Of course the Pompeii tragedy gaves Vesubius a well deserved reputation as a natural serial killer, but the truth is that Stromboli <\/a>is much more spectacular.<\/p>\n As we we dropped anchor, Diego dove to untangle a rope that messed with the propeller during the night and then explained us how in a volcanic terrain you have to be careful to drop anchor, because tthe bottom of the sea gains depth very quickly and is very easy to grab if you don’t drop the anchor correctly<\/p>\n Soon we would see what grab the anchor means, because after eating (a very succulent barbecue), and planning the ascension, we saw a sail adrift.<\/p>\n Its passed next to us drifting and almost collided with a yacht anchored larboard. Diego asked us to cry and make noise to warn the crew, but, having no response, it had to use he foghorn.<\/p>\n The yacht crew listend to ir and helped us and joined the operation, we were getting ready to the boarding, I even had my knife in my mouth, ibut someone appeared, thanked us and left o find a seccure place to drop the anchor.<\/p>\n One of our almog\u00e1vares remained on duty and just when I was writing these lines, he warned that it was happening again, this time with a catamaran that didn\u00b4t hit us thanks to him.<\/p>\n It seems, hearing Diego’s imprecations, there are weekenders in the nautical world and more in summer.<\/p>\n In the morning Diego improved his mood as he saw the silhouette of a ship that shared shipowner with Acrobat, a highly stylized two-masted sailboat named Rossina di Mare. Sadly we were not going to see it sailing because they would sail as we were climbing the volcano.<\/p>\n As we get to the towns, we discovered that Stromboli, is also a very restricted area and you can only climb it with an official guide, reaching up to 900 meters just 50 from the highest point, which is not accessible. We were assured that the show would be worth and in fact it has.<\/p>\n We had to wait because the departure of the tour was at the afternoon. Diego has had a good idea: try flying our drone, the technological star on board. Everyone looked forward to fly it. All projects provide interesting solutions and have their place in the Living Lab, but the drone is like a toy that unboxed at Christmas ayour father wont let you use it until 26th \u00abbecause everyone is coming to eat today and then clean everything. We’ll go tomorrow to the mark if it doesn\u00b4t rains…\u00bb<\/p>\n So on the slopes of Stromboli, on a beach of black volcanic sand, Diego freed our toy at last. At first it took a while, because it had to be reconfigured to pick up the satellite connection, but then we could see it taking off and learned that the next time we need a controlled environment to prevent us form hurting anyone, but that will probably be already in Ustica.<\/p>\n The ascent was very different from Napoles, here the terrain is steeper, with less vegetation, just some bushes and a less comfortable ground that moves and slides underfoot, which in some areas makes it difficult to advance.<\/p>\n Our particular almog\u00e1var company seemed more comfortable with their backpacks and equipment. Even Carlos had his moment as tv star, because a group of tourists who went up with us recognized him and asked some photos with him and Carlos endured the father, an amateur trekker, who wanted Carlos’ opinion of almost ever\u00fd hill on the Pirineosy. Pauner’s a pro, that’s clear<\/p>\n I wasnt that well equipped so I kept at the back of the group and only reached them every time they stopped to do some recording for the documentary they are working on.<\/p>\n The volcano reaches the 900 meters high, theres sand and loose rocks and i’m not exactly at shape, but it was worth it. The views, wonderful, you’ll see the photos. At the top, the smoke came in the eyes and you could smell smelled the volcano, which is not exactly a perfume. But we soon undestood why we had to climb so late: to see better in the dark the fumaroles and the lava sliding down the slope of the volcano highlighting with its intense red against the black volcanic rock. And the sound!!!<\/p>\n We couldnt spot any raft finishin its Journey to the Center of the Earth, because it is here in the Stromboli where Verne imagined his characters came back after visiting the strange worlds in the depths of our planet. Stromboli awarded us was a comfortable descent with a view taken from some of the French writer fantasy, dark sea with colored silver with the reflection of a full moon a. Diego claimed to be able to distinguish the Acrobat, but we douldn’t recognize it form so far away.<\/p>\n While waiting this morning for our breakfast, I saw a mailbox in the village of Ficogrande, so i’ll finish this letter while they have breakfast, and i will send it, you can expect the next form from Messina or from Palermo.<\/p>\n Diego told me that the port of Ustica we will be going back and forth a few days, so if you want to send a letter telling me what you think about mine, thet would be fine. Send them to Lucio’s <\/a>diving center, the Orca Ustica Diving Center<\/a>.<\/p>\n Lots of kisses for everyone<\/p>\n Juan Sebastian Pym<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Almogavers conquer Mediterranean volcanoes III part Day 10 Stromboli We arrived on the island with the dawn, as Gandalf in Helm’s Deep. A spectacular island, all volcano (just a small white town) welcomed us as we joined Diego on deck. 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