02/12 Thank you, Thomas Reichart
Non aveva prenotato, attraversando la porta non ha guardato tutto il disordine che c’era in reception in questi giorni ed è venuto dritto verso di me.
Felice della visita inattesa gli ho dato il mio benvenuto. Thomas mi ha chiesto una camera, due notti. Gli ho spiegato che eravamo in manutenzione per qualche giorno e che anche il ristorante era chiuso e che tutto in reception era sporco e rumuoroso.
Non gli importava.
Due notti, eh? Così ho aperto il depliant dell’Hotel, fresco di stampa, e ho lasciato la chiave della camera sulla sua foto, la foto che più amo di tutte le foto dell’Etna che ho mai visto e che ci ha offerto qualche tempo fa.
Thomas Reichart è stato tradito dal vulcano che amava.
Grazie Thomas.
Thomas Reichart photos
Oggi ho consegnato gli effetti personali di Thomas e l’auto che aveva noleggiato alle Autorità. E’ stata una giornata straziante.
Qui da noi avrai sempre un posto e le tue magnifiche foto ti ricorderanno.
Addio Thomas.
Alessandro Corsaro
Ciao Thomas… il tuo impegno non verrà dimenticato
Ci mancherai come ci mancheranno anche le tue meravigliose foto. Addio Thomas
I am deeply saddened to hear about this tragedy. Thomas’ photos of Etna will always remain a beautiful tribute to a brave and brilliant photographer.
Rest in peace Thomas.
I was very shocked, when I heard about his dead. I couldn’t believe it. He was so experienced and always well equipped. I only had contact with him by e-mail. I remember the big fun we had, during the evening of May 10th 2008, when SEC had the last big eruption. We mailed each other all the time, talked about the things we saw on the webcams and speculated about what will happen next. We wished so to be there and to climb Mount Etna on this evening. Now it’s too late and I will never be able to do an excursion with Thomas. What happened to him could have happened also to me and it’s a wake-up call to be even more careful. I love this mountain, its beautiful nature and the power of the eruptions. Thomas captured all this in his fantastic photos. I will miss him and his photos very much! Ciao, Thomas…
When I got wind of some news that Thomas Reichart died on Mount Etna, I was like “Oh no!” and couldn’t believe it. I was sad to hear what had happened. I had never met him in person but we were in touch on numerous occasions on the internet and he came across to me as an intelligent and genuinely nice guy who took lots of amazing photographs around the world, I admired his work and took inspiration from him. He suggested to me that one day we might meet up on Etna which I’m sure would’ve been exciting because he knew more about Etna than I did so he could’ve took me to all the wonders of Etna like the Alcantara, the Grottas, etc. But sadly, it will never happen now.
May he rest in peace in heaven.
Ren
Oh my god.. I just read this news. He had become my metaphysical link to Etna, when I couldn’t go there myself. He was amazing in his passion and love and persistence to spend time with volcanoes, especially Etna. I am so shocked and so sad by this news. And very sorry for his family and friends.