Tremalzo-Pregasina

Hi dear reader that endure my posts,

the autumn is knocking at the door and I would like tell you my last tour in mountain bike that was the 9th of September. I don't recount it before because I haven't time to write this post therefore the landscape aren't seem the same but what I find during this tour is still alive.
My tour with MTB started from Arco on Sunday morning I went to Riva del Garda were I took the old Ponale's road, it is an characteristic and panoramic road cut in the rock sheer on the Garda lake, at the end I arrived in Ledro's valley that is a green plateau full of pine tree, fir and green field with an characteristic small lake (Ledro's lake). At the end of Ledro's valley I took the road that rise toward Tremalzo. After 13 Km and a lot of fatigue I arrived at the top at about 1800 mt. of altitude in the middle of green field full of cows that were waiting for return to valley. Unfortunately daytime was not very bright and the landscape was not the maximun but a warm sun heated me softly while I had my packed lunch. After some photos I was ready to return home I had decide to went home pass through Pregasina by a new (for me) road that I knowed exist but I haven't never explore.
After 10 minutes I was on the Tremalzo's pass ready to deep down for about 10 Km on a quite technical dirt road with galleries that brought me from a landscape to another one passing through its gloom throat. I arrived at the crossroad to Pregasina full of curiosity for what expected to me I knew that from this dirt road I arrived to Pregasina and I could saw the Garda's lake the Busa (remember?) but I don't knew how!
After 2 Km the dirt road became a path into the wood and rocks unfortunately the path become to go up and in very MTB style I carried my bike on back up in the wood until Guil pass then I go down through a down hill path and at the second fall I dicide that my shoulder, neck, head and knee count more than my pride and obstinacy! At the end of the path, wood, rocks and fall I followed little dirt road that carried me to an incredible beautiful and unexpected panorama. I was (I know it after) that I was on Punta Larici all the wonderful Garda's lake was in front of me, the Busa on my left with a gently wind caressed my face. I decided to stop there for a while to take some pictures and enjoy the moment completely. With a little bit of sadness I returned to my bike and rode to Pregasina and then to Ponale. After 20 minutes I was back home.
I learn something or batter understand something from this trip, I understand as in this trip the magnificent and incredible view is unexpected near to me so in the life something of precious and special can be near to me and I can see it just taking a "bike". Now I know were is Punta Larici, now I hope to know many other "Punta Larici".
Goodbye sincerely,

Mio

Torri del Latemar (Latemarturme)

Hi to everyone,

last Sunday I had my first trekking tour on Dolomiti, I was to Torri del Latemar the translation if it exist is very horrible then I'll bring this name. I apologize with all no Italian blogger.
Someone can think: "This guy is 26 years hold he came from Trentino-Alto Adige and had never been on Dolomiti. He is little bit strange...". I am agree with you and in "strudel-thinking" last week I decided to try this experience.

I departed from Arco at 6 P.M. with the Arco's S.A.T. group destination Obereggen, about at 9 P.M. we was on chair lift the that brought us at 2000 mt. at the foot of Corno d'Ega ready to go to Torri del Latemar along the path number 18. After about two hours everyone decided if do the normal path, that pass at the foot of Torri del Latemar or do ferrata's path. It is a path that run along the top of the mountain where to secure yourself you must hook to an steel rope. For curiosity and for try a new experience I chose ferrata's path. After about two hours of ferrata we arrived at the match point where we had a packed lunch at bivouac M. Rigatti at 2600 mt. of atitude in the middle of Dolomiti with a beautiful landscape that brightened the eyes an the spirit under a gently sun and a soft fresh wind that recharged me. After half hour we were ready to go to the mountaintop the Schenon at 2800 mt. of altitude. After two hours of climbing-walking we are on the path that bring us to Costalunga pass where we find all together to eat and drink. At 20 A.M. we arrived at home tired but surely nobody was bored.
Especially one think of this trip remain in me and it is the noise-sound of silence, it is something of fragile and heavy something that enter in me by-passing heard and resonance in me with extraordinary magnitude like the time when I was to sea in winter a while time ago but this is another story...
Unfortunately now the season is not the best for this type of excursion maybe is over but I'm sure that next year I try new ferrata's path and way not if I'll be the opportunity I would like to do a climbing course for live the mountain in his (the mountain for me is like a woman) complete spirit always with respect always listening his voice always speaking with his in silence.
Good bye to everyone,

Mio

Someone had write:
"La montagna è una maestra muta che insegna a discepoli silenziosi"
"The mountain is a dumb teacher that teach to silent disciples"
I would like to learn! I'll learn!!!


PS: Luisa ti sei persa una stupenda giornata!!! :-)

Freedom

Hi people,
it's a long time that I ask to myself what is freedom and if really exist and it's a positive thing. This statement can sound strange (me too) but I think it's not fool, now I'll to explain you why. Already I know that it'll be very hard explain it in this foreign language because it's the same in Italian I'll attempt to be as clear as possible.
The fundamental question is (for me): "What is freedom?"
I think that freedom can be divide in two fundamental categories: Social Freedom and Personal Freedom. In my way of think both are present in every person but aren't the same and I can't considered its positive.
When I talk about social freedom I think to freedom that belong to every one, freedom in thinking, speaking, living, moving and all that think that permit to society to express their wish without any coercion that came from the society too, that it's different to the concept of democracy here I don't talk about politic. Therefore for me the social freedom is objective positive concept that every society can follow and conquest with their pacific (I hope) battles&revolution.
The personal freedom it's for me another think because it bring to different consequences on the person that deal with it. Now I try to propose you my point of view and I attempt to organize a objective reasoning but until now I know it's a claim fairly impossible.
First of all I think that personal freedom it's a personal concept that can be negative. Indeed my concept of personal freedom is surely different from many other personal freedom concept (this remark can extended to anyone). For me freedom is as had tell De Andrè: "Una prigione senza confini" the English translation is: "A prison without borderline". This because I feel in trap for two reasons that can be resumed in two question: "If I want to use my personal freedom I hurt someone else in every way?" and the consequential lemma is: "Can I private myself to freedom to do something just for this?". I know that now the discussion it's append on thin line of personal opinion, therefore now try to give you my answer that I hope will be objective as possible.
I think that in general there isn't the good and the evil but exist the right and wrong, I know that both are personal point of view but I feel it in different way, I feel right and wrong like an objective think because their answer to the question: "Its my behavior the same that i would like that someone else use to me?", I know that in this thought there is an apparent a contradiction but it isn't so. (I know that I am not clear. Sorry).
Anyway returning to personal freedom, I think that if I use it I can hurt all the people that have deal with my research of freedom. Therefore which type of freedom is this? Surely not a good one and therefore it's better that it not belong to me! Therefore I am not free? Yes certainly. I know that I live in a beautiful "prigione senza confini"! And you? Where do you live?
See you,

Mio


PS: Maybe this time I request too much to my English, I'll revisited this post again. Sorry.

Eeat Right 4 Your Type -P. J. D'Adamo

Hi every hold&new visitors,

last week I finished to read my last book: "Eeat Right 4 Your Type -P. J. D'Adamo" (italian title is L'Alimentazione su misura -P. J. D'Adamo), this book talks about the correlations that exist between the blood types groups and the food in general.
First of all, you should know I'm a very suspicious and diffident person toward all things that pretend to talk about science and don't use a scientific-like approach; maybe this come from my education, perhaps is just my way of thought... it doesn't matter.
However let's return to the book. In the first part D'Adamo talked about the history of blood types groups, he explains the differentiation that has brought to the actual family of blood types groups came from the genetic mutation that the environment cause to the people that living in. I fact we can associate to a determinate environment a determinate geographic configuration, climate and consequently types of plants and animals included the human race. All this aspects (and more other) has caused the differentiation that still now belong to our genetic patrimony and tell apart a person to another that haven't the same blood group. This distinction can be summarized in three fundamental points:

• Interaction between food and human organism;
• Personality;
• Way of life, intended like ratio between psychic & body.

This leads the author, in the second part of the book, to formalize a theory that want associate to a determinate blood type the right diet and a correct physical and/or psychic exercise for improve at best the potentiality of a person and secondary (for me) for diet loss. In this part D'Adamo drafts a detailed list of foods that a person who have a determinate blood type can or can't eat. After classified the type of food in macro-groups like cereal and derivate, fruit, vegetables, milk & milk products and eggs, spice etc. He divides the foods in three categories: beneficent (they have a positive effect on the person it's curative), indifferent (they haven't a particular positive or negative effect), to avoid (they have a negative effect on the person bring bad effects). At the end of the second part, D'Adamo suggests for each group a particular scheme to improve the psychic-physic exercise that a determinate person (associate to a determinate blood type) should follow for express at best own capability.
In the third and last part of the book, the author conducts an analysis that shows the relation between a variety of diseases and the blood type, he integrate this part with clinical cases that he has studied during his career.
I must confess that this book intrigue me to such point that I'm going to apply on myself for a period this type of diet in order to see if it works or not. Actually I must tell this diet for my blood type group don't bring a huge changes in my delicatessen habits. We'll see!
Before greet you I want to be grateful with Nicola (Pero) for his precious English advise and not secondary for his valuable point of view in all things that in this case it's realized in this good and interesting lecture and in general it's realized in bright chat. Many thanks Pero!
See you soon.

Mio



Link:
P. J. D'Adamo's homepage:
http://www.dadamo.com/


PS: Post revisited in the grammatical part by Pero. Many thanks now it's English!!! :-)

Dolomiti tour

Hi to every bloggers and not,

after years and years of geographic ignorance the last weekend of august Ihad decide with my friend Cladio to explore the oriental part of Dolomiti that are the most characteristic and rapresentative highland (my personal opinion) of my region, Trentino - Alto Adige (Sudtirol).
There are fundamental two ecological way to visit this beautiful once is walking and the second is by bicycling. We had choose the second one.

At 9:45 AM after two hours trip we arrived in Corvara a small and nice village in Sudtirol's province, at 10:00 AM we rode our bicycles toward our personal challenge indeed we had decide to do the medium route of Dolomities Marathon.
Fortunately the weather was excellent and our mood was batter although we knowing that on our route we will find six Dolomitic's pass and four of it with more than 2100 meter of altitude. Anyway with a good company all trip can be easy and I had three excellent partner, Claudio, the wish to confront with me on that epic climb that had make the history of ciclyng and the beautiful landscape that filled up my eyes.
I was like an young child that was impress to the peachy beauty of those enormous and monumental rock's colossus that was suspend between green soft field and the blue sky dreaming ploughed to funny clouds. It was bliss.
At the evening after six long hours of pedal and eight trip's hours we arrived happy and tired to Corvara again. With a short briefing we had decide to enjoy the local cuisine and better if it's the typical one, then after dinner we return happy and tired to home with in our eyes the magic atmosphere of the unforgettable, precious and dreaming Dolomiti's rose sunset!
I want to give thanks to Claudio for her special pleasant company in this adventure, many thanks!
I greeting you with the hope that I have seduce you to do a tour in this "my" wonderful and unique place.

Goodbye,

Mio

My home: "La Busa"

Hi girls and boys,
I had think that it's a pretty good idea show you same place that belong to me (in the large meaning of the word) to make known you some quite distinctive place in La Busa and surroundings.
First of all: What is "La Busa"?
La Busa (a very bad and impossible translation is the hollow) is the dialect name that identified the place where I live. It came from to the shape of valley that have an characteristic shape. I can describe it to you with a strange-bad example: you can imagine to have a plate of boil rice and take a spoon than excavate a quite big pit/hollow in the mountain of rice, well now you have an idea Busa's shape, where there is a large plain that born from lake (the north side of Garda Lake) and it's encircled by mountain. I am sure that no one will understand my description and I am sure that my fellow citizen are smiling or thinking this guy is fool... I don't care! :-) (Anyway, for a formal and scientific person La Busa is an glacial-origin valley).
The most important characteristic of Busa is her climate, indeed also being in the italian's Alp and near to the Dolomities we here enjoy a Mediterranean's climate (we have lemon, palms, olive tree...).
Moreover in the Busa you can enjoy with a lot sport activities like mountain bike, windsurfing, climbing, trekking, parachuting and more and more.
Now for making appreciate you the Busa I'll insert in this post a picture-link that bring you to an album that collect photos that came from places that overlooking on it. I'll try to update it more frequently that I can.
Good bye,

Mio



PS: I know that this post be written in horrible way, please someone can help me to correct it? Thanks!!!
PS2: I forget...the Busa is in the south of Trentino Alto -Adige province the most important city are Arco and Riva del Garda. (With my description (spoon, rice and else) you can think that it is on Mars)

Tiramisù

Hi ladies and gentleman,
yesterday I thought that it should be a good idea (or better isn't a bad idea) insert a new section dedicated to my preferred recipes. Some of this recipes are my creation and reprocessing, I can't guaranteed on result in taste and appearance I just tell about it that I like it and nothing more. Anyway I start with the TOP SECRET dessert recipe of my mother's family, the TIRAMISU'. This recipe pass from mother to daughter since three generation and always the result preserve its incredible magic taste. With my description I hope that you reach the same result!
Tiramisù's ingredients for four people:

• 6 eggs
• 1/2 Kg of mascarpone (is a type of cheese)
• 6 spoons of sugar
• 4 cups of coffee
• savoiardi (are a type of biscuit)
• a little bit of marsala (is a type of wine with a high alcohol degree 20°/25°)
• cacao powder
  
• plain chocolate
  

Preparation:

1. whisk egg yolk with sugar in a large bin until the cream will appear bright
   
2. whisk egg whites in another large bin until it will be whip up
   
3. add to the cream t obtained at point 1. mascarpone and whisk every time
4. add & mix to the cream obtained at point 3. egg whites obtained at point 2.
   
5. when the coffee are cold add marsala whisk a little bit than soak in it savoiardi
6. put savoiardi at point 5. in a large and high bin (about 10-15 cm), when the bottom are full of savoiardi put a layer of cream that had make at point 4.
7. put little piece of plain chocolate randomly on the cream
8. repeat point 6. & 7. until the cream is over (the number of savoiardi's layer depend on bin's dimension in general are more then two)
9. cover the last layer of cream that you had obtained at 7. with a little bit of cacao powder
   
10. put tiramisù in fridge at least for two hours then you can be serve it. An alternative that I prefer it is freeze tiramisù, then put it out freezer and serve it about 1/2 - 1 hour later (it will be a little bit freeze but not complete)

That's all folk, I hope that my receipt is clear and I have stimulating your cousin/culinary curiosity. I don't guaranteed nothing on result but if you have an hour free or outside there are the Flood I can gamble that after two hours your time will be more and more sweet!
Dear culinary friend I say good-bye to the next experimental recipe that will be a my creation, you will not frightened I have had taste it and until now I feel good. :-)
Bye,

Mio

I like strudel with apples

I know that this is (maybe) a strange title for a post, but I hope that at the end it will be clear and this choose.

First I want to explain what a strudel is. It's a characteristic dessert of my region (Trentino Alto-Adige), it come from Austria's cuisine. This dessert is made of apples, raisin, cinnamon and pine nut all this ingredients are roll up in a puff pastry or a pastry in general than it is cooked in a oven (I know that this is the worst cuisine-receipt that you had ever heard so I insert a photo for recognize this mysterious dessert).

Since I was young I dislike the strudel with apples, I don't know way but I had never eat it spontaneously. Last week I been on the top of apple tree for piking up the fruit and I think to myself now I would like eat a slice of strudel. The evening when I come home come to meet me my grandmother with strudel I taste the strudel without think if I like or dislike it, but only with wish to try its taste that I had never taste. It was very good and now I like it.
Know I ask to myself why I hadn't never taste the strudel? The answer is simple and disconcert (for me) and is I DON'T KNOW!
I have had always think that I'm an open-minded guy that have an multilateral thought, I had believe that I be able to put in discussion every personal opinion, choice, idea and thought but in reality I lie a little to myself.
Know I think that life hide good surprise and bad joke every day. I think that the only way to accept it is try to farm a relativity of thought nothing is firm so I must move with-it otherwise I'll be firm and my only answer it will be "I DON'T KNOW". I can't permit this to myself!
Now I think that I have reached a "new level" of awareness and this awareness belong to me like a present that the life had give me, maybe late but surly well-accepted. Someone can ask me why do you awake only now, but this is another think and different story.
With this post I don't require to give life-lesson to someone (I not be able) but I want make you this question:"Which is your answer to every thinks that you had have never taste only for a mind barrier?".
My answer is: "WHY-NOT?". I know this is a question but for me enclose the way to grow up and go on every day.
See you soon,

Mio




Photo (c) www.it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strudel

Sleep Dirt -Frank Zappa

Hi guys,

with this new post I would like to open a new section dedicated to my recent listened music. It's not my wish indicated an objective point of view or an absolute assessment, but just indicated my opinion about this or that album rather this or that song.
Anyway, here we are Sleep Dirt, among Frank Zappa's album that I had have listen until now (all the FZ's album in chronological order until this one) this is album explore new contest that it doesn't belong or find in the backward album. Here we find a complete or almost complete instrumental album (this in not a news) but the atmosphere is new. I can't describe it, it is free almost fresh like an immediate drafting. It's not (for me) an elaborate album but the FZ's style is present in every song.
For me the best songs in this album are basically two: Filthy Habits, Sleep Dirt. If you don't appreciate this two songs hardly you will appreciate Sleep Dirt (I fairly appreciate this two songs therefore...).
I would like underline again that this only my poor opinion! Whatever Frank Zappa deserve always an listening!
See you soon to the next album, maybe another FZ's album AHHHHHH!

Mio

PS: MUSIC IS THE BEST (F.Z.)


Links:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_Dirt
http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_Dirt

Malga Campo - Vallestrè

Hi,

finally after troubles with my camera and terrible psico-physic fight with an horrible software, I'm very glad to present my first official post that collect last weekend tour on the mountain quite near Arco. It's a funny-hard trip but the beautiful of nature and the freshness of the mountain air (in conjunction with a good cheese form) it had became very light. Anyway, I hope that you will enjoy my photos because in the only material thing that I can offer you (the cheese was very good!!!).
See you soon,

Mio