Walking in the mountains I work for myself. This is the sentence pronounced a few years ago by a Dutch mountaineer who was making the crossing of our Alps and who had stopped at our refuge for a couple of nights. In the evening chat, after dinner, I was particularly struck by his words: “I…

    The practicability of the paths that lead to and depart from the De Marie al Volano refuge still remains critical to this day, while the flowers bloom on the edges and in the meadows. On the typical road that runs alongside the stream, continuing beyond the crossroads (right Volano, left Paere, Nicol, Colomb)…

The human being (or should I say human *?) Needs mountains. The body requires it, it is as necessary to it as the air it breathes. An atavistic necessity. To recover from the tension of everyday life, to be in tune with nature which still today is the best known stress reliever. In the solitude…