Seeing the exotic Fuji, I had the idea to post somewhat else about "our" Etna, here far more relaxed that in my last portrait... The present view is taken from the ridge of the Peloritani, the mountain chain continuing the Appennino beyond the strait of Messina, and carrying it over to Nebrodi and Madonie, coming next. A factor of nearly three divides the isolated giant from its closest competitors which, however, feature nice summits like Monte Scuderi, whose south walls become scenic especially from the underlying valley of Fiumidinisi.
A nice feature of this mountain group it the long ridge track, a former military road, which is for me one of the best cycling/trekking experiences of the whole Mediterranean.
The name comes from Capo Peloro, one of the three vertices of Sicilia, the old Trinacria - namely, "triangular island". How the Etna fits inside the triangle, is better understood from a drawing: picasaweb.google.com/albertopedrotti/Mediterraneo#6121290131243724018
Here, we see the giant Tipheus, bound by chains to the three vertices, vomiting fire trough his mouth at the spot that we know.
Hans-Jürgen Bayer, Sebastian Becher, Peter Brandt, Wolfgang Bremer, Hans-Jörg Bäuerle, Friedemann Dittrich, Johannes Ha, Thomas Janeck, Martin Kraus, Wilfried Malz, Giuseppe Marzulli, Jan Lindgaard Rasmussen, Danko Rihter, Matthias Stoffels, Konrad Sus, Jens Vischer
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Saluti Wolfgang
HJBay: your Fuji is indeed more "gegenwärtig" than my Etna here!!
Wilfried: there is an ongoing work of reforestation. For example, not far from here, on the ridge proper, there is a big recent plantation of pine trees. The Militare runs in its middle, and this prevented me from shooting a panorama sweeping from the Etna to the Eolie.
Curiously enough, the nearby Monti Nebrodi are heavily forested. While crossing them from San Fratello to Cesarò, through the Portella Femmina Morta at 1524 metres (with possible ascent to Monte Soro, 1847), you ride 50 km from the Tirreno to the Etna region, but you barely have the occasion to take a shot, because you are deeply inside the woods!
Martin: well, this gives me the idea to draw from the disk a further panorama to invite you to reduce the speed in that stretch...
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