“We meet around the fire, with a glass of wine and a plate of dumplings to tell life stories: the days in the refuge, made up of small (big) things”

Within the walls of Altissimo Damiano Chiesa refuge there is a hint of ‘nostalgia’. Of nostalgia for those winter evenings spent in front of the fire, warmed by wood but also by human warmth: “All this snow is now going away – he reveals Eleonora Orlandi, manager of the structure at high altitude -. But we like to remember the strong winter colors and thewarm’ atmosphere that can be found inside our high house“.

“We like it – he continues in the story, revealing some (precious) details of life in the refuge – when we meet up in the evening all around the fire, with a glass of wine and a plate of dumplings to tell various life stories“. Stories and chats that particularly distinguish those structures at high altitude that still remain ‘authentic’, where conviviality And sharing they act as protagonists.

He continues: “We like it when some hikers come during the day and they come looking for us to say hello, hug us and have a chat. Sometimes even screaming our name out loud. We like it when we see how much someone can keep us in refuge and in our presence“.

To all this, the “pleased to be able to give advice on how to best experience the area, advice on which path to take, which way to descend to appreciate what the mountain can offer”. Ultimately, the job of a refugee refugee is also this: to guard the area, to be able to cover dozens of tasks, knowing how to adapt and make do and act aslighthouse‘ above all for those who need to be guided.

A rolethe latter, which Sergio Rosimanager of Passo Principe, claims to be more than ever crucial: “Who makes the difference is the refugee refugee who, among the various tasks, also has to instruct the customers and tell them about the mountain, explaining to them what they can find and showing the beauty of sharing and essentiality – he explained some time ago to The Othermountain -. Over the years I have come across hikers who were surprised by the fact that we said goodbye at high altitude or who didn’t know that we could sleep in the refuge. To me People like that are already liked just for the fact that they put themselves out there coming to me on foot.”

Orlandi seems to be of the same opinion, so much so that he adds: “We like to be able lend a hand to anyone who walks through the door asking us for help. And try to enhance these places because they are magnificent places, with incredible floristic and faunal potential – he concludes -. We like to talk about refuge life, i pro and of againstthe difficulty but above all the great satisfactions“.

Small ‘tastes’ of life at altitude, those briefly narrated by the manager of the Altissimo Damiano Chiesa, “which contain the added value of everything we are experiencing in our lives. A life choice. But with priceless challenges and personal satisfactions“.