Hiking tour from Zans (Rifugio Zannes, 1680 meters AMSL) to Sass Rigais (3025 meters AMSL) via Mittagsscharte (2597 meters AMSL), located in the Dolomites in South Tyrol.
This tour is difficult and demanding in sections (one instance see video below), so climbing experience is mandatory.
Though you can do without it (and I’d seen quite a few people going without it), I recommend wearing … read more
Günther Messner was a twenty-four year old mountaineer from Villnöß, South Tyrol (Südtirol), who perished in the Himalaya mountain range more than five decades ago.
He was a younger brother of Reinhold Messner, who was directly involved in the events which led to his brother’s disappearance at the merciless Nanga Parba mountain in June 1970.
In the 2000s, human remains that belonged to Günther Messner were found … read more
The following text is a sort of continuation of a past article about hiking tours in Northern Italy in fall 2020.
Mezzocorona, a town surrounded by large vineyards on 219 meters AMSL (Above Mean Sea Level; every height stated below is AMSL), is reachable from Trento by train within fifteen minutes.
The target I had chosen for this day … read more
