I subscribed to the Milky Way Run, having resisted the offers put to me by Eng. Cav.Dott.Grand 'no. The
decided not to contest the 30km long by 10km and opt for, perhaps a hangover that left me last year in the cold of -25 Col Basset; un'espistassi boring I hope the nostrils right now eradicated .... or maybe because I want to have fun and nothing more '.
take great pictures, enjoy the company of the trailer and see the arrival time for the winners.
see them cross the finish line and continue to ask what the hell they have in place of the heart and muscle fibers which wrap their skeletal structure, perhaps built with titanium honeycomb.
not allow myself to miss nothing of the pleasure of starting with Pinocho and Mauro .... and arrival at Willow and 'atmosphere now greeted by Christmas. Conveniently
go to the Tower of the hotel to pick up the chest and Willow make flyers for the race organized by GS Murialdo March 13, 2011, the Moraine Trail Rivoli www.morenicatrail.it its 2'Edizione.
THE collect race and control materials with us Cecilia Mora, fresh Podium in World Skyrunning 2010, I can photograph it with Pinocho ... and they seem old friends.
Friendship Together to divide
brief flashes of our existence. What is a Trail
a dinner, a moment. Emptiness
our time and experience the trail
solid, feelings
Simple:
green fir trees, blue sky
,
a thousand stars,
white snow.
The Cafe in the center of Sauze d'Ouux is a must, as we watch the last skiers who leave the tracks that will be, this night, invaded by the trailer.
the sports hall, where we moved to change us, we meet two other Orcs and George Michael ... traveling together, the last time we met was at the Becca di Nona September 5, 2010.
The final preparations for me to do the 10km rucksack and 'light only a vest and a more' heavy for any inconvenience. For polar
Orcs that will make the 30km rucksack and 'more' heavy ... it expects to close the race between 6 and 7 hours with a temperature swing 'of -10 to -25 at the start in place of mount Fraiteve altitude 2,700 meters above sea level.
last year because of the wind at high altitude and extreme cold, the organization did not pass from the race this year .... Fraiteve the ascent of the mountain is all there.
Time and 'very good, the star to the Milky Way is assured and everyone will enjoy the feelings that made me write this, for me, memorable lines
Stars
Roof of the sky of the Earth Mother
trailers
Keepers of the senses
500 starters in the race 30km long and 10km short race.
I congratulate all, especially in Matthew and Graziella, strongly hope that everything goes well with a good luck bless these Bodhisattva, ready to enjoy new sensations.
and Graziella 'unrecognizable wearing a black balaclava, and' in fact her to recognize me.
At 18:00 Nico after the final recommendations, we start crossing the country from south to north going to take the ski slopes that will lead us in the first place of refreshment Sportinia at 2000 above sea level.
The Ascent Sportinia with all the lights and Salice D'Oulx Oulx is unforgettable, the vapor emitted from the lungs of 500 trailer makes us' look like a steam train that goes up on a white rack.
The fund, if the first is perfect athletes and makes them go 'faster, for those that follow it becomes mush and slows the march, and the proof' that the Orcs who have completed the 30km in an hour took more 'compared to last year .... my comments. Once in
Sportinia here's the thing dining place in a bar / restaurant with good food from each Brioschi, chocolate, cake, dried fruit, tea, coca ...
Meeting Matthew, perky and in excellent condition.
For me the race, and 'almost over, I see them go up the trailer, up to the Col Basset with a little' ow of melancholy ..... but the fun begins, a discesone on track to do at full speed '.
help me in the drop-down chains that I have on my shoes and efficiently play their work so much so 'that overcomes many of the athletes spovvisti accessory, absolutely INDISPENSABLE on the steep icy slopes of the slopes leading to Willow.
is now the country, the trail leads right in the middle ... then still a race to the former colony of the Tower Hotel Fiat.
It 's not over, the arrival is not' outside the hotel but rather at the top of the tower. To get
must remove their shoes in the lobby and proceed from there travel on the way spiral stairs without serving the hotel rooms and leading finally to the top of the Tower. Un'esattore How un'omino taxes on a tiny table transcribed on a PC, the numbers of pectoral and points to the dining spot near the stairs ant'incendio. The restaurant is managed
no little 'bit less than by our alias Michael Messner.
Finally, congratulations to Matthew and Graziella, who finished this race unique.
...... The story continues with the 30km Orc Mauro ..........
The Milky Way Trail is definitely a very special race.
On Saturday morning, you are immersed in the preparations. The selection of the vest, sopramaglie, short sleeve and long vest microfiber windbreaker jacket, two pants, the neckband, fleece always requires special attention.
now all the clothes have become high-performance and high-performance thermal and hygroscopic.
Strong experience of last year I go to without fail, call in heavy sweaters, fleece-gombranti to and above the padded jackets.
Word Order: Stratification onion and light fabrics.
And so I find myself starting to dress like a Dundy or an elf, but we're in good company. In the bedlam of departure, so styled, almost do not recognize anyone.
But you could not fail to see the Trio John Aldo, Giovanni e Giacomo, with a huge sack of Santa Claus make their way through the crowd of the Start. (Power of Santa Claus, thanks John!)
Sauze d'Oulx is softened in a lovely Christmas atmosphere under a thick blanket of snow.
the late afternoon, the lights that light up and the dusk is slowly blurring help to create a unique environmental setting in the world of Trails. However
reveal a clear dichotomy in the social fabric of the village, on the one hand the mass of some 400 runners' Martians were extraneous to the local, the other the mass of tourists there, coming back from skiing with the awkward gait of the boots Good Lord that hard or go shopping.
Among one another, the dividing line is certainly not made up by a factor of wealth but by a different ability to know how to put in play against the effort, the inevitable suffering and ultimately against the difficulties.
On the one hand the comfort of the populated mountain and made comfortable increasingly driven by technology, more and more modern structures designed to create an environment like Disneyland Snow Park, the other challenge themselves and agony to feel good.
But elsewhere we refer to the analysis of what moving 400 people with a good cultural preparation and certainly sane, to be the evening of December 18 of a share in 1600mt capped mountains of the Alta Valle di Susa at the beginning of a 30km run on the snow.
fact, with these thoughts in mind, I feel the tee shot and all my sociological and psychological considerations suddenly vanish.
You find yourself alone with yourself, you begin to run through the streets of the country between a good crowd of curious residents and suddenly opens the track, so here we are!
begins on the gait along perfectly prepared runs for once they return to their original function of roads linking the various villages and hamlets.
beautiful wooden chalet, huts, old farmsteads, even some small apartment building, small huts, you pass slowly before his eyes and gradually give way to a forest of larch, which has considerable traces of the recent snowfall. In short, you find yourself
Sportinia, cradle of alpine skiing and a crossroads for many lifts, but the party will ol'atmosfera night, seems to float in a world so remote as not to even want to stay comfortable in the heat of the mountain restaurants. But
Sportinia also marks the end of the Pinewood and in fact opens the vision of all the wonderful ridge which quickly brings us to the Low Hill 'and under a beautiful starry Fraiteve.
The climb to the top of the terminal Fraiteve is considerably steep and tiring, but never as now we can appreciate all those horrible antennas. Here it is!
a moment and down 'to the tracks, but I sense the way I always in the eye from the panorama of Sestriere, which is fast approaching, you sweat, it begins to get hot even if the temperature is about -15 ° C. Here we enter the village and soon the rest.
Strange, we see that we are not welcome in Sestriere. In the whole district the places to stay in comfortable mountain huts are managed even in the most inhospitable and here, in the only country with every comfort, stopped by a small square outside one of the condominiums.
There are scarcely any useful advice in the country 's identification of the route and all our requests for information are faced with the total disregard of the population.
can almost beg for some help with this snobbistica local fauna of a Saturday in the village.
Thank goodness that we go out soon and actually appreciate as never-ending climb to the Col Basset, virtually alone on the mountain, but with great inner peace. The race is the least of the problems. Review
the Hill, and in garrison valiant Alpini colder, that it's all our thanks.
finally began the descent to Sauze, on a beautiful track with perfectly carved from snow groomers. The speed increases with the slope, and sometimes the lack of the sole spike causes some problems of sealing, but the ski mountaineering experience takes over and allows me to maintain balance, I avoid nets and guns.
I see the lights of the town below, and I find myself thinking that after all is a sin to get there, I still enjoy that magic within. I
only, perhaps the first.
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