Mt Etna, Sicily

Fantastic trip a couple of weeks ago to Sicilian volcanoes with
Explore Worldwide.
We had a whole day trekking over Etna summit and down to view the
current eruption in the Valle del Bove - what an experience!

I would highly recommend the trip. Locally, it's organised by Etna
Trekking of Linguaglossa - thanks to them for a great week.

www.etnatrekking.com

for local details.

also

Some pictures of the Etna traverse on my Webshots site

http://community.webshots.com/user/doc_paul

under the title "Mt Etna, Sicily"

This is not a promotion - just wanted to show you something I really
enjoyed!

Paul
Leigh
Lancs

Paul Richardson posted:

We had a whole day trekking over Etna summit and down to view the
current eruption in the Valle del Bove - what an experience!

I would highly recommend the trip. Locally, it's organised by Etna
Trekking of Linguaglossa - thanks to them for a great week.
www.etnatrekking.com

Some pictures of the Etna traverse on my Webshots site
http://community.webshots.com/user/doc_paul
under the title "Mt Etna, Sicily"


Paul

Great pictures!
Some of mine, no higher than Sapienza, from 2002:
http://buten.net/max/sicily/60_etna/index_60_etna.html

Has there been major destruction since the cable car was wrecked in 2001?
(see http://buten.net/max/sicily/60_etna/30Busses0356.html)
- Max
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Paul Richardson posted:

We had a whole day trekking over Etna summit and down to view the
current eruption in the Valle del Bove - what an experience!

I would highly recommend the trip. Locally, it's organised by Etna
Trekking of Linguaglossa - thanks to them for a great week.
www.etnatrekking.com

Some pictures of the Etna traverse on my Webshots site
http://community.webshots.com/user/doc_paul
under the title "Mt Etna, Sicily"


Paul

Great pictures!
Some of mine, no higher than Sapienza, from 2002:
http://buten.net/max/sicily/60_etna/index_60_etna.html

Has there been major destruction since the cable car was wrecked in 2001?
(see http://buten.net/max/sicily/60_etna/30Busses0356.html)
- Max
--
MisterMax
Slideshows of Angkor Wat, Bali, Crete, France, Malaysia, Maui,
Morocco, Mt Holly, Sicily, St Tropez, Singapore, Thailand, Tour de
France:
http://buten.net/max/
Shadows and Reflections: http://pbase.com/mistermax

Great pictures!
Some of mine, no higher than Sapienza, from 2002:
http://buten.net/max/sicily/60_etna/index_60_etna.html

Has there been major destruction since the cable car was wrecked in 2001?
(see http://buten.net/max/sicily/60_etna/30Busses0356.html)
- Max

Hi Max - yes there was a big eruption on the eastern (?NE) flank in
2002, when more than 20 vents appeared along a fissure over a period
of a few hours. The local tour company people from Etna Trekking all
come from that area, around Linguaglossa, so they describe it with
great vividness! The first warning was about 5 hours of earthquakes
one night, then the vents appeared, and spewed out lava all over the
ski area at Piano Provenzana, effectively destroying it.

Sapienza I think is where we finished our traverse from north to
south, and they have now rebuilt the cable car. Plenty of people were
catching the cable car, then walking over to the edge of the Valle del
Bove to see the lava flow. It was said it's the first time for 5 years
that there has been a flow on Etna that's benign enough for the
tourists to approach - so we were very lucky!

Paul
Leigh
Lancs
UK

Great pictures!
Some of mine, no higher than Sapienza, from 2002:
http://buten.net/max/sicily/60_etna/index_60_etna.html

Has there been major destruction since the cable car was wrecked in 2001?
(see http://buten.net/max/sicily/60_etna/30Busses0356.html)
- Max

Hi Max - yes there was a big eruption on the eastern (?NE) flank in
2002, when more than 20 vents appeared along a fissure over a period
of a few hours. The local tour company people from Etna Trekking all
come from that area, around Linguaglossa, so they describe it with
great vividness! The first warning was about 5 hours of earthquakes
one night, then the vents appeared, and spewed out lava all over the
ski area at Piano Provenzana, effectively destroying it.

Sapienza I think is where we finished our traverse from north to
south, and they have now rebuilt the cable car. Plenty of people were
catching the cable car, then walking over to the edge of the Valle del
Bove to see the lava flow. It was said it's the first time for 5 years
that there has been a flow on Etna that's benign enough for the
tourists to approach - so we were very lucky!

Paul
Leigh
Lancs
UK