Comments on: Monte Castello History Tour from Fanes Hut — Italy http://www.wildsnow.com/9093/monte-castello-history-tour-from-fanes-hut-italy/ Backcountry Skiing Weblog Blog, FAQs, more, links and info about randonnee, telemark and backcountry ski mountaineering. Sat, 25 May 2013 12:53:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: palic http://www.wildsnow.com/9093/monte-castello-history-tour-from-fanes-hut-italy/#comment-50289 palic Wed, 23 Jan 2013 01:19:59 +0000 http://www.wildsnow.com/?p=9093#comment-50289 To Gringo - your friend from Serbia was the most probably talking about Bosna and Hercegovina - there are a lot of mine fields there from the civil war 1992-1995. BUT, most of these areas are 100 % safe during the winter time, when there is a lot of snow. On the other side, it can be very dangerous in the summer time. I was already several times in the mountains of Bosna and Hercegovina during the winter time - they are excellent! To Gringo – your friend from Serbia was the most probably talking about Bosna and Hercegovina – there are a lot of mine fields there from the civil war 1992-1995. BUT, most of these areas are 100 % safe during the winter time, when there is a lot of snow. On the other side, it can be very dangerous in the summer time.

I was already several times in the mountains of Bosna and Hercegovina during the winter time – they are excellent!

]]> By: Fede http://www.wildsnow.com/9093/monte-castello-history-tour-from-fanes-hut-italy/#comment-50221 Fede Mon, 21 Jan 2013 22:54:45 +0000 http://www.wildsnow.com/?p=9093#comment-50221 Wookie, your warning is way too exagerate. It's absolutely and extremely rare to find nearly un-exploded weapons anywhere in the dolomites where Lisa was touring. First of all because it's stuff of nearly 100 years ago so not really dangerouse anymore. Second there are no glacier left which could have hided stuff except a small one in Marmolada but I can assure you that weapons collectors have been already intensively scanning with metal detectors every mm of the glacier. Thrid because all the battlefields have been intensively scanned by weapon collectors and immediately after the war from poor local people trying to get some money in re-selling metal. So don't worry at all, there's nothing left. I've been touring and hiking a lot in the last 20 years and had the luck to find a bullet only once during a mountain bike trip. Wookie, your warning is way too exagerate. It’s absolutely and extremely rare to find nearly un-exploded weapons anywhere in the dolomites where Lisa was touring. First of all because it’s stuff of nearly 100 years ago so not really dangerouse anymore.
Second there are no glacier left which could have hided stuff except a small one in Marmolada but I can assure you that weapons collectors have been already intensively scanning with metal detectors every mm of the glacier.
Thrid because all the battlefields have been intensively scanned by weapon collectors and immediately after the war from poor local people trying to get some money in re-selling metal. So don’t worry at all, there’s nothing left.
I’ve been touring and hiking a lot in the last 20 years and had the luck to find a bullet only once during a mountain bike trip.

]]> By: Fernando Pereira http://www.wildsnow.com/9093/monte-castello-history-tour-from-fanes-hut-italy/#comment-50047 Fernando Pereira Thu, 17 Jan 2013 04:20:39 +0000 http://www.wildsnow.com/?p=9093#comment-50047 "O Gorizia, tu sei maledetta" is a famous antiwar folk song based on a major battle of WWI (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sixth_Battle_of_the_Isonzo) further South from where you are along the old border between Italy and the Austro-Hungarian Empire. “O Gorizia, tu sei maledetta” is a famous antiwar folk song based on a major battle of WWI (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sixth_Battle_of_the_Isonzo) further South from where you are along the old border between Italy and the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

]]> By: Lou Dawson http://www.wildsnow.com/9093/monte-castello-history-tour-from-fanes-hut-italy/#comment-50018 Lou Dawson Wed, 16 Jan 2013 17:20:18 +0000 http://www.wildsnow.com/?p=9093#comment-50018 Wookie and Gringo, wow! Now along with your airbag you have to have a ballistics vest... Wookie and Gringo, wow! Now along with your airbag you have to have a ballistics vest…

]]> By: jim knight http://www.wildsnow.com/9093/monte-castello-history-tour-from-fanes-hut-italy/#comment-50016 jim knight Wed, 16 Jan 2013 16:36:22 +0000 http://www.wildsnow.com/?p=9093#comment-50016 It's worth a visit to the WWI Museum highlighting the Dolomites Campaign while in Cortina. It’s worth a visit to the WWI Museum highlighting the Dolomites Campaign while in Cortina.

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