This was an Exodus Multi Activity Holiday based on Cortina D'Ampezzo in the Italian Dolomites. We were a minimum group, just four of us. The others were Alastair Reynolds, David Nicolson, and Kevin North. The week was filled with plenty of 'activity'.
From the hotel |
| We stayed at the Hotel Trieste, good rooms, and this was the view from the balcony |
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Day 1 - Via Ferrata |
| This is the start |
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Al is already happy |
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| Up the iron way |
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More via ferrata |
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| Keep on upwards |
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Pause for breath |
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| There's an iron ladder next |
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This is the top |
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| Lunch with guide Franco |
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Cortina view as we descend |
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Day 2 - Mountain Biking |
| View from the road - we went down some of the scree (centre picture) yesterday |
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Cortina, below |
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| Biking man |
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Break for a waterfall. We walk underneath it. |
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| Guide Bruno risks life and limb (to let down a draw-bridge !) |
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Dave in contemplative mood |
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| Al in playful mood on a mini ferrata |
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Proof that we had bikes, across the meadow and back to Cortina |
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Day 3 - Canyoning |
| This is the gear, but too wet for any more pictures |
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Day 4 morning - The Adventure Park |
| One of many gravity slides. Dave shows how it's done |
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Kevin takes a walk in the tree tops |
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| Kevin on the scramble net after Tarzan's leap |
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That's Dave zipping by |
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| Kevin still walking in the tree tops |
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That's Dave zipping by |
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Day 4 afternoon - Next it's white water rafting |
| These guys look so well behaved, but it's the only picture I'm going to get. Definitely
too wet for photos. |
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Day 5 - No taxi-bob, no hydro-speed, so we opt for more mountain biking |
| We start on the old railway line |
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Biking man |
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| They still look so well-behaved, well it's a late lunch |
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Great views as we get back down in the valley |
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| Al passes at speed |
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Cortina from the meadows |
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Day 6 morning - Tyrolean Traverse |
| That's the needle, and Paulo up to something at the base |
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Kevin climbs to the launch point |
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| Al, or is it Dave, climbs to the launch point |
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View of the valley below |
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| I hope it is all secure. Franco makes final adjustments. |
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I think I am meant to let go |
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| I thought he was meant to pull me across |
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Well, it gives me time to look down ! |
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| This is the abseiling bit, Paulo is last down. |
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That's where it was, the bit with straight edges, just right of centre. |
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| Safely down - lunch from another spot with a view |
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Day 6 afternoon - A last walk |
| The river Boite flowing through Cortina is full of Dolomite colour |
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View of Cortina from the the South West |
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| Pocol, above Cortina, is a war memorial site |
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Onwards and upwards. I think that ass is care-taking the sheep. |
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| The path is unusually crowded |
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Nature has the last say - the hills were full of cowslips. |
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