Reports Archive
Monte Terminillo: the Canalino Primo Maggio
By Redazione Published: 04/11/2011
I had been on the Chiaretti-Pietrostefani in poor snow conditions and verglas, a stiff wind had cut our faces every time we came out onto the ridge...Tension had dominated the whole climb. In situations like…
Cima Lepri and Peschio Palombo with an exceptional guide
By Redazione Published: 04/11/2011
Fabio was worried about his knee; he had warned me there was a chance the day would go “udderly” wrong.By way of reply I had reassured him that if the day was going to go…
Monte Elefante, the last little gully on the north face
By Redazione Published: 04/11/2011
And to think that for so long I had foolishly considered Monte Elefante a second-rate little mountain. I had to think again.The aesthetics of the natural setting in its winter dress and the aesthetics of…
Monte Veticoso and the struggle of the crocuses
By Redazione Published: 04/11/2011
How long this night is, it never seems to end... and heavy, so very heavy. Why is that... They are fragments of thoughts, splinters of lucidity in this sleep seasoned with anxieties, dreams or perhaps…
Monte Cava by the “Bolivians' route”...
By Redazione Published: 04/11/2011
Talk about a lucky day.... The premise, as always, is the sun, especially in autumn when the cold is already biting and the days are short. It's essential to have a warm hand on your…
Monte Crepacuore with the cardiologist
By Redazione Published: 04/11/2011
Wednesday 14 December 2011 The Monti Ernici barely reach 2000 metres, but that doesn't make them any less interesting. For hikers in central Italy, and for people from Rome in particular, they are a mountain…
Monte Murolungo: the meaning of a promise
By Redazione Published: 04/11/2011
I could have told him to sort it out with his partner, or to wait a bit longer, and put it off again, and again, dither about with commitments that couldn't possibly be postponed, promising…
Traverse of the Porrara from Palena to Guado di Coccia
By Redazione Published: 15/10/2011
We are opaque, not transparent like glass or clear like the water in a glass... we are opaque, like frosted glass with multicoloured facets. Men and women carry these cathedrals of coloured glass about along…
Balzo della Chiesa
By Redazione Published: 01/10/2011
Saturday, 8 October 2011 The rules of the Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise National Park require hikers to visit the park keeping strictly within the network of authorised paths, that is, the ones that appear on,…