Q: How many years since you practice speleology? A: I started in the early 90s, but I've been exploring caves since I was six. My mother is originally from an area near Cividale del Friuli where there are many caves, and as a child it was fun and exciting explore them. Q: Where does your passion come from? A: My passion started the age of 20. Curiosity was triggered by the "Red Guide" of the Touring Club, which describes in detail many Friuli's caves, referring to the "Two thousand caves - Forty years of explorations in Venice Giulia", a speleology test by Luigi Vittorio Bertarelli and Eugenio Boegan of 1926. The guide was useful to find the caves since there was no GPS at that time providing very detailed explanations on how to reach them. At first I was an amateur but when my cousin, who practiced speleology and international shipments came to know it, he strongly advised me to attend a course for both safety and professional techniques. Since then i've been studing and practicing a to became an instructor and a cerfitied guide (College of Speleological Guides of Friuli Venezia Giulia). Canyoning - Speleo-Trekking Q: This sport activity has a lot of natural aspect to offer as well right? A: Just as a naturalistic guide addresses a natural environment with all its components (biological, geologic, etc.) and analyze them, likewise the speleologist studies and analyzes the cave's environment, which is definitely different from the outer one, considering mainly that there is NO irradiation by the sun; Life has adapted itself to live in a very particular conditions. Caving studies all this aspects and much more. In Slovenia, a true speleology chair has been set up because it is possible to define almost a science in itself with so
Q: How many years since you practice speleology? A: I started in the early 90s, but I’ve been exploring caves since I was six. My mother is originally from an area near Cividale del Friuli where there are many caves,
