Press Review & Curiosities
Reviews written on the basis of a genuine critical reading. We assessed the texts with a proper literary, technical and stylistic critique of mountain books.
L'euforia delle cime by Anne-Laure Boch
By Redazione Published: 12/03/2013
Women in the mountains and the euphoria of the peaks...An exhilarating book for its pressing, rhythmic, almost dancing pace. A weave of emotions and reasoning far removed from cold, sterile theoretical speculation. This woman's pen,…
L'ebbrezza del camminare (The intoxication of walking) by Emeric Fisset
By Redazione Published: 06/02/2013
Published in the series “Piccola filosofia di viaggio”, Emeric Fisset's book is one of those books that wrong-foot you and strike you at the same time. A point of view that turns upside down our…
Progression
By Redazione Published: 14/01/2013
The future belongs to the young; never has this idea been as true as in this documentary.What did the great climbers of the 60s do, what did the great climbers and boulderers of the 70s,…
Sur le fil des 4000 - 82 four-thousanders in 82 days
By Redazione Published: 28/12/2012
Suspending your own disbelief in front of the television … true! That is what in English is called “the suspension of disbelief”, the attitude with which, even though we know that what we are watching…
Practical hiking manual (€14.50)
By Redazione Published: 28/12/2012
The mountains of the Apennines are made for hiking. What is hiking? It's discovery, an alternative to plain tourism, hiking as a sport. No sporting activity has ever had as many countless facets as hiking.…
The Fatal Game by Mark Whetu
By Redazione Published: 15/12/2012
It's 1994 (even before the great Into Thin Air tragedy): New Zealand guide Mark Whetu and his client Mike Rheinberger push on to the summit of Mount Everest, but realise too late that it has…
Big Stone, Linea Continua, Cold...
By Redazione Published: 10/10/2012
The sixth DVD in the box set contains 3 shorts that are completely different from one another, and they are: “Big Stone, Linea Continua and Cold.Of these three, clearly not all of them could be…
Le ombre dell'Everest (Ghosts of Everest) - Simonson, Hemmleb, Johnson, Nothdurft
By Redazione Published: 14/09/2012
The truth about the legendary Mallory and Irvine expeditionLe ombre dell'Everest. The truth about the legendary Mallory and Irvine expedition. Jochen Hemmleb, Larry A. Johnson, Eric R. Simonson with William E. Nothdurft. In the history…
Everest Sea to Summit
By Redazione Published: 10/09/2012
The seventh volume of the "Il Grande Alpinismo" series, entitled "Everest Sea To Summit", has a rather enigmatic title. You read it and reread it a few times until you're driven to read the back…