I had a comment under one of my videos, the person wanted my opinion about a backpack. I expressed what I felt, but I had a feeling that the person became a bit irritated.
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Join our Dolomites Visitors Hub on Facebook to connect with fellow mountain enthusiasts and share tips, photos, and experiences!Interactive Map with bivouacs in the Italian Alps
This map pinpoints 460-plus bivouacs across the Italian Alps from Mediterranean Sea to Slovenian border. For each of them coordinates are given and one link to external sources with more information and photos. Read more...Dolomites Solo Book
This ebook documents fifteen years of my solo mountaineering in the Dolomites, starting in 2010 with my first visit and my ascent of Marmolada. Read more...Livigno Peaks Book
This book provides first-hand data for eight major peaks. I include practical and clear information on parking, start points, timings, terrain. Read more...Featured Posts
Bivouac to Bivouac on Trans-Lagorai Trail: Is It Doable?
There are many bivouac shelter along the Trans-Lagorai Trail, always open and free to use. So can it be done by sleeping in bivouacs only? Find out in the text below.
Can You Make Your Own Via Ferrata Lanyard? Yes. Should You? No.
This text is motivated by a question from a friend in my FB group Dolomites Visitors Hub. He was thinking of making a Y-lanyard for ferrata. I told him this was not a good idea.
Was John Ball Really the First to Climb Monte Pelmo?
John Ball’s 1857 ascent of Monte Pelmo is usually presented as a clean historical milestone: the first successful climb of the mountain, achieved by a determined Victorian alpinist and recorded in his classic writings.