British trailblazers in the Trentino Dolomites.(Advertisement Feature)(Advertisement)

From: Geographical | Date: June 1, 2004| Author: Gerard-Sharp, Lisa | Copyright information

It's rush hour in Rifugio Tuckett: muscular mountaineers are tucking into steaming bowls of polenta and melted cheese, followed by mushrooms and grilled meats. This alpine inn, tucked into the glacial terrain of Trentino's Brenta Dolomites, is a base for climbing courses and mountaineering exploits. Hearty fare is fuel for a day of cables and crampons, ridges and gullies, ice-fields and iron-ladders. The rewards come in the form of sightings of eagles wheeling over the heights, and...

Read all of this article with a FREE trial to HighBeam Research

Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles from HighBeam Research

British trailblazers in the Trentino Dolomites.(Advertisement Feature)(Advertisement)
Geographical ; ... alpinists in the truest sense, explorers who left trail-blazing maps, artistic sketches and stirring accounts of their adventures ... mountaineering world since the team crossed the Dolomites with no maps and little equipment; they made do with intuition, stamina and ...
Cuban arrested for criticizing Morales; Refugee faces deportation over political work.(WORLD)
The Washington Times ; Byline: Martin Arostegui, THE WASHINGTON TIMES SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia - Authorities have arrested prominent Cuban dissident Amauri San Martino, who escaped to freedom by swimming to the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay six years ago, and plan to seek his extradition to Cuba, the government said
Bill, Monica and Mother Teresa too Some odd characters rub shoulders with the Holy Family in the extraordinary nativity cribs of Naples, writes Catherine Pepinster
The Independent - London ; ON THE coastal road between Positano and Amalfi, cars stop every few yards for people to admire the still, blue stretch of sea that mirrors the sky of the same rich, infinite azure. They stop, too, for those "through the keyhole" moments, to catch a glimpse of the island that was once home to
Characterization of Italian Cheeses Ripened Under Nonconventional Conditions
Journal of Dairy Science ; ABSTRACT Four Italian cheeses (Casciotta di Urbino, Barricato San Martino, Vento d'Estate, and Ubriaco di Raboso) nonconventionally ripened under different plant materials (walnut leaves, herbs, hay, and wine by-products, respectively) were compared for compositional, microbiological, biochemical,
Sound of the BBC in the night - and a barking dog; Diary of a PoW With the winter of 1943 fast approaching, PoW Anthony Laing continued his trek through the Apennines of Emilia Romagna, in Italy, in an attempt to meet up with Britain's liberating units. Today he describes how he was far from alone on the mountain passes.(News)
The Birmingham Post (England) ; On the 20th of September I felt I had made little progress and the weather was changing. The first signs of autumn were appearing and I realised I could not spend all winter in the mountains. After a few scares and having heard about the lack of Allied progress I decided to be off, up the valley,
20071
The Washington Post ; CLINIC CLOSING Liza Mundy's eulogy for Gail Frances's Kensington abortuary ["The Secret Legacy," September 17] made an interesting point when she noted that Soviet doctors were flown to the United States to teach Americans how to make women un-pregnant. Chalk up one more accomplishment to the vast
We out-walked our unfit Italian jailers; Diary of a PoW Today, in the latest part of our war diary series, told through the voices of three British PoWs, Jack Clarke describes life in an Italian prison camp during the summer of 1943.(News)
The Birmingham Post (England) ; Byline: Jack Clarke Life at Fontanellato was pretty good compared to the previous two camps. In the room that I shared with, among others, Costas Jaco-vides, Peter Langrishe, Anthony, Geoffrey Barber and Pat Davis, we each had an iron bedstead, a proper mattress, a sheet and two blankets, not to
Why Italian farmers became cavemen; In October 1943, freed PoWs Anthony Laing and Jack Clarke were trekking through Emilia Romagna in Italy, in an attempt to meet-up with Britain's liberating units. Today, in the latest instalment of our Second World War chronicles, Jack is woken at gunpoint.(News)
The Birmingham Post (England) ; Jack: Friday was not such a good day, as it soon started to rain heavily. We had to take shelter by the side of the road for some time, but eventually got to a village where we enquired at the local pub for lunch - and got a very good one, although we had to wait a good while for it. The
Dead woman to have baby.(News)
Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) ; DOCTORS are keeping a clinically-dead woman alive in a battle to save her unborn baby. The 24-year-old mother-to-be had a brain haemorrhage at the weekend, and doctors in San Martino, Italy, realised she would not live. But they discovered her baby needed another six weeks in the womb to have a
The day our Italian camp heard that Benito was finito; Diary of a PoW Today, in the latest part of our war memories told through the diaries of three PoWs, Jack Clarke describes how news of Mussolini's fall reached the Italian prison camp where he was captive.(News)
The Birmingham Post (England) ; ... Clarke On 7th June 1943, my birthday, came news of the bombardment and subsequent capture ... fact they seemed quietly happy with the news. But the real shock came on the afternoon ... Associated Press) had amusingly posted up the news Benito finito . When it was my turn to ...