![]() cookieless, no-ads, no threats canyon exploring with Michele Angileri Fosso di San Renzano
![]() The limestone mountains north of Terni are furrowed by valleys that are dry most of the year. That's because rain water easily goes underground in karst areas like
this one. Water flows on the surface only when the underground ways are full, i.e. in the most rainy periods of the year.
The issue deserves to be investigated by an underground hydrography scholar: the canyoneer is instead interested in investigating the morphological characteristics of the stream, in knowing the number and the features of potholes and waterfalls, in assessing the aesthetics and sportiness of the descent, ... thus discovering that the Fosso di San Renzano is an interesting canyoning route, especially if descended in good water conditions.
  I remember ...When I re-explored the Fosso di Pincano with my friend Andrea Pucci I passed at the confluence with Fosso di San Renzano. The streams were both dry. Seen from below, the final cascade of San Renzano looked like any other Pincano's little tributary: nothing made me think of an interesting canyoning route in that dry creek. Moreover we traveled all the Pincano valley, down to Via Flaminia, where we had left a shuttle car. If we had returned on foot we would have passed at the beginning of San Renzano canyon, thus realizing that the Fosso deserved an exploratory descent. Francesco Berti, instead, happened to descend Pincano canyon when San Renzano creek had plenty of water, and he also did the return trail on foot ... Copyright © 2002- Michele Angileri. All rights reserved. |
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