MID GRADE TRAD ROCK WESTERN DOLOMITES 2

Just two years after publication of the first edition it was already time for a second. This new edition has changed in look and organization while maintaining its original, well received characteristics.

The availability of substantial new material and the desire to integrate the inevitable corrections, some purely editorial, others (thankfully few) involving clarifications and modifications to the route descriptions, led to the decision not to run a simple reprint. Bearing in mind that many "old" readers only recently purchased the first edition, it was decided to sub-divide the new edition into two volumes, "Western Dolomites (Volume 1)" and "Western Dolomites (Volume 2)", the first being a corrected reprint of the previous edition, and this second volume including all the new descriptions which, thanks also to the help of our generous collaborators, had been collected in the period from publication of the first edition (2009) to the present. This means that our established "mid-grade" readers can acquire all the new material without having to buy both books. Obviously, new readers (and virtually all readers of the English editions) are unaffected in this way. The only resulting "oddity" is that both volumes cover exactly the same geographic area.

Furthermore, a small number of descriptions from the original edition were, for various reasons, significantly changed and consequently these have been "moved" to the present Volume 2 of the new edition where they completely replace the original descriptions. Again this is irrelevant for the English editions.
Without going into unnecessary details, it is noted that the characteristics of the guide, which most readers appear to like, remain the same. Many thanks to all the friends who collaborated in the realization of this second volume, resulting in the addition of a few slightly more difficult routes, and in a few new areas, suitable for "mid-graders" who occasionally enjoy something a bit more demanding. As usual, there is a lot of additional material at the website www.quartogrado.com, where any corrections (hopefully few) will also be published.

All possible care was taken so that this second edition is useful both to those already in possession of the first edition and new readers. All the routes described were climbed in person by the author or our various collaborators.

Wishing you all a good read and good climbing.

Emiliano Zorzi

L'autore:

Emiliano Zorzi

Nato nel 1972 a Monfalcone e di professione insegnante, nel tempo libero ha coltivato praticamente da sempre la passione per la montagna, iniziando da bambino con facili escursioni e poi avvicinandosi alle rocce attraverso le vie ferrate e la falesia. A metà degli anni '90 ha iniziato a percorrere per hobby, assieme ad un piccolo ma attivo gruppo di appassionati del monfalconese, le vie classiche e non di media difficoltà soprattutto nelle Dolomiti, specialmente nelle zone che più ama come il versante meridionale delle Pale. Con l’occasione della pubblicazione dei volumi dedicati al Friuli ha spostato la sua attività anche sui monti di casa. Pur non essendo un alpinista di punta o di professione, ha effettato un buon numero di ripetizioni (circa 300), molte delle quali con carta e penna nel taschino. Ha pubblicato nel luglio 2009 il primo volume dedicato alle Dolomiti Occidentali, del quale è uscita la seconda edizione completamente rinnovata assieme ad un nuovo volume con altre 60 salite, e nell'aprile 2010 il secondo, centrato sulle Dolomiti Orientali. Del 2011 sono invece i due volumi dedicati alla montagna Friulana, scritti assieme agli amici Carlo e Saverio. Inoltre gestisce il sito www.quartogrado.com.