@njigsaw, I post as Celtic Dragpn on there (typo when signing up), Alan is the Ex pat(Welsh Boy), who helps Andrea out with the multi languages needed (as he speaks Italian and German as well).
As Pawsy_Bear said, its a cover for them legaly, it was explained to me, in Italy, they are required to go for yearly checkups, where as for an event here, we can just self certify. Welcome to Italian law.
Just go to your GP and get a letter stating you are fit enough to take part, its all Andrea wants to see, then just email it to him. Mine cost me £20 for 2 sentances!
As mentioned, join the Facebook group, and Andrea Borchi is the organiser, and his English is very good so don’t worry on that front. He replys in a couple of hours during the day to Facebook messages.
Best way I found of navigating the website was put it through google translate, and for the sign up form, just translate each box title.
Word of warning on the forum, if you are in English mode, it will only show the first post and not the subsiquent ones (unless they have fixed the code). The forum is also only really used on the run up to the event, 99% time all the chat is on Facebook.
Heres hoping the exchange rate improves as I want to go back next year, it really is a stunning ride. I’ll echo Ap’s comments, the first 2 mountains, don’t open up many secluded sleeping spots, but if you are prepared to just wild camp anywhere, not a huge problem.
Oh and if you sleep in the gym at the start, bring earplugs!