2009

FOUR SHADOWS IN THE FOG OF ATTACK Montée

PHOTOGRAPHIC RECORD OF THE CLIMBING Montée (1744) Starting from the direct path, ACROSS FROM SIDE TO THE WEST EST. FROM VIA THE PITCH Renazzo MELARA, stroll along the northwest ridge FIN and then down over the top ', DOWN BY THE NORMAL WAY UP TO THE FOUNTAIN CORNIA

Orsomarso Mountains are lower than those of Pollino, but is no less impressive. The peaks do not exceed more 2000 meters, but in slang it is not the height of a mountain that is a beautiful mountain, but its aesthetic value, its nature, what fascinates the individual, no community. From north to south, the most significant peaks are: M. Palanuda , Timpone Scifarello . From the slopes of these mountains was born Argentino River, a tributary of the Lao . To the south of Argentina will have the highest summits of the group: Cozzo del Pellegrino (1987 m), Monte La Mula (1935 m). These are perhaps some of the snowiest mountains of Calabria slopes with patches of snow until late spring. Why so much snow? This is one of the richest Italian regions of precipitation. More than 2000 mm annual rain and snow. This situation stems from the influence of damp from the western Mediterranean, which in contact with the cold air of the mountains near the Tyrrhenian coast give rise to substantial rainfall. South of the Mula rise the foothills of 'Appennino Lucano . This is the area most outstanding by those who love mountaineering, and this shows that even in Calabria as you can climb the Alps and the court of Montea (1744 m), a summit on the characteristics of the Dolomites, much loved by climbers South, and also why the most attended. Mula is next to the Monte Frattina (1535 m), a wonderful lookout over the sea and the mountains in more Orsomarso. South of Monte Frattina rises then the Monte The Hunt (1744 m), which like Montea manifests itself in an exceptional way with the cliffs of the most impressive of ' Apennines. In the Alpine literature, the only historical evidence for this part of dating back to 1898 from the pen of the passionate mountaineer Vincenzo Campanile : "For ten minutes I was admiring this wild place and the walls of the three peaks of Mount Medicine (perhaps Montea), especially Stone Berciano, which is impressive to my eyes [...]. Every other wall, the whole surface of the mountain, is vertical, and many of them are crossed by small canals, roads that the stones falling from the top, go along, with little security for the mountaineer. " (Wikipedia)