Information and Culture in the Apennines
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…
Rifugio Domenico Fioretti in the Val Chiarino
By Redazione Published: 24/09/2012
From the Lago della Provvidenza it is relatively simple to get to Rifugio Domenico Fioretti. The valley, a marvellous one, is tucked between the great bulk of Monte Corvo and the summits of the western…
Stazzo Camporotondo or Campo Rotondo
By Redazione Published: 15/09/2012
The Stazzo di Camporotondo (a stazzo is a shepherds' stone enclosure) lies in one of the most isolated places, far from the big hikes and the best-known routes; however, the state of upkeep and preservation…
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…
Globeflower (Botton d'Or) - Trollius europaeus L.
By Redazione Published: 14/09/2012
It is a common species in Europe and in Italy, where it favours the Alpine areas and the northern Apennines and, rarely, the central ones......(the specimens in the photos were found on the Monti della…
Rifugio "Tito Zilioli"
By Redazione Published: 13/09/2012
A hut in a strategic position on the saddle linking Monte Vettore and Cima di Prato Pulito. The Rifugio Zilioli is a stone building from the 1960s, physically not very large.It is in fact an…
Rifugio Fonte Astuni and the Fonte Astuni spring
By Redazione Published: 12/09/2012
In the living heart of the Vallelonga, one of the most beautiful valleys of the Abruzzo Apennines, the hut enjoys a highly respectable position, strategic for organising hikes.The hut is not normally open or staffed,…
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…
Au-delà des Cimes - Catherine Destivelle
By Redazione Published: 05/09/2012
The docu-film on Destivelle... What can I say, perfect... it isn't even a docu-film, it is certainly not a film, it is a completely different way of presenting the mountains: it is simply a video…