From 82b9f6c3ff97fccce19e0fa5fe34250bf3790f3f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sebastiano Tronto Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2025 22:09:12 +0200 Subject: Fixed navigation table using m4 --- src/av2/preparation/preparation.m4 | 189 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/av2/preparation/preparation.md | 191 ------------------------------------- 2 files changed, 189 insertions(+), 191 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/av2/preparation/preparation.m4 delete mode 100644 src/av2/preparation/preparation.md (limited to 'src/av2/preparation') diff --git a/src/av2/preparation/preparation.m4 b/src/av2/preparation/preparation.m4 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b565cee --- /dev/null +++ b/src/av2/preparation/preparation.m4 @@ -0,0 +1,189 @@ +m4_navtable(← Alta Via 2,../, , ,Day 1 →,../day1) + +# 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 being in decent physical condition. But there is also +the logistics side of things: Where are you going to sleep? What and how +many clothes are you bringing? Do they all fit in your backpack? And +what if it rains? + +## Training + +We started planning this around a year in advanced, so I had plenty +of time to train for this hike. 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 trains 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 gym-like leg exercises. + +For the running part, I went for 6-12km run around twice a week. This +is something I enjoyed regardless of my goal of training for the hike; +I even decided to take part in a local half-marathon (21.1km) 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 once or twice a +week for 15-30 minutes. 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 in this way some of +the days consist of less than 5 hours of walking. On the other hand, +well-trained hikers could 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 for part in +[Südtirol](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Tyrol). +None of the huts in our first two days of 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. + +For the rest of the plan, the part following largely the border between +[Trentino](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trentino) and the +[province of Belluno](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province_of_Belluno), +was mostly fine. Not every hut in our original plan was available, but +we were able to find good alternatives nearby. + +Our final plan was the following: + +||Start|Finish|Up|Down|Distance| +|:-|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:| +|[Day 1](./day1)|Kreutztal|Lungiarü|1050m|-1620m|22.1km| +|[Day 2](./day2)|Lungiarü|Rifugio Pisciadù|1820m|-690m|19.0km| +|[Day 3](./day3)|Rifugio Pisciadù|Rifugio Fedaia|760m|-1310m|18.0km| +|[Day 4](./day4)|Rifugio Fedaia|Rifugio Flora Alpina|1030m|-1290m|17.4km| +|[Day 5](./day5)|Rifugio Flora Alpina|Rifugio Mulaz|1160m|-410m|17.6km| +|[Day 6](./day6)|Rifugio Mulaz|Rifugio Pradidali|890m|-1160m|12.4km| +|[Day 7](./day7)|Rifugio Pradidali|Rifugio Passo Cereda|1110m|-2000m|17.1km| +|[Day 8](./day8)|Rifugio Passo Cereda|Rifugio Boz|1210m|-860m|12.8km| +|[Day 9](./day9)|Rifugio Boz|Croce d'Aune|800m|-1500m|20.0km| + +For the first and last days, the plan was to have someone bring +us there or 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); after all, every one of these +hotels was 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 my backpack +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, too. + +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 + to keep the contents warm, 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 conveniente, especially because of + the size. The Tabacco maps were also more accurate in some specific parts, + because they also had some 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 the 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 betwee 2°C to 20°C, as it did not feel + uncomfortable when it was too hot for a regular hoodie. +* A regular cotton hoodie, that I ended up never using. +* 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 some moments it was necessary. +* Rain trousers. I ended up never using these, my regular hiking trousers + were somewhat waterproof, and the rain poncho covered all the rest. +* Gloves. Temperatures reached close to 0°C, + and gettings your hands wet with near-freezing rains is not fun. + +### Food and medicine + +* The only food we pack were protein bars. We brought 3 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 eat something + (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 source of 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 deleted file mode 100644 index 0cea065..0000000 --- a/src/av2/preparation/preparation.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,191 +0,0 @@ -# Preparation - -|[← Alta Via 2](../)|[Day 1 →](../day1)| -|:-|-:| - -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 being in decent physical condition. But there is also -the logistics side of things: Where are you going to sleep? What and how -many clothes are you bringing? Do they all fit in your backpack? And -what if it rains? - -## Training - -We started planning this around a year in advanced, so I had plenty -of time to train for this hike. 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 trains 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 gym-like leg exercises. - -For the running part, I went for 6-12km run around twice a week. This -is something I enjoyed regardless of my goal of training for the hike; -I even decided to take part in a local half-marathon (21.1km) run. - -![Me, ready for a half marathon](../img/0-leiden-half-marathon.jpg) -

-*At the starting gate of the -[Leiden half marathon](https://marathon.nl/). 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 once or twice a -week for 15-30 minutes. 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 in this way some of -the days consist of less than 5 hours of walking. On the other hand, -well-trained hikers could 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 for part in -[Südtirol](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Tyrol). -None of the huts in our first two days of 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. - -For the rest of the plan, the part following largely the border between -[Trentino](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trentino) and the -[province of Belluno](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province_of_Belluno), -was mostly fine. Not every hut in our original plan was available, but -we were able to find good alternatives nearby. - -Our final plan was the following: - -||Start|Finish|Up|Down|Distance| -|:-|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:| -|[Day 1](./day1)|Kreutztal|Lungiarü|1050m|-1620m|22.1km| -|[Day 2](./day2)|Lungiarü|Rifugio Pisciadù|1820m|-690m|19.0km| -|[Day 3](./day3)|Rifugio Pisciadù|Rifugio Fedaia|760m|-1310m|18.0km| -|[Day 4](./day4)|Rifugio Fedaia|Rifugio Flora Alpina|1030m|-1290m|17.4km| -|[Day 5](./day5)|Rifugio Flora Alpina|Rifugio Mulaz|1160m|-410m|17.6km| -|[Day 6](./day6)|Rifugio Mulaz|Rifugio Pradidali|890m|-1160m|12.4km| -|[Day 7](./day7)|Rifugio Pradidali|Rifugio Passo Cereda|1110m|-2000m|17.1km| -|[Day 8](./day8)|Rifugio Passo Cereda|Rifugio Boz|1210m|-860m|12.8km| -|[Day 9](./day9)|Rifugio Boz|Croce d'Aune|800m|-1500m|20.0km| - -For the first and last days, the plan was to have someone bring -us there or 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); after all, every one of these -hotels was 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 my backpack -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, too. - -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 - to keep the contents warm, 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 conveniente, especially because of - the size. The Tabacco maps were also more accurate in some specific parts, - because they also had some 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 the 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 betwee 2°C to 20°C, as it did not feel - uncomfortable when it was too hot for a regular hoodie. -* A regular cotton hoodie, that I ended up never using. -* 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 some moments it was necessary. -* Rain trousers. I ended up never using these, my regular hiking trousers - were somewhat waterproof, and the rain poncho covered all the rest. -* Gloves. Temperatures reached close to 0°C, - and gettings your hands wet with near-freezing rains is not fun. - -### Food and medicine - -* The only food we pack were protein bars. We brought 3 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 eat something - (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 source of 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) -

-*Ready to go!* -

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