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Millet 100 years

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The Barkley Marathons is a race as unique as impossible. Only 15 runners crossed its finish line.

Millet celebrates its first 100 years of love for the mountain and commitment to its protection.

Varese, one of the hottest Italian areas for running and trail running.

MASSIMA CONNESSIONE CON LA SUOLA MAGGIORE STABILITÀ, DURABILITÀ ED EFFICIENZA REGOLAZIONE MICROMETRICA ISTANTANEA

Avvolgente, stabile e precisa: Cyklon nasce per la corsa su terreni tecnici off-road. Sviluppata in collaborazione con BOA®, la costruzione Dynamic Cage™ avvolge la calzatura e permette la regolazione dinamica grazie all’allacciatura BOA® Fit System. Studiata e testata in Val di Fiemme, Trentino, Dolomiti.

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Edito I had promised myself to not ever mention terms such as "pandemic" and "Covid19". But the current emergency is continuing to affect our existence and our way of living outdoor life. In April 2020, when we could not imagine the actual scenario, an article appeared on Time with a blunt title: "Want to stop the next pandemic? Start protecting wildlife habitats." It was a direct reference to a well known and established chain: consumer demand - deforestation - loss of wild habitat - increased human contact with animal disease reservoirs - zoonoses - epidemic. Nearly half of the diseases that have passed from animals to humans after 1940 can be traced to changes in land use, such as deforestation or intensive agriculture. SARS, Ebola, West Nile, Lyme, Zika, MERS are but

single symptoms of a general ecological dysfunction created by men. The assault on ecosystems that allowed Covid19 to proliferate went far beyond the merchants who hunted and sold rare wildlife. Given the dependence of so many sectors of human society on nature and ecosystems, recovery plans that focus on a transition to biodiversity-friendly economies are bound to create less risky living conditions. Last spring, at the Global Biodiversity Festival, Marco Lambertini, general director of WWF, clearly summarized the necessary actions: “Stabilizing climate and the loss of biodiversity to live in harmony with nature should be the number one priority”. This will require a sea change in the way of thinking. With 44 trillion dollars of economic value dependent on

nature, half of the world GDP, Lambertini foresees a cultural revolution that puts at the center the idea that nature is not only beautiful, but indispensable. Scientists agree that there is only one way forward: to stop this loss. A lofty goal that will require the participation not only of governments, but of the 7 billion people on earth, to exploit the will induced by the pandemic to improve our performance in protecting biodiversity. If the effort goes global, it is bound to reduce the probability of more serious epidemics. Given the current political contexts, and the orthodoxy of an über alles economy, however, even direct threats to human existence offer only fleeting and irritable calls for collective action. We can only hold our breath.

R ECO N N ECT W ITH N ATU R E Relax. De-stress. All over the world, we venture out into nature to reconnect with ourselves. So get out there with the Mammut Hiking collection. Slow down and experience the feeling you only get when you’re outdoors.

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The new MOJITO BIO is not only sustainable because it reinterprets the iconic shoe and minimizes production scraps: it is, above all, the first biodegradable shoe by Scarpa. In fact, once it reaches the end of its life, it is able to decompose 10 times faster than a normal shoe. Join the sustainable revolution on scarpa.net

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V F C O R P O P E N S A LO G I S T I C S C E N T E R I N B A R D O N , U K VF Corporation has inaugurated an innovative logistics center in Leicestershire. Opened from April 6th, it employs around 250 people in peak periods, becoming the main operational location of VF in UK, allowing it to cover almost 90% of the domestic market in one day. The 55,700sqm center will serve The North Face, Timberland and Vans and feature automation capabilities that put it at the forefront of the footwear and apparel industry. The building was awarded the Outstanding rating by BREEAM.

OIA’S REPORT ON NEW OUTDOOR PARTICIPANT The Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) has published a special report entitled "New Outdoor Participant (COVID And Beyond)" which investigates the peak of involvement in outdoor activities during the pandemic. The report showed that these new participants are mostly women, young people, living in an urban area. The report also highlighted the opportunity to be able to carry out available and accessible outdoor activities close to home, including walking, running, cycling and hiking.

G O P R O L AU N C H E S T H E Q U I C K A P P TO G E T T H E M O S T O F YO U R C O N T E N T GoPro presented its updated mobile app redesigned to get the most out of your multimedia content quickly and easily. Its main purpose is to keep track of your photos and videos, preventing them from getting lost in the midst of the tens of gigs. It includes Mural functionality, a personalized feed with your favorite content, and powerful, intuitive and simple editing tools to produce short montages. The 9,99 euro annual subscription includes unlimited cloud backup with images in original quality.

A N E W SA L E WA S TO R E I N AU G U R AT E D I N V E R O N A The 32nd store of the Oberalp Group in Italy opened in Verona. "We are pleased to have found the ideal location for a community of mountaineers as important as the one of Verona" explains Gianluca Coneglian, retail director of Oberalp. The store is located a few steps from Romeo and Juliet's balcony. For the community, the new Salewa store has a further meaning: inside a panel recalls the friend and colleague Andrea Zambaldi, a mountaineer from Verona disappeared in 2014 during an expedition in Tibet.

T H E F W T 2 0 21 C H A M P I O N S C R OW N E D I N V E R B I E R The kings and queens of the Freeride World Tour 2021 have been crowned in Verbier. In women's snowboarding, French Marion Haerty obtained a victory in every event, the first athlete ever to do that. In the men's category, compatriot Victor De Le Rue took the title with without hesitation. In women's skiing, house hero Elisabeth Gerritzen earned her second crown (and the FWT title). Finally, in men's skiing, Sweden's Kristofer Turdell won the Xtreme Verbier with an epic display of strength and dominance.

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T E C N I CA G R O U P A P P O I N T S G I OVA N N I ZO P PAS AS C E O Tecnica Group has announced the appointment of Giovanni Zoppas as CEO and General Manager. The manager has already worked for the Treviso company as General Manager of Nordica, immediately after the acquisition of the brand. "It is a new professional challenge that I am approaching with great enthusiasm” commented Zoppas. "I share with Alberto Zanatta a common vision of future goals that we will be able to achieve." The Tecnica Group is active on the market with Tecnica, Nordica, Moon Boot, Lowa, Blizzard and Rollerblade.

L A S P O R T I VA M O U N TA I N R U N N I N G C U P 2 0 21: T H E 9 T H E D I T I O N I S S TA R T I N G Now in its ninth edition, La Sportiva skyrace circuit is renewed and aims to give a signal of recovery to a season that hesitates to start. The big news is the introduction of a prologue race, the Colmen Trail in Morbegno, which will serve to warm up the engines in view of the following stages. Calendar in hand, the second challenge will be the Ledro Sky on Sunday June 13th, then the Pizzostella Skymarathon on Sunday July 11th. The Vigolana The Race circuit will follow, while the final will take place at the Latemar Mountain Race.

S TO N E I S L A N D A N D N E W B A L A N C E S I G N A LO N G -T E R M PA R T N E R S H I P Stone Island has signed a partnership with the American sneaker company for the development of a long-term footwear collaboration. "The collaboration with Stone Island is not only rooted in performance innovation, but also in enhancing our shared values of craftsmanship and excellence in product quality" said Chris Davis, Chief Marketing Officer of New Balance. The two brands have the aim of working on exciting innovations and launching products at different times over the next few years.

PATAG O N I A D O N AT E $1 M I L L I O N TO G E O R G I A' S VOT I N G R I G H T S Patagonia announced its $1 million donation to the Black Votes Matter Fund and New Georgia Project, organizations fighting the recent electoral bill signed by Governor Brian Kemp that will restrict access to voting for African Americans and lower income people, giving unprecedented power to reject voting results. Patagonia is the first major outdoor brand to publicly join the opposition. In addition to the donation, new CEO Ryan Gellert calls on colleagues to take steps to combat voter repression efforts.

P R I M A LO F T I N S U L AT I O N T H E R M O P LU M E : T H E E T H I CA L A LT E R N AT I V E TO G O O S E F E AT H E R Four years after the introduction of the first injectable synthetic padding, its best-selling down on the market, PrimaLoft launches a new version made from post-consumer recycled materials. This new insulation is produced with small "flakes" of silky fibers that form a loose insulation. It imitates the fluidity, the feel and the aesthetics of down, while maintaining the proven water-repellent properties of PrimaLoft fibers to provide a soft and compressible thermal breathability.

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Ebi Bento Set is the traditional Japanese lunch box by Picture Organic Clothing. Designed to be the perfect companion of your meal, wherever you go, it has a 100% bamboo lid that can be used as a cutting board. The wooden cutlery, included, is held by an elastic band. Available in three different patterns.

Firepit and suspended barbecue designed to guarantee functional excellence at 360°. Built with state-of-the-art materials and designed with meticulous attention to detail. Quick setup, portable design, stable and adjustable stand. Allows you to use charcoal or any wood product. Field tested on Montana ranch lands.

A high performance all terrain shoe with innovative 3D upper with TPU reinforced yarn, carbon footplate, anodized titanium hardware, BOA Li2 adjustment system, natural rubber tread. Tested to the limit in bikepacking expeditions and ultra-endurance races from the trails of the Dolomites to the sands of the Sahara.

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A combination of a chalk bag and a first aid kit. The soft inner material and the wide adjustable opening allow you quick access. The side first aid compartment includes everything needed for wound medication: scissors, bandages, gauze, plasters, disposable gloves and sterile compresses.

A transparent paddle board that opens a window on the underwater world. This board combines high technology, elegant design and cutting-edge craftsmanship. The carbon frame wraps two segments in Altuglas ShieldUp, a special acrylic glass. The StandUp also has two rows of LED lights which can illuminate up to 15m.

A unique opportunity to experience natural environments in maximum freedom with an exceptional level of comfort. With a load capacity of 400kg and an area of 5m2, Duo is the new hammock designed with the stack in mind with the Connect tent. Double Bubble mosquito net and underfloor storage nets to keep your gear safe.

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Waterproof and windproof hardshell made with a hybrid construction in Gore-Tex Active 2.0 and Paclite Plus Light 74, breathable and resistant. The special construction allows excellent air circulation and temperature regulation. Two large pockets on the front offer space for a mobile phone, energy bars or keys.

Fast and simple purifier: in 8 seconds it produces 710ml of safe and clean drinking water. It removes waterborne pathogens and filters pesticides, chemicals, heavy metals and microplastics, improving taste, smell and clarity. Ergonomic non-slip and anti-fatigue padding.

Top of the range in the eMtb sector, very performing and with a very particular iridescent violet color. Equipped with a SyncDrivePro engine with 5 assistance levels and Smart Assist mode for 100 to 360% support. Wheels from 27.5” to 29" depending on the size. EnergyPak Smart integrated into the frame.

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A versatile, robust and extremely light alpine adventure backpack. Part of the Eiger Extreme collection, Trion Nordwand 38 benefited from the experience and know-how of top Mammut athletes: Dani Arnold, Nico Hojac and Stephan Siegrist. Roll-top closure, CONTACT V Frame suspension system, sturdy fastening hooks for rope and ice axes.

NY Pro stands out for its catch-free carabiners that make hooking and unhooking movements smoother, avoiding accidental entanglement in ropes, slings or anchors. The lower carabiner is equipped with FIXIT rubber that prevents it from rotating during use. Polyamide webbing with variable width, available in two different lengths.

A soft padded cushion that keeps you warm when you travel, in the hammock or on the sofa. Faltmal transforms into a wearable duvet that stays in place thanks to the sleeves and button closure on the back. The nylon fabric is insulated with recycled polyester padding. It folds up neatly for easy transport.

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Kim Jones, Fendi stylist and creative director, collaborated with the historic American label Converse to marry the world of utility with the one of athleisure. The result is a spring classic that combines the design of a parka with the one of a half-zip windbreaker. 90s style oversized fit, reflective details and large front pockets.

Stüssy announced a collaboration with Oakley on one of the most famous archival models: the Eye Jacket. Cornerstone of the gabber aesthetic, but also of the wave sportswear-chic of that era, they will return in two colorways: Sand and Black. Stüssy's branding will be present on the oval lens while Oakley's on the temples.

Huckberry, an online magazine and retailer from San Francisco, has put its signature on this custom colorway of the Trailhead, Lems' all-in-one shoe that can meet multiple needs. Retro-inspired upper in microfiber and air mesh, 4mm drop to accommodate a natural gait, cushioned EVA midsole and ultra-comfortable fit.

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A strong aesthetic is what characterizes the new version of Condor 2, a running shoe coming from the collaboration between Veja and Jolie Foulée, a community of runners involving people throughout France. The design features a gradual pink to blue saturation with reflective details integrated into a TPU upper made from recycled plastic bottles.

Founded in Birmingham in 1824, Cadbury is one of the biggest confectionary in the world. To celebrate the 50th anniversary of its Creme Egg, it collaborated with Goose Island Beer Company, a Chicago brewery. The result is a one-of-a-kind stout, made using malted barley, oats and lactose with cocoa nibs and vanilla for a taste that recalls the Easter egg.

Trek Slip-On are Vans' first multifunctional shoes, designed with its surf team. It offers practicality, flexibility and resistance. The checkerboard upper features a series of holes for greater breathability, the oversized Waffle sole improves traction and grip. The limited edition colorway is part of the collab with Portland artist and musician Chris Johanson.

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The L.I.M Breathe GTX Shakedry™ is the ultimate jacket for high-pulse activities in unpredictable weather. It combines low weight, excellent breathability and an ingenious waterproof technology. Instead of having the waterproof membrane embedded in the fabric, it’s right on the surface—just shake it to remove the water.

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National Geographic’s aim is to increase and share geographical knowledge and promote the protection of humanity's culture, history and natural resources. The Explore Arrow sock is an ode to exploration that calls you to go out and experience the world and all its wonders. Each purchase helps support National Geographic Society.

Collector's multifunction knife with a wild side. Pioneer X Alox has a radically new look, adorned with a revitalizing tiger orange hue that symbolizes power, excitement and excitement. 9 functions in 93mm length, including large blade, awl, can opener, screwdriver and scissor. Presented in an elegant cardboard box.

The Deckers group brand comes out with an exclusive and daring collaboration with Cotopaxi. The silhouette of the Torrent 2, able to cleverly combine cushioning and agility, is characterized by a technical mesh upper with Unifi Repreve recycled polyester fibers coming from post-consumer plastic. High grip rubber marbled sole.

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Backcountry.com, e-retailer founded in 1996, teamed up with legendary fly fishing tackle maker Simms to co-create a new and innovative line of clothing and accessories. The Flyweight jacket in 2-layer Gore-Tex Paclite Plus with DWR treatment is lightweight, waterproof and highly breathable, ideal for those fishermen who want to move with agility.

A one of a kind product, which made Topo Design known by everyone, meets deep colors that reflect New Belgium brewery's bold Fat Tire. Water resistant nylon fabric, hook and loop closure with drawstring, double compression straps, large 20L main compartment, internal 15” laptop pocket, front pocket with YKK zipper.

Poler Stuff has launched an Aquatic Summer collection in collaboration with London-based artist Stevie Gee, known for his offbeat humor and illustrations inspired by the surf and skate culture. The classic 2+Person Tent is decorated with graphics inspired by the marine world. Two modular openings and large vestibules for storing equipment.

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B U F F PAC K A B L E P R O G R A M S S 2 1 Reusing and recycling are actions present in every step of the manufacturing and textile production processes that Buff undertakes for minimizing its impact on nature. The aim of the Do More Now program is to conceive increasingly sustainable products with particular to the origin of fabrics. 50% of the entire SS21 collection is in fact made from recycled materials. This line features the new Pack Run Cap in polyamide obtained from 90% recycled plastic, the Pack Sahara Cap in 100% recycled polyester and the new Sun Bucket Hat in pure cotton.

M O N I TO R F O R C I R C U L A R FA S H I O N : T H E P R O J E C T T H AT M O N I TO R S S U STA I N A B I L I T Y SDA Bocconi School of Management and Enel X presented the Monitor for Circular Fashion project with the aim of providing a clear vision of the state of maturity of the circular economy in the fashion sector. Candiani Denim, Dedagroup Stealth, Manteco, Save The Duck, Vibram and YKK are some of the protagonists who have already contributed to the project. In September 2021 a report will be published to show the macro-trends of the sector by measuring the ability of companies to apply circular economy principles and highlighting gaps and best practices.

WOOLRICH LAUNCHES W O O L R I C H O U T D O O R F O U N DAT I O N The mission of the Woolrich Outdoor Foundation is clear: to protect and safeguard outdoor spaces for communities around the world. Through the partnership with 1% for the Planet, Woolrich will donate 1% of the revenues deriving from Direct-To-Consumer channels to support projects related to the redevelopment of urban spaces, forest protection and coastal protection. The donations will be distributed 50% in monetary contributions and the remaining 50% in products, volunteer hours, services or communication activities.

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K E PA AC E R O TO G E T H E R W I T H D O C K E R S F O R WAV E S F O R WAT E R Dockers has signed a partnership with Basque surfer and activist Kepa Acero, founder of Ocean52, the beverage brand that allocates 52% of profits to protecting the oceans. The goal is to encourage other surfers to participate in the challenge launched on Instagram on World Water Day and to donate 500 filters to the association that would allow as many people access to drinking water. For the promotion of the campaign, Kepa wore a pair of Heritage Chinos made with the Water<Less, a technique that has reduced the use of water in the production phases.

EOCA LAUNCHES A FUNDRAISER TO FINANCE A PROJECT TO SUPPORT BIODIVERSIT Y The European Outdoor Conservation Association has launched a fundraiser to finance a new conservation project linked to its new two-year focus. Volunteering for Healthy Landscapes will see 14 weeks of volunteering in the Czech Republic over the course of two summers in order to plant more than 200,000 trees and to restore valuable ecosystems. Meanwhile Cumulus, member of EOCA, who was looking for a project to make a donation for, has already intervened with an initial funding to kick off the work.

JOHN LOAFERS: FROM PRODUCTION WASTE COMES THE FIRST SHOE WITH A MICHELIN SOLE Ecoalf and Michelin developed the first rubber sole made with production waste from other soles. "Incorporating waste materials limits the use of raw materials and improves production efficiency by reducing the number of passages, CO2 emissions and water consumption” says Christian Delhaye, Michelin Lifestyle CEO. Produced with unique and ecological materials, such as Ecoalf Ocean yarn, the Loafers are equipped with a tread that draws inspiration from the sculptural shapes of Michelin Pilot Sport tires.

FERRINO: A GREENER SS2021 COLLECTION For Ferrino protecting the environment and promoting sustainable growth are fundamental values. “Our products are designed to last over time, with an attentive after sales service and an internal department dedicated to maintenance and repair. The 4 Stagioni and Lite lines are made with recycled materials, with the aim of applying these materials to the entire production”. Ferrino products are made of 100% recycled fabric and are GRS certified, an international standard promoted by Textile Exchange for encouraging the use of recycled materials.

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La Sportiva Cyklon Cyklon was born from the combined work of research and development between the R&D laboratories of Ziano di Fiemme and BOA. It is the ideal shoe for skyraces and off-road racing on technical terrain at medium distance and it combines great performance and extreme wearing comfort. In collaboration with the American company BOA, internationally known for its super-fast fit and lacing systems with one-hand movement, La Sportiva presents its new Mountain Running model, a product that guarantees stability, protection and grip. The new Dynamic Cage closure system with integrated BOA Fit System works in synergy with 3 different elements of the upper for perfect binding and stability of the foot, allowing for an always safe and precise downhill run. The heart of the lacing system is the internal Dynamic Flap that wraps the shoe and allows dynamic adjustment of the tension by acting directly on the BOA Fit System with a onehand movement. This innovative construction solution allows you to combine the advantages of the quick lacing system with those of stability required for a trail running shoe, a synergistic work of construction features that enhances the performance of all elements.The shoe also presents a highly breathable mesh upper, while the protective TPU toe cap and the multi-layer, thermo-adhesive side panel provide additional structure and ensure maximum stability. The double-density EVA midsole with stabilizer insert

contributes to the overall stability of the shoe and contains the weight. Finally, the mud-ground tread, ideal for use on soft and muddy terrain, is made from an ultra-grippy La Sportiva FriXion White compound and provides the possibility of integrating AT Grip Spike nails in case of use on icy ground. The development of Cyklon, like all other La Sportiva products, starts from the specific requests of demanding athletes to have a single product in which the lacing system was perfectly integrated into the construction of the upper itself for a technical and

comfortable fit at the same time. This makes it a perfect model for medium distances and the quick adjustment makes it ideal for a racing use.

This innovative construction solution allows you to combine the advantages of the quick lacing system with those of stability required for a trail running shoe, a synergistic work of construction features that enhances the performance of all elements.

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Liv Committed Liv Cycling, since its foundation in 2008, aims to bring more and more women riding a bicycle, and through the Liv Committed project celebrates the resilience that the women's cycling community has shown in the last year and the growing number of riders who are turning to bikes for solace and joy. “The coronavirus pandemic has challenged all of us immensely” said Bonnie Tu, founder of Liv Cycling and Giant Group chairperson. “Despite this, the community of women in cycling is growing. Today we celebrate their commitment and applaud the enduring spirit they have shown us.” The campaign film was created with inspiration directly from the Liv Cycling community, and its realization sees the collaboration of the Liv Racing WorldTeam athletes and some partners of the brand such as The Black Foxes, The Bahati Foundation and Ayesha McGowan. The Liv Committed campaign has been distributed globally throughout 2021 in more than 50 countries, reaching an estimated 12 million people. The main goal is to underline the bond that unites all girls who are passionate about cycling. This common thread is stronger than any perceived differences, and this is the value that the brand wants to share with women all over the world. Juxtaposing empty public places with cyclists training at home, often in isolation, the viewer sees the hardship and joy of training and riding during these challenging times, as well as the incredible resilience discove-

red by many during the pandemic. Among the various cyclists documented in the video, there is also Rae Morrison, enduro champion and member of the Liv Racing team. “The focus and connection that cycling brings to my life is what I love, especially now when it has given me a sense of strength and community during such a difficult year” said Morrison. “I’m continuing to train hard and am eager and ready to race. For now, being

able to ride local trails and group rides on Zwift have been a lot of fun.” Following the campaign debut, Liv has hosted a series titled “Stories of Commitment” featuring stories from Liv athletes and ambassadors. Additionally, the brand has continued its “Ask Me Anything” (AMA) Instagram sessions with Liv Racing athletes and other influential women from within the brand to share riding tips and provide mentorship, perspectives and personal experiences.

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Rudy Project ImpactX 2 Rudy Project since 1985 develops and creates sunglasses, helmets and viewsports solutions that merge avant-garde technology and innovative design with Italian style, craftsmanship and the meticulous care of details of the Made in Italy brand.

Every Rudy Project product is designed to ensure maximum security, comfort and performance for sportsmen from all over the world. ImpactX 2 unbreakable photochromic lenses ensure optimal vision in all weather conditions. They react very quickly at each change of light and are designed to reach a personalized color starting from the initial transparent state. Available in 3 different colorways (Black, Red and Brown), these lenses are transparent in the beginning and, in a few seconds, darken or clear depending on the light conditions in order to enhance the contrast even when theres’s low visibility, improving visual sharpness and the perception of depth, as well as offering eyes protection from UVA and UVB rays. They are equipped with a HDR filter that enhances the contrast without altering the perception of colors, improving visual experience especially in shadow areas and in the woods. All these features make ImpactX 2

ideal not only for cycling but also for outdoor and mountain activities such as trail running, hiking and trekking, both by those who want the maximum in terms of performance and lightness, and for those looking instead for a more comfortable and versatile eyewear. In particular, the ImpactX 2 Red versions, the mirrored Laser Red version and the Laser Brown one have proved to be the most effective for mountains sports. All the lenses are also very rapid in the transition, a feature that among

meadows and woods becomes fundamental in order to not lose any detail of the trail and minimize eye fatigue. The lenses are semi-rigid and ensure physical protection from impacts, chemical and atmospheric agents, drastically reducing the risk of injury in the event of impacts or falls. They have a lower refractive and dispersion index than traditional polycarbonate static lenses, this leads to having less reflexes and rainbow effects on the surface in order to get a better definition and sharper contrasts.

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Adventures ahead? Rock Experience is here to help! Brave, unstoppable and reckless, but also attentive to the environment and nature. More and more women decide to challenge fatigue and confront themselves by facing new adventures.

Mountain lovers, they deeply believe in their abilities, reaching ever higher peaks and realizing new and ambitious dreams. Rock Experience, that has always combined high quality products with boundless passion for the mountains and the emotions it can give, has thought of all of them by designing a new all-female collection to wear during outdoor activities. Its garments are aimed at all outdoor sports enthusiasts who are looking for comfortable, colorful and performing clothing. Lightweight, breathability and protection against bad weather. The collection features technical garments but with an eye to fashion, to be worn during excursions, walks, days in the mountains, but also simple outdoor activities.

MT Watkins A waterproof jacket, ideal for rainy days during mountain hikes and wall climbs. Breathable and light, it features a waterproof zip and taped seams. It is made of PFC Free fabric, a material treated without the use of polluting chemicals containing fluorine. The

cuffs are elasticated and the integrated hood is enveloping and equipped with a protective visor. The position of the chest pockets, large and easy to access, has been designed for those who wear a harness or a backpack. The reflective prints improve visibility in the event of a sunrise or twilight ride. Once folded, the jacket can be closed in the chest pocket.

Super Direct Thanks to the Ergo-Stretch elastic fa-

bric and the extremely comfortable fit, these pants are suitable for all walking and mountain lovers who do not want to give up a touch of style even while practicing their favorite outdoor activities. Featuring a fitted cut, the zips on the bottom of the pants make it quick and easy to put on. The waist is adjustable thanks to an internal drawstring and the two pockets present, one of which can be closed with a zip, allow you to always have everything you need at hand.

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From Optice to CSO Contributing to data collection to improve the study of climate change

Optice is a scientific project aimed at studying dust and snow and ice crystals in order to understand climate change and prevent, among other things, the risk of avalanches. CSO (Community Snow Observations) is instead a citizen science project that aims at creating a worldwide database on snow depth data in which all mountain lovers can contribute. How? Let's try to understand it with Claudio Artoni. Claudio, who are you and what is your role? I am a PhD student in Polar Sciences at the Ca’ Foscari University of Venice and a snow observer. I take care of the realization of the snow samples, of the study of the snowpack and of the realization of the stratigraphies. In addition, I am involved in the preparation of samples in the cold room and their analysis using the SPES method. What’s Optice? Optice is a scientific project aimed at studying the optical properties of dust and snow and ice crystals. The idea arises from wanting to improve the optical analysis of airborne dust in the snowpack. Thanks to the innovative Single Particle Extinction and Scattering (SPES) you can measure two optical parameters simultaneously in order to evaluate

some properties of the particles. This has led to interesting results on the study of airborne dust dispersed in snow and ice, which in turn affects the radiative transfer of the atmosphere. What’s its goal? Carry out an in-depth study of the optical properties of mineral dust in snow and ice. This will allow to improve the radiative transfer models in the cryosphere and consequently the realization of better models on climate change and a mitigation of the avalanche danger. Another important goal is to help seasonal snow melt forecasts to improve anthropogenic production in ski resorts. What about CSO - Community Snow Observations? Nowadays, planning a winter mountain hike is in equal parts science of the atmosphere, snow science and computer science. We are bombarded with a lot of information but often we are unable to combine them all in order to fully understand the characteristics of the snowpack. This is why the Community Snow Observations (CSO) project

was born, developed by some American researchers, its aim is to collect data on snow depth and combine them into snowpack models that predict the evolution and height of snow in high-altitude environments. And here comes the role of the community. The great thing about this project is that we can all participate. All you need is an avalanche probe and a smartphone. You just need to take 3 or 4 measurements of the height of the snow cover in a small area of the slope. After averaging the measurements, you can enter the corresponding cm in the Mountain Hub app in the “snow conditions” interface. In this way you can help to increase knowledge of the area. What is all this for? Increase the accuracy of Snow Water Equivalent models, diminish the avalanche danger, predict snow conditions and their influence on ecosystems and finally allow you to have snow conditions in real time on your smartphone before leaving for a hike.

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Oxyburn: Live More Lives Oxyburn, a young and dynamic brand, totally Made in Italy, was born from the tradition of Italian manufacturing craftsmanship, right in the area that embraces the provinces of Mantua, Brescia and Cremona. Here, the sock district has been able to transform itself over the years by seeking constant innovation, while never losing sight of its roots despite the now highly specialized production of its companies. Oxyburn's Live More Lives mission has always guided the brand in the creation of technical sportswear where attention to detail is of fundamental importance. The aim is to produce garments at the service of the well-being and performance of every sportsmen who intends to test themselves and live in full contact with nature. From outdoor sports to running, passing through winter sports up to the world of cycling, all products are created by a specialized R&D team that experiments with new materials and weaving techniques thanks to a cyclically renewed and latest generation machinery. Subsequently, a team of testers takes care of testing the various models in the field and in extreme situations in order for them to be accessible to all, comfortable and durable. Oxyburn’s underwear was born from the study and application of specific technologies. Let's see them specifically. The Geotech technology is designed to reconnect every athlete to nature during the sporting performance

and tells the eternal dualism of man, technique and natural environment.

Skin Tech brings biological perspiration to the highest levels thanks to a very high definition woven fabric that widens the ventilation surface and the dispersion of excess heat. In addition, the use of hollow fibers provides the right thermoregulation in any climatic condition.

Exo-Skeleton supports the muscles and optimizes sports performances in endurance activities thanks to the integration of the Integratech elastic structure. The texture of the fabric is composed of three-dimensional cells that produce a massaging effect on the muscle area, while the radiant structure with nanoparticles allows to enhance the active surface. In this way the perception of fatigue decrea-

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ses, reducing the risk of contractures and cramps and reactivating the circulation in favor of muscle oxygenation. The Arbor Shield technology ensures a light and soft but extremely resistant structure to counteract the effects of abrasion and wear. The body is wrapped in a protective and anatomical first layer that reduces friction, ensuring well-being and an excel-

lent perception of outer sensations. Finally Pure Touch, whose feeling is achieved with a careful selection of materials and production techniques that give birth to comfortable garments right from the first use. The textures are able to follow the body and its movements even in the most extreme sports, thanks also to special structures with different densities that do not lose stability.

The aim is to produce garments at the service of the well-being and performance of every sportsmen who intends to test themselves and live in full contact with nature.

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We the Power Energy communities: the collective future of energy? Every day we see the great power of electricity unfolding under our eyes: by simply pressing a switch we can illuminate or make the places we live every day fall into darkness. We are surrounded by energy, but have we ever wondered where it comes from or how it is produced? On April 15th, Patagonia launched its new campaign “We the power” to raise awareness about the action of energy communities in Europe, which today count a million participating citizens and which could increase to 260 million within thirty years, contributing to generating up to 45% of the European Union's energy . Patagonia is no stranger to awareness campaigns nor to real environmental activism: “we are in business to save our home planet” is the statement that characterizes its mission to tackle the climate crisis by supporting environmental fights and amplifying their requests through its own community. “We the power” campaign aims to promote knowledge of energy communities, which are a truly winning project: the economic benefits, which allow citizens to create new jobs locally and save on the cost of energy, also go hand in hand with environmental and social benefits. Renewable energy production is in fact the most solid pillar of energy communities, and not only it has an extremely lower environmental impact than the energy derived from fossil sources, but also creates a local social fabric made of cooperation and trust among the members of the energy community thanks to the creation of new jobs and by sharing of a funda-

mental good, energy. The name of the campaign is inspired by the opening phrase of the United States constitution (“we the people”), which puts the double meaning of “power” at the center of the debate. On the one hand, “power” can represent the energy that releases the potential of the territories by giving them the power to manage a vital resource, on the other hand it is the “power" that could put citizens, protagonists of the campaign, at the center of the scene. By being part of an energy community, they have the possibility of decen-

tralizing energy (and power!) balances, taking real decisions about the production and consumption of their own energy. Energy is therefore both electrical and “human”. 2021 represents a historical moment in which the attention to topics such as climate crisis, sustainability and the environment is at very high levels, perhaps never reached before, that’s why we need to be aware of the impact of our everyday actions. This does not mean blaming citizens and consumers for climate change, but simply translates into creating into the market a

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demand for a good or a service that supports all similar topics that can be fundamental in changing the course of entire states and governments. Energy communities must be considered an inestimable treasure, since they give citizens, companies and associations the opportunity to produce energy from renewable sources and consume it locally, reducing their own impact and therefore constituting a concrete example of the functionality and feasibility of such life style. In Italy, up to date, the energy mix is mainly composed of non-renewable

sources (such as oil, natural gas and coal) and to comply with the climate agreements made in recent years, it is necessary to diversify energy sources by increasingly favoring renewables, up to achieve climate neutrality. Energy communities produce and consume energy in a sustainable and, many times, ethical way, and that is exactly what we need to face one of the infinite aspects of the climate crisis. Will the future of this country's energy therefore be in the hands of energy communities?

Energy communities must be considered an inestimable treasure, since they give citizens, companies and associations the opportunity to produce energy from renewable sources and consume it locally.

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Mizuno Wave Daichi 6 Mizuno renews its trail collection and launches a new ideal footwear to run along mountain trails and in all outdoor environments.

Versatile, well balanced and robust, Wave Daichi 6 is a real aesthetic and technological revolution when compared to previous models. This sixth edition of the leading model of the Japanese brand has a completely redesigned design and it is enriched by the Wave technology which, working unison with the Michelin rubber sole and with an ergonomic fit system, guarantees greater foot stability. Mizuno Wave Daichi 6 features an upper in breathable and resistant double-layer Airmesh that, thanks to the side reinforcements, improves the resistance and protection against impacts. The reinforced tip and heat-sealed areas offer support, increasing the feeling of safety on the most technical terrains and protecting the foot from debris and cuts on the trail. The adjustable fit system ensures speed and comfort and a personalized lacing. The double-density rigid EVA midsole distributes the impact over the entire sole and protects the most sensitive area of the foot plant from the dangerous elements present along the trail. The specific design gives stability in lateral movements, supporting the medial part of the foot without blocking any movements. The tall area is instead reinforced and helps

the runners to better control their speed thanks to the 8mm drop, and to brake more easily during the descents. Thanks to Mizuno Wave technology, this model ensures cushioning and stability to guarantee unbeatable adaptability even on the most difficult terrain, increasing impact absorption and maximizing the return of energy. Finally, the Michelin rubber sole fea-

tures a renewed design and more spaced and deep lugs that prevent clogging of debris on particularly muddy land, providing better traction and grip on all terrains. Also available in the GTX version with a 12mm drop, Mizuno Wave Daichi 6 is a lightweight, shock-absorbing, stable and protective shoe. Ideal for all those runners looking for a versatile and performing model in every situation and on each terrain, even the most difficult ones.

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Bosch sustainability camp New ways of experiencing the outdoors

In 2020, the electric bikes market grew dramatically, with more than 2 million bikes sold, 350,000 more than the previous year. A few months ago thanks to Bosch eBike Systems we took part in an event to learn more about this new type of means of transport and all the possibilities it has to offer within the outdoor world. With us there were Anina and Andreas and we asked them some questions to find out more about their experience in the eBiking world! Tell us a bit about yourselves, who are you? What do you do in your daily life? Anina: I am a multi-face-

ted movement amateur with a huge, empathetic heart that beats for a holistic approach to life. I am probably creating content about my humble journey of trying to reduce my footprint. I am lucky enough that I am able to combine my passion with my job, so to most, I’ll explain my work as “sustainability blogger”. Andreas: I was born and raised about

40km near Munich, by the beautiful Ammersee. My mum works in a ski & mountain school, so I was forced to go skiing pretty early and a lot in the mountains climbing, biking or windsurfing in the summer. I've been working as a freelancer in social media for 4 years, serving companies in the aviation, healthcare & outdoor industries. I am currently doing an education as a UIMLA mountain guide.

What does sustainability mean for your everyday life? In which way do you think eBiking is deeply connected to sustainability? Anina: It means that

I am trying to live in an as conscious way as possible. It means, that I am always trying to choose the best and least harmful possibilities for animals, the planet and myself. Sustainability is always a compromise. I think that's important to keep in mind. I think that is very clear nowa-

days that we have to rethink our mobility. I see the eBike movement as a very important part of this new vision of mobility. I think that the eBike is not only a mean of transportation of the future but it has already been very much integrated into our lives. How could eBiking change your way of practicing outdoor sports? Andreas: For me an eBike can be a su-

per support, especially in the transition months and in the ski touring season.

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How do you think Bosch's work is improving the world of eBikes and sustainability? Andreas: “Bosch is com-

pletely climate-neutral since 2020, from development to production to administration. This also includes all Bosch eBike Systems locations.” This is definitely a big statement and shows that they not only value sustainability, but also put extensive effort into making their company and products as sustainable as possible. The way this topic is communicated and especially how problems and corresponding solutions are pointed out, is very likeable from such a big brand. How could eBiking could change your everyday life? Anina: It gives me a lot

more freedom to go to places quickly and easily. Not depending on public transportation or similar. Also, since most eBikes are way more stable than normal bicycles, it's easier to also use them in different situations. With an eMTB I have the opportunity to get quickly into a natural landscape, getting a break from city life, discovering the most beautiful outdoors. It offers a good dose of nature in a fun and also sporty way.

With an eBike no one has to worry about 1000hm walk without snow. And in the summer months biking on my favorite trail two times instead of one, is certainly not hurting me.

sometimes are being criticized but I also think that perfection is a very utopian goal. I think it's wrong to not do anything just because it's not ideal yet and remain in the status quo.

Many people think that eBikes are not as sustainable as they are, what do you think? How eBikes are going to change sustainability in your opinion? Anina: As I already mentioned, su-

We need a new approach to mobility and I think this is what eBiking is very much offering. At the same time, through this change in how we move from A to B or how we spend time outdoors the systems change.

stainability is always a compromise. I understand and see the points that

We need a new approach to mobility and I think this is what eBiking is very much offering. At the same time, through this change in how we move from A to B or how we spend time outdoors, the systems change.

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Bosch, Aosta E-dventure I should begin with a confession: the best trail we encountered on this mission into the Aostan backcountry does not even feature in this story. Loose, flowing turn after loose, flowing turn, through untouched evergreen forest, on a ribbon of sandy loam, it was to be the final trail before the return to civilization and the tarmac of the valley from where it all began. After two days on the bikes, Olly and Kathi were absolutely flying. It was a sight to behold all the way down and I was well aware. But there's really nothing to show for it. I didn't shoot a single photo there. Probably shouldn't even have mentioned it. But let’s go back to the beginning. While transitioning into Italian mode over exceptionally strong espressos, our guide, Massimo "The Moustache” Ferro of Aosta Valley Freeride, has good news. We'd be getting a helping hand with an over 1000m shuttle to accelerate the adventure. Under normal circumstances, beginning a ride more than one full charge away from base with only the one battery each, would be a questionable approach, but this time we had solid back-up, two mountain refuges with newly installed Bosch fast-charging stations. Leaving the scores of road bike heroes to celebrate their conquering of the mountain pass, we felt a world away entering a widely-spaced spruce-scape only metres from the shuttle drop-off point. Any guilt about skipping that part of the climb was a distant memory and honestly it's possible there was none in the first place. However, the trail steepened rapidly to the point our legs forgot we had e-power, a sure sign that we wouldn't be enjoying

our efforts to crush this climb on our regular steeds. Tackling the narrow trail and occasionally cutting across sections of spongy grass, we traversed the mountain to begin a flowing descent across cow pastures and into the fur trees. This forested rollercoaster delivered us to the small village of Étroubles. A coke and the token oesophagus-gouging ciabata was about all we had time for and we cracked on with a pretty significant climb, the only part of our trip on fire-road. Reaching our first refuge an hour so later, coffees and a hearty slab of peach cake with custard, propelled us further up the mountain toward our goal for the evening: to summit beautiful Punta Chaligne. And as indicated by jet-black skies at 4pm, we apparently wished to do this during an intimidating electrical storm.

Massimo deemed this timing with the storm to be poor and suggested we shelter behind what little was available so high up, a few large boulders. Holding long-range conversations from our rocks of choice through the sideways rain, we eventually established by screaming that the biblical rain was subsiding and it was time to press on. With the merciful, multi-colored note that the creator was not going to flood the entire planet for a second time, we were off up this mountain making a beeline for the cross on the top ridge. The summit proved every bit worth the struggle and even the odd pedal pin scratch to the back of the neck. We took some good time to marvel at the views across to the Monte Rosa and Gran Paradiso. Still we had a dinner deadline

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to remember while the sun never really showed in any serious kind of way, the heavy skies and surreal evening light were quite something. Returning to base, we knew it was all over except for one 'last hurrah' in the morning. Massimo dropped into the conversation that we'd need to be well on our way before sunrise. Would the bikes even be charged? Unfortunately yes they would, thanks to trusty Bosch fast-charge stations. Fumbling on bobbly, cow-affected paths in the dark with just the one head torch between us, we eventually found our way to the trail head. It was a long wait in the dark, but some trusty chocolate-filled pastries saved from supper the night before kept the blood sugar levels up. Sunrise was a good hour late, but hey, those beams finally did come dazzling their way between the thick banks of cloud. It was glorious and so was the top of the trail.

so we pulled our knee guards back into place and prepared to drop in. Beginning the descent tentatively on jagged bedrock, we made our way down to the tree line. Here things got steep and technical with some severe rain ruts ready to snatch a front wheel with any slight lapse in concentration, but it wasn't long before we found ourselves warping merrily along a more mellow trail of a thousand bus stops in the dwindling light. Time to hit the cheeseboard. The next day, even harvest spiders, pretty pink flowers and billowing cumulo nimbus could do nothing to hold us back on this glorious day as we rolled on through the Italian high alpine toward some ice cold refreshment at Lago Fallère. Following a long and technical traverse on unforgiving trail, a

carpet of grasshoppers parted in front of us as we walked off-trail down to the water. Deep summer in the mountains at its best. Coming in to land at refuge number 2, we aggressively let loose with the parmigiano on our already extra cheesy gnocchi. We picked our route across a physical, paper map like old-timey explorers of the pre smart phone era, and peered out at the weather hoping the typical late afternoon storms wouldn't come to fruition. Once again the top of the trail was tucked away several hundred height metres above us, but the soft, black dirt and sweeping curves of the ascent made a good time out of the climb and we found ourselves carrying the bikes a second time. Finding the flow on the upper, grassy single-track was a ride

And with the final photo snapped, my vow to the Olly and Kathi that it was all over, bound physically with the camera already being broken down and stowed irretrievably deep in the backpack, it began.... The best trail of the whole damn adventure. Again, not pictured.

Loose, flowing turn after loose, flowing turn, through untouched evergreen forest, on a ribbon of sandy loam, it was to be the final trail before the return to civilization and the tarmac of the valley from where it all began.

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Bally Peak Outlook’s 8X8000M Expedition The Mountains are Calling.

Bally Peak Outlook is a foundation established in 2000 by Bally, a Swiss luxury brand known for its exceptional footwear savoir-faire as well as its consolidated relationship with architecture, the arts and the environment. The Foundation is a spokesperson for the long-term commitment made by the company to protect the mountains and aims to raise public awareness of the dangers looming over the future of these extreme landscapes, helping local communities to trigger positive and sustainable change. Through the 8X8000M expedition, Bally Peak Outlook recently cleared four peaks of the Himalayan mountain range from litter, while paying homage to local communities through a series of documentaries. The core of the expedition has been the base camps, that are the most populated areas of the mountain range and therefore also victims of the greatest pollution. According to the Himalayan Database, a record of all alpine expeditions in Nepal, since 1905 more than 10,500 teams have attempted to conquer the country’s Eight-thousanders. Precisely because of the difficulty of access and their extreme conditions it is rare that these areas are cleaned up. Leading the expedition was Nepali environmentalist and mountaineer Dawa Steven Sherpa who managed to complete Phase 1 of the project by clearing in 47 days, from September 9th to October 23rd 2020, the base camps

of Cho Oyu, Everest, Lhotse and Makalu. In total, about 2.2 tons of waste were collected and disposed of, 780kg of them at Everest base camp. For Cho Oyu base camp it was the first cleanup initiative. In total, 500kg of garbage dating back to the 1980s was disposed of. The Lhotse base camp was also cleared of 300kg of waste for the first time ever. Makalu, which has six base camps on the Barun Glacier, posed the greatest difficulty. All the garbage collected was sorted, classified and transferred to the Sagarmatha Pollution Control Committee. The protagonist of the first documentary is Everest, presented by Dawa

Steven Sherpa himself. The voice of the second documentary is Jamling Tenzing Norgay, a famous climber son of Tenzing Norgay, the first to have conquered Everest in 1953 with Sir Edmund Hillary, who talks about Cho Oyu and the positive effects of sustainable tourism in the Himalayas. In the third episode, a female figure, a pioneer of rights and environmental protection, was involved for the first time: Yankila Sherpa who talks to us about the spiritual relationship between the Sherpa community and the mountains. Originally from a remote village in eastern Nepal, Yankila is an advocate for women's empower-

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ment, principal adviser to the Nepal Mountaineering Association and vice president of the Trans-Himalayan Environment and Livelihood Program. Finally, the fourth documentary follows the expert climber Naga Dorjee Sherpa, born and raised on the slopes of Lhotse, as one of the most important Sirdar (expedition leader) of the Himalayan community. The last episode summarizes Phase 1 that has just ended. 452 kilometers with a total elevation gain of 11,500 meters, the team started from the 3,780 meters of Khumjung to climb to the highest point, the Baruntse at 7,129 meters.

Phase 2 of the 8X8000M expedition will take place in 2021, when participants led by Dawa will clear Kanchenjunga, Dhaulagiri, Manaslu and Annapurna base camps, as well as Everest camp for the third time. The project also wants to put under the spotlight the difficult situation that Nepal is experiencing due to Covid19. The tourism sector typically provides more than 1 million jobs and accounts for 7.9% of the nation's GDP. The Bally Peak Outlook project has succeeded in securing an important source of income for local communities by hiring professional climbers, cleaning, packing and transport workers, as well

as entire support teams from each base camp, all natives of the region.The team led by Dawa has moved in full compliance with the protocol and security measures, alternative and less frequented routes were chosen for the project to avoid a possible transmission of the virus between the villages. Considering the altitude and the difficulty of the route, about half of the participants in the expedition were native Sherpas. The docufilms dedicated to Phase 1 of the 8X8000M expedition and its four majestic peaks are a way to pay homage to these people who have been climbing the highest peaks on the planet for years.

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Wild Women Running “Running has a beautiful way of bringing your guard down, allowing you to be vulnerable and share with those around you while you're outdoors. Nature and running are powerful healers.”

This is the mission of Wild Women Running, a community dedicated to to increase confidence and selfesteem through trail and ultra running and support. Connection rather than competition is the key aspect of what started as a simple birthday run between three friends, Bri, Racheal and Simone, but that has now grown into an all-female community with more than 600 members. It all began as a simple run in Phoenix in 2019, but soon turned out to be a weekly tradition shared by a growing number of ladies who wanted to enjoy many beautiful runs, amazing sunrises, camping and run trips, and finish line cheer stations together. Bri and her friends had unwittingly discovered something that hundreds of other women in their area felt had been missing. Through social media and word of mouth, news about the group spread. Very soon, things started to gather momentum, despite the Covid emergency, which prevented meetings in person for months, so much that the three friends are involved by On in the "Out of the Box" and challenged to run the iconic New York Marathon wearing a brand new pair of Cloudflow, straight out of the box. The singular test proves to be a success, the shoes are fast and offer the right degree of grip and sup-

port. Stable, resistant and protective even in the most technical parts of the route, the girls still continue to choose On for all types of terrain they encounter on a daily basis. Running might be the glue that holds Wild Women Running together, but this is only part of their story. They also offer retreats focused on empowerment and self confidence, and produce and share content supporting growth, education and connection. A welcoming space to share miles, empower one another and grow in community and connection with other women, on and off the trails. Here all women are welcome and no one is judged even if inexperienced or brand new to the sport. It also provides a place to celebrate, encourage, support and share with one another, vulnerably, where women are free to talk about

their fears, struggles, goals, successes, passions and hardships. Wild Women Running is a project based on a deep friendship and sisterhood, that gave life to real long-lasting relationships. The group strives to build confidence in the ability of the women who are part of it to push them to face challenges both on the trails and in personal life without fear, giving them support and encouragement, in order to achieve their greatest goals. Support, refuge, love, laughter and adventure. Wild Women Running is a growing movement that fosters a beginner-friendly culture of vulnerability and authenticity with the intent of growing together, because we are better together. We are more than divisions and competition. We are stronger, braver, better by each other’s sides.

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Protect Our Winters “POW helps passionate outdoor people to protect the places and lifestyles they love from climate change.” That’s why we decided to ask some questions to Sören Ronge, POW’s European Coordinator and to Heidi Sevestre, an Expert Glaciologist, to understand how this community is trying to preserve our winters, that are, little by little, risking of no longer existing.

Sören Ronge European Coordinator How can POW balance its goals of protecting our winters while also preserving the growth of the winter sports industry? POW is a non-profit organization, not an industry business, and therefore our goal is protecting our winters. However, there is no imbalance between our goal and that of the winter industry. On the contrary, the winter sports industry itself has an interest in protecting our winters. Today, we are still experiencing winters, but the reliability of winter seasons, its duration and predictability are getting increasingly inconsistent. With warming temperatures, we see the snow line moving upwards and more resorts at lower altitudes facing difficulties in even opening. It is no coincidence that the industry is increasingly focusing on their sustainability plans, formulating climate plans and getting aboard the journey to climate neutrality or even positivity. What can the ski industry do? How can resorts preserve the winter? There are many ways the industry can support our quest of tackling climate change and protecting our win-

ters. On the one hand they can make sure their operations run on 100% renewable energies and make changes to their fleets of snow groomers, such as investing in hybrids. They also need to make sure that related economies are more sustainable, by looking into their accommodation, waste and water management and heating systems. In Finland, POW successfully managed to get five resorts to switch their electricity to 100% ecologically-produced sources and both in Finland and in Switzerland POW is working

on promoting climate-friendly foods. POW UK launched the POW Pledge in October last year, which helps small to medium enterprises by providing direction and support for environmental or operational managers on reducing their emissions through an 8 step programme.

Heidi Sevestre Expert Glaciologist If greenhouse gas emissions remain constant or don’t get lower, what do you think winter will look like in Europe in 50 years? Are we going

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to have a sort of winter? Today it is urgent that we reduce our emissions globally, efficiently, at the source. If we want to keep as much of the Earth’s cryosphere as possible (including the snow), and continue benefiting from its climate stabilizing effect, we absolutely must keep global temperatures below 1.5°C, which is the goal of the Paris Accord. Beyond 1.5°C we trigger unstoppable dynamics of permafrost thawing, ice sheets destabilizing, sea ice disappearing. We have already locked in the climate for the next 30 years or so, therefore actions we implement today will start

having an impact in the second half of the century. It is about time we take our foot off the accelerator. Our actions today will determine what winter will look like in Europe in 50 years. One thing is for sure, if we keep losing the earth’s cryosphere, temperatures in Europe will increase significantly and our weather will become more extreme and more unpredictable. “Everyone can do something”. What can everyone of us, skiers or snowboarders, do to save winter right now? Fighting climate change can appear to be be a big, scary, sometimes paralyzing endeavour. However,

I am convinced that the best remedy against climate anxiety is climate action. I always recommend to start with calculating one’s own carbon footprint to be aware of what can be improved in one’s daily live: diet, transportation methods, clothing, hobbies, etc. Step 2 would be to get involved into local, national or international efforts such as POW to reach an even bigger audience, all the way to our decision makers.

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Haglöfs: Less is More This spring, less is more than ever and Haglöfs’ L.I.M is here to help us embrace the spirit of lightness. The acronym L.I.M comes from the phrase “less is more”, a mantra that has become central to the line. Each piece combines minimal weight and bulk with maximum performance and, as a result, allows us to achieve so much more out in the wilderness. We met Paul Cosgrove, Haglöfs Product Director, to know more about it. What are the improvements of the range that make its products even lighter? When we design products, we consider all the elements and ingredients that go into a product and look for incremental gains in weight reduction whether it’s a zip or adjustment feature. Specific attributes are designed to reduce waste and weight e.g. hood adjustment systems. Through our in-house pattern making we also try to minimize seams and cut the fabric careful to reduce weight. All of these marginal incremental gains add up to weight reduction. What innovative materials have been used and what are their properties? As a Gore-Tex partner we utilize the best of what is available using materials such as Shakedry or Active Shell. These materials deliver fantastic weather protection and breathability. A standout technology that we use currently is Graphene insulation. We are one of the first outdoor brands to use this and through testing and analysis by our NeoV innovation team we understand that this insulation is conductive and holds onto the heat incredibly well. Therefore, heat loss from the face of the garment is minimised. Additionally,

when heat is applied to the insulation it heats up remarkably fast. This all adds up to an amazing warmth to weight ratio for a synthetic insulation jacket. What’s the key to reduce the weight of the product without affecting its performance? Knowing your limits and understanding what conditions the user will encounter. Weather protection, functionality and harmony with your physiology are essential. For which outdoor activities are the various products in the range recommended? Lightweight trekking and hiking are the primary focus. At the extreme end this could be covering big distances over short periods of time but can also apply to general trekking and hiking, enhancing everybody’s adventure. This is not slow and heavy activity rather light and fast. What are the advantages of having lighter equipment on the mountains?

With less weight you have a more enjoyable experience. You can cover greater distances. You have more energy and feel rested and ready for the next day’s adventure. At the performance end a light weight to your kit can enable you to push harder and realise your ambitions. How were the field tests of the products carried out? We carry out extensive field testing both by our internal team by also by a network of people who are always testing out in our Nordic wilderness. Materials and performance testing are carried out by our NeoV innovation team. Both in the lab and out in the field. Testing and working on multiple prototypes while we refine the design to its optimum.

The acronym L.I.M comes from the phrase “less is more”, a mantra that has become central to the line.

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Haglöfs: What’s your more? In your adventures in the mountains the are some things that are always worth carrying to the top. And Haglöfs’ L.I.M Series is here to help achieve your greatest challenges with the maximum lightness.

L.I.M stands for “less is more” and the SS21 collection features inventive new materials that elevate the ultra lightweight range to higher levels of performance. “For us, less is more when it leaves room for everything else” says Victor Adler, Global Marketing Director at Haglöfs. “Everyone has that one unique thing they’re leaving room for in their pack that motivates them to push harder and climb higher. And this is why we innovated the ultra lightweight and high performance L.I.M Series in the first place: to lighten the load and leave extra room for those things make the journey extra special.” The new L.I.M Series is available from spring 2021, let’s take a look at what it offers!

1. L.I.M Breathe GTX Shakedry Jacket

2. L.I.M GTX Jacket

3. L.I.M Mimic Hood

The ultimate garment for high-pulse activities in unpredictable weather. This jacket combines super lightweight and great breathability with an ingenious waterproof technology. The secret is hiding in plain sight: instead of having the waterproof membrane embedded in the fabric, it’s right on the surface. The outer layer provides a smooth coating with very low friction, making water bounce right off.

A super lightweight jacket perfect to bring in your backpack. Waterproof, windproof and highly breathable. Made from Gore-Tex Paclite Plus, the L.I.M Jacket delivers all the performance and protection you need and comes with the “guaranteed to keep you dry” promise. The abrasion-resistant inner surface makes it easy to slip on and lets it glide comfortably over your skin or other clothes.

The ultimate solution to bringing an extra layer without adding any unwanted weight or bulk. It’s remarkably lightweight and packable but still offers impressive protection against colder temperatures. The padding is infused with the Nobel Prize winning super material graphene, a single atom thin grid of carbon with extreme conductive properties. The trailblazing use of this revolutionary innovation leads

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to exceptional insulating properties. This hood gets your body heat up quickly, transmits it to where it’s needed the most, and contains the warmth for longer.

4. L.I.M Crown Tee When your body needs to cool down it breaks a sweat. This is an important reason why humans can trek long distances without overheating. This tee uses a dynamic cooling technolo-

gy to enhance this effect, and works almost like a second skin. The fabric responds to your body and evaporates moisture to complement the skin’s natural ability to regulate temperature. As long as you are warm, the shirt dissipates body heat, effectively cooling you down, but as soon as you take a break and your temperature drops the effect is deactivated and the shirt dries quickly.

This is why we innovated the ultra lightweight and high performance L.I.M Series in the first place: to lighten the load and leave extra room for those things make the journey extra special.

THE PILL INTERVIEW BY CAMILLA PIZZINI

Hannes Namberger Hannes Namberger is 31 years old and loves running in the mountains. From the south of Germany, on the border with Austria, he has always had the perfect playground right outside his doorstep. Summer and winter are good opportunities to practice some of the many activities he loves: trail running, mountain biking, but also ski mountaineering. We have to be honest, he is no ordinary runner, but one of the best German trail runner and has already won important races such as Transalpine Run, Pitz Alpine Glacier Trail, Mayrhofen Ultraks, Großglockner Trail and many more. What are you up to these days? Do you miss competing? Are you motivated or do you feel more relaxed without the pressure of races? I am

still working and practicing sports is not my real job, so I still have a good distraction from the current situation. At the moment I think races will start again in May or June so I train very specifically and strictly according to plan. Of course there is a certain amount of uncertainty, but my recipe is to keep training hard because competitions will definitely return and I want to be in good shape at the start line. However, I miss the freedom to travel worry-free, but as long as I can go to the mountains it's fine. How did you start running? Did you immediately love mountain running?

Until 2011, when I was 21, I competed in Slalom and Giant Slalom, then I got injured and had to leave the competitive world. Since until then I had only known the mountains from the ski resorts, so I decided to explore them

better. In the beginning I had to get rid of some body weight, but after a while it became easier and easier for me to climb and later I increased the distances and my speed. In 2015 I heard about a competition in Austria, an easy trail race of 52km with 2400m of elevation gain. I signed up and trained hard, in the end I even got a good position (5th). From there I immediately understood that trail running would become my new sport.

ding, but the 2019 Transvulcania Ultra remains my favorite. I was in perfect shape and ran in the front group from the start. Unfortunately I made a nutritional mistake and after 30km I was done. For the remaining 44km to the finish line I had extreme cramps and pains in my legs because I didn't want to withdraw. I will remember forever this fight against pain.

Your career is spectacular, is there a race that has remained in your heart and why? Each race is special and

Running at this level involves not only a physical effort but also mental one. When you run and feel bad or have a hard time, what do you do to get over it? In every race I do I am

usually extremely tough and deman-

100% prepared, both physically and

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mentally. Sure, I have ups and downs during a long run, but it's important to keep pushing and moving forward. For example, when I have a moment of weakness, I often think that it is just a feeling of pain that will soon disappear. Viewing the reward after the race with beer and good food can also help you get through a bad moment. Especially in ultra races over 100km it is essential to be mentally very well prepared for the difficulties that will surely come. You are part of the Dynafit team, what are your favorite products and why? How important are your run-

ning equipment? Dynafit makes fanta-

stic products, both visually and technically, and this is an important part of the company's success. I wore Dynafit products even before collaborating with the brand. The new D N A collection, which was also my idea, is a very minimalist line, in black and white, but extremely technical and light, I find it perfect for me. I run with the Alpine Pro model, a very light but reliable shoe thanks to which I have never had a blister. The Dynafit equipment is perfect and I rely on it 100%. A true brand made by athletes for athletes.

What are your plans for this year and where do you see yourself in 5 years? I hope to be able to participate in

the 101km Zugspitz Ultra and 170km UTMB in June. The UTMB, in particular, is the most famous and important race in the trail running world, so I want to prepare myself as best I can. I'm 31, a good age for an ultra trailer, so I hope I can keep my level for many more years if not even improving it. It would be great if I achieved all my personal goals in 5 years and were still enthusiastic about trail running.

Peter Moser Aurai BY M A R TA M A N ZO N I

PHOTOS BY ROBERTO DE PELLEGRIN

Aurai, from pre-Latine "Aur", a grassy area around waters, from which comes Lagorai.

The first thing I understand about Peter Moser is that for Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos and the elite of Silicon Valley, Peter Moser, simply does not exist. No trace of him on the World Wide Web. Today's revolutionaries don't have social media. The second thing I understand about Peter Moser is that he loves Lagorai as much as I do. Except that he, one of the best Mountain Guides in the area, knows it like the back of his hand. “There is Cima d’Asta, my kingdom. Behind there is the farm where I live, lost in the mountains” he tells me, pointing to the summit located between the Tesino Plateau, the Valsugana and the Vanoi Valley. In February 2020, before the world stopped, Peter Moser, the irreducible, linked all the peaks of more than thousand meters of the Lagorai-Cima d'Asta chain. Crests at the edge of the sky, steep and very exposed slopes, technical swooping descents, unpublished ski mountaineering routes. Every day he covered more than six/seven thousand meters in altitude, climbing crests strictly in alpine style, light and essential. "I only had a little water and a few peanuts with me, which I often didn't even eat. I didn't have a set time, I didn't

care about the record, it was just an excuse to be out in my environment. I knew that I would have to adapt to the conditions I found at high altitude, navigating by sight. The program was just an idea. In the end, however, it took me fourteen days”. A journey of exploration of the soul and uncontaminated nature. As adventure companions, deer, eagles, chamois and wolves. The snow under the feet, the wind in the hair, looking at the horizon and, in the ears, the sound of breath. “I am very jealous of my home mountains. Lagorai is the last wild outpost of Trentino, far from the tourism spotlight, and I want it to remain as it is. It is unique and it has a priceless value. It is a no man's land. Its origin is volcanic, if you look at it from above it is made up of huge ridges that line up as far as the eye can see. Here the only resort is the Cermis and there is only one road, closed in winter. For the most part it is not even a Natural Park, if you think about it it is indicative: it means that are the mountaineers who have preserved it intact, the same as millennia of years ago". An eagle dances at the zenith, circling curiously above our heads. It is the only friend we would meet

during the day. It seems that humanity has never existed here. “I move in silence, as an animal, following my own instinct. The mountain must not notice my passage. If I notice footprints of a wolf, I go the other way, in order to not to interfere. I'm even sorry to leave my mark on the snow. I dive into the mountains and become part of them. Do you think that if there had been thirty other people with us, today would have been such a special day anyway?” The question, of course, is rhetorical. And it is impossible not to agree with the implicit answer. “The mountains are not for everyone. I know I'm selfish, but that's the way it is. It takes a gradual, respectful approach. If I find that a person does not share my values, I prefer to avoid that company. I happened to say no to a client who had offered me a large amount of money to climb three classic Northern Alps because I realized that he was just a collector”. Peter Moser, South Tyrolean roots written in the surname, a son of an artist of the mountains, self-taught. Improvising is his mantra. “My family is made of farmers, I have no mountaineering relatives. At first, it was the simple consequence of a re-

“I move in silence, as an animal, following my own instinct. The mountain must not notice my passage. If I notice footprints of a wolf, I go the other way, in order to not to interfere. I'm even sorry to leave my mark on the snow. I dive into the mountains and become part of them. call. So as a child, around the age of ten, when I took my first steps on the wall, I learned everything by myself. At twelve I climbed my first 8a. I was used to living with fear, since a risk situation arose at every adventure, it was inevitable. I remember once, on the edge of a trail, I saw blood come out of my nails as I tightened my grips. I was thirteen and went ahead always first. Now I would never tell the kids I teach to do that. I consider myself a bit of a survivor. A healthy fear is good, it always makes you alert. These experiences have forged my personality and my knowledge of the mountains. I have always been attracted to adventures, these strong sensations and all activities: ice climbing, ski mountaineering, multi-pitch routes. The important thing is to stay in the mountains”. When he was twenty Peter Moser became a Mountain Guide. In his curriculum there are repetitions of routes above 8c, ascents to the great Norths of the Alps, hundreds of routes in the Dolomites and throughout the Alps, numerous first openings both on rock and on ice. Rebellious and indomitable curvy hair, just like their master, lean and ready to shoot, a perfect name, destined to become legend, for a few people. “I have never respected the rules, since I was a child: you don't know how many times my mom slapped me in the face! I consider myself a rebel: I have never done anything in my life that has been imposed on me. This is what I am”.

Peter Moser is a wild spirit, a pure one. An authentic person, a force of nature. A mountaineer that wants to be and not to appear. “With sponsors I immediately make things clear and I have said many no to several proposals I have received. I feel good with Aku precisely because we share the same vision of the mountain. A common passion that goes far beyond the simple sport performance. There is a lot of comparison related not only to the development of innovative shoes such as the Rock DFS GTX, but to the outdoor world in its multifaceted nature. Another model of the company that I find interesting is the Hayatsuki GTX: a boot suitable for challenging and mixed routes”. After a very bad injury and the breakup of the cruciate ligament, Peter Moser agreed to join the army as a professional athlete and mountaineer. After five years, however, military discipline began to get tight. He decided to end this experience, which helped him understand what he is really looking for in the mountains: mountaineering is his parallel universe of freedom, his escape. Anarchist by nature, understood as a libertarian ideal based on the autonomy and freedom of individuals, as opposed to any form of constituted power. “Being free allows me to express myself. I think I'm not good at anything, except at struggling. I am a hard head: if I have a goal I do not give up. This is why I go to the mountains alone: I am faster and every emotion is

stronger. I have direct contact with nature. I have a hard time finding someone who has my same ideals and my same time pace”. In fact, for someone who is used to pulverizing two hundred thousand meters of altitude difference a year, I imagine it is difficult to find joyride partners. “Sometimes I meet a new climbing partner but the next times he always finds some excuse not to come…”. Peter tells me that in the future he would like to test himself in some international expedition, since he has never experienced any of that. But of course he doesn't tell me where he would like to go. Today, we’re spending together a decidedly alternative Easter day. Starting from the Val Cava, we walk up to the Cima del Gronlait, which divides the Valsugana from the Val dei Mocheni, an area known for the presence of a German-speaking linguistic minority of medieval origin. We descend from the southeast side, arriving in Val Portella. We go back on our skins to the top and ski down to the village of Fierozzo, where some friends come to pick us up by car. A little taste of his Lagorai. A peak, while he, during his crossing, covered thirty peaks a day, indomitable. Up and down from the ridges to the edge of the sky, all in one breath. Peter Moser, the irreducible. And his Lagorai, so beautiful when it’s beautiful, so amazing, so peaceful.

The North Face Flight VECTIV Tested BY R U N AWAY C R E W

PHOTOS ANDREA SCHILIRÒ

The North Face is synonymous with mountain, technical clothing and outdoor equipment. Always one of the leading brands in the outdoor sports, in the beginning of 2021 it has decidedly moved the bar upwards also in the Trail Running segment, proposing to the world the first trail shoe presenting a 3D carbon plate, an innovative Rocker geometry and a great gripping sole. All these features make Flight VECTIV one of the most interesting offer among the off road models currently on the market. "About 40% of UMB participants ends the race and we would like to improve this percentage" this has been the introductory note of The North Face presenting the shoe.

test to achieve this overview in collaboration with the guys from The Pill Magazine. Let's find out more! The 3D VECTIV carbon plate is immediately positioned under the foot in direct contact with the sole, to offer greater thrust and stability. The Rocker form of the midsole has a "curved" longitudinal profile that favors a quick transition from the heel to the forefoot, or a quicker roll. It is a double density midsole, one is reactive and cushioned, the other denser and more stable in the greater impact points. The drop from the ground is 25mm rear and 19mm in the front, for a 6mm total drop.

Over 9,000km of tests and two years of research and development are just some of the data that allowed the brand to reach the final model of the shoe. We tried the Flight VECTIV in Valle d'Aosta on the technical slopes and on the steep terrains of the Mont Avic Natural Park, in Trentino along the snow-covered trails in the Val di Non, in Liguria between the mule track of the Natural Park of Portofino and finally in Lombardy on mixed terrains and on the slopes of the Lombardy Prealps. In these months we literally put them to

The Surface Control sole is made of a compound of super grippy rubber with 3.5mm lugs offering an excellent grip on every type of terrain, even on snow and ice. Talking about gripping, the level is very

high, almost as much as the adherence that Vibram Megagrip offers but with less wear when dealing with gravel roads.

and comfortable, the final feeling leads you to keep the shoe on for the whole day without any hassle.

The upper is in lightweight, breathable, comfortable and adherent mesh. The high collar is well designed to "close" the footwear above as if it were a gaiter and in this way preventing the entry of debris and other disturbing elements. The model is a bit tiring to wear for those who do not have a skinny foot, but the comfort once it’s on is excellent. Externally on the sides there is a Matryx panel made with Kevlar and Polyamide to ensure rubbing and abrasion resistance. Finally, some reflective details guarantee better visibility at night.

Which terrain and what distance. The shoe turns out to be ideal for covering any distance, on each type of terrain. Trails, dirt roads, more or less technical mixed terrains. To whom it is recommended. In our opinion, to better appreciate the features of Flight VECTIV, you must follow a “runner" lifestyle, or at least being used to run. A slow, undecided or fatigued step could make you feel less stable in the medial area of the foot. Conclusions. We confirm its features of speed, reactivity, stability downhill and above all the feeling of lower fatigue during and especially after the race.

Our feelings. Aesthetically we liked it a lot, on the feet it is very light, it weighs in fact only 275g. Furthermore, the shoe turned out to be damn fast when you decide to push. As soon as you start running, you realize how much the shoe leads to being competitive even without really being so, you are in fact pushed, especially downhill, to a fast and easy ride. After only a few hours the feeling is that of extreme effectiveness without being fatigued. According to some tests, Flight VECTIV reduces the descent tibial impact by 10%, allowing runners to cover more kilometers without negative repercussions. The fit is precise

Which terrain and what distance. The shoe turns out to be ideal for covering any distance, on each type of terrain. Trails, dirt roads, more or less technical mixed terrains.

The Wanderer’s Trail BY VA L E R I A M A R G H E R I TA M O S CA PHOTOS ISACCO EMILIANI

A walk in early spring can turn into an exciting journey for those who love to observe and enjoy changing seasons and natural environments. The first signs of plant life are clear and the immobility typical of winter gives way to the green tones of the first leaves and flowers of the early species. For those wishing to grasp these first symptoms of rebirth, I recommend in this period not to go too high in altitude but to prefer trails or areas not above 500m on the sea level. A few days ago, I discovered a trail that I had never seen before, despite being very close to the area where I live. It is called “Sentiero del Viandante”, The Wanderer’s Trail, and it is a trail that winds along the eastern shore of Lecco lake. For some stretches it remains almost on the water's edge and then climbs up the mountain and descends again many, many times, from Abbadia to Lierna, to Varenna, Bellano, Dervio and Colico. It was once called Via Ducale, Via Regia or Napoleona and is about 45km long. Depending on the level of training, the route can be easily divided into 1, 2, 3 or 4 stages because the railway serves the numerous villages that you’re going to cross, allowing you to quickly return to the starting point. It is well signposted and can be followed in all seasons due to the sunny exposure of the trail and its low altitudes. These characteristics make it a perfect place to observe the looming spring to capture the beauty of a very special mo-

ment in the cycle of nature, when the Lario mountains are punctuated by the colorful blooms of herbs and plants. Walking along it, you get catapulted into the ancient life of Lecco lake ambivalent between water and mountains and its historical and cultural characteristics among stone buildings, mule tracks, docks and breathtaking landscapes. It gives you a sense of truly fulfilling exploration and discovery without feeling the need to reach particular points of interest but simply enjoying the walk. Along the way you will encounter numerous villages with their sinuous and enchanted streets that suddenly offer an unforgettable glimpse of the lake, where you can find refreshment points and enjoy a simple dish, a sandwich, a pizza or a more traditional meal made of lake fish, fried fish and risotto or "pulenta e missultin" accompanied by a good glass of red wine from nearby Valtellina. The trail also allows you to have a clear view of the Larian flora and consequently of the edible landscape of the area, helped by the spring period and by the delicacies and first fruits that the season brings with it. One of the species I would like to talk about here is certainly the Reynoutria Japonica, an exogenous and invasive plant whose col-

It gives you a sense of truly fulfilling exploration and discovery without feeling the need to reach particular points of interest but simply enjoying the walk. lection, even for food purposes, can definitely make us cooperative with the natural environment and favor a sustainable vision of our relationship with the biosphere. It typically grows in humid areas or near water and for this reason it will be easy to meet it in the parts of the trail close to the lake. It is a real plant monster that suffocates the native plants that characterize our biodiversity. The spring shoots, similar to large reddish-green asparagus, grow very quickly (on hot and sunny days even 30cm a day) and, if harvested at the right time, are tender and juicy with a pleasant sour and aromatic taste reminiscent of that of rhubarb. You can find them sprouting from the ground among dried plants of the previous year and you can collect a lot of them. You can keep them in the refrigerator and can be eaten cooked in jams or jellies and used for savory and sweet recipes. Inside, they are hollow and lend themselves well to being used as pleasant vegetable cannelloni to be stuffed as you want and then baked in the oven. Or cut and sautéed as an accompaniment to fatty dishes that need a sour tone. I recommend you to try to preserve them in a brine of water, salt, apple cider vinegar and honey. They become an alternative to the classic picalilli, much healthier and more sustainable. Collect them and wash them well. Cut them all to the same height and tuck them neatly into a canning jar. Cover until they are submerged with the brine consisting of 3/5 of apple cider vinegar, 2/5 of water, 1 tablespoon of honey for every 50g of liquid and salt to taste. Let them soak for a month before consuming them. They will be a great surprise during brunches and late spring/summer dinners!

An alternative to the collection of Reynoutria Japonica, tasty and really, in the literal sense of the word, romantic is to take advantage of the young leaves of the edible trees that you would meet along the way to compose an original salad, delicious and rich in active ingredients that are really healthy. The leaves of the trees in the first 4 weeks after the opening of the leaf buds are an excellent vegetable because they are still very tender and assimilable by our body. Over time, the leaves will become more woody, similar to a sheet of paper and unappetizing. It is therefore worth taking advantage of these excellent ingredients immediately! Along The Wanderer’s Trail, you will be able to meet elegant birch trees that stand out with their long and elegant shadows halfway up, iridescent in the silver bark. The leaves are excellent, with a nutty flavor and a strong detoxifying power. And then the majestic beech trees, which often create small forests in the area also called beech woods. The young leaves have a sour, thirst-quenching, slightly astringent taste and have the power to lower blood cholesterol levels. Lower down, absolutely to be collected, are the linden suckers, very tender and crunchy leaves with a taste reminiscent of cucumber, refreshing and satisfying. While the trails climbs up to the highest points, we manage to reach the first conifers and with them the spruce buds. The apical part of the branches of this beautiful and delicious conifer turns light green in spring, and gives us one of my favorite ingredients in the kitchen. The buds are a tender, sour and balsamic vegetable, very rich of vitamin C, which completes our tree salad with a truly unique and special touch.

Simon Gietl Can you hear me? B Y S I LV I A G A L L I A N I PHOTOS STORY TELLER LABS

Last August 2020, professional alpinist Simon Gietl finally fulfilled a dream: completing the ascent with 20 pitches of the route he called “Can you hear me”, on the west face of the steep and intimidating Cima Scotoni (2,874m) in the Dolomites. Two years of preparation, made up of numerous attempts and physical and mental training, finally led him to fulfill the promise made to his long-time friend Gerry Fiegl.

Oberbacher. By now, he was also able to climb all the other difficult sequences and had studied and memorised the most problematic sections. On 15 August 2020, after two years of working at it, Simon Gietl was ready to fulfil his dream, his and Gerry’s. Conditions that day were excellent, and Simon decided to start climbing in the early hours of the morning together with Andrea Oberbacher. The team had a long day ahead. But soon things started not going according to plan. During the third pitch, Simon experienced “the first setback”. All the optimism felt at the start of the day seemed to disappear. The rock face there was very delicate and tricky chimney-like flake, and the risk of falling was high. Several times the fingers slipped from the wet and slippery holds, but in the end they managed to manoeuvre themselves back in to the wall. Standing at the belay, Simon could still feel the self-induced pressure rising. In an effort to shake off the negative thoughts, he focused on the rock face ahead. The clock was ticking but, strangely, the pressure decreased. Simon moved through the initial moves in the crux pitch with more relaxed timing, the hectic insecurity he experienced lower down the route continued to fade. He had now freed what was by far the hardest pitch and his partner congratulated him as he joined him at the belay. Nevertheless, there were still 14 pitches before the summit. No room for er-

It’s 2015 when Gerhard “Gerry” Fiegl proposed to Simon Gietl to climb the route together. That same year Gerry tragically died in 2015, aged just 27, during an expedition in the Annapurna Massif. Simon, shocked by the loss of his friend, set aside the project which, however, always remained stuck in his head. Simon dedicated 4 days to the route in September 2016, then after another four days of climbing around June 2018, and finally, on the 27th, he managed to complete all 20 pitches of the route which is opened from below, without bolts. However, it is only in 2020 that the route is finally freed. At the start of August 2020, Simon found a solution to unlock pitch six and decided to free solo climb the route with his climbing partner and fellow Alpine Guide Andrea

ror or lapses in concentration. They climbed on slowly but steadily. Before the final pitch leading to the summit at 2,874 metres, Simon checked his watch. They had plenty of time but they couldn’t wait to be on the top. On reaching the summit, Simon dedicated the climb to Gerry Fiegl. Friend, climbing partner and the man with the original idea for the route that he will never climb. Simon decided to call the newly freed route “Can you hear me?”. And Gerry certainly heard him.

What emotions did you feel once reached the summit? It was a roller coaster of emo-

tions! I was all alone on top, yet I didn't feel alone, I felt that someone was there with me and I shouted loudly "Can you hear me, Gerry?". It has been so good, after so many doubts, to finally complete this route that Gerry would have liked to climb together. I knew I was not alone up there, I had tears in my eyes, I felt happy and at the same time sad to know that it would be the last route we would climb together.

Simon, can you tell us how and when the “Can you hear me” project was born? When

Are there any brands that supported you in this project? What technical equipment did you use? Fortunately yes! I used Sa-

Gerry Fiegl, one of my best friends, phoned me shortly before his expedition to Nepal, he told me about a new route on the Scotoni peak. He wanted me to open it with him in a traditional way. He told me "you have to promise me" and without thinking twice I gave him my word. At that moment I didn't know what promise I was making. But when the news of his fatal accident reached me, the earth collapsed from under my feet. It was only a few years later that I decided to keep my last promise to Gerry. So I decided to open this route only for him and to always carry him in my heart.

lewa clothing, backpacks and helmets, it is a brand I have relied on for 15 years and which has been indispensable in this project. Future projects? My biggest future goal is

to grow old, happy and healthy, with my family! Then I still have many ideas that I would like to realize but I always say “let’s not talk about projects, let’s tell stories."

“It has been so good, after so many doubts, to finally complete this route that Gerry would have liked to climb together. I knew I was not alone up there, I had tears in my eyes, I felt happy and at the same time sad to know that it would be the last route we would climb together.“

What were the main difficulties you had?

The main difficulty was certainly taking the decision of free solo climbing the route. When I found myself in front of this great wall it was immediately clear to me that I would have to give my best, everything, to keep my promise. The climb was very complicated, I progressed slowly but steadily. The route has 20 pitches and it took me 8 days divided over two years to complete it!

Don’t stop me now B Y S I LV I A G A L L I A N I

Martina Valmassoi She set the new female 24-hour uphill ski record. Between March 21st and 22nd, Martina Valmassoi climbed non-stop 17,645 metres and skied down the same hill of Monte Agudo, in Auronzo di Cadore, signing a new record right on her home mountains.

“I have known Martina for many years and I must say that she achieved a really great result,” says Gil Pintarelli, team manager of Team Crazy that sees Martina as one of its athlete. “Obviously there were many question marks and problems that she could have encountered in 24h, but in the end she was very methodical and precise and she took home the record thanks to a great performance. Also you can see that she had a lot of fun, in pure Crazy style!” Hi Martina! How and when did you approach the world of outdoor sports? My whole family loves practicing

sports so I can say that I have been going to the mountains all my life. Having grown up in the Dolomites it was quite easy for me to start practicing sports, I started with cross-country skiing competitions that I did until I was a teenager. Then I started practicing ski mountaineering with my mom who was already doing some competitions back then. More or less immediately I joined the National Team. I have been doing ski mountaineering competitions since 2007. What does a typical week of training look like for you? Right now I

am a freelancer and for two years I have been working as a social media manager in the outdoor field so the time available is always short and I try to manage it in the best way possible. This winter my typical day was structured like this: wake up early, go out and ski and then go to work. These times of restrictions and less freedom seem to have led many people to approach the mountains for the first time. What advice would you give to those approaching this world for the first time? It is essential to go

step by step. Many times even a trip considered easy or a very popular place can change depending on the conditions that modify from time to time.

You also need to know what it is an easy trip and what it isn't. Education is key to know how to interpret the various situations and the possible dangers connected to them. For those who have recently discovered this world and would like to go to the mountains even more, avalanche courses are the next step to get an idea of how to behave in an unexpected situation. Do you think ski mountaineering and trail running are heavily male-dominated worlds? What can be done to bring girls closer to these sports? I’ve seen more and more par-

ticipation from women in recent years, certainly more than in the past. This year, due to a mix between the current situation, closed lifts and, perhaps, more free time, there has been a real boom in ski mountaineering. I see also that the market is now starting to realize that more and more girls are approaching the mountains. About this topic, Crazy has always been way ahead in the outdoor field thanks to its attention towards the female audience. Their products have never been differentiated only by co-

lor but by their wearability designed for female “shapes". Refined materials and perfect fit and above all the continuous search for lightness, Fast & Light garments distinguish Crazy compared to other brands. Tell us about your latest record. Where did the idea come from and how did you train for it? This year

we had some amazing snow conditions, something never seen before, and this allowed me to go skiing in places I had never visited. In January I realized that I had been skiing every day for about 50 days without ever stopping so, jokingly, one day I told a friend of mine that I wanted to try to stay out on skis for 24 hours. Of course he laughed at me! But the idea stuck in my head and last month I finally decided to give it a try. I was already well trained and when I convinced myself to try, I spent a month planning all my days towards achieving the goal. I don't particularly like skiing on slopes even if it is a kind of training that this record requires in theory, so I did some tests, I needed to understand what pace would I need to keep. One month before the record I did two weeks of heavy training which, combined to what I did throughout the winter, gave me a good starting point. I skied on the slope 3 times a week for about 3 hours, and then I tried to climb 5000 meters of altitude on the record circuit. In addition, I went out several time on racing skis but I also did some easier trips, the important thing for me was to be out in the mountains. Was there something that you were scared about? Certainly there were

many unknowns in this record because I had never been out for more than the 13 hours spent at the 90km of Chamonix, which however took place in the summer. What scared me most was the possibility of finding a hot day because I could have suffer more from blisters and foot problems. As for the night I was supposed to spend

outside, I was actually quite curious about it because it would have been the first time for me. During the record, has been there a moment when you thought about giving up? If you had any difficulties, how did you manage to overcome them? I had some difficulties but

I think I have always been mentally strong because I was very motivated. It was cold at night and there was a lot of wind so I had some stomach problems but I didn't panic, I dressed more in order to be more protected and recover faster without stopping. I have always remained rational and reactive. When it started to lighten, I started to feel some pain in my feet but I immediately decided to stop and change my socks to avoid blisters. Instead of waiting and postponing, I preferred to waste some time but save my feet rather than go on for hours in pain. Future projects? I'm not a record bre-

aker! The project I’ve just achieved was something I had in mind for a long time so I'm glad I did. I know someone will beat me sooner or later, even if it won't be easy, but that's right! I think I will start racing a bit depending on how the Covid situation will evolve, and if it will be an almost normal season I will certainly have a lot of work commitments, but I will certainly do some races too!

“In January I realized that I had been skiing every day for about 50 days without ever stopping so, jokingly, one day I told a friend of mine that I wanted to try to stay out on skis for 24 hours.“

Braille Mountain Initiative Tyson Rettie BY MARTA MANZONI PHOTOS RYAN CREARY

Before becoming blind within two years, Tyson Rettie was a Canadian Mountain Guide, helicopter rescuer and avalanche professional. His life has changed in many ways, except one: Tyson Rettie has never stopped practicing ski mountaineering in unspoiled nature and climbing mountains.

Soon he had the desire to share these experiences, making them possible for other people with his same disability: in May 2020, the Braille Mountain Initiative was born, a non-profit organization with the aim of inspiring blind and visually impaired people and make them participate in backcountry adventures in the mountains. The Braille Mountain Initiative is the first project in the world of this type: the goal is to regularly offer ski mountaineering programs for blind people. Would you tell us your story? Before

becoming blind two years ago due to a rare disease called Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy, I was working here in Canada as a Mountain Guide, helicopter rescuer, and avalanche professional. At the end of November 2018, I started to lose sight in my right eye and in two weeks I could no longer see anything. Eight months later, in the summer of 2019, the same thing happened to my left eye and at that point I became blind. Right now I can’t recognize people's faces, read or drive. I can hardly move around a room and vaguely recognize the blurred outlines of objects inside it. I stopped working as a Mountain Guide and helicopter rescuer but I never stopped skiing with friends.

How and when was the Initiative born? When I became blind, I imme-

diately started looking for a way to use my skills as a mountain expert for people with disabilities, and I did some research. There were only a few opportunities for beginners to take lessons, always staying close to the hotels, never going into unspoiled nature. I soon realized that there were no ski mountaineering programs for blind people who had a good level and wanted to embark on new challenges and adventures in the mountains. I realized it would be great to share these experiences with other blind and visually impaired athletes and skiers: so in May 2020 I founded the Braille Mountain Initiative, a non-profit organization that aims to inspire people to experience the backcountry and concretely create opportunities to do that. How is the project going? What are the activities you propose? The project

grew rapidly and I immediately found several partners and supporters who believed in it. We immediately ran out of places available for the first multi-day trip that we proposed and at the moment there is a waiting list for the next events we have organized. In the spring of 2021 we will take four blind skiers and their guides to Canada in

a remote cabin in the mountains for a week of ski mountaineering. I am sure this experience will change every participant's life. The prerequisite for applying for this adventure was to be an experienced skier with a good level of fitness. No previous backcountry experience needed: since there were no programs like this it was unlikely that blind skiers would have had the opportunity to develop a previous experience. During these programs there will also be sighted guides for safety reasons, in a skiing environment for each blind person it is important to have a sighted skier following. We believe that the best thing is that this person is someone important in the blind person's "skier life", like a friend with whom they practiced this sport in the past and want to continue doing it. In addition, for safety reasons there will always be some Mountain Guides who will work with us, some as volunteers, others paid. Why do you think ski mountaineering is a unique opportunity for blind people? The choice to spend a week

in a remote cabin is not accidental: it allows easy access to the open alpine terrain, and in this way participants will have the opportunity to ski as if they did not have a visual disability. On powder, with no people or obsta-

cles around them, they will be able to ski fast, free and independent. In this environment you can tell blind people that they are free to ski without finding any impediment in front of them for several meters. It becomes a real challenge. Being able to conquer the top of a mountain is another fundamental aspect: it gives courage and confidence about your abilities. Being alone up there is another unique and precious feeling. You can’t find all of this on slopes where you have so many noises, distractions, obstacles and barriers around you. During the stay, information on safety, avalanche recovery and how to rescue companions will be included in the program. In Italy there’s a lot of talking about Mountain Therapy. What is the therapeutic power of the mountain for blind people? How important is it to promote psychophysical well-being?

For me the mountains represent the possibility of continuing to overcome new challenges, understanding how far I am able to go. For many people, becoming blind means losing some of their independence and practicing backcountry can restore this feeling of autonomy. To move forward we all need to hold on to some new challenges and happy thoughts, and ski mountaineering can be all of that. On the mountains we are all equal, there are no sick and healthy people. We forget about labels such as "blind", "disability", "behaviour disorders." Is that true? That's absolutely

true! In the mountains we are no longer blind skiers but only skiers. Often when I happen to ski with other blind people near the hotels in the valley, for safety reasons we are obliged to wear a fluorescent yellow jacket that signals that we are disabled in order for other skiers to pay attention to us. This identification obligation does not exist when you practice ski mountaineering in unspoiled nature: we can simply ski as everyone. In this way we feel part of the group like any other skier.

Does the experience lived in backcountry help you to better face the obstacles of existence? What are the benefits you have found? These

experiences really help in developing a sense of hope in everyday life. Knowing that you can go back to do ski mountaineering and feel strong emotions reduce negative thoughts and promotes the ability to concentrate and your self-confidence. The mind lets itself go, new ideas and solutions emerge: pure air, physical activity, the scents and sounds of the mountain favor general well-being even in the days following the trips. Every day I get up, I think that when I want I can go out there on my skins and this thought gives me incredible strength and enthusiasm. Do you ever get scared while skiing? What are your feelings? I practice ski

mountaineering almost every day, yet for the first two or three turns I always hesitate a little even though I have been practicing this activity as a blind person for two winters. It's still a good challenge. Even if people tell me that for three or four hundred meters I have nothing in front of me, it still has a certain effect at the beginning, I’m not that sure about which terrain and slope I will find. After the first few turns, however, I get comfortable and feel at ease again. Also for this reason I believe that skiing with the same friends helps to feel safer, it is easier to trust them. I would not call these feelings "fear" but “hesitation". Why do the programs you offer last one week? We want these experiences

to represent a starting point: the goal is to offer tools and notions to allow blind people to continue practicing ski mountaineering in the future, even on their own. This is why the program includes safety courses and we recommend you to come with friends and family with whom you intend to go back on the mountains in the future. Are you in contact with other reali-

ties outside Canada? Are you going to expand the project by involving new countries? Yes, I would really

love that! Unfortunately, the pandemic is slowing everything down but we are already working in this direction: I would like to offer the opportunity to participate in programs like the ones we have thought of for all blind skiers in Canada. However, I have also already come into contact with other realities in the United States that are very interested. I would really like to involve new countries and continents soon, such as New Zealand, Europe, Asia. That would be really cool. What feedbacks did you get about the Initiative? I’ve got some really

very positive feedbacks, both from sighted and from blind people. They told me that I have been an inspiration to many, I have shown what is really possible to do even if you are blind. Many people are happy that there is such a reality as the Braille Mountain Initiative. In essence, it is the demonstration that anything is possible. The solidarity that I have discovered in the last two years was also fantastic, especially from Mountain Guides and rescuers. Many of them have supported me, with donations, volunteering, practical actions, believing in me and in the Initiative. I think some of these people have also put themselves in my shoes and reflected on what has happened to me wondering how they would behave if something similar happened to them: would I be able to go on if my life changed so radically? What are your future goals? Regar-

ding the Initiative, we would like to expand the offer and include other activities, such as climbing, trekking, mountaineering. Personally, in parallel with my work for the Initiative, I am looking for new opportunities to work in the sector as a Mountain Guide by making my skills available. I hope that new opportunities will open up after the pandemic.

Deosai TEXT GIAN LUCA GASCA

PHOTOS SAMUEL CONFORTOLA

A unique plateau in the world Six Italians, on skis, across the Deosai plateau for the first time in winter. It happened in Pakistan, where four Mountain Guides, a ski instructor and a videomaker covered in one week the 80 kilometers that separate Astore from Skardu, in the Gilgit Baltistan region.

and the EvK2Minoprio organization put this project into practice with the support of the Italian Embassy in Islamabad. “For Pakistanis, ski mountaineering is something new, which they have been discovering in recent years” explains Michele Cucchi, guide of Alagna Valsesia and operational manager of the project. With him there were the guides Maurizio Gallo, president of EvK2Minoprio, Marco Zaninetti, Paolo Dalla Valentina, the ski instructor Matteo Negra and the videomaker Samuel Confortola. The aim of this crossing was to identify a possibility for the tourism of the future, to seize new opportunities and to outline possible itineraries. But there was more.

A project strongly desired by the government of the Pakistani region for the promotion of winter tourism in the land of the great mountains of the Karakorum. The Associazione Cuore Attivo Monte Rosa

Skiing on the Deosai plateau Starting from the Astore valley, which leads to the plateau, the group reached Skardu in about a week, one of the last human outposts on the road to K2. From March 15th to 21st, they moved on their own through this lunar territory about 4000 meters above sea level, living a unique experience. “The first day was the hardest, but it was also a great party, there was also a marching band following us” explains Cucchi. "We received an unexpected and warm welcome".

And then the thrill of being alone sliding on that immaculate mantle, listening only to the sound of skis and your own lungs. “I don't think I've ever seen a clear light like that. Darkness, silence, all things that we no longer find in everyday life". It is unthinkable that until today no one has ever imagined crossing this land with skins, but basically here ski mountaineering is something new, which has being discovered in recent years and which in the future could reserve interesting surprises by opening the doors to new tourist frontiers, creating work and seasonally adjusting the attendance of the Pakistani valleys, that are nowadays frequented only in the summer months for trekking to the highest mountains on earth. "We are working on the technical report to be delivered to the Deosai National Park, with the intention of creating nature trails and perhaps support points" concludes Cucchi.

Having overcome the important difference in height that allowed access to the plateau, the group left the celebrations behind, finding themselves alone in a white world, where everything appeared motionless. "We had to use a GPS to orient ourselves, otherwise it would have been impossible”. A continuous ups and downs following the summer itinerary. So they went on for 80 kilometers through the Deosai National Park, a protected area declared a World Heritage Site by Unesco since 2016, which measures 3000 square kilometers of surface and hosts bears, wolves, foxes, snow leopards and more than 124 species of birds. “We met some wolves and a bearded vulture. It was strange: you are in the middle of nowhere but there’s actually life".

“Small structures, similar to our alpine bivouacs, usable both in summer and in winter. Eco-sustainable structures to facilitate the tourist flow and the discovery of this small unspoiled natural corner". The hope is to beat this new sustainable tourist track as early as the next winter season.

“We received an unexpected and warm welcome”

A huge and almost infinite white land, covered by four or five meters of snow, between 3900 and 4000 meters of altitude. "It is similar to Greenland or northern Iceland, totally different from anything else I have ever seen in neighboring Tibet or in the rest of the Himalayas where there are less snowfalls”.

Woodvivors B Y S I LV I A G A L L I A N I

“Woodvivors - L'Italia a passo di mulo” is a project born in 2016 from an idea of Francesco Paolo Lanzino. Departing these days from Pantelleria, the 2500km long adventure, would like to tell the rural world, its cultures, traditions and lifestyles and its struggle for survival, collecting testimonies from those who led a simple life but full of sacrifices and limitations.

A 6-month journey from Sicily to Turin following the Sentiero Italia, strictly unsupported and on foot or by mule. A real dive into the past that will result in a docufilm that will tell the story of the journey, but also the ancient knowledge of the Italian rural world to stimulate a new interest in local practices and to build a sustainable future rooted in our heritage.

the past to give life to ideas that can help us build a more sustainable future. Trekking and rediscovery and redevelopment of the suburban areas. How do these two aspects go hand in hand? In the suburbs very

often there are shortages in terms of roads and infrastructures. Arriving on foot you not only connect these places by creating a sort of map but you can also create an economy of exchanges and trade between the various territories, giving life at the same time to a kind of tourism that would like to visit these places in a slower and more symbiotic way.

Where did the idea of Woodvivors come from? What’s its goal? And why a mule? I have been

practicing outdoor sports since I was little, I have been in the national sailing team and I have competed for many years at a competitive level. On the other hand, the mountain for me represented a moment of relief and taught me how to move outdoors. In Sicily 10-15 years ago there were no huts or well-marked trails, so I have always moved unsupported. In 2017 I had 6 months free and I decided to cover the whole Sentiero Italia that connects Sicily to Piedmont with a mule as my only travel companion. On the third day, despite walking on my home streets, I felt like I was passing through unknown places. The mule was a real time machine that allowed me to get to know the elderly people I met along the way in an empathic and spontaneous way. The goal is precisely this: to come in contact with that almost forgotten world that still exists, before it's too late. A real journey into

Can you tell us what will be the stages of the journey? We are leaving the island of Pantelleria

in these days. We will cross Sicily fairly quickly and once we arrive in Calabria we will continue on the Sentiero Italia reaching the Aspromonte Park, Sila and Pollino, entering Basilicata and climbing up to Campania. After a short day in Lazio, it will be the turn of the Abbruzzo National Park, Gran Sasso and the Sibillini Mountains. Then Umbria, Marche, the Appennino Tosco-Emiliano Park, Liguria and finally Piedmont. We will arrive in Turin, one of the first industrialized cities in Italy and therefore a symbolical arrival point of the migration that came from the countryside to the city.

Many people in the last year have preferred to move in the suburbs and this represents both a development and a strength for rural areas. Whether it is a question of slow tourism or of re-appropriation of time, the thing that in fact surprises the most when you arrive from a metropolis is to realize that you are the master of your own time. Do you have any doubt or fear? Is there so-

vor of slow and sustainable tourism. What do

mething that scares you? I'm leaving with a lot

you think about it? I think that's true, I also see

of question marks. I think the thing that scares me the most is the management of the group. Six people travelling together for six months with a hectic pace of work, many kilometers every day, few services. The thing that matters to me is to be able to leave and arrive all together, but I'm pretty confident about it. The journey will obviously be dictated by the rhythms of our animals which are our top priority, moreover the trails of Southern Italy are complicated, you often travel along paths that you then find closed by unauthorized private gates and therefore you are forced to go back!

a decentralization of cities. Many people in the last year have preferred to move in the suburbs and this represents both a development and a strength for rural areas. Whether it is a question of slow tourism or of re-appropriation of time, the thing that in fact surprises the most when you arrive from a metropolis is to realize that you are the master of your own time. More and more often we hear talking about about climate change. In your opinion, what can we do in our small way to protect the natural environments we love? I think we can

and must learn a lot from our past. The world of 70 years ago was decidedly more eco-sustainable and indeed this word did not even exist.

Where are you planning to sleep? Are you going to camp? What technical equipment did you choose for the project? There will be two

Apart from that, everyone in their own small way can do a lot starting from the choice of the products we consume, boycotting the laws of the market and creating a true relationship between producer and consumer.

separate teams. With me physically on foot there will always be 2/3 people and we will camp unsupported. The others will travel aboard a van that works as a production truck. We are all equipped with gears offered by our technical sponsor, Ferrino, who has provided us with everything we need both from the point of view of clothing and accommodation to face six months outdoors completely unsupported. I have always used Ferrino products and I am therefore very happy and proud to be able to count on them for this project.

There is a lot of talk about ethical choices and for me the most important one is definitely to eat locally-grown food, a lifestyle that greatly influences the development of natural environments and their protection. What will be the first thing you’ll do once you arrive in Turin? I never thought about it. I think

In these times of restrictions and less freedom, many people have approached the mountains, rediscovering contact with nature in fa-

I’ll take a shower! Then I’ll have a beer. Or maybe the other way around.

Leave the kids alone. In nature. BY ELISA SCALAMBRA PHOTOS ANDREA SCHILIRÒ

Suddenly we are under house arrest. In the past, the usual space for socialization had always been an outdoor environment while lately it had become for us the city, the kindergarten, the office, the supermarket, the gym, and mostly other closed places with physical boundaries. But suddenly even those have disappeared as well as the air we breath.

ving the whole world, we choose what makes us feel alive in this moment, the world, now more than ever, needs positivity and living people. And so we stay in the mountains for eight months, opening up to the opportunity and giving ourselves the goal of experiencing nature in its multidimensionality, actively participating in this experience, as if it were what was once the race of the season, to make it a unique and authentic school of learning and awareness. Because we have learned that what you do is much more important than what you say, especially if the observer is a child.

That’s when we learned to live a different life, through a daily relationship with the external environment, being outdoors in a natural way, with a new perspective in seeing, hearing and experiencing spaces. We have always been very close to nature, although we have never denied the opportunities that the city offers us. The weekend has always been a time for us to step outside the boundaries of the walls and open ourselves to the air, wind, sun, rain, snow and more natural environments. As Erri De Luca says “I love trees. They are like us. Roots on the ground and head towards the sky”.

Achille, welcome to your new school without borders, with a green floor (after the snow has melted) and a blue sky (sometimes grey or sometimes whitish). And that was the place of his many first times, the first sandwich at 3000m, the first mini trekking with poles, the first snowstorm, the first time he throw stones into the river, the first run on the snow. We put together a box with the memories of the lockdown where we stored what we collected outside our front door, our little experiments and first experiences. Thanks to the good fortune of being in such a place, just 200km away from home, we have a spelling book of crafts and tools. It is a priceless experience, nature is an immensely wise and incredibly unpredictable teacher, it trains us to be flexible, patient, respectful. It teaches that you can go for a walk in a t-shirt with the sun and get to the top facing wind and snow, the only

This is why on March 7th, with closed schools and smart working, we leave a Milan shaken by the pandemic reaching Livigno, which we have loved for several years. Once arrived, there comes the lockdown. What to do now? This situation is bigger than us, we are rather helpless, we think about it every night when Achille sleeps and, summing up many questions and attempts to answer, perhaps our most important consideration is this: we cannot choose a safe alternative, we are facing a critical condition that is invol-

constant is change and we must be ready to face it and live it with enthusiasm. Nature offers contexts and gives you the opportunity to live and tell experiences.

We have the sole task of foreseeing them and dressing them appropriately.It's nice to see how a child experiences nature. So let's let them do it without telling them. We lived eight intense months and it was a very captivating experience, sometimes even difficult, but which allowed us to experience a sense of freedom despite the house arrest of the first months.

It is with the same enthusiasm that we listen to Achille telling his grandparents that stones sink while hay and branches float, that from the milk of the cows we get butter that he eats with bread and jam, that the hen makes the egg from which you get the omelette, that the snowcat does not meow.

We love being outdoor because it is simple but on the other hand complex, dynamic, unpredictable, sometimes wild and at the same time harmonious and rhythmic. It is a tireless teacher for living beings of all ages, for children, adults and even more for parents.

Nature and even more the mountain is a teacher of life and values, but adults must be ready to welcome this learning, humble and respectful but also open to the experience of the little ones, who throw themselves into the mud even if you have just made them wear new shoes, who touch the earthworms as if they were pastries, who taste the earth as we are used to trying a new food, who put their feet in the icy water of the stream, who roll in the leaves or sit on the ground even if it has just rained.

After eight months we made space in the suitcase among sweaters and fleeces to bring back to Milan an awareness that is priceless: immerse yourself in the environment and into nature to learn to observe rather than superficially look. And with astonishment we see Achille trying to lift the pavement of Piazza Gae Aulenti to throw large stones into the fountain to be able to cross it.

Trail is freedom, trail is power. And it’s for everyone. B Y S I LV I A G A L L I A N I

The evocative scenery of San Defendente, on Mount Greno, recently hosted Najla Aqdeir, Timothy Thompson and Francesco Puppi, for a day of running and sharing. This suggestive place, located at 675 meters high, that gives you a breathtaking 360-degree view of Lake Iseo, of the surrounding valleys and of mountains up to the Adamello, is the set of the new Nike international campaign.

Najla, Timothy and Francesco are three athletes with different features and backgrounds, but united by one great passion: trail running. In the new Nike campaign, they fully share the values and vision of trail running as a discipline open to all, a true community of outdoor lovers who gather on the trails to share an experience and transform the surrounding environment into their own playground. Nike promotes a message of inclusion, supporting runners by giving them the best equipment to use on different types of terrain. What matters is not the time split on the watch, nor the medals won in races. On mountain trails what really matters are the emotions that a run in contact with nature can give you, better if faced with the right tools. Sharp bends, dense forests, winding pathways, steep grounds. Everyone chooses their own pace. Everyone is the same and welcome to run on the trails. As long as they respect the values of the environment that hosts them.

“The loss of ecosystems and landscapes caused by human activities is extremely evident for those who run in the middle of nature” says Francesco Puppi, Nike Trail athlete. “Fortunately, relatively intact places still exist and the feelings you get when you run through them are very intense and particular. There is a sense of sharing with the people you run with, a connection with nature in the roughness of granite, in the cold of ice, in the scent of a forest. The bonds that develop in this environment are special and therefore must be protected.” Nature is a fascinating and complex concept, “and we often forget we are part of it” adds Timothy Thompson, Brand Marketer. “Running has always been for me a way to become aware of this. I think that anyone who runs surrounded by nature can only feel close and part of it, while understanding the effect their own actions on this incredible ecosystem.” Running surrounded by nature therefore becomes a cathartic moment of re-appropriation of yourself. Trail running is fun, enjoyable, tough, tiring, rewarding. It is freedom and democracy. Because what matters, in

the end, is the experience itself, not the end line. It is the journey, not the destination. And if the destination is a peak, it means that everyone can try to reach it, in their own ways and at their own times. Trail running is a lifestyle that makes no distinction of social background, origin, skin color or gender. All of these aspects do not define you when you run on trails. “It becomes inclusive the moment you include it and you simply become the trail runner you wish you could have been, which perhaps was missing, and now it's you” says Timothy, while Francesco adds “One of the signs I would like to leave in this sport is precisely this: to make it accessible to a wider audience and to promote a sustainable practice.” We can all become trail runners, there are no entry barriers, there are no times or results to be respected, all you need is a pair of shoes and to walk out the door.

“I just started wearing a pair of shoes, running any mountain and hilly trail that I found nearby, without knowing the rules of the game” says Timothy. “In fact, I believe that, apart from kilometers, heights and times, sharing a route with other runners is what makes me feel part of everything.” For Francesco Puppi there are several possible approaches to trail running, confirming its being a transversal and inclusive discipline. “There are those who come from winter sports, who discover the possibility of going to the mountains in every season and to move in a fast and light way on the snow as on the trails. Or there are those who discover trail running after having run for years on track and on road. Finally, there are those like me, who have discovered that different terrains are not necessarily exclusive, now my approach to running has become a lifestyle.” An approach to running that more and more people are discovering, also because or thanks to the difficult time of restrictions we are experiencing

that has "forced" us to rediscover the trails close to home, giving us the opportunity to understand how much running in the middle of nature can be cathartic and liberating from everyday stress.

says Timothy. “That’s why in the last year, many people started running until it became a real cathartic, almost liberating action, with which to approach the environment again, away from physical, conceptual or skill prejudices.”

“This lockdown limited my possibilities of movement but thanks to it I discovered a lot of hidden paradises in Milan” tells Najla Aqdeir, Nike Running Coach. “Parco delle Cave, Bosco in Città, Montagnetta di San Siro. Thanks to these parks I realize how much nature makes us aware as well as making us appreciate even the little things.”

Because, as Najla tells us in the end “One of the reasons why I want to practice trail running is to show people that everyone can do it, even those who just want to have fun, what matters is sharing an experience.”

One of the positive aspects of the pandemic was to make us rediscover the profound need for contact with nature. “Moving and running are primal instincts of us humans that we must learn to rediscover them. Running and trail running represent the most spontaneous response to these needs.” Francesco agrees. “People often label the different types of activities without understanding their nature, without experiencing them”

Trail running is fun, enjoyable, tough, tiring, rewarding. It is freedom and democracy. Because what matters, in the end, is the experience itself, not the end line. It is the journey, not the destination. And if the destination is a peak, it means that everyone can try to reach it, in their own ways and at their own times.

Eva Toschi BY CESARE MAESTRI

PHOTOS ANDREA SCHILIRÒ

Eva Toschi's whole life has been revolving around one summit: the mountain. She left the city to explore the Alps in a van, climb, ski, run as much as possible. Now she lives in a hut in Santa Caterina Valfurva and, when she is not around to practice outdoor sports, she sits in front of a keyboard and writes, especially about all the things she loves . Hi Eva, tell us something about yourself! My

take you into. Skiing, mountaineering, climbing and mountain running in different ways lead to exploring remote parts of yourself and, for better or for worse, make you understand who you really are.

name is Eva, I was born in Rome 30 years ago but a few years ago I left the city and drove around the Alps in a van to live practicing my passions. Now I live in a hut in Santa Caterina Valfurva for most of the year, but when possible I continue to travel and explore. On a professional level I aspire to define myself as a writer, and I work mainly in the outdoor field. I started running many times, for different reasons. The first was in middle school, in cross-country competitions. Then for years I no longer ran except for athletic training aimed at tennis, which I practiced at a competitive level. In 2015 I started running again to dispose of the toxins accumulated during climbing days and to organize the chaos in my mind. Finally I began running again because I wanted to do something that would allow me to get involved without having to be tied to anyone else. I'm the type of runner who doesn't like to train but who eventually gives it all, who loves to spend many hours on trails, who loves sharing moments with others but who reflects a lot when I’m alone.

What are your favorite trails? Since I moved

to Valfurva I love running close to home. I just put on my shoes, walk out the door and I can do everything, run any distance. At the beginning I ran a lot in Val Masino, and I thought I liked technical trails, with a lot of difference in altitude. This is because I thought I could move better on that type of terrain coming from other disciplines where there is a lot of difference in height. Then I opened up to what was not easy for me and I discovered that I like much more running on "runable" trails: fast single paths in beautiful places. Finally, I love running on my home trails and on those that allow me to meet new places and new people. When and why did you start running in the mountains? I started running on the trails when

I was wandering with my van and I wanted to practice a discipline that would take me to the mountains without needing someone to go with. For me, sharing in the sports I practice is very important, which is why I didn't want to compromise and go to the mountains with anyone I met while touring. Back then I felt very lonely and needed to cultivate this relationship with myself through a sport.

You love practicing different outdoor sports, what connections exist between them and which of them do you love most? A few years

ago I would have said that the thing I love the most is climbing. Now it depends. All the disciplines I practice have in common that they take place in a natural environment, but the biggest connection they have is the state of mind they

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What feelings do you experience running surrounded by nature? I feel everything and I feel

softness and fluidity when running. I love it and I will test it more this spring/summer!

nothing. Extremely connected to the environment yet I distinctly perceive my human limits. I feel present, finite, fragile and, rarely, invincible.

What will be the first thing you’ll do once the pandemic is over? I will go climbing and run-

This year we haven't had many opportunities to travel away from home because of the pandemic. What do you feel about running in places close to you that you may not have known before? During the first lockdown it was crazy

Any future project? I don't have a particular

ning far from home. I was used to wandering a lot, the first thing I want to do is take the van and go to meet friends that I haven’t been seen in the last months.

project in mind, even though I have a lot of works in progress. In general, let's say that I want to improve myself first of all as a person, then in everything I do: I want to become a better writer, a more complete mountaineer, a more aggressive skier, a faster and more persevering runner.

for me to have trails behind my house without being able to reach them. So, paradoxically, I got to know better the 200 meters of road in front of my home and I did al lot of repeats there. Once we were allowed to move around our town I felt finally free: I rediscovered beautiful trails that the previous year I took for granted. How important is the feeling with the shoe? It’s

very important. To run well, you need to feel as one with the shoe. When you get the right feeling, you even forget wearing it.

All the disciplines I practice have in common that they take place in a natural environment, but the biggest connection they have is the state of mind they take you into.

You’ve recently run with the new Nike Wildhorse 7, any feedback? Wildhorse 7 is an excellent

companion for my daily runs. I feel protected and safe on all terrains and it gives me a sense of

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Cesare Maestri BY E VA TO S C H I

PHOTOS ANDREA SCHILIRÒ

An engineer immersed in the Brenta Dolomites with a great dedication to mountain running. A great commitment as an engineer and as a person to the environment and the desire to convey what he is passionate about. Athlete of the Italian National Mountain Running supported by Nike, Cesare Maestri tells us about his trails and his thoughts. When and why did you start running in the mountains? When I started running I imme-

Hi Cesare, tell us something about yourself!

My name in Cesare, I live in Trentino in a small village called Borgo Lares, located at the bottom of the valley, surrounded by the mountains. I divide my time between here and Trento, where I work as an energy engineer in the field of renewable energy. I started running relatively late, around 17 and 18 years old, because I used to practice other sports: cross-country skiing, cycling, a few runs every now and then, some ski mountaineering tours. At 17 I started running thanks to my first coach, Marco Borsari, who noticed that I run fast even if I didn't do athletics, and he pushed me to start running seriously. It was love at first sight and I never stopped. I think I could now consider myself a good athlete who wants to continue improving and expressing himself to the maximum in competitions, in training and in life.

diately started doing it in the mountains: it was a natural process given the place where I live. I was used to go hiking in the mountains and once I started running my hikes naturally turned into running sessions. So I became passionate about trail running which for me is the perfect symbiosis between two things I love, running and the mountains. What feelings do you experience running surrounded by nature? The main feeling is free-

dom, because it's just me in an uncontaminated and beautiful environment. I feel free to choose the trail, the speed, free to look around, to work hard as much as I want. Another feeling I experience is lightness because I feel free and with no constrainment, with no unnecessary thoughts either. Running in nature brings me relief, I can disconnect from everything and rework the thoughts I had in the previous days, it helps me to reflect and understand my role in the world.

What are your favorite trails? Surely those

on the mountains near home, in the Adamello-Brenta Park, because when I run there I feel truly free, light and at peace with myself. In these places I don't even notice the time passing by. I particularly like to vary my training as I have a wide choice of trails and peaks. I like to immerse myself in the Brenta Dolomites, pass by the alpine huts or run in the wildest areas of the Adamello, on lesser-known trails.

How important is the feeling with the shoe?

It is certainly important since you do not have many running equipments, the main one you have must give you good feelings. The shoe must be comfortable, it must protect you in the most difficult sections and it must have the right reactivity when you need to push.

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many ways, especially at the beginning because I couldn't do what I was used to. I started to rediscover some places near my home and that I had never explored well, I invented trails and discovered all the existing paths close to home. Although I was in known places, I felt like an explorer. The most positive thing I've learned is that without taking the car and polluting you can go out and run and find everything you need. You’ve recently run with the new Nike Air Zoom Terra Kiger 7, any feedback? Terra Kiger

7 is the shoe that will accompany me this year in the most intense competitions and in the training sessions. I feel good because it has all the features I look for when I run in the mountains: good cushioning, a drop that allows you to run at your best, a multidirectional grip that ensures good grip both uphill and downhill, great reactivity thanks to the Air Zoom technology which allows you to push hard and always guarantees the right energy return when you have to run fast. It's my favorite shoe right now.

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What will be the first thing you’ll do once the pandemic is over? I don't think there will be one

thing in particular that I will do but I think it will be rather gradual. From a sporting point of view I miss a lot of things: training in a group and sharing those moments with friends, I miss the chance to see the public at the races because it gives me so much motivation, I miss partying after a competition. Once the pandemic is over, I hope to be able to start doing these things that I have been missing in the last year. Any future project? A goal, or rather a dream,

is to win a European or World Championship. It will not be easy and maybe not even possible but I am motivated and I will try to work at my best. Then I would like to introduce this sport and the lifestyle that derives from it to those who do not know it because I believe it is accessible to many. I would also like to repeat something like what I did together with Francesco Puppi and Nike in Cima Tosa to convey a message that goes beyond performance, disconnected from the competition context. My goal as a person in general is to do my best in my work to make the environment we live in better, have a lifestyle with low consumption and make the most of renewable resources. This is most important thing for me.

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Millet 100 years BY M A R TA M A N ZO N I

A family story, a mountain story Millet's story is first of all a family story. In 1921 Marc and Hermance Millet began producing bags and small shoulder bags for the customers of their grocery store in Saint-Fons, near Lyon. The story started here, but soon moved to the foot of the mountains, in Annecy, where the Millets moved due to Marc's precarious health. After his death, the company continued in the hands of his wife: the family had no other means of subsistence and Hermance rolled up her sleeves to carry on her work and give her children a future. In fact, were René and Raymond, her children, who in 1945 took over Millet and turned their gaze to the peaks, beginning to design backpacks for high mountains: Louis Lachenal, a young but promising mountaineer, accompanied them in this challenge. In 1950, together with Maurice Herzog, he was the first to climb Annapurna, the first 8000m peak ever climbed by mankind, on his shoulders, faithful companion of every adventure, there was backpack designed together with the Millet brothers. The success of the company offered great visibility to the brand, and laid the foundations of Millet's far-sighted vision: to invest more in technical innovation and involve other mountaineers in

the design of equipment suitable for new expeditions. A working method made up of great goals and collaborations with extraordinary men was then consolidated. Alongside the Millet brothers, there were René Desmaison, who invented the first harness in 1956, and Walter Bonatti. Despite the international rise of the brand, Millet remains a family story, halfway between craftsmanship and industry. As René's daughter, Françoise Millet, recalls, speaking of her childhood: “I used to work with my brother on refinements during the holidays, we made holes all day long”. Then, in 1962, an accident caused the roof of the company to collapse: there was no question of stopping, the Millet family couldn’t sit idle, and so the sewing machines were brought into the families' apartment in order to keep working. In the 1960s the market opened up to enthusiasts who turned to Millet products for leisure. Marcel Brion, who has worked in the company since the 1950s, recalls: "We produced throughout the year. The biggest client was the Vieux Campeur. Sometimes they would call to ask for two hundred backpacks to be delivered within two days!”. Those were also the years of an important constructive innova-

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tion: the heavy canvas that initially made up the backpacks, was replaced by a new material, nylon. The revolution began with suspenders, padded with foam, without seams and also in nylon. The emblem of this innovation was the 1964 Sherpa 50 backpack, with removable yellow pockets. The innovations continued, and since 1977 Millet decided to diversify its offer and ventured into the clothing sector, creating the first parka that used a Gore-Tex membrane and other iconic garments, such as the Colorado gilet, in cotton padded with goose down, or the Blizzard and Glacier models, made of jacket and overalls. The following year, Reinhold Messner joined the team of the French company and achieved the first ascent in history to Everest without oxygen, wearing Millet products. An exceptional new success for the brand, which had never stopped accompanying great athletes like Reinhold Messner in their adventures, on Messner’s shoulders there was the iconic yellow backpack with the triangular tricolor flag. "Perhaps this is precisely the engine of mountaineering: like fish in water, birds in the air, chamois on rocks, only the symbiosis with the environment makes a man a good mountaineer" Messner said.

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Millet was fundamental to reach this goal, helping the mountaineer to move in his habitat, with freedom, awareness of his own means and confidence in his own possibilities. The 1980s were also characterized by continuous growth and research, with the launch of a clothing line for climbing. In this period the company achieved another important result, conquering the north faces of what will become Alps great classics, Eiger, Matterhorn and Grandes Jorasses, thanks to Christophe Profit and Eric Escoffier, both equipped with Millet products. At sixty, René sold the company to devote himself to trekking and to the mountains, followed a year later by his brother. René, however, remained fond of the family business and passionate about products for mountaineering, as Françoise recalls: "he was interested in the new models I brought him, he touched the products and commented them showing extreme attention to detail, testing the seams to see if they held well. He had not lost his ritual gestures at all, his boundless love for the product". In the 2000s, the attention to quality led the company to obtain some important awards, which testify to the commitment to the innovation of materials. At the same time, the collaboration with great mountaineers who join the Millet team also continued, as in the case of Marco Siffredi, who in 2001 completed the descent of Everest on a snowboard, and Yannick Graziani, who in 2013 climbed the south face of Annapurna in alpine style. Even prestigious mountain guides chose the reliability of the brand, in particular, in 2009, the Chamonix Guides, the oldest society of guides in the world, the Guides of Hakuba, Japan, those of Grindelwald, Switzerland, and the Cervino Mountain Guides Society, Italy.

In this period, technology advanced, but Millet's spirit did not change. On this basis, Rise Up is developed, the philosophy that underlies the Millet project of our days: the goal is to show the essence of the brand, its raison d'etre, its values and technical skills, always at the service of mountaineering and an all-round production for the outdoors, in all its forms. Rise Up wants to be a universal message, to encourage each of us to overcome our limits: an invitation to aim high and never give up. A global vision, which focuses on environmental sustainability, solidarity and the search for a wider space for women. Rise Up is the culmination of a centuries-old history, the Base Camp for new adventures, for increasingly ambitious climbs, with the awareness of the experience that has brought Millet to this day. "One hundred years of life are very important for a company, there are not many brands that remain on the market for that long. This milestone also represents a lot for the family. It was my great-grandparents who gave rise to this wonderful story, in 1921” concludes Romain Millet, General Manager Millet Mountain Group, at the helm of the centuries-old company.

Rise Up wants to be a universal message, to encourage each of us to overcome our limits: an invitation to aim high and never give up. A global vision, which focuses on environmental sustainability, solidarity and the search for a wider space for women.

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Rising Change For Millet Mountain Group, the love for the mountains has always meant committing to its protection: protecting nature is part of its DNA. A story that began in 1992, with the first partnership between Lafuma and the France Nature Environnement association. The first Lafuma backpack made of recycled cotton came in 1993 and the first eco-designed hiking footwear was launched in 2004. Millet Mountain Group also supports the “Responsible Mountain” project in Chamonix, in collaboration with the French Alpine Club. An event created to clean up waste from glaciers, in particular, for now, on the Mer de Glace. Other activities that have already started successfully are the expeditions to clean the base camps of the Himalayans eight-thousanders, and the collection and recycling of climbing ropes: 780,000 meters have already been destined to a new use. Upcycling consists precisely in the use of waste materials, intended to be thrown away, to create new objects. Other news came in 2019, with recycled plastic bottles (Re-preve) and recycled feathers (Re-down) for the production of Millet and Lafuma down.

that can remain on the market for at least three years, in order to pollute and consume less. Creating quality products that last over time, as it once did: this is the philosophy of Millet Mountain Group, which also offers the opportunity to use a service for repairing its products. Millet Mountain Group is also involved in the social sector and offers some products to charity, supporting the project of the 82-4,000 Solidaires Association, which brings to the mountains people who otherwise would not have this opportunity. Since 2014, an internal eco-design standard has been adopted, it is called Low Impact, a certification that enhances products that respect the environment more, issued on the basis of various criteria: the use of materials with low environmental impact, certified materials, durable and high quality garments, absence of harmful chemicals and PFC-free collections. This year, on the occasion of the centenary of Millet, the commitment to

Millet Mountain Group believes that the textile and outdoor industry must constantly question itself, to cope with the climate urgency, respecting the needs of future generations and available resources. The next step concerns a change in production relating to plastics and water. Another goal is to create collections

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sustainability has been strengthened through the Rising Change strategy, which sets new and ambitious goals, such as how to achieve Carbon Neutrality by 2025. By the same year the company aims to obtain a BCorporation certification, while materials used for products aims to be made eighty percent with Bluesign or Oeko-Tex certified materials with PFC free treatment, or, up to the forty percent with eco-friendly materials. By 2030, all chemicals such as PFCs will be eliminated. For Millet Mountain Group, the mountain is a summit to be climbed together, with a single vision, in an interdependent rope team between people and the company.

This year, on the occasion of the centenary, Millet sets new and ambitious goals, such as how to achieve Carbon Neutrality by 2025.

Walter Bonatti, evolution and revolution Thanks to his simple and brilliant intuitions, Walter Bonatti contributed to writing the history of Millet. A relationship that has made possible the creation of iconic products, which have crossed the ages, without ever going out of fashion, conquering entire generations of climbers, who still today would never give up on the quality and functionality of backpacks that have become legends. Walter Bonatti was a free man who went through life "lightly, with a positive, never snooty self-confidence". Accustomed from an early age to solitude, around the age of eighteen he turned his gaze upwards, starting to climb close to home, from the Orobie to the Grigne. He soon moved onto much more demanding climbs, achieving great

successes, including the Cassin route at the Grandes Jorasses and the West Face of Aiguille Noire de Peuterey. In 1951 he opened the first route bearing his name, on the east face of the Gran Capucin. At the age of twenty-four, he participated in the Italian expedition that conquered, for the first time in history, the summit of K2. In August 1955 he climbed alone the South-West face of Petit-Dru, in the Mont Blanc massif, and in that same year he joined the Courmayeur Alpine Guides. At the same time he achieved important international expeditions, such as the climb of Gasherbrum IV. In 1959 Bonatti became Millet's technical consultant: at a time when mountaineering equipment weighed a lot, it was essential to have more practical and comfortable methods of transport, in order to achieve better performance. The mountaineer took part with enthusiasm in the development of the brand's most modern mountain backpacks, a collaboration that was based on a relationship of trust and mutual esteem, and would contribute to exceptional innovations in Millet products. At the age of 35, in 1965, the mountaineer successfully ended a spectacular career by climbing alone the north face of the Matterhorn. The beginning of a new life, always in the name of freedom.

Great mountains have the value of the men who climb them, otherwise they would be nothing more than a pile of rocks.

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Passion across borders In 1987, Grandes Jorasses, Eiger and Matterhorn were the scene of a great adventure, the greatest exploit in the history of mountaineering at the end of the twentieth century: the lonely concatenation of the mythical trilogy of the north faces of the Alps, achieved by Christophe Profit, equipped with Millet products. Today the company ideally proposes this trilogy, thanks to the support of three important Alpine Guide societies of these mountains: the Cervino Mountain Guides Society, the Grindelwald Mountain Guides and the Compagnie des Guides de Chamonix.

latest innovations in the field. Millet strengthens the historical trait d'union with the mythical trilogy of the Alps and continues to write the history of mountaineering by equipping the three guiding societies: a natural consequence of shared values, which strengthens the brand's vocation, its technical positioning and its credibility in the mountain world.

The Cervino Mountain Guides Society was born in 1865, the year in which the summit of the iconic mountain was reached by a Swiss team, followed, a couple of days later, by an Italian one. Millet equipped the Cervino Mountain Guides providing them official clothing for mountain expeditions, both in summer and in the winter season. "I am proud that the Cervino Mountain Guides Society, one of the most internationally renowned society, has accepted our proposal to be equipped with our products also for the next three years, celebrating with us 100 years of mountaineering history and of Millet” said Romain Millet, CEO of Millet Mountain Group. The Grindelwald Mountain Guides, equipped with Millet products since 2015, were born in 1889 and achieved extraordinary climbs. But the Compagnie des Guides de Chamonix is the most important and numerous society in the world: founded in 1821, it has more than 270 members. Millet has a special relationship with the Chamonix Guides: it provides them with daily equipment and, above all, develops new products from a technological point of view, using Mont Blanc as a sort of laboratory in which to test the

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Millet strengthens the historical trait d'union with the mythical trilogy of the Alps and continues to write the history of mountaineering by equipping the three guiding societies.

Marco Camandona Marco Camandona is able to convey his passion for the mountains in an instant. Alpine Guide and ski instructor, federal ski mountaineering coach, he is Technical Director of the "Millet Tour du Rutor Extrême”, a ski mountaineering competition sponsored by the French brand. Ski mountaineering and ultra trail athlete, he is also a judge of the International Ski Mountaineering Federation and a member of the Valle d'Aosta Alpine Rescue. He has climbed the most challenging walls of the Alps and opened new routes in the Himalayas,

climbing the five highest mountains on each continent and setting foot on nine eight-thousanders, always without oxygen. Since 2015 he has dedicated himself to a humanitarian project for children in Nepal with the Sanonani Onlus. Marco Camandona says he is proud to be part of the Millet team because he shares the same values of professionalism, versatility and quality. For him, Rise Up is like framing an instant: when you reach the top and raise your hands as if you could embrace the sky.

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Marco Camandona says he is proud to be part of the Millet team because he shares the same values of professionalism, versatility and quality.

Nils Favre Nils Favre is a force of nature. Equipped with a multifaceted and extraordinary talent, the climber raises the bar every time. Able to combine magnetism and curiosity for new challenges, he has always lived to the fullest. Nils Favre loves climbing in all

its forms, especially the hardest ones. Trad, World Cup circuit, boulders, long routes, but above all unforgettable expeditions to the other side of the world. In everyday life, the Swiss mountaineer spends his free time with friends and above all playing golf! He’s been part of the Millet family for over eight years, because the company has always believed in him, accompanying him on his growth path as a climber. For him, the meaning of Rise Up is to reach the top, but above all to be able to get up after every failure.

For Niels the meaning of Rise Up is to reach the top, but above all to be able to get up after every failure.

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Sophie Lavaud Among the expeditions that will reach the Himalayas this spring, there will be two all female teams. One of them will reach Dhaulagiri, in Nepal, and will be led by Sophie Lavaud, who has already climbed eleven eight-thousanders. In her mountaineer's palmares there are the ascent of Kyungya Ri II and Ama Dablam. After a career in Geneva in the field of hospitality, luxury and cosmetics, Sophie now heads an events organization company, she works in the social sector and she’s active in humanitarian projects with the Terre des Hommes Founda-

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tion, and above all in the pursuit of an ambitious goal: to climb all fourteen eight-thousanders of the Earth. She says she feels part of the Millet family because, on international expeditions, people's eyes sparkle when she mentions the brand. Rise up for her means finding the energy to climb her own personal Everest, every day.

Sophie is active in the pursuit of an ambitious goal: to climb all fourteen eight-thousanders of the Earth.

Naile Meignan Naile Meignan grows up on bread and chalk. Talented by nature, the French climber combines technical ability with mental strength, qualities that guide her in every new challenge. Very young, she soon found out her passion and reason for living, and cultivated it with perseverance and determination. She loves climbing because it makes her feel free: crag, bouldering, trad, indoor competitions. She is a slackline enthusiast, she says she feels part of the Millet family because it is made up of true mountain enthusiasts, with so many incredible experiences and common values to share.

Nahia Quincoces International top runner, for her ski mountaineering means running on ridges at the edge of the sky without ever sparing herself the effort, and flying down on technical trails. Nahia Quincoces has written the

history of this sport, from the ISMF World Cup to the extreme challenges of the Grande Course. Persevering and tenacious, she manages to make her dreams come true thanks to willpower and a deep commitment. When she's not working as a firefighter, she travels around the world with her bike, skis or van. She says she feels part of the Millet family because it is a complete brand, with products for all mountain activities. For her, Rise Up means constantly improving to achieve your goals, continuing to work hard, and looking further and further away. Her next project is Lenin Peak, in Kyrgyzstan.

She says she feels part of the Millet family because it is a complete brand, with products for all mountain activities.

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Francesco Ratti A memorable passing of the baton: on the occasion of Millet's 100th anniversary, Francesco Ratti paid homage to Walter Bonatti by repeating the climb of the north wall of Matterhorn, the historic route opened by the famous mountaineer and which bears his name, even if not alone as Bonatti had done. An exceptional ascent for Francesco Ratti, a mountaineer who says he loves, first of all, to get out of his comfort zone: it doesn't matter if this means jumping with a parachute, climbing a rock face or learning a new language. Alpine Guide, Ratti is part of the historic Cervino Mountain Guides Society. For him, mountaineering is a kind of addiction: passionate and tenacious, he finds

satisfaction in simple things, but at the same time he always needs to raise the bar towards new experiences. He feels part of the Millet family because it is a company that truly believes in the profession of Mountain Guides and of Cervino Mountain Guides Society, supporting them concretely. Rise Up for him means constantly improving yourself in order to achieve new goals, without ever giving up.

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Rise Up for him means constantly improving yourself in order to achieve new goals, without ever giving up.

Symon Welfringer Out of nowhere he won the Piolet d’or. Symon Welfringer’s name has been written this year in the big list of contenders for the most prestigious international mountaineering award, after the opening of a new route on Tengi Ragi Tau, in Nepal, together with Silvan Schüpbach. Dry-tooling, international expeditions, indoor competitions, trail running. Eclectic and determined, if Symon Welfringer does one thing, he does it with art. Twenty-five years old, the young Frenchman has very clear ideas. After completing his studies in Earth Sciences at the School of Meteorology

Engineering, he devoted himself full time to the mountains, from ice climbing to long routes, but adventures in pristine places at the edge of the world are what he prefers. He says he feels part of the Millet family because he shares their passions and values:

“We live on a planet that offers an extraordinary diversity of landscapes. Not enjoying them is a crime”

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#MilletRiseUp Rise Up is about encouraging everyone to overcome themselves, without ever giving up. In Millet's DNA there has always been a commitment to accompany all vertical world enthusiasts: the elites at the top of their challenges, mountain guides and professionals, amateurs and new promises, such as Sébastien and Fabien Guichardaz. The two guys from Valle d’Aosta were born and raised in 1999 in Cogne, the twins started with cross-country skis but, at fifteen, thanks to the meeting with Marco Camandona, they approached ski mountaineering. Sébastien's first race was in 2014, and it was not just any competition but the legendary and super tough Pierra Menta. The dream, for Sébastien, is that the discipline will become Olympic in order to take parte in the Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympics Games. Alongside the Guichardaz twins, to accompany them in their career, there has always been Millet, who deeply believes in the value of training and in young people. “Marco Camandona and the Millet team

are our second family, they work hard to make young athletes grow” tell the Guichardaz twins. Millet enthusiastically supports the guys, giving them help that goes beyond the interest in the mere competitive performance. As Sébastien says:

"Millet is not only a prestigious brand for mountaineering but embodies the sense of freedom that I look for every time I am in the mountains”.

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All in BY F R A N C E S C O “ PAC O ” G E N T I LU C C I P H OTO S PAO LO SA R TO R I

Whenever you hear talking about Varese, you have the impression that it is becoming one of the hottest Italian areas for running. Until some time ago, you could only hear talking about Courmayeur or Cortina because of the races hold there, but nowadays Coronavirus has razed the competitions to the ground and there are only small realities formed by people, so Varese for many runners has magically appeared on the Italian map. There is excitement, there are the right features and there are trails. But what is really happening in Varese? We asked Manuel Crapelli, “the frontman” as well as the local of reference for this group of riders.

aks of about 1200m, with a good variety of routes, not particularly difficult and generally well maintained thanks to the volunteers of Anima Trail and some individual initiatives. There is also a very crowded cycling trail that runs along Lake Varese, about 27km long. In short, there is something for all tastes and for those who start running in this ares, at some point it is inevitable to go up to the Sacro Monte passing through the approximately 2.5km gravel road of the Via Sacra which is completely uphill. When that happens, curiosity triggers and leads people to go beyond the square at the top and continue on trails.

Manuel, tell us a bit about what’s happening in Varese and surroundings e why is this city becoming one of the reference points of running in Italy? It's true, I also believe that in the Varese

area and its surroundings in recent years there has been great excitement both for running in general but above all for trail running. I'll try to explain a little historical and empirical analysis. This has always been a land of sport: cycling, rowing and basketball even before football. Today running is also a protagonist, I think for a set of logistical, geological, infrastructural aspects and above all because it is a simple thing. Varese can be reached quickly and this leads many people from the province, but also from Milan, to move here to experience the mountains and go trekking, and some of these also end up starting to run. Lately this trend has exploded. It is a pre-alpine area, we are about 400m above sea level and only 2km from the city center start the trails of the Campo dei Fiori park, leading to pe-

How did you start running? I was born as a

cyclist and for years running has been only part of my winter preparations. I competed on road bikes from the Junior category and I stopped shortly before moving to U23. Beautiful years, always travelling for competitions and training camps. After cycling and before discovering trail running, I was a boxer, I competed in more than 50 matches. I would talk to you about boxing for hours, it's a wonderful, complete and complicated sport. I think it is very difficult to explain it,

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certainly it is not just about fighting like many people think. It is not even based on strength alone, breath is very important and running is an integral part of a boxer's training program. So I used to run a couple of days a week, then as soon as I stopped boxing, I simply thought of running a little more and launched myself into some 5/10km races on mixed terrains. It was 2017 and in a short time I approached mountain running, together with my great friend Lorenzo Barack. With him I did my first mountain running race in Switzerland: the Kreuzegg Classic, about 1km uphill. But the real baptism of fire was a few weeks later with the Grand Bucc Sky Race, 30km and about 2000m of altitude. It was a Sunday in June and I had returned the day before from a week at the beach. I had always raced but I was not prepared for that distance and that difference in altitude, I still let myself be convinced in thirty seconds by my friend and high-level runner Stefano Rino Rinaldi who simply told me that with the 30km course we would have reached a beautiful summit, which was touched by the short race. It was very hard because I didn't spare myself and I reached the finish line with cramps I had never experienced before. That was perhaps the first step that led me, in a short time, to fall in love with long distances.

grit your teeth, they are sports that give great emotions, someone may define them as extreme, but I believe that they are both ideal for those who have a volcano of energies to channel. They are activities for loners, both in the ring and on the trails you are alone, when the crisis comes you have to know how to dig inside yourself to find energy, motivations, sometimes pride or simply the desire not to give up. I also think that they have one thing in common which, in my opinion, is negative. I’m talking about this rhetoric of sacrifice and redemption that we continually hear about when there is some interview or article about these sports. I don't think there's anything heroic in getting in a ring or running a 100 mile run. Nobody forces you to do that, when you are not a professional and there is dedication and passion for a sport, the real sacrifice is not being able to practice it for other commitments, not on the contrary the fact of doing it. What relationship do you have with your own city? Varese is my city, but I haven't always had

an idyllic relationship with this place. To express the concept, I’ll quote an old song by the Merchants of Liquor which says: “Lombardy, how easy it is to want you badly. You don't smile and you like to treat me you badly…”. For a period of my life I saw Varese like this, it felt too tight, I didn't like the dominant mentality that was a bit closed and conservative. After high school I had the opportunity to go study first in Bologna, then in Venice and then I spent two years in France between Montpellier and Paris for a master and my first job. Clearly I have never severed my roots in Varese, I have always had my family and dearest friends there, but being away for so many years made me appreciate it when I returned and I literally rediscovered it.

Tell us more about the rather unique combination of ultra running and boxing. It is actual-

ly not that obvious. Boxing is pure adrenaline, especially the moment you climb the ladder and get over the ropes to go into the ring. Then when the gong sounds you have to think and act fast, realizing what you have been maniacally feeling for weeks in the gym. Mentally it is a different discipline from ultra running. But despite the many differences, boxing and ultra running are united by the need to know how to suffer and

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What is the Ciuk Running Team? We are the

ce into this group? That’s true, hardcore punk

vanguard of an alternative, informal and essential way of experiencing racing: without cards and affiliations. We are a group of friends made of people who respect each other as well as the environment in which they run, with a strong devotion to the mountains, to running and in particular, to long distances. Even if there is nothing structured, we are a team in the sense of having formalized with a name and a few t-shirts something that satisfies our need to belong.

is one of the many souls that characterizes our group. As an attitude, but also as a musical and cultural background: I’m talking about Oscareddu for example. He also comes from boxing and has been running for a couple of years. I remember that he wrote to me asking me for an advice on what races to do, I gave him some alternatives and he practically did them all. Last year, if there had not been the lockdown due to Covid, he would have competed every week, he had already signed up for I don't know how many races without fear of distances or the difference in height, but instead with an unstoppable desire to spend some beautiful days of fatigue on the trails with some hardcore music in his headphones! Then there is Rino (Stefano Rinaldi) who is not only the strongest and most competitive athlete of the Prealpi, but also the most punk one. Great engine, great head, infinite dedication, a real runner. He trains every day with crazy intensity. He comes from cycling too (in the youth categories we also raced together) and was already very strong. Then he skated for some years before discovering running and quickly became one of the most competitive athletes on the ultra scene. I think he is not the classic natural talent, but he is the son of hard work. Out of attitude he never backs down, he doesn't give a damn about the vain glory of local races, when he puts the bib on he always pushes hard. As all Elites should do. And this allowed him to arrived just behind Miller, despite not being a professional and working a the office 8 hours a day.

Who are the members of the Team? Lorenzo

“Barack” Clerici and Marco “El Tractor” Frattini are the ones with whom I share the most km and days of competition. Barack is the friend of a lifetime, since high school. We also started running together, first completely randomly and then trying to train with a little knowledge to be able to extend the distances more and more. He has moved to Switzerland for several years, but we can often see each other here in Varese or in the Appenzell where he lives and of course we never miss a run or a race. He is one of the people who makes me laugh the most in the world, he has a great sensitivity and acumen and he is also a songwriter and musician. On the other hand, I got to know El Tractor thanks to running, we started training together on the weekends and the personal and athletic harmony immediately started. He also comes from this area and we race almost every competition together. Ultra running is an individual sport, but being able to share hours and miles with people like this makes a huge difference in terms of well-being.

And what about Rob Isolda? Rob is a great ath-

Is it true that within your group there are people who come from the punk world? How did someone like Oscar integrate and find his pla-

lete! Perhaps one of the first in the Varese area with a high level. I think he has run all distances and on every surfaces, now he is dedicated to 24

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hours on the track and 100km on the road. He is one of the most feared person by the gyms of the North-East, a lover and prophet of training on the treadmill, capable of running on it for hours putting a strain on the resistance of the engines of the machines. After buying a treadmill he inaugurated it running 85km in about 8 hours.

we can immediately get on the trails. Lockdown aside, we often start from here and end with a nice refreshing beer in my garden. Can you recommend us a place where to run around here and a pub where to have a drink afterwards? A place where to eat? In Varese, I

definitely recommend the Forte di Orino, passing through Sacro Monte and Monte Tre Croci: beautiful and simple. In the surroundings I would say the Pizzoni di Laveno starting from the village of Cittigli, or the Monte Orsa which can be reached from Saltrio and which allows you to make some very beautiful tours on the border with Switzerland. To stay in the province, a bar with a nice atmosphere is definitely Le Pine in Bodio Lomnago, where you can also eat well. A restaurant that I recommend is Il Borgo a Brinzio, right in the heart of Campo dei Fiori. For those who go there in winter, they can also find a beautiful groomed cross-country ski slope. As a great pizza lover, I have several interesting options: La Piedigrotta in Varese and in the countryside Made in Italy in Cassano Magnago.

Your training chronicles are always a lot of fun, and every time someone runs all in you get tagged in stories. What does it mean to run all in? It is the way I try to experience the race,

adopting the strategy of “start out of laps, half go full speed and increase in the final”. Said like this it may seem a crazy thing, but, beyond the slogan, in reality it is rather calibrated on the distance to be faced and the preparation. It doesn’t mean “it’s all or nothing”, because I’am always rational and respectful when facing a race. I just try to go beyond what I feel is my best, I take into consideration the risk of failing and I embrace it, but that’s not a big problem for me. It is a lifestyle that has given me great satisfaction, indeed I would say unique emotions like the first time I ran more than 50km. What is your favorite place to train? Do you have meeting points related to running, boxing or even pubs? The ones we attend the most are

Anything to add for our readers? Go along

trails and discover ultra running, take care of the woods and mountains by always keeping them clean and do not wait for some institution to do it for you. And then come and visit us in Varese, if the Marche is the Oregon of Italy, this is the Squaw Valley. It is really worth a run, a nice all in, so don’t be scared!

certainly the trails of the Campo dei Fiori park: trail 10, Martica, Chiusarella, Scala del Cielo, Punta di Mezzo, Forte di Orino are some of our key trails. The main meeting point has become my home, precisely because I live at the foot of the Sacro Monte and as soon as we leave home

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Yari Ghidone Need for freedom BY MARTA MANZONI PHOTOS YARI GHIDONE

Yari Ghidone is a modern nomad. He is hungry for real, natural, primordial things. He lives outside social conventions, far from those metropolises and contemporary prisons where bourgeois conformism becomes a single thought, an ontology of homologation. Where it counts to appear, rather than to be. Yari Ghidone is a stray by nature, a wanderer by choice. His story it is the story of those who experienced new balances, at peace with themselves. His passion for photography was born in the second year of high school, in 2008, when he also started cycling in Turin. In 2014 he travelled to Corsica for the first time: there his love for freedom was born and he decided the life he wanted to live. In 2016 he rented his first van and, after two days, realized he wanted to live in that same van. So, the following year, he bought a van, sorry, his house. More than 1400 days have passed since then, strictly into the wild.

I went for it. There must be a reason why I'm still here after four years: evidently I had clear ideas. I learned many things along the way, how to face the winter and manage certain situations that are a bit extreme. From the outside it all looks beautiful while in reality there are many shades. This is why I also show when I drain the toilet or stay for a week in the flood and the solar panels do not work. At first I didn't have the money to buy the van: thirty thousand euros is an important amount of money. But I had been renting a house in the mountains for years, so I thought about everything I had spent on rent and that it hadn't left anything in my hand, and I decided. I wanted to be able to move my house where I wanted. I bought a third of the van immediately, with little savings. Then for a year and a half I continued to work in my uncle's comic shop in Turin, sleeping in the mountains around the city. In 2018 the shop closed and in the meantime the van became a job.

Where does this need for freedom come from?

Having my home everywhere: by the sea, on the mountains. Being in contact with nature, every day, not just on weekends. Working on the edge of a frozen lake is simply priceless. Why do you do that? Just to encourage peo-

ple to do something simple and beautiful. Travel does not have to be expensive or in luxury hotels, you can experience important emotions being in contact with nature, spending little. At first I was not prepared, I didn't really know what awaited me, but it was what I wanted, and

What does travelling mean to you? Right now,

as we speak, it's February, I'm twenty meters from the sea, in Sardinia, and I'm preparing a pasta sauce, in short sleeves. Waking up surrounded by nature is synonymous with freedom.

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This is the idea, even if it is not always like that. My adventure has been gradual, it began in a tent and on a car, then I bought the van in order to have a stove and hot water.

pictures, to look at the stars. It is something bad only for people who are unable to face it, and are therefore happy to have anyone near, because they are afraid of their shadow. This does not mean that when I find people with whom I feel good I can feel better than alone. But every now and then I have the desire to light a fire alone. I'm used to not being judged for my lifestyle: I just get up and leave.

Where have you been in these years? I love

Italy, it’s full of beautiful places and it takes a very long time to discover them all. I have been in Sardinia for four months and it seems like I haven’t seen anything. I think it would take me at least three years to see Italy well. I do not understand why Italians snub their country, perhaps it is cooler to say that we have been to some exotic place. I am in love with Sardinia, Central Italy, Umbria, Abruzzo Marche, Lazio, the area of the Apennines is truly beautiful, especially when coming to free camping. I go every summer, at least a month, even to the border between Piedmont and France, where there are wonderful places to spend a night under the stars. I often travel abroad to France or even Norway.

You are very popular on social media, how do you live your popularity? It depends on the si-

tuations: there are people who are a little insistent, however, when you expose yourself, this is also part of the game, you can't just want a part of it. I would like to use this popularity to convey the concept that the beauty lays in the little things. Instagram allows you to reach many people but the reality is not shown: only the beautiful part is shown, the one that makes you dream. There are groups on telegram born only to say bad things about me. At first I was sad, there are really bad, envious and frustrated people that made me feel bad. Social media have amplified pub dynamics, and not putting your face on it is devastating. Out of ten people who insult me on social media, only one of them would have the courage to do it live. Now I just think this is part of my job. However, some criticisms are also constructive. The bright side is when someone tells me that he bought a camper van because he saw some of my videos.

Do you ever feel alone? You are born alone and

you also die alone. Loneliness is scary for many people but it must be faced sooner or later. To feel good with others you must first of all feel good with yourself. A lifestyle like mine leads you to spend a lot of time alone, even if it doesn't mean that you always have to be alone. You must learn to share time with yourself: a person who knows how to be alone is a step ahead of others. Sometimes I feel lonely, but I have learned to handle this situation, so it doesn't bother me. Loneliness means having time for myself, to take

A lifestyle like mine leads you to spend a lot of time alone, even if it doesn't mean that you always have to be alone. You must learn to share time with yourself: a person who knows how to be alone is a step ahead of others.

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time is invaluable and I can't share it with people I don't get along with.

Have you been homesick during these four years living in a van? No, but sometimes unplea-

sant situations happened. There were moments I got stuck in the snow, or in the mud, where I really had to work hard to get out. Fortunately, I always managed to stay calm and in control, and then with the experience you learn to manage almost everything. One of the worst memories was when the engine broke down while I was climbing in Sardinia. But I continued to follow my idea of freedom and that night I slept in a tent.

Any tips to light a fire? It is always a challenge:

you have turned it on the day before and the day before that but you are never sure that you will succeed again. That's the beauty of it. The advice I would give is to know when to give up to fire because it is as beautiful as it is risky: in no time you can do gigantic damage and put yourself and others in danger. Any more advices? More than an advice I would

No regrets? Never. I mark the days that have

like to stimulate people to try and make mistakes in order to learn. It's like when someone asks me what parameters I used for a photo shoot: I can tell them, but in this way the next situation that you’ll face, and that will be certainly different from the previous one, you wouldn’t know how to behave. We must explain why, in order to favor understanding. You have to live the adventure, otherwise it's already written.

passed since I decided to live on a van not to prove something to others but for myself, I like to remember the places I went through. Today, we are in February 2021, it is the day 1.371. What if you fall in love with a girl who has an office job? Your hypothetical future family should have your same lifestyle? The idea of

stability actually kills a person. I know where I'll sleep tonight just because I have the ferry booked, but I don't know where I'll be tomorrow. I live day by day, it is my rule. It is difficult for me to share even just a dinner with a girl who does not like this lifestyle, adventure, a fire under the stars. In the last year, especially after the lockdown I spent on the mountains, I have become very selective with people. I understand that

Future projects? I would love to go to Lapland

to see the Northern Lights. What have you discovered in these four years?

That this is exactly the way I want to live, surrounded by the perfection of nature. A dinner in a restaurant would never beat a slice of meat cooked on the fire, under the stars.

P.S. Meanwhile, during the two months that have passed since the interview, Yari Ghidone arrived in Lapland, and saw endless Northern Lights. Good journey.

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What does it take to finish the Barkley Marathons? Who are the ones who made it? What did they understand or what did they have more than others? The Finishers, the new book by photographer Alexis Berg, tells the story of those few who have succeeded.

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The Barkley Marathons: a race like no other

Anyone who is passionate about ultra running will be familiar with his work. Alexis Berg is one of the most iconic mountain running photographers of all time. His photos, rather than witnessing the event, transport the mind until we become part of the action. Fascinating and raw, they have the ability to put the spectator in the runner's shoes, experience his suffering, pain, joy, struggle and enthusiasm.

A unique, fascinating race. As famous as it is impossible. Psychologically and physically devastating. A race like no other. Participants are selected from those who find a way to submit a written application and registration fee ($1.60). The 40 lucky ones chosen to race receive a letter of condolence, while novices who show up at the gates of Frozen Head State Park must carry a license plate from their home country. No GPS is allowed, but a map of the route will be delivered that will reveal the position of books, the real checkpoints that represent the testimony of your passage. The route was inspired by the failed escape attempt of James Earl Ray, assassin of Martin Luther King, through the unforgiving landscape surrounding Brushy Mountain Penitentiary, 50 miles west of Knoxville, Tennessee. Crazy slopes, strewn with shrubs, vegetation and mud. The race is staged on a circuit to be repeated 5 times, for a total of 160km and a positive difference in height of 16,000m, to be covered in a maximum time of 60 hours. But only if you have respected the previous times.

"I got into this kind of photography a bit by chance" says Alexis, whose first experience dates back to the Diagonale des Fous in 2013. "I agreed to follow my brother Frederic's competition, trying to take some shots." Ignoring who he was photographing, Alexis captured two runners in the middle of the night, illuminated by his headlamp. They were François d’Haene and Kilian Jornet, two of the best ultra trailers of all time. “I still don't know how they found those images, but a German magazine first, and a French one later, contacted me to publish them. From there I was offered to photograph one race, then another, then another more." In this relatively short period of time, Alexis’ images have appeared in publications and magazines such as L'Équipe, Marca, The Guardian, National Geographic, Men’s Health, Esquire, Runner’s World, Trail Runner Magazine. He has collaborated with many brands like Salomon, Nike, The North Face, Hoka, Adidas, Patagonia, Red Bull, Asics and Columbia. He has been the official photographer of the Ultra-Trail World Tour and the Skyrunning World Series and followed competitions of international prestige such as the UTMB, the Marathon des Sables, the Western States, the Hardrock 100, the Tor Des Geants, the Ultra-Trail Mont-Fuji or the Transgrancanaria.

Created in 1986 in total anonymity, it remained confidential for a long time, the Barkley Marathons has become a myth and legend of the ultratrail panorama, over which its creator jealously watches: the magnetic Lazarus Lake. “Until relatively recently, the event was only known to true insiders, but with the growing popularity of trail running and the limited accessibility of participation, it has achieved mythical status.” In recent years, numerous reportages and documentaries (from Netflix to Canal+) have made the Barkley known to the general public, making it one of the most talked about races on the planet. In 2021, for

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the third consecutive year, Barkley Marathons did not register any finisher. In its history, only 15 runners have managed to cross the finish line, about 1% of the participants. John Kelly, since 2017, is the last finisher of the event with a time of 59h 30'53".

“Over the years we have found that there is something different about those who join that short list of finishers.They all come determined to finish it. But those who touch the gate five times have something more. We see it in their eyes when they arrive. They are there, but not there. They have come for one purpose only. To finish. All else is secondary. They may fail. They may fail repeatedly. But there is never an excuse. Each failure is seen only as the opportunity to improve.”

“You can’t finish the Barkley without having been deeply marked by it. It’s hard to explain into words.”

Lazarus never imagined there would come a day when finishing Barkley would mean so much. For most competitors, this is a defining moment in their athletic career. These 15 finishers aren't necessarily the strongest, the fastest, or the most gifted ones. But, from the moment they hit the gate for the fifth time, wherever they go they are considered the elite. It is something they deserved. They have succeeded, where hundreds have failed. They are the 1% of the 1%.

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Lazarus Lake’s Preamble “When Raw Dog and I backpacked the first Barkley Loop about 35 years ago, little did we dream what the race would become. After taking 10 hours to cover the first 7.5 miles in a pouring rain, we knew we had stumbled on something special.” It would take three years for anyone to complete the fun run, 3 of the 5 laps. Seven more before anyone took the hundred miles home, six more for second and third person to join him, another decade before the race's reputation spread beyond that exclusive community of "people who do this kind of thing". But, within that community, Barkley had already reached mythological proportions. And those who had finished it were considered legends.

“At the Barkley’s, success is about overreaching our abilities, and living to tell about it. Sometimes being successful is making out of it alive.” Lazarus Lake, founder of the Barkley Marathons

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The book Beyond the numbers, there are 15 faces, 15 names, of which we know almost nothing. 15 profiles that are real riddles. The Barkley finishers form an anonymous congregation. Who are these men and women? Who are these people capable of foiling Barkley's traps? What did they understand or what did they have more than others? “We wanted to find them all. A research that led us, in the spring of 2019, to cross the United States up and down, to meet those who finished the race that no one is able to finish. To reveal the mysteries and their stories in this fantastic book of pictures, stories and interviews.” Says Alexis.

The Finishers tells Barkley, the miracles of the human body when facing the extreme, it insinuates itself into the mechanics of the mind and draws, one after one, the full and profound portrait of an incomparable ordeal. “Their words trace the birth of the ultra-trail, tell fragments of American history, the culture of the great hiking trails and the tradition of the FKT. Under a porch in Virginia, on an armchair in Oregon, facing the mountains of Colorado or under the California sun, the Finishers recount 15 American fates. They are carpenters, glaciologists, paramedics or engineers. Ordinary people who hide extraordinary men.”

provide unique insights into the minds and mindsets of those who conquered Barkley." The many facets are brought together in artfully designed pages that mix, like the excitement of the race itself, self-reflection and physical torment. “The definition of a finisher is simple: someone who completes 5 loops in 60 hours. But what is a finisher? Who they really are? This answer is profound and complex. Barkley is a mirror, in every finisher we can see a part of ourselves, a potential that we have never exploited.”

Long portraits, great stories and precise elements to understand the basics of this sport and the Barkley phenomenon. Each meeting was a moment of grace, heart and intelligence. As with the contest itself, the book is a multi-level voyage of discovery, combining dream landscape photography with sincere portraits, contextualizing essays, kind testimonies. But at the center of it all, there are the words of the protagonists. "Capturing the spirit of their legendary conquests and the modesty with which they live their daily routines, the interviews distill hundreds of hours of transcripts to

Thanks to this book, we now have a register of these super humans, mostly unknown in sports. Crossing the United States to meet every finisher, Alexis and Aurélien Delfosse, a reporter from Equipe, traveled from New Hamsphire to Oregon via New Mexico, Colorado, California and Utah, capturing something unique. The result is not just a testimony of triumphs and tragedies, but a portrait of humble people who have achieved something extraordinary. These stories inspire awe, respect and reflection on the verge of the human spirit.

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BIKE SPORT ADVENTURE SALEWA OUTLET ENNA STILE LIBERO BOULDER & CO SALEWA OUTLET PALMANOVA PEAK LAND ALAGNA OUTDOOR BORDINO FRANCO MOUNTAIN HOME SPORTLER ALBIGNASEGO ARCO SPORT SPORTRAGE C.ELLE SPORT SPORT HUB ALMENNO ACTIVITY PEOPLE ALPSTATION ANDALO FOTO SPORT BANAL ALPSTATION AOSTA CRAZY BY VERTICAL MEINARDI SPORT ROUTE RAMEY 33 - THE SHOP SALEWA AOSTA GAL SPORT JOE SPORT EVIVA SPORT LARINO ALBINO ALPSTATION ARCO ARCO CLIMBING ART ROCK CLIMBING VILLAGE G ARCO KARPOS STORE ARCO LA SPORTIVA ARCO RED POINT 1 RED POINT 2 ROCK & ICE ARCO SALEWA ARCO VERTICAL WORLD SPORT GOBBI SPORT MABB.90 ARCO VERTICAL SPORT ARCO THE NORTH FACE ARESE ALPSTATION AREZZO VIAGGIANDO BALLONI SPORT CLIMBAP EXUM MASTER SPORT PESAVENTO MOUNTAIN STORE SPORTLAND ASOLA UNY STORE RRTREK GRAN SASSO MATIS SPORT ALPSTATION LAVAREDO DEGNI SPORT BSHOP AVIGLIANA TREKKING SPORT FINISH LINE SALEWA OUTLET MANTOVA AFFARI & SPORT BALLABIO TONINO SPORT CARAVELLA SCOUT LA SORGENTE MAROCCO SPORT ALPSTATION BASSANO DF SPORT SPECIALIST BELLINZAGO MAZZARONA SPORT ROBI SPORT SU E GIU' SPORT CAI BERGAMO DIEMME SPORT SPORTLAND ANTEGNATE DF SPORT SPECIALIST BEVERA FRANCO SPORT IL GALLO NUOVI ORIZZONTI BOLOGNA PATAGONIA BOLOGNA THE NORTH FACE BOLOGNA VILLA 1928 CMP BOLZANO MONTURA BOLZANO MOUNTAINSPIRIT SALEWA WORLD BOLZANO SPORTLER BOLZANO THE NORTH FACE BOLZANO CAVALLO CENTRO SPORT MASSI SPORT GULLIVER BORGO SAN LORENZO TEMPO LIBERO CRAZY STORE BORMIO MOUNTAIN & RUNNING PATAGONIA BORMIO SKI TRAB BLOCCO MENTALE GIALDINI MAD CLIMBERS ROMEO SPORT ROSSIGNOL BRESCIA SPORTLAND BRESCIA KLEON SPORT SPORTLER BRESSANONE BERTHOD SPORT MOUNTAIN SHOP CERVINIA UAINOT MOUNTAIN SHOP ALPSTATION BRUNICO OUTFIT SPORT MODE PATAGONIA BRUNICO SPORT MODE SCHOENHUBER SPORTLER ALPIN BRUNICO SPORTLER BRUNICO THOMASER STILE ALPINO SPORTLER CALALZO VERTICAL SPORT SARCHE NENCINI SPORT PROROCK MOUNTAIN STORE MOUNTAIN SHOP TUBRIS AMPLATZ SPORT SPORT AMPLATZ PUNTO RUNNING RADAELLI SPORT BIG WALL NUOVI ORIZZONTI CARPI THE NORTH FACE CARUGATE UNDER ARMOUR CAROSELLO CAMPO BASE BERGAMO MANCINI SPORTLAND CASTEL GOFFREDO ALPSTATION BISMANTOVA CRAZY STORE CASTIONE OLGA SPORT LA SPORTIVA STORE CAVALESE LARCHER SPORT UN SESTO ACCA - 1/6H FREETIME MAXI SPORT CERNUSCO MAXI SPORT MERATE PASSSPORT CESIOMAGGIORE DELFINO SPORT MARISPORT X-TREME ZECCHIN SPORT SPORTLAND CHIARI L'ARTE DI SALIRE IN ALTO ASPORT’S MOUNTAIN CHIES MAIUK SPORT SALEWA SONDRIO GRIMPEUR CPR FREE SPORT MOLINARI SPORT ALCHYMYA ALPSTATION CLES SALEWA CLES SPORT EVOLUTION CASEROTTI SPORT BETTINESCHI SPORT SPORT PESCOSTA SPORT POSCH PRANTNER SPORT LIFE MAURIZIO SPORT ASPORT’S MOUNTAIN CORDENONS VISONÀ SPORT SPORTMARKET

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DUE & DUE CORTINA LA COOPERATIVA DI CORTINA MILLET SHOP MOROTTO SPORTS EQUIPMENT QUOTA 1224 THE NORTH FACE CORTINA CORTINA 360 PATAGONIA CORTINA ROCK & ICE CORTINA SALEWA CORTINA TECNICA OLYMPIA SPORT ALFREDO SPORT KOSTNER 4810 SPORT ARDI SPORT LES PYRAMIDES PATAGONIA COURMAYEUR THE NORTH FACE COURMAYEUR ULISSE SPORT VI BLOCK ALPSTATION CUNEO BIGUP CRAZY BY VERTICAL SALEWA CUNEO THE NORTH FACE CUNEO VIALE CALZATURE NOCH SHOP FALETTI MOUNTAIN STORE DF SPORT SPECIALIST DESENZANO MOUNTAIN GARAGE OUTSIDER KRALER SPORT SALEWA DOBBIACO ALPSTATION BRIANZA MOSONI SPORT POSSA SPORT SPORT EXTREME ERCOLE OUTDOOR & TREKKING STORE HOLIDAY SPORT SPIT SPORT OUTDOOR IL DADO BOULDER LINEA VERTICALE PENNENTE OUTDOOR ALPMANIA DEVA WALL ERREGI SPORT CRAZY STORE FINALE LIGURE LA SPORTIVA FINALE LIGURE MONTURA FINALBORGO OUTPOST MONTAINEERING RIDE & RUN CRAZY STORE ROCKSTORE SALEWA FINALE LIGURE CLIMB NEVERLAND PESCI CAMPING STORE SPORT CLUB THE NORTH FACE FIRENZE OBIETTIVO MONTAGNA BALANTE SPORT CAPO NORD GIMELLI 3.30 RUNNING STORE ROSSIGNOL FORMIGLIANA TRAILMARKET.COM FREES SPORT SPORTIFICATION SURF SHOP SPORTMAX BM SPORT BONI SPORT BONI SPORT BOULDER FACTORY CENTRO CANOA HOBBY SPORT MOISMAN SALEWA GENOVA REPETTO SPORT MONTAGNARD SPORT SONEGO RUNNING LIFE SPORTWAY GRAVELLONA BERGLAND 099 OUTDOOR SPORTLAND GUSSAGO GRAZIA SPORT ISEO ALPSTATION ISERA ALTA QUOTA ISERNIA 38° PARALLELO MOUNTAINWORLD BLOCKLAND SALEWA AQUILA TREKKING L’AQUILA ORNELLA SPORT SPORT 203 SPORT TONY IMPULS SPORT AFFARI & SPORT LECCO SPORT HUB LECCO MY WALL BOTTERO SKI DF SPORT SPECIALIST LISSONE MAXI SPORT LISSONE CENTRO HOBBY SPORT CRAZY STORE LIVIGNO I’M SPORT LAPPONIA MOUNTAIN PLANET PUNTO SPORT SILENE SPORT SPORT EXTREME THE NORTH FACE LIVIGNO SALEWA OUTLET SCALO MILANO SPORTLAND LONATO SALEWA LONGARONE SPORTLIFEE IL CAMPIONE LUCCA VIVISPORT CRESPI SPORT SPORT MODE STEGER OLIMPIONICO SPORT SPORT 3 TRE SPORT TENNE CINQUE TERRE TREKKING PEIRANO SPORT JANE SPORT VERTICAL SPORT MANTOVA MUD AND SNOW BREMA SPORT MEGA INTERSPORT MOUNTAIN STORE THE REVIVE CLUB HUTTER SPORT SPORTLER ALPIN MERANO SPORTLER MERANO MAXI SPORT MERATE ESSETRE SPORT NARDELLI SPORT ALPSTATION MILANO CANADA GOOSE MILAN CARTON DF SPORT SPECIALIST MILANO DON KENYA RUN KIM FORNITURE SCOUT KOALA SPORT LA MONTAGNA SPORT MANGA CLIMBING PATAGONIA MILANO RUNAWAY SALEWA MILANO SAVE THE DUCK MILANO SAVE THE DUCK MILANO SEASE SPORTING SAN LORENZO THE NORTH FACE MILANO UNDER ARMOUR MILANO UNDER ARMOUR MILANO VERDE PISELLO VIBRAM MILANO FREE SOLO NUOVI ORIZZONTI MODENA THE NORTH FACE MODENA LIVIO SPORT SPORTMAN SPORTLAND MONIGA PATAGONIA MONTEBELLUNA ROSSIGNOL MONTEBELLUNA SALEWA OUTLET MONTEBELLUNA VIBRAM MONTEBELLUNA ROCK & WALLS PURE NATURE WILD PROJECT THE CHANGE PATAGONIA MORBEGNO

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WHATSAPP SPORT HUB MORI MICARELLI STORE LAB8 ARBITER UNTERHOLZNER GRANDE GRIMPE PERICO SPORT SPORTLAND TORINO ETNA WALL SERVOLARE 17 RUNWAY SPORT SPORT LAURIN ALBY SPORT DF SPORT SPECIALIST OLGIATE DF SPORT SPECIALIST ORIO SALEWA ORIO CENTER THE NORTH FACE ORIO UNDER ARMOUR ORIO AL SERIO MAMMUT ORTISEI SPORT GARDENA SPORT SCHMALZ SPORTLAND ORZINUOVI FREE TIME STORE SPORTLAND OSPITALETTO BIG WALL ABBÀ LA COCCINELLA ACTIVE CREMA SPORT INTELLIGHENZIA PROJECT SALEWA PADOVA SESTOGRADO SPORTLAND PALAZZOLO GENCHI SPORT PER CORRERE PELLISSIER SPORT PIRCHER GUNTHER 46° PARALLELO ALPSTATION PARMA FREE SPORT MOVE MOUNTAIN LOVERS SEVEN SUMMITS FERRARI SPORT SPORTWAY NOVARA OLIUNÌD MILANO UKU PACHA MONDO VERTICALE SPAZIOUTDOOR ALTA QUOTA PESCARA KING LINE STELLA ALPINA FRANCO SPORT RRTREK PESCASSEROLI DF SPORT SPECIALIST PIACENZA L'ALTROSPORT OUTLANDERS SPORT IN MONTAGNA OUTDOOR LIFE VERTICAL SPORT PIETRAMURATA PIANETA SPORT ASPORTSTATION STIMM ZAMBERLAN ARIAPERTA M.C.RUNNING ONBOARD EUROSPORT SPORT HUB PINZOLO SPORTLAND PISOGNE SELMI TECHNOSPORT VALLEE SPORT PEAK PERFORMANCE STORE AMORINI OUTDOOR SPORTWAY PONTE KAPPAEMME SPORT MOUNTAIN SHOP BERGAMO SPORTLER PORDENONE TOFFOLI SPORT MIVAL SPORT LA SPORTIVA POZZA DI FASSA BLOSSOM SKI IL CAMPIONE PRATO RUNOUT SALEWA PREDAZZO V10 BERGFUCHS MORASSI ETTORE OUTDOOR & TREKKING STORE OVERLANDER OUTDOOR RAVENNA ROSSIGNOL UDINE REGGIO GAS A1 CLIMBING GINETTO SPORT MONTAGNA DIMENSIONE SALVATORI SPORT THE NORTH FACE RIMINI PERTINGER MOUNTAIN SICKS VERTICAL SPORTSWEAR SPORT NATURA ALP3 MONTAGNA ALTA QUOTA ROMA BOTTIGLIERIA CAMPO BASE ROMA CAMPO BASE ROMA CLIMBER STORE GEOSTA LBM SPORT MONTURA ROMA MOUNTAIN AFFAIR ROMA ONE RACE ONERACE OUTDOOR EXPERIENCE PATAGONIA ROMA ROCK IT ROSSIGNOL PARMA RRTREK ROMA STAR WALL THE NORTH FACE COLA DI RIENZO THE NORTH FACE ROMA THE NORTH FACE ROMA UNDER ARMOUR STORE OMNIA SPORT SPORTLAND RONCADELLE SHERPA ATLANTE MONTELLO BLOCK3 CABAS SPORT MAKALU' SPORT MONTURA ROVERETO SPORTLIFEE SPORT JOCHER MACIACONI ANIMA SPORTIVA PIÙ SPORT ALPSTATION AOSTA PAPIN SPORT SPORT HOLZER LAGAZOI SPORT SPORT HUB CHIAVENNA MILESI SPORT DF SPORT SPECIALIST S.G. MILANESE SPORTLAND SAN LEONARDO GODI SPORT SPORTLER SAN MARTINO TURNOVER SPORT SAN MARTINO SPORT SLALOM CLASSIC SLALOM DONNA SLALOM SPORT PARETI WEGER UNICO SPORT ALPSTATION BRESCIA NEW VIAGGIANDO GIUGLAR LAB IS SPORT GI-SPORT KRATTER FAMA SPORT ALPSTATION SARZANA 3.30 RUNNING STORE BESSON SPORT GIUGGIA SPORT MOUNTAIN EXPERIENCE ALPSTATION SCHIO MAX SPORT VALLI SPORT PIANETA CICLO ART CLIMB BRUNO SPORT ACTIV SPORT

MORGEX MORI MUCCIA NAGO TORBOLE NAPOLI NATURNO NEMBRO NEMBRO NICHELINO NICOLOSI NICOLOSI NOICATTARO NOVA LEVANTE NOVALESA OLGIATE OLONA ORIO AL SERIO ORIO AL SERIO ORIO AL SERIO ORIO AL SERIO ORTISEI ORTISEI ORTISEI ORZINUOVI OSIMO OSPITALETTO OSTERIA DEL GATTO FOSSATO DI VICO OULX OVINDOLI PADOVA PADOVA PADOVA PADOVA PADOVA PALAZZOLO SULL’OGLIO PALERMO PALERMO PAQUIER PARCINES PARMA PARMA PARMA PARMA PAVULLO NEL FRIGNANO PERGINE VALSUGANA PERNATE PERO PERTOSA PERUGIA PERUGIA PESCARA PESCARA PESCARA PESCASSEROLI PESCASSEROLI PIACENZA PIACENZA PIACENZA PIANCOGNO PIANELLA PIETRAMURATA PIETRASANTA PIEVE D’ALPAGO PIEVE DI SOLIGO PIEVE DI TORREBELVICINO PINEROLO PINEROLO PINEROLO PINZOLO PINZOLO PISOGNE PISTOIA PLAN FELINAZ PONT SAINT MARTIN PONTE DI LEGNO BS PONTE FELCINO PONTE NELLE ALPI PONTE SELVA DI PARRE PONTERANICA PORDENONE PORDENONE POVE DEL GRAPPA POZZA DI FASSA PRATA CAMPORTACCIO PRATO PRATO PREDAZZO QUARTU SANT’ELENA RASEN-ANTHOLZ SÜDTIROL RAVASCLETTO RAVENNA RAVENNA RAVENNA REANA DEL ROJALE REGGIO EMILIA REGGIO EMILIA REGGIO EMILIA RIETI RIETI RIMINI RIO DI PUSTERIA RIVAROLO CANAVESE RIVAROLO CANAVESE ROCCA DI MEZZO ROMA ROMA ROMA ROMA ROMA ROMA ROMA ROMA ROMA ROMA ROMA ROMA ROMA ROMA ROMA ROMA ROMA ROMA ROMA ROMA ROMA ROMA ROMAGNANO SESIA RONCADELLE RONCO BRIANTINO RORETO DI CHERASCO ROVERETO ROVERETO ROVERETO ROVERETO RUFFRE' - MENDOLA S. ANDREA S. CRISTINA SACILE SACILE SAINT CHRISTOPHE SAN CANDIDO SAN CANDIDO SAN CASSIANO SAN CASSIANO SAN GIOVANNI BIANCO SAN GIULIANO MILANESE SAN LEONARDO IN PASSIRIA SAN MARTINO BUON ALBERGO SAN MARTINO BUON ALBERGO SAN MARTINO BUON ALBERGO SAN MARTINO DI CASTROZZA SAN MARTINO DI CASTROZZA SAN MARTINO DI CASTROZZA SAN MARTINO DI CASTROZZA SAN PANCRAZIO SAN PAOLO SAN VENDEMIANO SAN ZENO NAVIGLIO SANSEPOLCRO SANT'AMBROGIO SANT’AGOSTINO SAPPADA SARONNO SARZANA SASSUOLO SAUZE D’OULX SAVIGLIANO SAVIGNANO SUL RUBICONE SCHIO SCHIO SCHIO SCOPPITO SEDICO SELVA GARDENA SELVA VAL GARDENA

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“The silence does not ask questions, but can give us an answer to everything.” (Ernst Ferstl) Silence no longer belongs to us. We are overwhelmed by noises of all kinds, continuously, throughout the day. Try to notice it. Right now. And we have an absolute need of silence. It is a condition that relaxes us, which forces us to stop and abandon the rush. But perhaps these actions are so feared that often we want to cover the silence with noises. Not to reflect, not

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to think, because we are uncomfortable in this condition of apparent emptiness.

this way can words come out in a constructive way. If not, they just pretend that they want to fill a void.

This is what happens even in the presence of other people. Who among you can sustain silence for a long time? We often try to fill it with meaningless words. Or escaping it. Silence weighs on us because we are no longer able to communicate with it. We need to have words otherwise we feel lost. We have forgotten, however, that in order to dialogue in a healthy way, pauses are necessary for reflecting, moments of silence in which to listen. Only in

Those who begin to live more silently will want more and more silence because it creates a widespread sense of well-being. Silence is an art that can be experienced, learned and shared. Rediscovering silence means first of all rebuilding a different relationship with the time of your own experiences.

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