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Fosso di Melonta e Montarsone

Parallel and very near to Fosso dell'Elmo (a tight, tall hill separates them), the Fosso di Melonta e Montarsone is quite different, because of the different kind of rock (sandstone rather than limestone).
The kind of progression, however, is almost the same: the little falls are mostly downclimbable, and you are surrounded by the same luxuriant beauty and peaceful solitude.

I remember ...

Obviously, soon after having explored the Fosso dell'Elmo my attention went to the very close Fosso di Melonta and Montarsone ... which however at that moment was dry. More than an exploratory descent that was a good moment for a reconnaissance.
But unlike Elmo, here I saw no significant erosion, pools, falls... I walked long on a monotonous dry bed surrounded by woods. I stopped on the edge of the first fall requiring rope, but I concluded reconnaissance with a negative judgment: that valley was much less interesting than Fosso dell'Elmo.
So I didn't come to explore that valley.

My thoughts returned to the Fosso di Melonta and Montarsone 30 years later, when I began to explore the valleys of Monte Peglia more systematically.

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