Information and Culture in the Apennines
Rifugio del Fargno, a mountain hut in the Monti Sibillini
By Redazione Published: 15/01/2013
A horrible concrete barracks of a building set in an incredible spot. A strong contrast, but in some ways an evocative one. The hut can be reached by car both from Casali (Ussita) and from…
Rifugio Casale da Monte (Monte Velino)
By Redazione Published: 14/01/2013
Renovated in 2007, Rifugio Casale da Monte is a wonderful building able to take in a large number of visitors. The building is really imposing and stands at the foot of Monte Cafornia, a short…
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,…
Share the mountains
By Redazione Published: 08/01/2013
And now that I've caught your attention... please, at least once, stop and read this silly project... The story I find myself at Campo Imperatore and run into an old acquaintance made on the paths…
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.…
Collecting the summits of the Apennines
By Redazione Published: 18/12/2012
A bit of history....Collecting summits in the Apennines is an activity that is by now not all that recent. Many years have passed since the first website appeared, built on a third-level domain. The Club…
Mountains as a synonym for: “inner well-being”
By Redazione Published: 16/12/2012
That's how my experience of the mountains began. Immersing myself in a wild and isolated world, I went exploring the geographical territory of the Apennine mountains, I went experiencing the sense of isolation (where it…
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…