User talk:SistaWiki

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This was not intended to be spam. You must have a guide to hike above the 400 meter line on Stromboli. A quick Google search reveals hikes that either do not go above that altitude or advise the reader to go into the area illegally. When on Stromboli, Magmatrek appeared to be part of the tourist office, not merely a private company. I am not affiliated with the group. I do, however, think it is important to go with guide to obey the laws, support the local economy, and to maintain personal safety.

Per the website (http://www.magmatrek.it/english/escursioni_en.htm):

Following the volcano’s intense activity starting in 2002, with the seaquake and violent eruption of 2003, access was closed for two years, and reopened in March 2005, with new regulations and reorganization of the trail network, implemented by the Department of Civil Defence and the Sicilian Regional Authority’s State Forestry Office. There is free access to trails under 400 metres asl. Above this, visitors must be accompanied by licensed mountain or volcano guides. Access to the volcano is along a newly-designed path created in December 2004, which is safer and more practical than previously used paths.

New regulations (for information: www.protezionecivile.it - COA - Civil Defence Advanced Operations Centre, tel. 090/986183) allow a limited number of participants: no more than 80 persons can visit the crater of the volcano at any one time. Before setting off, the guide provides the Advanced Operations Centre and Stromboli Carabinieri Station with a list of names of the persons accompanied, the route, the time of departure and estimated time of return. SistaWiki (talk) 21:55, 2 August 2008 (UTC)