Information and Culture in the Apennines

List of the 2000-metre peaks arranged by mountain group

List of the 2000-metre peaks arranged by mountain group

By Redazione Published: 21/06/2012

This list, on the other hand, is a modified version of the list by Alberto Osti Guerrazzi, drawn up by the Club 2000m, which has arranged the peaks by mountain group and, within each single…

Alpinismo Estremo (Extreme Alpinism) - climbing light, fast and efficient

Alpinismo Estremo (Extreme Alpinism) - climbing light, fast and efficient

By Redazione Published: 20/06/2012

If by pragmatism we mean a knowledge of reality and the ability to act upon reality itself, then this Alpinismo Estremo manual is certainly full of it.And if the mission of a manual is to…

Rifugio ANA Forca di Presta

Rifugio ANA Forca di Presta

By Redazione Published: 20/06/2012

A hut owned by the Associazione Nazionale Alpini (the Italian Alpine Troops Association), it is an aesthetically rather uninteresting building put up in 1973, with a bar, a restaurant with a big fireplace, and small…

Capanna di Sevice mountain hut in the Velino group

Capanna di Sevice

By Redazione Published: 20/06/2012

The Capanna di Sevice stands near the Sella dei Cavalli, at the end of the long gully that is the line of the direttissima (direct route) to Monte Sevice from Rosciolo dei Marsi.It's an excellent…

Rifugio Perugia at Forca Canapine

Rifugio Perugia - Forca Canapine

By Redazione Published: 20/06/2012

Rifugio Perugia is in an excellent position for planning long treks and traverses taking in Pian Grande and the southern side of the Monti Sibillini.Of those we have visited, this hut is perhaps one of…

La Spesa nel Parco guide, Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga National Park

Shopping guide “La Spesa nel Parco”

By Redazione Published: 20/06/2012

A substantial and interesting guide devoted to buying from the farms and producers of the Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga National Park came out on 16 April 2012.“La Spesa nel Parco” (Shopping in the…

Dog rose (Rosa canina L.)

Dog rose (Rosa canina L.)

By Redazione Published: 13/06/2012

The rose is widely used for its content of vitamin C, tannins and organic acids. It has astringent, vitamin-giving and diuretic properties. For external use it is employed as a decongestant (eye baths, gargles for …

Geologia e Forme del Paesaggio per Escursionisti (geology and landforms for hikers)

Geologia e Forme del Paesaggio per Escursionisti (geology and landforms for hikers)

By Redazione Published: 13/06/2012

A handbook aimed at hikers and mountaineers that had long been missing from the publishing scene, a very useful tool for observing and understanding the physical landscape of the "high lands".A careful, scientific analysis, the…

Monti della Tolfa - hiking map and guide

Monti della Tolfa - hiking map and guide

By Redazione Published: 13/06/2012

You can't talk about a book without talking about the publisher behind it. If there is one goal Edizioni il Lupo fully achieve, it is the goal they set themselves of spreading the love of…