| IgorZlodej2. 08. 2013 15:11:12 |
The day was slowly breaking when I stepped onto trail 352 Arturo Marini, a trail once passable for everyone, now only for mountain experts. At first it was quite easy, but it showed its true face when crossing some fallen gullies; its true face almost entirely at the end, when crossing the rubble under mighty walls demanded calm and precise steps. Of course, relief followed on the green meadows at bivouac Gervasutti. The ascent to Forcella Spe was then just a stroll, likewise the quite easy ascent to the Spe summit, but not with hands in pockets. The view was just as the Padova hut keeper told me years ago, indescribably beautiful. Up there one could sit hours and hours gazing at the finest peaks of those real Dolomites across the Piave river or those on this side, Furlan or Clautan, as one likes.
Of course I couldn't stay long on top, as I had set a long route. I descended to the Padova hut. After a beer I went on trail 357 to the Segnata notch. The first part of the trail was completely easy and nice, with nice views of nearby Montanel and oft-visited Cridolo. Then it began: snow in the gully was no problem, the traverse to the right and the side gully neither, but I had to grip the rock firmly, pull myself over some steps here and there, and it took quite some time until I stepped on top in the sun and gazed again at the magnificent Cimoliana valley below me. Descent to Perugini bivouac, steadfastly guarded for millennia by famous Campanile, a star rivaled only by the slightly more known Tre Cime above Auronzo. I sat a little and set off on the real godly path down to Pordenone hut.
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