Si è conclusa sabato scorso a Breuil-Cervinia e Valtournenche, con un sold-out pieno, la grande festa dedicata ai 150 anni delle prime due storiche salite del Cervino. I video di Reinhold Messner, Hervé Barmasse, Catherine Destivelle e Simon Anthamatten protagonisti della gran serata di venerdì 17 luglio. Cervino 150 è la dimostrazione che l’alpinismo (ovvero…
Month: August 2019
Monte Bianco: il paese dei balocchi – full movie
Il cortometraggio Monte Bianco: il paese dei balocchi di Luca Rolli, con la partecipazione di Davide Capozzi, Andreas Fransson, Francesco Civra Dano, Giulia Monego e Julien Herry. Annunciato all’inizio di novembre, è ora online l’intero film “Monte Bianco: il paese dei balocchi”, dell’alpinista Luca Rolli. Filmato tra giugno 2014 e aprile 2015. L’idea di Rolli…
Un giorno da leoni. La storia di Alex MacIntyre raccontata da John Porter
Alpinismo e lettura: Ivo Ferrari consiglia il libro Un giorno da leoni. La storia di Alex MacIntyre e la nascita dell’alpinismo leggero e veloce edito da Alpine Studio. Leggo, leggo parecchio, ora porto gli occhiali, ma la colpa è solamente anagrafica! Leggo ed ho imparato a leggere, i libri “semplici” corrono veloci, come se fossero…
Meteorite lights up Mediterranean sky in spectacular DASHCAM FOOTAGE
Follow RT on The moment a meteorite blasted through the Earth’s atmosphere and created an enormous fireball that lit up the skies over the Italian island of Sardinia has been captured in awe-inspiring dashcam footage. The stunning moment was caught by a driver who was traveling on a road near Torre Grande on the Mediterranean…
Nuke hashtags? Elon Musk takes aim at social media ‘abomination’
Follow RT on Hashtags may still reign supreme on social media platforms such as Instagram and Twitter but a scathing interjection from none other than tech entrepreneur Elon Musk just might undermine their hegemony. The business magnate blasted the rampant tags on Twitter on Saturday, simply declaring: “Hashtags are an abomination.” The message obviously struck…
Scientists show how ALIENS ‘see’ Earth when looking from deep space
Follow RT on Ever wondered what an alien astronomer might view when looking at our planet from a star system far-far away? US scientists say they just pictured that in an experiment aimed at improving our search for other pale blue dots. The search for exoplanets has been going on for years, and one can’t…
American and British naval presence in Gulf brings insecurity – Iranian commander
Follow RT on American and British military posturing in the Persian Gulf undermines regional security, the head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard’s navy said. His warning comes as Gibraltar releases an Iranian tanker seized there by the UK. “The presence of America and England in this region means insecurity,” Alireza Tangsiri cautioned on Sunday, according…
Inches from disaster: American man miraculously missed by lightning strike (VIDEO)
Follow RT on Every so often Mother Nature lets us know who’s boss with a display of her awesome power. One such casual flex was caught on video this week as a Carolina man miraculously dodged a lightning strike by the narrowest of margins. The footage shows Romulus McNeill walking to his car in inclement…
Heroes of Russia: Putin awards pilots with country’s highest honor for saving 233 lives
Follow RT on The pilots, who carried out a successful emergency landing in a cornfield, saving the lives of all the passengers, have been awarded with a high state honor – the ‘Hero of Russia’ title. The crew received Orders of Courage. President Vladimir Putin signed a decree to decorate the pilots and flight attendants…
Hard Brexit will hit UK with food, fuel & medicine shortages, leaked govt doc warns
Follow RT on The UK could face a shortage of fresh food, fuel and medicine in the event of a no-deal Brexit, as bringing critical supplies into the country will be hit by logjams at EU ports and borders, a leaked government report predicts. A clandestine dossier prepared by the British government, which outlines the…