Italy's Dolomite Mountains are the subject of this latest timelapse video, and it is a spectacular one. This is 2+ minutes of pure bliss, with some of the most spectacular landscapes in all of Europe on display. Sit back, relax, and enjoy.
Dolomiti 2015 from Franco Grisa on Vimeo.
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Video: Danny MacAskill Rides the Alpe Adria Trail in Europe
Posted by Unknown on Friday, December 19, 2014
Mountain bike rider Danny MacAskill is back once again with a new video, doing what he does best. For those not familiar with Danny, that means riding some amazing routes, while pulling off some unbelievable stunts, on terrain that few riders would even think about attempting. This time out, he's doing his thing on the Alpe Adria Trail, which runs for more than 750 km (466 miles) through Austria, Slovenia, and Italy. Typically this trail is not accessible by bike, so MacAskill and his team had to take what they could find along the way. The results – as usual – are pretty spectacular. Enjoy!
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Video: Highlining the Vajolet Towers in Italy
Posted by Unknown on Monday, December 15, 2014
This video comes our way courtesy of EpicTV and features mountain athlete Hayley Ashburn as she travels to the Vajolet Towers in Italy to make one of the craziest highline attempts that you've ever seen. Hayley tries to walk a 50-meter rope suspended high above the ground, with some incredible scenery from the Dolomites providing the background. This clip will provide a bit of adrenaline, along with great looking mountains.
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Video: A Mountain Bike Ride in the Italian Alps
Posted by Unknown on Tuesday, October 14, 2014
Here's a beautiful mountain biking video that was shot in the stunning Italian Alps near Aosta. It was made by two friends, who shot the entire thing over two days, with some dramatic images of the mountains, and the weather, adding a nice backdrop to what appears to be an amazing place to go for a bike ride. It takes a couple of minutes for this one to get rolling, but once it does, it's well worth the wait. Simply beautiful.
RIDE WITH ME * A O S T A * FULL VERSION from david babendreyer on Vimeo.
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Introducing the Ultra Tour Monte Rosa Trail Run
Posted by Unknown on Tuesday, October 7, 2014
In creating this event, Hawker drew upon her vast experience in the Ultra-Trail du Mont Blanc, an event she has won on five separate occasions. Lizzy also holds the record for running from Everest Base Camp back to Kathmandu, which is a distance of about 200 miles (321 km). When she started thinking about the trail she wanted for the Ultra Tour Monte Rosa, she considered her favorite routes, and the things that made them special. Hawker then started scouting trails in Switzerland near the beautiful, but rugged, Monte Rosa Massif.
The course will begin in the Swiss village of Grächen, high in the mountains above the Mattr Vispa, a tributary of the Rhone River. The route will run through the Alps to Zermatt, at the foot of the legendary Matterhorn. From there, it will turn into Italy, crossing through several villages, before looping back across the border into Switzerland. It promises to be incredibly challenging, but breathtakingly beautiful too.
The race will take place in August of 2015, and will cover a distance of 93 miles (150 km), over four days. Each stage of the race will average about 23 miles (37 km), as Hawker wants to challenge trail runners, but she also wants them to be able to complete the run as well. With the race broken down into shorter distances, the runners will also be able to maximize the daylight hours of the long summer days, which will increase the level of safety.
The 2015 edition of the Ultra Tour Monte Rosa will also serve as a bit of a test run for the event. Registration is being capped at just 150 entrants, who will be taking part in what Hawker calls the "Zero Edition" of the race. In 2016, the cap will be increased to 1000 runners, and the event will be non-stop across the entire course.
Find out more, and register for the event, at the Ultra Tour Monte Rosa official website.
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Video: Twofold Nature - Timelapse From Abruzzo, Italy
Posted by Unknown on Wednesday, September 17, 2014
This incredibly beautiful timelapse video was shot in Abruzzo, Italy over a period of about a year. It took more than 50,000 photos to put it together, but the result – as you can see for yourself – are spectacular.
Twofold Nature - Abruzzo Sublime and Beautiful from Alessandro Petrini on Vimeo.
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Video: Extreme Mountain Running in Italy
Posted by Unknown on Thursday, August 28, 2014
The Red Bull K3 is an incredibly tough mountain running race that was held in Italy recently. It challenges participants to cover a mere 3000 meters in as fast a time as possible. But those 3000 meters happen to run up the side of a mountain, at an almost vertical angle. The video below will give you an example of what that event is like, and it will probably make your legs hurt just watching it. This makes my daily runs, on hilly terrain no less, look like a walk in the park. English subtitles are available from the closed captioning option of YouTube. Enjoy!
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