined points not too far apart from one another...All the information you will find on this page is for information only and not…
Snowshoes (Part II)
By Redazione Published: 13/06/2012
When to use snowshoesSnowshoes let us walk on snow-covered routes where we probably could not get through any other way.There are situations where, walking without snowshoes, even though there is a frozen crust on the…
Snowshoes or ciaspole (Part I)
By Elena Cardellicchio Published: 13/06/2012
Using snowshoes lets us tackle routes in a winter environment. They're simple to use and no particular physical preparation is needed, but this mustn't deceive us into underestimating the risks of the mountains.Definition: ciaspole, ciaspe…
Lightning
By Redazione Published: 13/06/2012
Lightning is a phenomenon that occurs between the clouds (negatively charged) and the Earth (positively charged).When the difference in electrical potential is so high that it breaks through the insulator (the air) lying between the…
Planning your hikes
By Redazione Published: 13/06/2012
Anyone who wants to try their hand at hikes in the high mountains must first of all get hold of a good guidebook describing the most common routes in their own region. There are many…
Clouds
By Redazione Published: 13/06/2012
Layering by altitude…Clouds: a mass of moist air that rises, progressively drops in temperature and therefore in its capacity to hold water vapour, until it reaches saturation point.Once that limit is reached, the excess water…
What is a via ferrata?
By Redazione Published: 13/06/2012
What is a via ferrata? What gear do I need to do a ferrata? How do you tackle a ferrata?It's a route that runs mainly on rock. The route, which can at times be exposed…
How winds form
By Redazione Published: 12/06/2012
The atmosphere is a gaseous body in which, besides the gas molecules, there are suspendedmolecules of water in the form of vapour. The atmosphere is subject to solar radiation which, over the course of the…
Photographing mountain panoramas
By Redazione Published: 12/06/2012
The mountains are a classic subject of landscape photography, certainly fascinating and of sure aesthetic appeal. But why do we like landscape photographs stretched out horizontally in their proportions so much?The reason is very simple…