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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Hiking difficulty scale
By Redazione Published: 12/06/2012
The hiking difficulty grading scale gives an overall assessment of routes and paths...providing (minimal) information on the characteristics of the terrain and on the possible difficulties you may come across.The hiking difficulty grading scale gives…
How to train for running
By Redazione Published: 12/06/2012
Starting training from scratch...Good health can only depend on factors such as: a balanced diet (made up of all the fundamental elements of nutrition) and good rest. You can't, in fact, expect to cope with…
Mountaineering difficulty scale
By Redazione Published: 12/06/2012
Definition and explanationsProbably the most famous difficulty scale is the classification introduced in 1925 and later adopted by the UIAA (also known as the Welzenbach scale). It's a scale that indicates each difficulty with a…
What are avalanches and why do they form?
By Redazione Published: 12/06/2012
Why, how and when...From the moment snow touches the ground a process of transformation begins, called metamorphism. Snow is not deposited all at once and it is certainly not deposited evenly over all the surfaces…
Clothing for summer hikes
By Redazione Published: 12/06/2012
Summer hiking differs considerably from winter hiking, not only in the condition of the ground (snow or ice on the route) but also in the weather conditions.In summer, apart from particular thunderstorms, on days of…
The rope for sport climbing
By Redazione Published: 12/06/2012
All the information you will find on this page is for information only and not for teaching. For those who are not experts we suggest contacting an Alpine Club, a Sport Climbing Club, a professional…
Winter clothing for hiking
By Redazione Published: 12/06/2012
Winter hiking differs from summer hiking not only in the ground conditions (snow or ice on the route) but also in the weather conditions.In winter we can witness weather paradoxes: snow frozen hard and impenetrable…
Belaying the leader in sport climbing
By Redazione Published: 12/06/2012
In climbing in the mountains first, and in sport climbing later, the role of the second, to whom is entrusted...All the information you will find on this page is for information only and not for…
How do you use a compass?
By Redazione Published: 12/06/2012
The compass is the instrument that lets us find the direction of the magnetic North Pole at a glance.A compass usually consists of a magnetised needle, or a thin magnetised metal strip shaped like an…