The soggy, muddy, slippery
and treacherous terrain in the vicinity of the Isonzo River has the reputation
of testing man and machine to the limit and beyond through the ages. Only the
special warrior breed would be able to take their machines to rise above such
punishing terrain.
The venue chosen was
appropriate enough; former war zones from the Isonzo Front where a series of 12
battles were fought between the Austro-Hungarian and Italian armies during
World War I. Further back into history, this northern part of Italy was also
the conduit through which the Romans made military excursions and connections
with the exotic world of Byzantium and the Orient as well as being a reverse
conduit for the invasion of Rome. Truly, hard-fought battles took place in this
region of flood prone riverbanks through the centuries in this flood prone
riverbanks.
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