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POSITION CAI

quote here to know the position CAI on the recent tragedies in the mountains appeared all over the papers, which the Government has expressed in a somewhat 'too hasty as to (but this is my opinion) to show that when we need to act quickly we ready. It seems to me a way a bit 'demagogic to solve the problems ... That CAI is an opinion which I share, and therefore invite you to read (for once I like the ideas of the CAI ...)

LOVERS OF THE MOUNTAINS ARE NOT IRRESPONSIBLE. Let us not by emotions'.

Press release issued by the Press CAI Center on February 8, 2010.

With regard to the submission of an amendment of the Decree Law on Emergency Government in the Senate, the President General of the Italian Alpine Club, Salsa Hannibal said: "The mountain is an area of \u200b\u200bfreedom and not coercion, as this implies a high sense of responsibility and needs of knowledge and expertise. All this can lead to a total attendance regulations because this would kill the freedom of access which is a cornerstone of mountaineering and the attendance of the mountain. The irresponsibility of people can not be paid by everyone else. Mountain safety - Salsa goes - does not increase the penalties or imprisonment for those who cause avalanches, but only through the work of training, prevention, information developed with the help of CAI, Alpine guides, the Mountain Rescue and professionals and the inhabitants of the mountain. This does not mean be opposed to a priori rules for the improvement of safety in the mountains, but their writing can not be ignored by the involvement of the CAI, the Mountain Rescue, Alpine guides and those who live and work in the mountains. "

The general chairman of the CAI also emphasizes that "The CAI and the world of the mountain can not accept a rule which, perhaps driven by emotion, forcing home climbers, skiers and hikers, and that brings a militarization of the Highlands. Even last year, always on the wave of emotion even in that case due to avalanche victims, someone had proposed the establishment of an elusive license cha empowered to go to the mountains CAI as identifying the entity responsible for issuing, and foreshadowing the use of law enforcement to control access. Even then - Salsa concludes - we have expressed our opposition to any license - which is not in any way in the philosophy and mission of the Italian Alpine Club - and any attempt to restrict, sanction excessive militarization of the mountain. "

Office Press CAI Central

General President of the Italian Alpine Club

Source: MondoCAI newsletter

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Lake of the Idols - June 14, 2009

Where we come from, where are we?

question that has existed since time immemorial. The mystery concerning the origin of our existence we have made rivers of ink, and even today those who argue to believe in nothing and no one is found then, in difficult times, to rely on someone, someone who can be God for us today, but for the ancient people was certainly a deity, most often represented by a statuette. This is how the idols, objects of worship, to worship, invoke or to donate in exchange for a favor received or requested.

That piccoliss imo Hanging Lake is located where you least expect it, not in a valley, but the slope, at the point where, by descending from the summit, the slope becomes more pronounced. Suggests an urn, a swallow's nest, and to make matters worse, the fact that the water level was maintained coast, with the resource that is continually renewed, magically replacing each sample, it was considered sacred.

We now know that water flowed from the bottom and from inside the mountain, they accumulate in the reservoir pond until the hydrostatic pressure did not reach equilibrium. But three thousand years ago, this phenomenon could take place only for divine power. It 's so that, as in many other places, in ancient times was born the cult of water. The bronzes of the Lake of the Idols, discovered in 1838, are recognized as votive offerings belonging to a production dating back to the Etruscan-Roman period, between VI and IV century BC C..

This wonderful place you can visit starting from Passo della Calla. Accessible from Santa Sofia Campigna or for those coming from Romagna, or by going to those coming from Tuscany.

path

Al Passo della Calla (m.1296), we put in front of the Restaurant and Bar will be following the right path " 00 "CAI immediately climbs into a beautiful beech forest and leads in about thirty minutes Burraia The Refuge (1444 m - h - 040). Just before the retreat, at the bottom of the path, is a source, not always on, unfortunately. Yes Continue to Mount Hawk, and soon after on the right stands the net toward the Romagna plain, the City of Refuge Forlì. With a detour a few minutes you can reach. Continue uphill and, in short, the ridge is gained. It 's a stretch of path where nothing short of spectacular panorama from the Adriatic to the Tyrrhenian sea. This, of course, only in the absence of fog. It then crosses the ridge to get to Poggio Sodo of Conti (d. 1560 - h. 1.10) where there is a military post that is around the right and regain the ridge. After passing a structure of a lift off you continue on the path to cover the broad ridge of Monte Falco up to reach the lookout balcony with (m. 1640 - at 1.35). Now the view is across the Apennines and is easy to recognize, in the distance Muraglione Pass and the valley, the villages of Castagno d'Andrea and S. Godenzo. After leaving the lookout descends to the left and follow the wide trail in a beautiful beech forest, we reach the turnoff for the climb to the top of Falterona (m. 1583 - at 1.55). Here there are two ways to reach Lake of Idols: go right to the cross and then descend to the Falterona Crocicchie, Capo d'Arno and Lake of the Idols, or go straight.

We chose to climb to the peak (m.1653 - at 2.05), which boasts a wide view.

A steep descent leads to Crocicchie (m. 1417 - 2:40 am). Go left up the hillside path. The silence is absolute, only our boots resting on the leaves causing a muffled noise. When you arrive in Capo d'Arno (m.1379 - 3:00 am) is a plaque inscribed with the following verses.

"And I, for half Tuscany

sweeps

A stream that rises in Falterona

and a hundred miles of course suffice it;" (Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy, Purgatorio, canto XIV).

only fifteen minutes to reach the small lake and unbelievable of Idols (m. 1381 - at 3.15). For some time its reservoir has been dry but now, thankfully, have been restored to its waters, and this makes the site really engaging. To the lift follow the path that passes through CT4 Montelleri then connect to the path "00" (d. 1538) which leads, backwards, Mount Hawk and, later, the passage of the Calla (d. 1296 - 5.45 am) .

Total Time 5.45 am

level + 630-630

Km 16.7

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San Paolo in Alpe-

Monday, March 23, 2009

Ridracoli - S. Paolo in Alpe - Ridracoli

Ridracoli: this name now conjures up above the dam that forms the artificial dam. Built between the years 1974-1982, its largest reservoir has a capacity of 33 million cubic meters and is capable of providing drinking water to the inhabitants of the Romagna plain and the coast. That the area was rich in water, however, was known since Roman times. In fact, the Emperor Trajan built a pipeline that could bring water to Ravenna. But the existence of Ridracoli has its roots in 1216 when he was well away possession of the Counts Guidi. In the fifteenth century it became a municipality under the jurisdiction of Florence. The village now has three houses, a palace, a church and a humpbacked bridge. Until the 50s the country had 230 inhabitants, today there are ten. But the area shows its charm once you get to the meadows of S. Paolo in Alpe. The view ranges from blacks giant poplars (Populus nigra), close to the now ruined church, the willows, behind the long house and then the great ridge of Fratino Sasso with its forest of pine and beech, born and brought up-marly layers arrenacee. The route

Leave your car in peak the parking lot, walk along the old bridge at the end of which is the better structure of the former inn. Go up to "Giovannetti Palace", a noble house of 1700 has now been turned into a hotel. Among the distinguished guests of the Palace there was the commanding officer Antonio, Prince Leopold II and the Triumvir Aurelio Saffi. It goes beyond the pretty little chapel, a private, dedicated to Our Lady of the Snow and down the paved road that is to be followed for about a mile on the left. Then you leave this up to the left and soon you reach the "Canforghigi Rotisserie Restaurant." You go right and follow the old path that leads to Biserno. Shortly before the country is a rich source. In the small square Biserno is the church dedicated to St. Andrew the Apostle, and shortly later, at a junction, there is a memorial that recalls the sacrifice of the partisans.

There is talk of one of the bloodiest battles of the Apennines, in which, 12 April 1944 8th Garibaldi Brigade partisans twelve lost their lives to save the rest of the formation surrounded by German troops . The trail passes through historic St. Paul continues in the Alps and touching various stations where there are signs in the form of laws that tell the various clashes. Hence, right down to it Berleta. Continue, then left, following the above-mentioned path to S. Paolo in Alpe.

stationed here some families of deer easy to see. If you are in the company of a dog, better keep a leash ( The friendly dog's "Palace of Ridracoli", decided that Monday would be good to go for a walk with us, so we took the company all day, not never left, except when he saw the deer. At that point, started as a lightning chasing and returned only when the deer are gone). For the way back, follow the path n. GCR 233, a former trail that connected the houses in the Rio Racine, now reduced to ruins. I first encountered are those of the little house, just below, announced a restructuring Majesty, are those of Ca 'Ronconi and Ca' Valdoppia. Continue down the hill and you reach the paved road leading to the dam, follow it to the left for about ten minutes, then leave it and go left few traces of which, shortly thereafter, is interrupted by a landslide, holding on to beat trees and bringing upon it. Shortly after, he returned to the main track. On pleasant path bordered by gorse is reached at Ca 'the Galvani and his Majesty's well maintained. This is the last building that is located before you reach the parking lot.

The interview of ro certainly more interesting when you take the way back. Here, nature is reclaiming its natural space. The abandoned houses to help create the atmosphere of the experience that seems very far away, yet it was only "yesterday" that those who lived there have allowed us to become what we are today.

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Museum Inventory of Lands of the Val di Zena, Mount of the Ants

November 29, 2009 Val di Zena and the Mount of Ants

"from thought to thought, from mountain to mountain
I love driving, that every street marked
contrary evidence to the quiet life "(Petrarca)

If the 'wandering' of Petrarch, over hill and valleys, was dictated by the hope of meeting his beloved, to err is dictated by our thirst for contact with nature, that nature, we too, like Petrarch, we prefer the guise of "rugged woods, away from the roar of the fun at all costs.

Val di Zena, which we frequented for several years, offers a varying nature and almost untouched. As soon as you start to climb, with sweeping views over gentle hills, meadows interspersed with groves, rocky outcrops and scattered farmhouses. A palette for a painter touching sensitive. But the Val di Zena Not only this. On the historical level, we find the complex called "Castel the Zena", built on a rise of sandstone beds and consists of a collection of buildings of various ages, with a monumental part and one that seems ancillary. Appointed since 1127, has a long and tangled history, made up of conquest and destruction. Among the various owners appeared, in 1078, Matilde di Canossa. Today, a search on the internet, is owned by the Perry family. It 's a pity, however, see the inexorable deterioration that is targeted, given its architectural value and even more than history. Going up the valley is the historic Tower of heredity. Probably a construction of two hundred, perhaps the most ancient origin. In its walls were incorporated to some witnesses, made in stone, depicting humans and animals. Following you will find the ancient village of Tazzoli. At first glance it seems a small hilltop village like many others, but inside lies a pleasant and interesting surprise. We were aware of the wealth of historical and geological emergencies of this valley, but we never expect to find in an old barn about 10 meters, and a small museum set up with fantastic materials from this valley: yellow sands, selenite, scaly clays and numerous fossils. A geological path that goes from the Cretaceous to Quaternary . In small museum called "The Warehouse of the Lands of the Val di Zena" is also a fantastic collection of Botroidi. What are Botroidi? P arola that I am not ashamed to admit, for me, until yesterday, could mean anything. Today, after a guided tour by archaeologist Lamberto Monti, very kind person, very helpful and patient know that Botroidi formations are sandy, cemented, and anthropomorphic shapes reminiscent of that can look like Madonna, sometimes with madonnas children, pets or anything else. This precious collection comes from the River Zena and it must be the will, interest and competence and character of the illustrious scholar, Louis Lombardi, who died, unfortunately, thirty years ago.

The Museum is open daily until late October; security numbers to call: -3388367771
3336124867 - 0516510182

Referring Sites : www.valdizena.tbo.it - \u200b\u200bwww.montedelleformiche.it

The slope of the valley ends once you reach the "Mount of the Ants." This mountain was once sacred to deities pay it but then, in 1078, tells of a church called St. Maria Barbaresi. A few centuries later, around 1400, a document quotes the church as "St. Mary Formicarum" and mentions the arrival of the ants. The phenomenon, of course, flying ants, everywhere is colonized by these insects, even if at different times since the preparation for this flight depends on the temperature of the place. In Val di Zena, since ancient times, around this phenomenon was born the legend has it that the nuptial flight of ants, that many go to die on the altar, is a gift to the Blessed Virgin . fact, under the image of the Madonna is this couplet Latin "Centatim volitant f ormicae to Virginis aram quo que Illam voliant vistmae tatque cadunt" (anxious flying ants at the altar of the Virgin, knowing that at his feet die). In fact now we know that the ants during this nuptial flight, are fertilized, the males then die and the females begin building a new nest. Read more about the board's article George Malferrari "The City of Ants." You'll be amazed!
From this mountain, which is m. 640 above sea level, on a clear day the view stretches from the Adriatic to the Alps. The site can be reached from the Via Emilia to Bologna after Idice turn left and follow signs for Farneto after about 15 Km you reach Zena
The Excursion: parked car just before the country, back to the small structure on the road and up the narrow Via Zena (at 930 - m. 215). Shortly thereafter, on left, there is a house and a little further, passing the high walls of the Castello di Zena (940 hours - 256 m) - A gate at the foot of the tower looks like a secret passage under the castle, but we were informed that it is only a shelter dug during the last war. The visit to the castle, unfortunately, is not allowed, a sign informs you that the building is unsafe, and, I assure you, nothing more true. So we must be content to
and some pictures from outside the gate. Continue on dirt road and, at the first turn right, turn left onto route significantly 815 (10.00 - m. 287). Go through a meadow, clearing up continues to farm and then, below, to the left of fruit trees, to arrive at Ca 'del Sasso and the paved road. This will go up for its entire length (10.15 m-372). We turn right and continue until further work around the house that you have left (perhaps because there are dogs, or simply because the owners do not want you to walk in front of their house). However, without the detour, go back on the road, going downhill you will reach a crossroads. You go right to the Tower that stands in front of the heir (10:20 am - m.349). From the right comes a carriage. We go left, continuing on the road. Twenty yards past the first corner on the right, you leave the tarmac, finally, to take a narrow path a bit 'infrascato leading to a ditch. It is exceeded and, through a meadow, take the private road that divides the two camps and bringing in view of the first houses Tazzoli (10:54 am - m. 377). These are reached by turning right and entering the town you go right again.
After a couple of houses is the Small Museum "The stock of land in the Val di Zena", which is strongly recommended to visit. Leaving the museum you go right, and made twenty yards, down to the left. Ignore the narrow road that descends to the right to continue on the main door through the woods, e. below, to a house in which any source (at 11:53 - m. 404). You go right and, after a good stretch, then turn right onto the narrow path, then the track disappears. At this point you follow the trail signs on tree trunks, taking care not as visible. After passing this area, "Wilderness" (Full), which I think is really interesting, is there to do a steep climb to reach the paved road (12.20 hours - m. 510). Cross it and go uphill into the woods until you come then another. Follow it left for a short distance, then you will find the trail leading right into the woods.
And 'This is the last stretch, uphill, to the Sanctuary (12:53 hours - m. 634).

Return: will cover the last stretch of woods, downhill, to the asphalt. You go right and continue on paved road goes through the town Ca 'di Pippo (hours 14.08 - m. 393). Overran the country, at the first intersection, turn left and shortly after, you reach Tazzoli (hours 14.20 - m. 377). You enter the village and turn right after the house with small sculptures in bronze.
From this point you go over the same trail.

hour stop
level + 4.20 + 442 to 442 km
7.6 + 5.9 went back

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