Storia dell'alpinismo in Abruzzo

The Corno Piccolo and the Corno Grande, the pillars of the Intermèsoli and the Sirente, the northern slopes of the Cima delle Murelle and the Camicia. The great mountains, with their walls and their crests, are among the most beautiful natural monuments of Abruzzo. And they are a space of adventure, where generations of mountaineers have written a compelling story. Stefano Ardito's book recounts the explorations and exploits of mountaineers from Abruzzo and nearby regions, sometimes accompanied by famous names from the North, on the rock walls, ice waterfalls and snow gullies of this extraordinary region. A story that begins with the ascent of "Corno Monte" accomplished by Francesco De Marchi in 1573. Mountaineering is not only geographical exploration, but also intuition, courage, decision, fear. In the book, achievements and dreams, rivalries and friendships, victories and defeats, tragedies parade. The author accompanies the mountaineers in the passages overcome and in those that forced them to give up. A story written on peaks and walls, but which has at its center the men and women who desired and explored them.