Reports Archive
Learning to move in a winter environment...
By Redazione Published: 06/02/2010
Still intent on learning mountain techniques, and in the same spirit that marked the last months of 2009, I signed up for the introductory course in ice progression techniques organised by the members of the…
Monte Canale by the Neviera (Sirente)
By Redazione Published: 16/01/2010
Saturday 16 January 2010 While my soul seethes with frustrations suspended between the unspeakable and the unacceptable, my rational mind was instead basking in a plan that was too refined, too ambitious, too... When a…
Monte di Cambio - Taking time to walk...
By Redazione Published: 04/07/2009
Saturday 4 July 2009 As in anything in life, I feel it is important to stay aware and present to oneself... even when hiking. For months D.R. and I have been telling each other that…
Montagna Grande: Terratta and Argatone
By Redazione Published: 16/05/2009
Saturday 16 May 2009 The group of peaks of Monte Argatone, Monte Terratta and the Serra del Carapale is also known locally as Montagna Grande (the Big Mountain). In fact this group of summits forms…
Pizzo Berro, Monte Priora and Pizzo Tre Vescovi
By Redazione Published: 05/11/2008
Wednesday 5 November 2008 It could have been a terrible day. But it was up to me to think it over, calmly, without putting on the usual pointless Italian-style tragicomedies. Getting out of Rome at…
Loop of Monte Morrone and Monte Uccettù
By Redazione Published: 25/10/2008
Saturday 25 October 2008 There, now it's raining... I can feel the little drops falling on my rain cape. They tick irregularly..., the drops..., and they seem to make a gentle music... and listening even more…
Monte Marsicano and other summits...
By Redazione Published: 28/09/2008
Sunday 28 September 2008 The Monti Marsicani are a mountain group inside the Abruzzo National Park. Because of its position, far from the main motorway routes leading to Rome, we have always neglected exploring the…
Velino traverse from Piani di Pezza to Rosciolo
By Redazione Published: 26/07/2008
26-27 July 2008 The dream of doing the Velino traverse had been in the works for a long time. No later than 2007, D.R. and I had attacked the massif with an extraordinary loop that…
Pizzo or Cima di Pretare by the Fonte delle Ciaule
By Redazione Published: 14/07/2008
The harsh east face of Monte Vettore ends in a little-known but deeply evocative summit: the Cima di Pretare, known simply as “il pizzo” (the peak). Seen from the road that climbs from Pretare towards…