🏃♀️ Running on the Moon 🏃♂️
🌋 Description 🌋
Are you on holiday in Sicily but don’t want to break from training?
The “Di Corsa sulla Luna” excursion is just the thing for you. It is a Unique hike precisely because it is tailor-made according to your requirements; you define certain parameters such as distance, altitude difference and/or duration.
Let me know what kind of trail training you want to do (short and intense, long slow, technical, vertical, downhill, other) and I will organise everything in a unique and exclusive setting…
You will only have to tell me a few parameters:
- Distance from 7 to 70 km
- Height difference from 100 to 2000 metres
- Duration from 2 to 22 hours
After you tell me your needs and desires, I will study the best solution, built around you, like a tailor’s suit, and I will personally check its feasibility before proposing it to you, at which point if it seems good to you, all we have to do is lace up the shoes…
If you would like other people to try the same excursion as you, I will enter it in the “Run excursion proposed/designed by you” section and you will give it the name you prefer, and if your excursion is the most chosen of all those proposed/designed by you, you will receive a wonderful gadget at the end of the year.
But it doesn’t end here….if you want you can also take part in a nice competition ‘the most beautiful photo’. By sending me a photo (the one you think is the most beautiful taken during the hike), which I will put in a special gallery in the ‘photos taken by you’ section, anyone looking at the photos will be able to vote for their favourite and the one that comes out on top at the end of the year will allow its author to receive a free gadget for his or her birthday.
Get ready for a unique experience exploring Europe’s highest active volcano. You will admire the fascinating beauty of Mount Etna, a World Heritage Site, and all its majesty from a unique perspective.
The tour that will allow you to discover Etna begins with our meeting at a point to be defined, any transfer from the accommodation where you are staying is not included and may have to be organised.
We will proceed with the briefing for material verification, the collection of informed consents and all bureaucratic activities.
At this point, all we have to do is set off to make the most of our adventure and find ourselves “Running to the Moon”.
Program
- 8:00 Meeting at Point to be defined
- 8:30 Running start ‘Running to the Moon’
In summary
| Meeting time ⌚ | 8:00 |
| Level of difficulty 📊 | Athletes |
| Duration ⏳ | To be defined |
| Total length 📏 | To be defined |
| Maximum quota ⬆ | To be defined |
| Minimum quota ⬇ | To be defined |
| Positive height difference 📈 | To be defined |
| Negative height difference 📉 | To be defined |
| Cost 💰 | To be defined |
Mandatory clothing
- Trail shoes 👟
- Gaiters
- Trail backpack 🎒
- Trail socks 🧦
- Long trousers 👖🩳🧦
- Variable clothing layers depending on the season (short-sleeved T-shirt – thermal or long-sleeved T-shirt – warm second layer) 👕 🙋♂️ 🙋♀️
- Waterproof jacket – K way
- Buff or bandana (to protect against dust and/or volcanic gases) 👳♀️ 👳♂️
- Gloves and hat 🧤 🧢
- Sunglasses 👓
- Thermal cover
- Water (minimum 1.5 L per person) 🥛
- Snack 🍫 🥪 🍕 🥨 🥗 🥝 🍌 🍎
- Personal effects not available during the excursion (medicines, antihistamines, other…) 💊 🩺
Recommended equipment
- Spare T-shirt 👕
- Spare socks 🧦
- Sun cream 🌞
- Cocoa butter 💄
- Camera 📷
What the excursion includes
- Guided excursion with licensed volcanological guide 🏃♂️
- Liability insurance 📄
- Protective helmets 👷♀️ 👷♂️
Important
The hike requires a good level of physical and sporting preparation, and is not suitable for those who do not usually exercise and/or have never hiked in the mountains.
In order to participate, a sports medical certificate for competitive activity must be provided at least the day before the excursion.
One must be aware that one is on an active volcano at high altitude, in an unstable lava terrain, and that in addition to possible eruptive activity, extreme weather conditions such as cold, strong wind, storms, lightning and fog can occur.
This hike, in relation to its type and altitude, is suitable for people in good physical health, who do not suffer from any particular pathologies (strongly discouraged for those suffering from cardiovascular problems, respiratory problems, asthma, hypertension and those who suffer from panic attacks and/or anxiety).
Pregnant women who have exceeded the third month of pregnancy are not permitted any type of hiking activity.
Since you will be reaching altitudes above 3,000 metres, you may experience symptoms of fatigue.
During the hike, as some passages along the crater rim are planned, dizziness may be an issue.
Minimum age to participate in the hike 18 years.
The use of contact lenses is not recommended due to the presence of volcanic ash, which could easily cause problems in windy conditions. Those who cannot do without contact lenses are requested to wear sunglasses and also to notify the Volcanology Guide before the start of the excursion.
n order for the hike to be successful, it is important to know one’s health condition and possibly present it to the Volcanological Guide so as to decrease the occurrence of any problems and avoid taking inappropriate risks.
The total duration of the hike will depend on the pace of the group.
The excursion will be carried out within the limits set by current ordinances.
All participants are required to follow the directions given by the Volcanological Guide, respecting the Guide’s choice in terms of timing, pace, route, distance, and maximum altitude reached.
The excursion may change at the discretion of the Volcanological Guide or be interrupted if environmental, atmospheric or volcanic conditions change, or if there are hazards that cannot be eliminated that could compromise the safety of an individual participant or the entire group.
In the event of adverse weather conditions you will be notified of any cancellation and we will reschedule the excursion together.
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