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Finally a recap!
Why travelling with a second hand van could have been a sustainable idea? We do realize that at first, wanting to experience a van travel seemed completely inadequate with our sustainable belief. We talked about it and made some research and computation about it. We managed to convince ourselves that it could be a sustainable choice, more or less… In the end, looking back, and most of all doing the actual computations of the input of our travel, we are quite upset with what we found… And feeling a bit guilty about it now, but what’s done is done and next time we will know better! Regarding fuel consumption, we were…
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Two Via Ferrata at Gran Sasso: Brizio and Danesi. 15km between the rocks and the grasslands
The following itinerary consists in the combination of two easy Via ferrata that deepens in the rockiest part of Gran Sasso National Park (Central Italy). The Via ferrata Brizio and Via ferrata Danesi will allow you to explore one of the most inaccessible parts of the National Park in full safety and with no particular difficulty. The only material needed is a helmet, a climbing harness, a via ferrata kit, some warm clothing (even in summer), water and food according to your needs. If like us you will opt for an early start, you should know that the first part of the itinerary will be mainly in the shadow. The…
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Day 35 – Velika Baba – New Central Direction
A detailed and complete description This is the description we made of our climb of the famous multi-pitch Velika Baba New Central Direction (Velika Baba Nova Centralna), Jezersko. After a first bad experience on the route we managed to complete this beautiful climb and wanted to be sure no one will get lost on the way again. Our purpose here is not to describe the climb in a perfect way, meter by meter, but is to describe in particular those passages where we got lost and where people can likely get lost. We recommend you to start early, we started at 6am, but consider starting earlier because the weather in…
