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Obviously, one must -be sufficiently trained - though advanced climbing skills are generally -not needed, walking on steep mountain trails for multiple days requires -some experience and a decent condition. But there is also the logistics -side of things: Where are you going to sleep? How many clothes are -you bringing? Do they all fit in your backpack? And what if it rains? - -## Training - -We started planning this hike about a year in advanced, so we had -plenty of time to train for it. Unfortunately, since I now live in -the Netherlands, I could not practice by actually walking in mountain -trails. My dad was luckier, because there are plenty of physically -demanding trails that start just a few minutes drive away from where -he lives. - -So I replaced the actual hiking with two types of training: long-distance -running and leg muscle exercises. - -For the running part, I went for 6-12km runs twice a week more or less -regularly. This is something I enjoyed regardless of my goal of training -for the hike; I even took part in a local half-marathon run. - -![Me, ready for a half marathon](../img/0-leiden-half-marathon.jpg) - -m4_caption({{{{{ At the starting gate of the Leiden half marathon. Two hours and -six minutes later, I am not going to be smiling like that. }}}}}) - -The gym part was less entartaining for me, I never liked exercising -indoors. But I managed to train somewhat consistently for 15-30 minutes -once or twice a week. My exercises included squats, side planks, one-leg -push-ups and the like. Boooring. - -With all of this I was quite confident I was going to be in good shape -for the hike. I was more worried about the logistics... - -## Planning the route - -Most sources (including the one I followed, a red booklet that I -can't find online, but whose content is mostly summarized in [this -website](https://www.altavia2dolomiti.com/percorso)) suggest walking -Alta Via 2 in 12 or 13 days. But this way some of the days consist -of less than 5 hours of walking. On the other hand, well-trained hikers -can complete the whole route in 7 days or less. We decided that 10 -days would be a good middle ground for having a fun and intense hike -without overdoing it. In hindsight, this was a good plan, but I don't -think I would have minded some of those short walking days. - -For multiple reasons, we decided to sleep in huts rather than camping. -Since these regions tend to be quite popular with turists, we decided to -book our accommodations early on. We started booking in May, thinking -it would be early enough, but it was not - at least not the for part in -[Südtirol](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Tyrol). None of the -huts in our first two days had any spare bed. We contacted all the -places that were somewhat close to our path, to no avail. In the end we -were forced to squeeze the first 3 days into 2, and make a long detour -to reach a nearby village to sleep in a B&B on our first night. - -The rest of the route followed largely the border between -[Trentino](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trentino) and the [province of -Belluno](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province_of_Belluno), and it was -easier to find accommodation there. fine. Not every hut in our original -plan was available, but we could always find good alternatives nearby. - -Our final plan was the following: - -||Start|Finish|Up|Down|Distance| -|:-|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:| -|[Day 1](../day1)|[Kreutztal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brixen)|[Lungiarü](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lungiar%C3%BC)|1050m|-1620m|22.1km| -|[Day 2](../day2)|[Lungiarü](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lungiar%C3%BC)|[Rifugio Pisciadù](https://www.rifugiopisciadu.it/)|1820m|-690m|19.0km| -|[Day 3](../day3)|[Rifugio Pisciadù](https://www.rifugiopisciadu.it/)|[Rifugio Fedaia](https://www.rifugiofedaia.com/)|760m|-1310m|18.0km| -|[Day 4](../day4)|[Rifugio Fedaia](https://www.rifugiofedaia.com/)|[Rifugio Flora Alpina](https://floralpina.it/)|1030m|-1290m|17.4km| -|[Day 5](../day5)|[Rifugio Flora Alpina](https://floralpina.it/)|[Rifugio Mulaz](https://www.prenotarifugi.cai.it/en/detail/?id=5769)|1160m|-410m|17.6km| -|[Day 6](../day6)|[Rifugio Mulaz](https://www.prenotarifugi.cai.it/en/detail/?id=5769)|[Rifugio Pradidali](http://www.rifugiopradidali.com/pradidali/Home.html)|890m|-1160m|12.4km| -|[Day 7](../day7)|[Rifugio Pradidali](http://www.rifugiopradidali.com/pradidali/Home.html)|[Rifugio Passo Cereda](https://www.rifugiocereda.com/)|1110m|-2000m|17.1km| -|[Day 8](../day8)|[Rifugio Passo Cereda](https://www.rifugiocereda.com/)|[Rifugio Boz](https://www.rifugioboz.it)|1210m|-860m|12.8km| -|[Day 9](../day9)|[Rifugio Boz](https://www.rifugioboz.it)|[Croce d'Aune](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croce_d%27Aune)|800m|-1500m|20.0km| - -For the first and last days, the plan was to have someone bring us there -and pick us up, so we spent only 8 nights out. We did not realize at -the time, but this plan gave us a nice balance between high mountain -huts (for the real mountaineering experience) and proper hotels -(for better comfort). Confusingly, both the huts and the hotels -were also called *rifugio* (or *hütte* in German, or *utia* in -[Ladin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladin_language)). - -## Packing up - -You may find it silly, but fitting all the necessities in our backpacks -was the part of this adventure that I was most worried about. We were -going to hike for 9 days, but clearly we could not pack 9 sets of clean -clothes; that alone would almost fill our backpacks. And it's not just -t-shirts and underwear, we needed warm and waterproof clothes, too. And -what about food? The huts served dinner and breakfast, but we definitely -needed something to eat throughout the day. - -In the end, this is what we packed: - -### Hiking gear - -* Hiking boots. -* [Hiking sticks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trekking_pole), similar - to [nordic walking](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordic_walking) - poles, but they are usually kept shorter. They help pushing when going - up and keep you stable when you walk down. -* A simple harness consisting of a strong rope with a - [carabiner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carabiner), to be - used for the occasional *equipped trails* (think of a [via - ferrata](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Via_ferrata), but easier). -* Two water bottles (0.5L + 1L). The smaller one was a thermos-like bottle, - but I ended up never filling it with hot water or tea. - It would have been better to just bring two lightweight plastic bottles. -* Maps: [Tabacco](https://www.tabaccoeditrice.it/en/home-english/) - maps number [30 - (Brixen-Villnössertal)](https://www.tabaccoeditrice.it/en/cartografie_en/125000-coast/030_en/), - [6 (Val di Fassa e Dolimiti - Fassane)](https://www.tabaccoeditrice.it/en/cartografie_en/125000-coast/06_en/), - [22 (Pale di San - Martino)](https://www.tabaccoeditrice.it/en/cartografie_en/125000-coast/022_en/), - plus an older map of the same brand for the Feltre area, that - followed a different numbering scheme. We also had offline maps from - [OpenStreetMaps](https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=12/46.5905/11.7540) - on our phones - we used [Organic Maps](https://organicmaps.app/) and - [Mapy](https://mapy.com) as clients - but a paper backup is always - convenient, especially because of the size: it is much easier to read - a large map than to look at one on a 6" screen. The Tabacco maps were - also more accurate in some specific parts, because they included - codes for describing each trail's type or difficulty. - -### Clothes - -Most of the clothes we brought with us were made of some synthetic fabric -that was extremely lightweight and quick to dry up. - -* 4 T-shirts (2 or 3 would have been enough). -* 4 pairs of underwear (again, 2 or 3 would have been enough). -* Zip-off hiking trousers that could be converted to shorts (but - I ended up almost always using them in trouser form). -* A full set of "normal" clothes (underwear, socks, T-shirt, shorts) that - I used only in the huts. -* A lightweight hoodie that somehow kept me warm amazingly well. I used - it for any temperature between 2°C to 20°C, as it did not feel - uncomfortable when it was too hot, as a regular hoodie would. -* A regular cotton hoodie that never used. -* Slippers. -* A baseball cap. -* A rain poncho. I did not like wearing it, because it made me sweat a lot - and I ended up getting wet anyway. But in ceratin moments it was necessary. -* Rain trousers. In the end I never used them, my regular hiking trousers - were somewhat waterproof, and the rain poncho covered all the rest. -* Gloves. Temperatures reached close to 0°C, and having your hands wet - with strong winds at near-freezing temperatures is not fun. - -### Food and medicine - -* The only food we pack were protein bars. We brought 3 bars per person per - day, but this was way too much. I ended up eating one ~100g bar per - day on average, because we were often able to grab some food (like a - slice of [*Strüdel*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_strudel)) - in the huts we walked by during the day. -* Energy tablets. Some quick energy boost, - they were mostly vitamins with some caffeine. -* Plasters, both regular ones and - [blister platers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compeed). -* Painkillers and other basic medicine. - -### Other stuff - -* Sleeping bag. A very light one is enough, since every hut provided heavy - blankets, but not linens, and guests have to bring their own. -* One towel, [the most thing to - bring](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hitchhiker's_Guide_to_the_Galaxy). -* Soap, toothbrush and toothpaste. -* Wet wipes. -* Wallet, phone, phone charger and a power bank. -* A small planner and a pen, to keep a journal of the trip. - -At 12kg water included, the backpack is quite heavy. I could have saved a -couple of kilos, but in the end we used almost everything that we brought. - -![Me with my backpack on, at home](../img/19-0000-backpack.jpg) - -m4_caption(Ready to go!) - -m4_navtable(, , Alta Via 2,../,Day 1 →,../day1) diff --git a/src/av2/preparation/preparation.md b/src/av2/preparation/preparation.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ce44e0b --- /dev/null +++ b/src/av2/preparation/preparation.md @@ -0,0 +1,204 @@ + + + + +
Alta Via 2 Day 1 →
+ +# Preparation + +Alta Via 2 is not a hike one can do without planning. Obviously, one must +be sufficiently trained - though advanced climbing skills are generally +not needed, walking on steep mountain trails for multiple days requires +some experience and a decent condition. But there is also the logistics +side of things: Where are you going to sleep? How many clothes are +you bringing? Do they all fit in your backpack? And what if it rains? + +## Training + +We started planning this hike about a year in advanced, so we had +plenty of time to train for it. Unfortunately, since I now live in +the Netherlands, I could not practice by actually walking in mountain +trails. My dad was luckier, because there are plenty of physically +demanding trails that start just a few minutes drive away from where +he lives. + +So I replaced the actual hiking with two types of training: long-distance +running and leg muscle exercises. + +For the running part, I went for 6-12km runs twice a week more or less +regularly. This is something I enjoyed regardless of my goal of training +for the hike; I even took part in a local half-marathon run. + +![Me, ready for a half marathon](../img/0-leiden-half-marathon.jpg) + +

At the starting gate of the Leiden half marathon. Two hours and +six minutes later, I am not going to be smiling like that.

+ +The gym part was less entartaining for me, I never liked exercising +indoors. But I managed to train somewhat consistently for 15-30 minutes +once or twice a week. My exercises included squats, side planks, one-leg +push-ups and the like. Boooring. + +With all of this I was quite confident I was going to be in good shape +for the hike. I was more worried about the logistics... + +## Planning the route + +Most sources (including the one I followed, a red booklet that I +can't find online, but whose content is mostly summarized in [this +website](https://www.altavia2dolomiti.com/percorso)) suggest walking +Alta Via 2 in 12 or 13 days. But this way some of the days consist +of less than 5 hours of walking. On the other hand, well-trained hikers +can complete the whole route in 7 days or less. We decided that 10 +days would be a good middle ground for having a fun and intense hike +without overdoing it. In hindsight, this was a good plan, but I don't +think I would have minded some of those short walking days. + +For multiple reasons, we decided to sleep in huts rather than camping. +Since these regions tend to be quite popular with turists, we decided to +book our accommodations early on. We started booking in May, thinking +it would be early enough, but it was not - at least not the for part in +[Südtirol](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Tyrol). None of the +huts in our first two days had any spare bed. We contacted all the +places that were somewhat close to our path, to no avail. In the end we +were forced to squeeze the first 3 days into 2, and make a long detour +to reach a nearby village to sleep in a B&B on our first night. + +The rest of the route followed largely the border between +[Trentino](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trentino) and the [province of +Belluno](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province_of_Belluno), and it was +easier to find accommodation there. fine. Not every hut in our original +plan was available, but we could always find good alternatives nearby. + +Our final plan was the following: + +||Start|Finish|Up|Down|Distance| +|:-|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:| +|[Day 1](../day1)|[Kreutztal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brixen)|[Lungiarü](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lungiar%C3%BC)|1050m|-1620m|22.1km| +|[Day 2](../day2)|[Lungiarü](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lungiar%C3%BC)|[Rifugio Pisciadù](https://www.rifugiopisciadu.it/)|1820m|-690m|19.0km| +|[Day 3](../day3)|[Rifugio Pisciadù](https://www.rifugiopisciadu.it/)|[Rifugio Fedaia](https://www.rifugiofedaia.com/)|760m|-1310m|18.0km| +|[Day 4](../day4)|[Rifugio Fedaia](https://www.rifugiofedaia.com/)|[Rifugio Flora Alpina](https://floralpina.it/)|1030m|-1290m|17.4km| +|[Day 5](../day5)|[Rifugio Flora Alpina](https://floralpina.it/)|[Rifugio Mulaz](https://www.prenotarifugi.cai.it/en/detail/?id=5769)|1160m|-410m|17.6km| +|[Day 6](../day6)|[Rifugio Mulaz](https://www.prenotarifugi.cai.it/en/detail/?id=5769)|[Rifugio Pradidali](http://www.rifugiopradidali.com/pradidali/Home.html)|890m|-1160m|12.4km| +|[Day 7](../day7)|[Rifugio Pradidali](http://www.rifugiopradidali.com/pradidali/Home.html)|[Rifugio Passo Cereda](https://www.rifugiocereda.com/)|1110m|-2000m|17.1km| +|[Day 8](../day8)|[Rifugio Passo Cereda](https://www.rifugiocereda.com/)|[Rifugio Boz](https://www.rifugioboz.it)|1210m|-860m|12.8km| +|[Day 9](../day9)|[Rifugio Boz](https://www.rifugioboz.it)|[Croce d'Aune](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croce_d%27Aune)|800m|-1500m|20.0km| + +For the first and last days, the plan was to have someone bring us there +and pick us up, so we spent only 8 nights out. We did not realize at +the time, but this plan gave us a nice balance between high mountain +huts (for the real mountaineering experience) and proper hotels +(for better comfort). Confusingly, both the huts and the hotels +were also called *rifugio* (or *hütte* in German, or *utia* in +[Ladin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladin_language)). + +## Packing up + +You may find it silly, but fitting all the necessities in our backpacks +was the part of this adventure that I was most worried about. We were +going to hike for 9 days, but clearly we could not pack 9 sets of clean +clothes; that alone would almost fill our backpacks. And it's not just +t-shirts and underwear, we needed warm and waterproof clothes, too. And +what about food? The huts served dinner and breakfast, but we definitely +needed something to eat throughout the day. + +In the end, this is what we packed: + +### Hiking gear + +* Hiking boots. +* [Hiking sticks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trekking_pole), similar + to [nordic walking](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordic_walking) + poles, but they are usually kept shorter. They help pushing when going + up and keep you stable when you walk down. +* A simple harness consisting of a strong rope with a + [carabiner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carabiner), to be + used for the occasional *equipped trails* (think of a [via + ferrata](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Via_ferrata), but easier). +* Two water bottles (0.5L + 1L). The smaller one was a thermos-like bottle, + but I ended up never filling it with hot water or tea. + It would have been better to just bring two lightweight plastic bottles. +* Maps: [Tabacco](https://www.tabaccoeditrice.it/en/home-english/) + maps number [30 + (Brixen-Villnössertal)](https://www.tabaccoeditrice.it/en/cartografie_en/125000-coast/030_en/), + [6 (Val di Fassa e Dolimiti + Fassane)](https://www.tabaccoeditrice.it/en/cartografie_en/125000-coast/06_en/), + [22 (Pale di San + Martino)](https://www.tabaccoeditrice.it/en/cartografie_en/125000-coast/022_en/), + plus an older map of the same brand for the Feltre area, that + followed a different numbering scheme. We also had offline maps from + [OpenStreetMaps](https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=12/46.5905/11.7540) + on our phones - we used [Organic Maps](https://organicmaps.app/) and + [Mapy](https://mapy.com) as clients - but a paper backup is always + convenient, especially because of the size: it is much easier to read + a large map than to look at one on a 6" screen. The Tabacco maps were + also more accurate in some specific parts, because they included + codes for describing each trail's type or difficulty. + +### Clothes + +Most of the clothes we brought with us were made of some synthetic fabric +that was extremely lightweight and quick to dry up. + +* 4 T-shirts (2 or 3 would have been enough). +* 4 pairs of underwear (again, 2 or 3 would have been enough). +* Zip-off hiking trousers that could be converted to shorts (but + I ended up almost always using them in trouser form). +* A full set of "normal" clothes (underwear, socks, T-shirt, shorts) that + I used only in the huts. +* A lightweight hoodie that somehow kept me warm amazingly well. I used + it for any temperature between 2°C to 20°C, as it did not feel + uncomfortable when it was too hot, as a regular hoodie would. +* A regular cotton hoodie that never used. +* Slippers. +* A baseball cap. +* A rain poncho. I did not like wearing it, because it made me sweat a lot + and I ended up getting wet anyway. But in ceratin moments it was necessary. +* Rain trousers. In the end I never used them, my regular hiking trousers + were somewhat waterproof, and the rain poncho covered all the rest. +* Gloves. Temperatures reached close to 0°C, and having your hands wet + with strong winds at near-freezing temperatures is not fun. + +### Food and medicine + +* The only food we pack were protein bars. We brought 3 bars per person per + day, but this was way too much. I ended up eating one ~100g bar per + day on average, because we were often able to grab some food (like a + slice of [*Strüdel*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_strudel)) + in the huts we walked by during the day. +* Energy tablets. Some quick energy boost, + they were mostly vitamins with some caffeine. +* Plasters, both regular ones and + [blister platers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compeed). +* Painkillers and other basic medicine. + +### Other stuff + +* Sleeping bag. A very light one is enough, since every hut provided heavy + blankets, but not linens, and guests have to bring their own. +* One towel, [the most thing to + bring](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hitchhiker's_Guide_to_the_Galaxy). +* Soap, toothbrush and toothpaste. +* Wet wipes. +* Wallet, phone, phone charger and a power bank. +* A small planner and a pen, to keep a journal of the trip. + +At 12kg water included, the backpack is quite heavy. I could have saved a +couple of kilos, but in the end we used almost everything that we brought. + +![Me with my backpack on, at home](../img/19-0000-backpack.jpg) + +

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