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prologue This was our traditional summer trip to the mountains. I’ve been doing these trips to the mountains for good fifteen years now and the pattern has stayed pretty much the same. During the winter season, first WE and later years I, have used skies and then on summer we just put one feet in front of the other. In both cases going up is
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After a successful jaunt into the Julian Alps, we thought we’d revisit a haunt of Jonathan’s - Sella Nevea where he learned to ski as a child. This ski are is the closest to the city of Udine so it’s popular with the local italians too. But it was June, so we thought we’d have a walk around the mountains without the snow. Again, we referred
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There are several routes of Via Ferrata ("iron way" routes for which you need climbing equipment,) that start along this plateau.The Alps dominate Northern Italy and are well known to both hikers and climbers. However, in June this year, we discovered the lesser known Julian Alps which border onto Slovenia and Austria. The scenery is spectacular whilst being very accessible. We saw 2 people all
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