Near the statue of Christ Maratea

Maratea, Sunday 23 Diembre 2007. Appointment pre place in a rather unusual for a group CAI now reaches deal with a small path traced by our president Marino, which connects the square in the old town of Maratea the famous statue of Christ, in a scenary that is not really impressive ago more than reinforce our idea of the enormous potential it offers our territory. Basically we just south of the left geographic Monte Coccovello already climbed in the spring is therefore easy to see how few kilometers snow fell from the Sirino and Pollino the enchanting beaches on the coast of Maratea. From the town square, always a destination for tourists and where there coffee and reception services, through the characteristic downtown alleys, leads to the grove, from which you can see the blue of the sea between the thousand fronds. It passes through the ruins of an ancient chapel in local stone and reach, even after an hour walk to pace adage, a small convent anticipates that the ample parking for those who want to visit the statue of Christ the Redeemer. Here, we ventured on exercise in a small cliff, under the careful supervision of two experienced guides, Pasquale el'omnipresent Fabio. However we feel we advise everyone to undergo a little effort to follow this route similarly small, accessible to all irrelevant to the problems and offers both along its short route.

The Scazzariddo Face wishes Merry Christmas to its many visitors.

Another peak: Serra Round!

19-12-2007. Strange to say, but a small peak as the Round Serra, a stone's throw from home, missing in our movers. The summit reaches altitudes rather modest, but certainly did not deserve our inexcusable indifference toward its ascent, which is quite challenging because of its excursion Altitude and the significant slopes addressed. We start at 8.20 by Lauria and parcheggiamo the car near the Rione Murgi, about 800 meters. The snow fall last weekend is already present in these shares and makes even more exciting our ascent. The mountain rises before our eyes quite impressive, with its steep slope that dominates the country, down before our eyes. It begins to rise immediately, with the pace high and demanding slopes immediately, passing for young specimens of Pino Loricato that persist on the west side of the mountain. We recognize immediately the harshness of the company, so that in a few meters we already share rose significantly. Wonderful is the view behind us, we can see that Lauria between Pini Loricati that we just passed. The time of a photo and rise again, while giving support, and in just 58 minutes the first Domenico (or blond) is already on top, while the others achieved an eaten minutes later. The company is not negligible, we covered a distance of 1.2 km with roughly 500 meters in altitude, for an average gradient of well - 38.2%. On the summit, after a rejuvenating the warm, as our rite wants, we sbizzarriti in the photos: Our backgrounds are the favorites massive Sirino and Alps mountain shrouded by clouds. Although it is well below the other peaks of the valley, the view is the best and offers the opportunity to expand with the view to 360 ° not pass unnoticed here by the exit of North Lauria, Walnut Valley, area Galdo, Serra Spina, Lake Cogliandrino and Lake Sirino, Monte Alpi and Monte Sirino, Coccovello and the Tyrrhenian Sea. The steep descent differs from the others for the landscape in front and that changes as you go down, and that makes this part of walk less monotonous than usual.

IMPORTANT:TO SAVE THE FORESTS OF THE PARK OF POLLINO

That is a small personal reflection which originates from a simple comparison of more photos on the same area, but dating back to different periods, albeit close to one another. What can scaturirne is quite rattristante, and I think all'inarrestabile metamorphosis of our territory where we are witnessing. It is quite clear that it does not believe that we are mere spectators of this marring powerless. Think for a moment to park Pollino, with all the treasures that preserves centuries, today exposed to uncontrollable threat, marked by irreversible alterations, in a terribly contorted and contradictory, especially where we are talking about sustainable development, evaluation and indicators ambiantali , maintenance and enhancement of existing assets. The substance, despite our, is very far from what we could expect from cotanti good intentions, which is also well known that full platform is the road that leads to hell. The enslavement of private interests that characterizes the administrative choices, in every corner of the Earth, is not a novelty, but the history of our area it covers ridiculous. And so, ultrasecolare Pino Loricato, symbol of the environmental heritage of the park, is inexorably destined to disappear, and with it all the animal species that have found dwelling, because of bloody hand, increasingly permeated by a kind of raptus demolitore, which made today the Park ground fire, and hunting and poaching, forest cuts, emissions of pollutants and sfrenate and sometimes unnecessary cementificazioni to achieve but not in proportion ever works anthropic. Anyone who has noticed last summer of boundless proliferation of fires (almost all of origin clearly fraudulent), landscape and gloomy spectral which follows (almost lunar in that area Frascineto), but those who are questioned about the existence the real ecomafie territory? And as if that was not enough, here in the heart of the park is now possible to make full law, culling of entire beech. Yes, the whole face of indications Community, the law of the establishment of national parks of'91, and expected opinion dell'Ente Park and the Regional Center of the State Forestry Corps' assessment of the impact of plans or measures affecting sites of Community importance. They were already slaughtered 1100 beech, and if they provide other 3500, between the municipalities of Viggianello, Newfoundland, Francavilla and Castrovillari activities that without doubt will feed the coffers of local government, but that strikes a particular variety of beech contorted his torso. How is this possible? Well, the politics of our day, it is a party or the other, is made up of ad hoc laws and tricks, so that the law, found deceit, and Basilicata Region, arm with the Calabria region have authorized such ruin. In the shadow of what would seem that there is, the face of the Kyoto Protocol, the infamous middle Mercure, on which one could say so, either because of their location, both in the absence of appropriate feasibility studies and for the Disproportionate size. But this is another unfortunate chapter in our park. Following the deforestation of the slopes of massive Pollino, the scenario imaginable, and is scientifically proven, could be that only one: the entire ecosystem would deteriorate, undermining the survival of various animals beings, the wolf first, which would vanish their natural habitat. Documentatomi good on this matter, I found on the site of the WWF chance to sign a petition via e-mail to link http://www.wwf.it/lavoro/petizioni/Pollino.asp. Read carefully the call to the Ministry of the Environment, the administration of the park Pollino and all relevant bodies, so that you immediately suspend the cuts in Corsican forest in the park Pollino, who risk serious damage to a priceless natural heritage value. It is time to say enough to be voters have full rights to express our absolute disagreement with this political class, too attached to private interests, too tied to the chair, too far from us individuals. Subscribe, it is in your interest to do so!
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Monte Pollino (2248 mt)

Saturday November 3, 2007. We are only two of us, the inseparable pair sprovveduti adventurers. We start from Lauria to 7.30 in the morning at a time of Refuge De Gasperi (1575 mt) of Piano Ruggio, a focal point for hikers in the area, located in the heart of the National Park Pollino. Parcheggiata car close to Colle dell'Impiso Goes Live to the summit Pollino. There infiliamo in the forest at the foot of the Serra del Prete, and in less than half an hour to reach sustained pace already in a plateau. We are down to 1453 meters, and from now on the road will be all uphill. Alongside a brook, then cross it: if I am not mistaken the river should be Frido the beginning of his path or a tributary. Accorciamo the beech forest along a coupon that allows us to reach briefly Plan Gaudolino (1684 mt), which comes wrapped in a fog hellish. Our ability guidance today will be put to the test in time bizarre. The visibility is bad, we just see the shadow of a tree before us. We sprovveduti we really, since we have forgotten (or rather, this is the fault of a single Domenico, but now without specifying which of the two) to house the maps of the area, and the compass. Well, now let us pay attention to the store with the few points of reference that we find in dense fog, and we undertake ably smooth the path that leads to the summit. Going up, the fog begins to go away leaving the post to a burning sun that soon we dries from our labors and obliges us to stop to free us from our warm clothes. We are back from the southwest side of the mountain, and looking towards the west will see countless examples of pine loricato our feet. The photos here are a must, but we should not lose too much time because the weather conditions seem unstable. So we come to the statue of the Madonna is placed 2240 meters, nell'anticima East looks to Serra Dolcedorme, obscured by clouds. Here is the case for us to withdraw in photos, and after an appropriate diet based sugars going to the true summit Pollino, at 2248 meters. Immortaliamo the time of the conquest of the peak on which persisted chiazze snow fall in the previous week, especially in the furrows and doline present in large numbers. Start Now the descent, pass without difficulty Plan Gaudolino and arrive at the source Spezzavummula (1664 mt), a meeting of our adventures on Pollino, whose waters during this period are "chiatrate" as we say in our language dialect. We come in a short time as the car, with the satisfaction of having covered the entire route (including stopovers) in 4 ½ hours just walking.

After the Himalaya with the summit dell'Island Peak (6189 m) in Nepal, for our friend Fabio is touched salir the Matterhorn (4478 mt)

After October 2005 in faraway Nepal, Fabio Limongi member managed to take photos with the banner of CAI Lagonegro on top of the Island Peak (6189mt.), in the Himalayan mountain range, is not evaporated in him the desire to take photos portray the rite on the most inaccessible peaks. Indeed in the last month of September, before the rendezvous of Gran Sasso, the same Limongi Fabio managed to climb Mount Cervino (4478mt.) in the Alps Valdostane. It seemed right to us (his students proud of its businesses), return your story dell'avvincente shipping. <> Well, in short, we will not remain more than complimentarci again with Fabio, hoping one day to emulate his deeds, and wish him a big "Good luck" to the next task, as the prestigious marathon in New York.

Gran Sasso of Italy ... and we will come back!

Sunday September 30, we are staging at the foot of the Gran Sasso of Italy, to climb the top of the Big Horn (2912 mt), the highest peak of the Apennines. A big flaw is the absence of Dominic "or" blond ", held in Rome from university commitments. The expedition is composed dall'instancabile organizer Fabio with the girl Katia, Henry, Tutino, Dott.Giacobbe and Mr.. Gennaro, in addition to myself. We used the support of a qualified mountain guide, which is Ciro Sertorelli. But come to chronicle the day after overnight in the town of Meadows Tivo (TE), alarm at 5:00, breakfast and departure for the 6:00 in the morning, equipped with headlamps. The easy ascent to the Madonna (2050 mt) is therefore occurred at sunrise, and, as shown by the photos dall'impeccabile Fabio, the troop has focused on several occasions to admire the breathtaking landscape that opened behind us. But what we opened our eyes was not less, the impressive storage rocky Gran Sasso ready to sfidarci was in the colors of the first light of dawn that projecting on nevee on the rock, seems almost to attend a enchantment. They are already seven when we abandon the Walloon of Cornacchie and we involiamo towards Passo of Ladders, schivando large agglomerations and rocky debris of the landslide. Start now demanding stretch of the first climb, made even harder by the ice, so we support a fixed rope to go up this short stretch and walk on the snow to the Refuge Franchetti (2433 meters). Brief stopover for the heat and consult with other hikers on the conditions of the summit and then again, but after a short stop us again to mount the cramps, given the large amount of snow fall in the previous days. We Sella on the two Horn (2547 mt), a magnificent view that allows us to admire Pizzo Intermesoli and flames magnificent stone and ice. At our backs we leave the Horn Piccolo, another glance of unparalleled value. The climb continues maintaining a high level of security, so the use of cramps accompagnamo the use of harnesses and ropes. Go therefore preserved, and we are on the Walloon Ginepri. Here we present another stretch of trail, which leads us to pass Cannone, about 2700 meters. Snow now seems to have taken away, at least for now, by action of the wind. Provvidenziale Fabio to report properly the transition that we ricondurrà towards the way back with a omino stones, in order to avoid losing. It seems almost made for us, but the most beautiful, when perhaps already pregustavo the flavor of the summit, here we are faced with another snowfield. Obligation of cramps, but this time for me it is not possible to continue to run the risks resulting from the insufficenza equipment. It was a bad heart in this dense, but the advice of an expert guide dolomitic as Ciro Sertorelli could not have gone unnoticed by me. Continuing now close to the summit only Fabio, and Henry Tutino. The cross placed at the top for this time only see in pictures, but not miss the opportunity to come back, it remains an open challenge between me and this summit. Of course I renounce the top has been painful, and I do not know if a similar situation tomorrow I will be able again to take such a wise decision, and especially I do not know if I will be so good to find yourself in front of a danger to my journey.