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.

Cover of the guidebook Di roccia di sole - Arrampicate in Sicilia

Of rock and sun - Climbing in Sicily

By Redazione Published: 12/06/2012

In this second edition the authors bring us up to date on the considerable changes that climbing in Sicily has gone through during these four years.In so short a time the island has already become…

Map of the Monti di Spoleto and the Media Valnerina

Map of the Monti di Spoleto and the Media Valnerina

By Redazione Published: 12/06/2012

The publisher Società Editrice Ricerche offers a completely unexpected hiking map. Once again this renews our esteem for a publishing house that has always taken care to give consistency and depth to its publishing programme.Monti…

"Tu non conosci Tiziano..." by Massimo Marcheggiani

"Tu non conosci Tiziano..." (You don't know Tiziano) by Massimo Marcheggiani

By Redazione Published: 12/06/2012

The fact that I climbed a lot with him and shared long periods with him in very difficult situations, as a climb in Patagonia or ...The book… the one I wrote, is not and does not…

"I 2000 dell'Appennino" by Alberto Osti Guerrazzi

"I 2000 dell'Appennino" by Alberto Osti Guerrazzi

By Redazione Published: 12/06/2012

"I 2000 dell'Appennino" by Alberto Osti Guerrazzi is much more than a book: it is a shared project, a shared feeling, a bond that cuts across us all and ties us together with metaphysical strings…

Climbing at Gaeta...

Climbing at Gaeta...

By Redazione Published: 30/05/2012

Always superbly structured, the guides from the publisher Versante Sud offer a substantial number of routes and climbing lines.The format, although already seen in other books in the same series, has its own particular features.…

Il Cammino degli Angeli - From Rome to Assisi on foot

Il Cammino degli Angeli - From Rome to Assisi on foot

By Redazione Published: 30/05/2012

One day, lacing up your boots in Piazza San Pietro and setting off along country lanes and paths to discover 200 kilometres of “minor” Italy, where seeing pilgrims with rucksacks on their backs has not…

Rotti e Stracciati - Aria di Roma sulle cime

Rotti e Stracciati - Aria di Roma sulle cime

By Redazione Published: 30/05/2012

We want, however, to start from our own feelings to give our further (perhaps superfluous) contribution and comment on this book.For those who dream of mountaineering while living and working in Rome, “Rotti e Stracciati”…

Trail map of the Monte Cucco Park

Trail map: Monte Cucco Park

By Redazione Published: 30/05/2012

Monte Meru Editrice offers hikers a rather curious new product. The hiking map of the paths of the Monte Cucco Park.The map shows the park area at a scale of 1:25,000 with an astonishing number…

L'altro Sentiero no. 5 - January 2012

L'altro Sentiero no. 5 - January 2012

By Redazione Published: 30/05/2012

Società Editrice Ricerche is carrying out a very interesting project, the "Escursionismo Appenninico Alternativo" (alternative Apennine hiking) series. It is a series put together with simplicity but with the technical rigour typical of this well-known…