It’s been many years since that November in 2009 when I found myself once again flying toward Japan—this time as a mountain guide, invited back by Miwa Fumikazu. Miwa, a Japanese colleague who has long visited the Dolomites with his clients, proposed a work trip during one of his stays in Cortina. I didn’t think …
An exciting way of exploring the mountains As you probably know, via ferrata in Italian means “iron path”. Quite an accurate description for this type of Alpine route. It involves steel cables that run periodically every 1 to 10 m along the rocky surface of a (usually) rocky enclave. You can move along this path …
Pescatori di spugne e Dolomiti… Perchè? Quando pubblico un articolo sul sito, raramente mi trovo a scrivere di qualcosa che non sia strettamente connesso alle Dolomiti. In questo caso però, ritengo che l’argomento trattato possa essere interessante per il lettore-scalatore.Kalymnos, una dei 12 isole del Dodecaneso nell’Egeo orientale, a soli 20 km dalla costa della …
The superb limestone of Taghia OVERVIEW taghia rock climbingIn September 2009, I went to Morocco with my friends from the “Scoiattoli di Cortina” group (the Squirrel Group, one of the most famous climbing clubs in Italy). Our trip aimed to open a new route on one of the incredible walls of the Taghia area, a …