Friday 31 October in the Regional Reserve Zompo the Schioppo activities were carried out investigation on the karst system of the source Schioppo and samples were taken of materials.
The scientific activities, coordinated by Dr.. Amilcare D'Orsi, fall into the ongoing research conducted by the Reserve, but in very exceptional, was organized the descent to the site from which originates the cascade and for the first time the subsequent descent of the vertical wall. The research has been enabled in collaboration with the Association ASD Nature Abruzzo and the CAI Carseldine. Lace and William Emanuele Di Camillo, assisted in the logistics of Lucio Incarnate, have carried out surveys of the source is positioned at a height 965 meters, and the complete descent of the wall with climbing down a rope stretched into the void 130 meter jump.
The area is particularly delicate from the biological point of view for which the descent was performed on the left side of the cascade in such a way that the rope taut in a vacuum and remain away from the wall, so as to be less impact on the environment as possible.
We stress, indeed, that, given the particular shape of the wall from which originates the waterfall is not allowed on the same climbing also to ensure the minimum conditions of security for tourists visiting the base of the wall along the scenic loop trail called the Waterfall. For this reason, this activity took place during this period in the context of scientific research conducted on behalf of the City of Morino, Managed by the Regional Reserve Zompo the Schioppo.
The project plans to repeat the descent in the coming months, during the period of activity of the waterfall, in order to have more data and samples.