tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4480688332001354532024-03-19T12:11:09.997-07:00travel&photographyOtto Hauckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09367066661433119755noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-448068833200135453.post-72769522549163258832017-03-07T10:53:00.001-08:002017-03-07T10:54:24.839-08:00MARATHON 7500<br />
<i>Să ai asteptari low, dar speranțe high!<br />
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Învățam din greșeli, nu din succese.<br />
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<b>Prolog</b><br />
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Acum câteva ani citisem despre un eveniment sportiv, Marathon 7.500, care se desfașoara fiecare an în Munții Bucegi. Imi plac munții aceștia<br />
mult si mie mi-a crescut dorința sa participez la maratonul acesta, doar nu stiam cum. Pai, e ușor, doar trebuie sa te inscrii la concursul, platesti taxa de participare si gata, pleci la maraton!<br />
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<b>Nu era chiar așa de ușor!</b><br />
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Maraton se desfașoara in teren montan-alpin si pentru siguranța participantilor trebuie să se fac echipe formate de doi coechipieri. Asta a<br />
fost primul obstacol întâlnit. A doilea obstacol a fost tot clar vizibil: nu eram antrenat așa de bine să alerg o distanta de peste 90 km. A treilea obstacol avea legatura cu putina mea experiența cu alergare montana.<br />
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Eram un turist obișnuit, care poate sa meargă vreo 30 -40 km si atât. În anul 2013 puneam primul avertisiment de cautare a unui coechipier, pe<br />
pagina evenimentului în rubrica „Caut coechipier“ unde am menționat ca nu am experienta de alergare montana. Făra niciun succes, evident.<br />
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La început anului 2014 am gasit o coechipiera din Bucuresti. Am venit special acolo să mă întâlnesc cu fata aia. La întâlnire cu dansa intr-un<br />
restaurant în București vorbeam despre cum facem să ajungem împreuna la Marathon 7.500. Din pacate, niciun rezultat, pentru ca fată eceasta nu a reusit sa facă antrenamente.<br />
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Eu am început sa alerg doua sau trei ori într-o saptamina distanțele de la opt pâna la doisprezece kilometri. Am facut un plan să alerg un maraton, nu m-a interesat proba Hobby, cu lungimea de 45 km; am ales proba Elite cu o distanța de 90 km de parcurs. <br />
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Și anul acesta am pus un avertisiment de cautare coechipierului pe site-ul Marathonului. Tot făra niciun succes. 2015 a trecut tot făra succes. Am alergat de câteva ori in săptamâna, tot anul, iar în weekend-uri am mers pe munte. Tot am pus un avertisiment la rubrica „Caut coechipier“. Iar făra niciun succes. Știam nu nu voi avea liniște pana când nu voi participia la marathonul. Am un obicei de a face să se împlinească ceea ce visez. Apoi, din senin, primavara anului 2016, o femeie din București m-a întrebat daca nu aș vrea sa participez cu ea la un concurs de alergare montana (2X2 in Făgăraș) în august. Am raspund imediat, ca aș vrea și eu la 2X2, doar n-am facut niciun marathon pana acum, deși nu pot sa fac inscriere la 2X2.<br />
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Vorbeam mai departe, si ne am stabilit sa facem inscriere la Marathon 7500, proba Elite, la sectiune Mixt. Ne-am sfătuit depre numele echipei, si in sfarșit am numit echipa noastra 2 marmote. <br />
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Între timp, la inceput de mai, am participat la un ultramarathon la noi, in Cehia. La inceput tot a mers bine, dar dupa primii 30 de km de alergare incepeam sa am problemele cu stomacul. Cu dureri mari in corpul meu am continuat, dar am abandonat cursa la kilometrul 85. Ultamarathonul Jesenická stovka (J100), sa înțelegeți, era o cursa de o suta de kilometri, era un eșec pentru mine. Am epuziat tare, si am ramas făra energie doua saptamini dupa concursul acesta. <br />
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Inainte de J100 am facut o traversare crestelor din Carpații noștri. Am parcurs o distanță de 90 de km in doua zile, cu rucsacul destul de mare,<br />
umplut si de echipament de camping în condiții de iarna. Așa am pregatit mușchii la picioare pentru distanțele lungi. Am antrenat așa de tare sa fiu sigur ca nu voi avea problemele de genul asta la 7500! A funcționat!<br />
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Mihaela, coechipiera mea, avea mai multe experiente de alergare decat eu. O data a participat si la 7.500, proba Hobby, Transilvania Trail si mai multe maratoane si semi-maratoane pe șosea. Îi place muntele foarte mult, si pentru ea maratoane montane sunt bun remediu după stresuri al vieții în aglomerație orașului.<br />
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<b>Am ajuns în România</b><br />
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Anul asta, Marathonul 7.500 s-a desfașorat în Munții Bucegi, în perioda 14-17 iulie 2016. Joi, iulie 14 m-am suit în tren care a mers spre Bușteni.<br />
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Acolo am întâlnit cu Mihaela, coechipiera mea. Dansa a venit dinspre Bucuresti. Era prima data cand am vazut-o, fața cu fața. Am venit într-un´restaurant sa luam prânz, si apoi am urcat în telecabina, sa ajungem cât mai repede la cabana Babele. De acolo am coborit în 24 de minute in zona Peștera, unde era loc de pornire pentru Maraton 7.500. Între timp am primit un mesaj de la o prietena din Brașov, care a scris<br />
frumos: „O sa fie bine daca nu iți propui nimic de la început. Să ai asteptari low, dar speranțe high!” <br />
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Aveam speranțe bune sa ajungem cu bine la final in timp pe la 30 de ore. În zona Peșteră am cazat la o cabana frumosa Piciorul Babelor, care se afla chiar lângă startul de 7500. Am luat cazare, pentru ca Mihaela a zis ca anul trecut, niște prieteni ei, care tot au participat la maratonul, nu au putut sa dorm bine din cauza galagii, dormând într-un cort. Mihaela a propus sa dormin într-o cabana. Am fost de acord, chiar și în fața faptului ca banii pe care îi voi da pentru cazare vor adauga suma buna la cheltuiala mea. <br />
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Am facut cunostința și cu alții participatori, am luat kit-ul de concurs, adica o folie cu o hartă de traseu, si alte lucruri. Seara am participat la ședința technica, unde am aflat detalii de traseu, care in fapt este mai lung decat 90 km. <br />
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Dupa ședința technica am pregatit echipament obligatoriu, sandwichuri de a mânanca pe drum, câteva sticle de jumate de litru cu apa, plicuri cu cafea ness, saruri de hidratare si alte chestii. Pe la ora zece si ceva am bagat la somn.<br />
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Rucsacul meu<br />
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<b>Întroducere în Aventură</b> <br />
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Am trezit pe la ora cinci; start a fost la ora sase fix. Am trezit, am mâncat micul dejun si am ieșit afara sa ajungem în loc de start. Tocmai inainte de start am trecut de control de echipament obligatoriu. Am avut si geci impermeabile la noi, caci s-au anunțat ploile. La ora șase fix am pornit de la startul si cu alții, aproape 200 sute de participatori care au fost la startul alaturi cu noi. Prima porțiune era pe drumul asfaltat. Am îndreptat spre zona Padina, pe banda roșie. Am alergat, am vorbit si deodata am aflat ca am ramas singuri pe șosea. Cum s-a putut sa întampla? Poate am evitat vreo intersecție. Dar am continuat jos, și inainte de Padina am luat-o stânga, exact cum face marcajul. Am inceput sa urcam, si am descoperit ca era o scurtatura prin padure. Hmm, bine, ne am pierdut vreo 10 minute aici. Hai sa urcam să ajungem cu bine la primul punct de control! <br />
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Am urcat ușor, si la urcare ne au depasit câteva participanti concursului. La P1 sub Vf. Cu Dor am ajuns cu bine, la ora 07:21. Am mâncat ceva, am baut apa și am continuat spre culmea Bucegilor.<br />
Am alergat pe platoul munților. Traseu aici chiar era frumos. Am trecut niște paraie, alergând. Mihaela a strigat ca ei ii place asta la nebunie! Apoi am inceput să coborim spre cota 1400. P2 la Poiana Stânii a fost in padure, aproape de schitul Sf. Ana la altitudinea 1200 m! Am coborit în șerpentinele, apoi le am scurtat pe o potecuța. Niște scurtaturi erau destul de abrupte, si pe aceasta cararea Mihaela s-a accidentat. Nimic rău nu s-a întamplat. Doar, curgea sânge de la zgâieturi pe pielea ei. Am pierdut vreo zece minute aici, din cauza accidentului. La P2 am ajuns cu bine la ora 08:41. <br />
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P3 a fost pe creasta la Piatra Arsa, la altitudine de vreo 2000 m. Am urcat ușor, dar am inceput sa observa ca eu sunt mai bun la urcarea, si Mihaela e mai rapida la coborirea. Aerul a devenit destul de cald si am inceput sa transpirasem de la caldura. Am ajuns la P3 cu bine, la ora 10:12. La punct de control pe Mihaela o´asteptat un amic, care a venit acolo pe motocicleta. Le am facut poza cu smartphone-ul Mihaelei, am rontait ceva. Tipul ala ne a dat niste banane. Multumim! <br />
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A urmat coborirea pe Jepii Mari. N-am fost acolo niciodata, deci am fost curios cum este traseu. Poteca a coborit în serpentinele, deci nu a fost dificil pentru mine. Mihaela era inaintea mea un pic mereu. Era curioasa cum o sa fie la Jepii Mici. Am zis-o ca imi pare ca se asemenea cu Jepii Mari, doar e mai mult abrupta. Cu bine, la ora 11:39, am ajuns la P4 in Bușteni (altitudine 800 m); aka punct de control Între Jepi. Aicea ne a fost foame tare. Am rontait ce era la oferta: caș, slanina, pâine, banane, nuci, apă.<br />
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Era caldura destul de mare, dar am simtit bine si confortabil. De aici urma urcarea abrupta prin valea Jepilor Mici. De aici, Mihaelei s-a facut rău la stomac. Ori din cauza mancarei sau din cauza de efort, nu știu. Ei a venit și sa vomite. Am asteptat-o mereu. Ma duceam un pic inainte, am oprit, am asteptat-o, vorbând cu ea. Ziceam ca este totul bine, ca problemele ei voi treaca in curând. Vroiam tare sa îi usurez urcarea. Oricum, n-am putut cum, decât cu cuvintele prietenoase! Incet, incet am apropiat de cabana Caraiman, care se afla pe marginea<br />
platoului Bucegilor. Prin Jepii Mari si Jepii Mici am mers umpreuna cu Cosmin Obogeanu si partenera lui; Michaela, cu care am facut cunoștința la coborirea in Jepii Mari. Cosmin a cântat pe drum mereu, din bucurie probabil. O data am fost inainte noi, o data ei doi. In sfârșit am ajuns la Caraiman! Am urcat incet spre P5 la Cabana Babele (alt. 2200 m). Urcarea a fost destul de lina. Mihaelei s-a facut bine deja. Dar ceva nu era în regula. Am ramas mult in spate cu timpul! Pentru a ajunge la P9 cu bine (ora 15) ne au ramas doar câteva minute pana la<br />
timpul limita. La Babele am ajuns la ora 14:43! Pana la timpul limita la Pestera au ramas doar 17 minute. Ieri am facut distanta de la Babele pana la Pestera in 24 min. Am fi putut sa ajungem in P6 doar daca am fi zburat. Am coborit repede spre Pestera, dar la ora 15 fix stiam ca nu ajungem la timp. Inca au ramas câteva minute pana acolo! Am alergat, sperand ca totul va fi bine. Nu era asa! La P6 am ajuns la ora 15:15. Organizatori ne au descalificat pentru depasirea timpului limita. Tocmai am facut bine, nu am abandonat cursa, eram descalificati pentru depasierea timpului limita. Bine, am mers prea incet, ne am ratacit, Mihaela a accidentat, ei s-a facut rau de la stomac in Jepii Mici. Dar am pierdut cursa doar pentru 15 minute de intarziere! Ce vom face?!<br />
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<b>Aventura abia incepe!</b><br />
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Am fost descalificați! Și Cosmin cu partenera lui au fost descalificati! Am pus ruscacii pa pamânt. Gata cu cursa. Eram dezamagiti! Am rontait<br />
ceva și am gandit ce vom face. Am facut investiții de timp, de bani, de zile libere de vacanța! Mai ales eu. Am venit din Cehia, special exclusiv pentru maratonul. Am dat gramada de bani sa ajung aici; sa participez la maratonul; pentru cazare; am achizionat echipament nou! Eh, ce nașpa.<br />
Daca am fi alergat mai repede! Daca nu am fi ratacit. Daca Mihaela nu ar fi accidentat! Erau prea multe daca... <br />
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Bine, astazi e vineri, si duminica ma voi pleaca din Brasov spre Cehia! Mai avem timp sa ne aventuram. Cosmin, tot dezamagit, a venit sa<br />
vorbeasca cu noi. Zicea ca nu a terminat cursa nici anul trecut, si evident nici anul asta, si va face o incercare la anul. A propus ca sa nu renuntam la cursa, sa continuam pe traseu si afara concursului. Doar ca sa terminam traseu, si pentru bucurie de a alerga pe munte. Am fost de acord. Ce chestie! Nu trebuie sa facem o competiție. Deci nu mai suntem in performanța, vom merge mai departe tocmai pentru noi, si profitam de traseu deja stabilit! De cazare deja platit! De libertate! O sa fie aventura! Nu era interzis sa continuam pe traseu desi afara concursului! Deci aerul de concursul a fost minunat, si ne am simtit tot minunat, dupa o ora si ceva in Pestera, am luat rucsacii in spate, betele de treking in mâinile si am pornit la drum spre Omu, vârful cel mai inalt a Bucegilor. Cosmin a fost mai rapid decat noi, echipa Marmote. A disparut imediat din zare si nu îl mai vedeam de atunci pana acum, când scriu acest jurnal in Noiembrie. Simteam minunat, si nu am prea inteles de ce am fost descalificati.<br />
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Intelegeam ca a fost pentru ca am depașit timpul limita. Timpul limita a fost destul de strans, cred. Da, logica era, ca cei care nu pot sa ajung la timp in Peștera, sunt prea slabi si obosiți deci nu trebuie sa risca pericol<br />
de epuizare sau un accident grav la munte. Acestea sunt regulire. Bine, doar la noi nu era asa! Am urcat spre Cascada Ialomitei, am trecut sub Vf. Obârșia Ialomitei. Deodata urcursul a devenit mai abrupt, si munții au fost acoperite cu ceața. Prin ceața am mers o porțiune scurta alaturi cu un salvamonist, care zicea ca merge pe platoul Omului sa verifica daca functioneaza lumina pe un stâlp undeva la marginea nordica platoului. Atunci nu ne-am dat seama cât de importanta era informație aceasta! <br />
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În circa 3 ore dupa la plecarea de la Pestera ne am ajuns la Vf. Omu, la altitudine 2507 m. Acolo am rontait ceva, si am cerut de la voluntari de la acolo sa ne pun stampila la foița de concurs, si cu tîmpul cand am ajuns. Am ajuns la Omu la ora 19:06. <br />
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Apoi ne am dus catre Valea Cerbului! Tot timpul viseam sa ajung aici in Valea Cerbului. Nu am fost aici niciodata. Imi place drumul care coboara in șerpentinele spre fundul vai. La inceput nu am fost siguri, unde duce traseu, pentru ca era ceata. Dupa ce am descurcat unde este traseu corect, am coborit, zburand pe picioare, catre valea. La fundul ei am urmarit poteca, care a continuat de a lungul raului, coborând spre padure de molid, care inca era destul de departe. <br />
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S-a facut seara. Undeva in mijlocul vai, Mihaela a stat un pic in urma si instantaneu s-a uitat sus pe panta, si o deodata s-a intalnit cu privirea unui-ursul brun! Mihaela s-a bucurat, vazand ursul. Situatie nu era periculoasa. Apoi Mihaela a alergat spre mine. Un pic mai devreme ne am uitat la o portiune de traseu, unde poteca a urcat, si la un orizont a aparut capra neagra. Oprisem imediat din mers si am observat-o cum mergea ici si colo. S-a parut ca capra a dansat; era un spectacol frumos. Mihaela a reusit sa facea si cateva poze cu smartphone ul ei. Asta s-a intersecție undeva in zona de intersecție cu Valea Priponului. Un pic mai jos, intr-un colt de poiana, printre brazi vedeam o grupa de corturi asezate frumos pe iarba. „Daca oameni ăștia ar fi știut daca este ursul aproape, ce au fi facut?”, vorbeam dintre noi. Am intrat in padure. A venit caderea întunericului. Ne am scos lanterne frontale de la rucsaci. Am alergat pe langa paraului, pe malul drept. Mihaela zicea ca o data trebuie sa traversam rau pe malul celalalt. Dar inca nu. Traversarea a venit mai tarziu. Am traversat apa inainte de Poiana Costilei. Apoi am coborit , la inceput destul de lin spre Poiana Fânului. La lumina frontalelor vedeam doar un con de lumina care a patruns prin padurile intunecoase.<br />
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Bine ca Mihaela a știut ca traseul nostru trebuie sa paraseasca drumul marcat la un moment dat. Oricum, intersecție ar trebuit sa fie marcata cu<br />
panglici. Doar nu stiam unde era digresiune. Am zis ca e okay, ca nu vom greși traseu. Ne uitasem pe o harta, si am vazut ca acum traversam pe partea stânga unui vârf cu cota 1413 care era la dreapta noastra. Apoi va urma o coborire mai abrupta, si ar trebuit sa cotim stânga pe o culme, la o distanța de vreo 200 m în față. Așa a fost, deodata am zarit o panglica agatata pe o creanga unui copac. Am facut viraj stanga si am coborit destul de lung pe o panta foarte abrupta catre râu. Carare prin padure era o scurtatura, si era bine ca poteca a fost bine vizibila. <br />
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Am ajuns la malul raului. „Cum sa il traversam?”, ne am intrebat unul de altul. Nu știam. Era multa apa in râu, deci o traversare prin apa a fost fara sens. Era noaptea târziu, si cine a vrut sa se uda în apele rece râului? Mergeam pe malul drept râului pâna la un pod, unde trece soasea dintre Gura Diham și Bușteni. Am ajuns cu bine la P8, cabana Gura Diham, la<br />
ora 22:03! Dupa trei ore de când plecasem de la Omu. Diferența de nivel negativa a fost 1500 m. <br />
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<b>Intermezzo la Gura Diham</b> <br />
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Noua ne a fost foame! Am sfătuit sa luam masa calda la cabana. Pe scari am urcat la terasa restaurantului sa cerem meniu. Din pacate,<br />
ospatara zicea ca bucatarie este deja inchisa! Eram dezamăgiți. "Cum inchisa, e doar ora zece si un sfert?" În sfârșit Mihaela a negociat cu<br />
ospatara sa cheama pe o bucatar sa ne faca mâncarea calda. Bucurandu-ne am ordonat cotlet de porc cu cartofi pai, bere si cafea. Am mancat, am baut berea si pe la ora 11 eram la drum din nou. Am pornit catre Poiana Izvoarelor. Am ajuns acolo la miezul nopții. Diferența de nivel a fost vreo 500 m. Am vorbit cu voluntari de acolo, care au fost pe lânga cortul, am verificat condiții meteo si am pornit mai departe. <br />
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Drumul spre Prepeleac imi a parut destul de lung, in fata primei mele excursii aici cu o prietena in 2013. La Prepeleac am ajuns pe la ora 1 dupa miezul nopții.<br />
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Voluntarii într-un cort deja au dormit. Fiind afara concursului nu aveam nevoie de stampila pe o foița, deci i- am lasat sa doarmă.<br />
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<b>Spre Bucșoiu<br />
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S-a schimbat vremea. Au venit nori si a inceput sa bate vântul foarte puternic. Pe creasta Bușoiului, la rafale viteza vântului a ajuns pana la 80km/ora! Vâfurile au disparut in ceață. Cea mai mare problemă cu mers noaptea prin ceata cu lanterna frontala, este ca aproape nu mai vezi nimic ce este mai departe decat la doi pași. Lumina se reflecteaza inapoi spre sursa ei si te bate in ochii daca ai frontala. Mai bine sa ții lanterna in mâna, sa se schimba ungiul conului de lumina. Timp de mers intre Prepeleac (1760 m) și Vf. Omu scrie 3 ore si jumatate. Noi am facut distanța aia in aproximativ 4 ore. Eu nu fusesem la Bucsoiu niciodata. Din fericire, Mihaela deja a fost pe Bucsoiu. Ea a știut ca la inceput traseu merge prin jgheab in pamant, plin de vegetație umeda intre jepi, si apoi pe a stâncă. Dar cel mai important pentru noi a fost un fapt ca a știut ca traseu mereu merge stângă, și erau 4 stâlpi metalice pe drum. Am ținut frontala in mâna, căutând semne scrise ici colo pe stânci. Urcarea a fost foarte abrupta. Noi am reușit sa ținem bine de marcajul. Apoi auzisem suiereat metalic prin intuneric. Era primul stâlp, care a fost sursa de sunetul metalic din cauza rafalelor vîntului. Apoi am gasit si stîlpul a doilea. Vânt a devenit mai puternic intre timp. Jos in vale, in adancime, le am vazut lumine orașelor ca niște constelații. Ne am simțit ca urcam sus spre cer, lumine oraselor erau așa de departe. Am fost așa de ocupați, indreptați sa cautam semne, că nu bausem și mâncasem nimic. Nu ne era sete si foame deloc. Imi doream doar sa ajungem la Bucșoiu. Am ajuns la stâlpul a patrulea pe culmea, in sfârșit. Asta a fost un semn ca Vf. Bucșoiu (2492 m) era apropape. La Vf. Bucșoiu am ajuns pe la ora 4 si cateva minute dimineața. Dar înca a ramas o porțiune buna de a ajunge la Vf. Omu (2507 m). O ora și un sfert cum scrie timpul de mers! <br />
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La inceput am coborit un pic pe culmea ingusta Bucșoiului, intr-o șa, si apoi am inceput sa urcam din nou. Erau mai multe stâlpi dintre Bucsoiu si Omu. Nu le am numarat. Era o poteca pe culmea, deci am mers ușor. Pentru echipa noastra acum au inceput cele mai grele momente din 7500. A batut vânt puternic. Purtasem geci cu membrana care au blocat bine vântulu (nu degeaba era echipament obligatoriu pentru concursul). Carare pe culme s-a dus spre nesfârsit, si coechipiera mea a inceput sa fie cam obosita. Am luat grija de ea. Am vorbit cu ea. Mihaela a inceput sa vorbeasca ca deja am trecut peste Omu, ca probabil am ratacit. Eu stiam ca nu era așa. Am explicat-o ca nu se poate, pentru ca Omu este cel mai inalt punct din Bucegi, si terenul inca urca. Ca trebuie sa mergem sus. Mihaela a insistat ca am trecut peste Omu deja. La un moment dat a aparut în ceata o stânca uriasa, ca o nava la mare. Semnele au continuat sus pe stanca, dar Mihaela a insistat ca nu e drumul corect. Am explicat-o ca inca suntem bine, avem si semne. Am zis ca ma duc sa verific ce este sus pe stanca. Am gasit un loc la baza stâncii, ferit de vânt, unde Mihaela ma vă a ștepta. Am cautat ici colo, și apoi am revenit la partenera mea de concurs. Am luat-o de braț si am tractat-o cu mine inainte. Deodata vazusem o lumina roșie sus pe stânca aia. Am strigat prin vântul, uite, lumina, acolo e stație meteo la Omu, am ajuns cu bine! Nu, nu se poate, era raspunsul ei. N-am contat ce a zis dansa, am dus-o cu mine sa ajungem cat mai repede la caldura cabanei Omu. Am ajuns la lumina roșie mica care era agatata pe un stâlp metalic. Era lumina salvatoare despre care a vorbit salvamontistul, cu care am urcat<br />
la Omu prima data. Pe stâlpul era o sageta unde scrie: Cabana Omu-300m. Uite, am strigat la Mihaela, cabana Omu este doar 300 m de la noi acum! Am ajuns!<br />
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Nu, nu se poate, era raspunsul ei din nou. Ba da, am ajuns, am insistat. Am continuat pe teren plat câtre Omu. Era ora 5, si deja se facuse lumina zilei, pâna când am ajuns la cabana. A aparut stație meteo, stânca pe vârful, cabana Salvamont la dreapta. Mihaela s-a îndreptat catre cabana Salvamont. Am luat-o la brate, strigând, nu acolo, merge stânga la cabana, dupa un colț de stânca aia! Mihaela mi-a parut desorientata si încurcata. Credeam ca era din cauza oboselii si frigului. Apoi, acasa, am citit un articol care a explicat că starea de încurcare este un semn de hipoglicemie! Deci Mihaela a trebuit să ia glucoza, pe care o aveam la noi. Doar eram asa de ocupați cautând drumul corect, ca am uitat sa mancam dulciuri. Eu, oricum nu prea am nevoie de dulciuri la munte. Ani de zile am antrenat organismul meu sa rezista efortul corpului la munte fără a consuma prea multe dulciuri. Nu sunt asa dependent de dulciuri precum alți oameni cu care merg la munte. Sa fiu sincer, am observat ca mulți<br />
oameni mănâncă prea multe dulciuri la munte (mulți iau un baton dulce din oră in oră; ce este cam exagerat dupa parerea mea). In sfârșit la ora 5:16 am ajuns lânga usa cabanei. Hai la căldura, am zis Mihaelei, si am intrat inauntru.<br />
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Aici am intalnit cu gașca mare de oameni. Voluntari de aici au fost cel mai ocupați chiar aici, pentru ca traseu de proba Elita a intersectat vârfu Omu de trei ori; și traseu de secțiune Hobby a trecut pe aici de doua ori; pentru cei din Hobby chiar era primul punct de control dupa startul. <br />
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Am încalzit, am mâncat bine și am așezat pe scaune se ne odihnim un pic. Mihaela imi zicea ca vrea sa fie un voluntar pe Omu la anul. Atât de mult a fost inspirata de voluntari de aici, ca i-a crescut dorința sa faca o parte dintre ei.Afara a batea vântul puternic, și deodata au inceput sa veni din ceața groasa primi participanti de la Hobby, cei mai rapizi, evident. Cabana a devenit cam aglomerata de oameni, deci am continuat mai departe.<br />
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Pana acum n-am depășit timpul limita, care era ora 6 dimineața la Omu. Dar eram deja în afară concursului deci am luat decizia sa nu coborim in Bran, sa evitam o bucla Omu-Poarta Bran-Omu. Vroiam sa mergem mai incet sa nu ne epuizam prea tare, fiind afara concursului. <br />
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<b>Coborire lunga spre Poiana Guțanu.</b> <br />
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Ceața s-a împraștiat și a ieșit soarele. Vântul inca era puternic, dara nu așa de tare ca a fost pe Bucșoiu. Am auzit ca intre timp a fost inchis traseu de la Prepeleac câtre Bucșoiu si Omu pentru sectiune Hobby, din cauza rafalelor de vânt puternice! <br />
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Am trecut prin Șaua Batrâna. Aerul s-a încalzit deja. Am simțit caldura soarelui dupa o noapte friguroasa pe abruptul Bucșoiului. Imi a placut<br />
printre jnepeni si am fi ramas acolo la nesfârșit. Imi a parut rău că aventura se vă inchide azi. Daca am fi avut mai mult timp am fi ramas in Bucegi o saptamina intreaga. De la Șaua Batrâna am coborit catre vest. Diferența de nivel negativa a fost cam 600 m. Poteca era plina de grohotiș și nu era prea comoda; dar am ajuns cu binela ora 10:24 in Poiana Guțanu, la altitudine de 1600 m. Aici am întâlnit cu un prieten, cu care am facut cunostința acum un an in Munții Godeanu. Apoi am întâlnit din nou in Carpații Slovaci, el fiind un membru de echipa care a facut o traversare de întregul Lanțul Carpaților în timpul de trei luni. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHBrogJVy9FpQnC9Yp7AhCf8lRNOaAzUOLHP0J2L7UmzAMqxpL6FvR_so7Z7toIeegcmfIkDrZipPI1N9zkMTpCpgBeyoNNUmG2NKaE-q9qFPx_TzLnCa_1Ks2JsQY-b06ZvMdeZ0TStZw/s1600/DSC00096.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHBrogJVy9FpQnC9Yp7AhCf8lRNOaAzUOLHP0J2L7UmzAMqxpL6FvR_so7Z7toIeegcmfIkDrZipPI1N9zkMTpCpgBeyoNNUmG2NKaE-q9qFPx_TzLnCa_1Ks2JsQY-b06ZvMdeZ0TStZw/s320/DSC00096.JPG" width="320" height="240" /></a></div>Spre Poiana Gutanu<br />
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Am stat la vorba un pic si apoi am plecat mai departe. Ușor am urcat prima porțiune prin padure spre Șaua Strunga. Era ultima urcarea serioasa pe traseul maratonului. În Strunga am fost trei ori inainte deci pentru mine a fost că intoarcere acasa. Am trecut pe lânga niște turme de oi, câini ne au latrat puțin. Nu ne era frica de ei; inainte de concurs ziceam ca câini de stâna sunt ultima mea grija in timpul concursului. <br />
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La punct de control Strunga am ajuns la ora 12:03. Pe partea cealalta Strungei am coborit câtre cabana Padina. Aici picioarele noastre a batut pe poteci deja cunoscute. Din Padina am luat-o stânga câtre Peștera unde am ajuns dupa aproape <b>32 ore pe traseu</b>. Deși ne am fost afara concursului, pe cont propriu, ne a placut evenimentul la nebunie. Dupa maratonul Mihaela a scris: <i>Rezumat de ultramaraton: 78 km din cei 90. O experiența pe care o voi repeta cu siguranța pentru toata distanța. Capre negre, urși indiferenți, noaptea pe Bucșoiu cu ceața si vânt de 80km/ora; și oameni parcă din alta lume. Învăț mereu ceva din maratoanele montane. Reconsider de fiecare data conceptul de „greu” iar „nu se poate” aproape că nu-mi mai vine sa-l folosesc. Și cel mai important, fizic mă simt foarte bine. </i><br />
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Așa să încheiat ediția a 8-lea maratonului 7500 pentru noi. Am terminat cursa la ora doua după masă; deci am avut mult timp să ne<br />
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Am mâncat doua porții de tocana excelenta, gatita de voluntari din tabara de baza din Peștera. Am dormit un pic, si seara am stat la sfat cu colegii noștri din eveniment. Festivitatea de sfarșit a maratonului a luat locul seara pe la ora 22, când s-a deja facut întuneric. Seara Mihaela a dormit in cabana; eu am pornit la festivitate să ma bucur de aerul minunat evenimentului, să mă întâlnesc și cu caștigatori. Tare oameni, pentru mine un record facut la traseu Elite de caștigatori era ceva deosebit, ceva de admirat. <br />
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Am ascultat pe niște oameni care vorbeau despre maraton. Un om dintre ei, mai spre vârsta, a vorbit foarte frumos. Nu țin minte numele lui, din pacate. Era omul care se seamana cu Dan Mititeanu, daca nu era el insași. Ne-a amințit că maratonul este mai mult despre echipa decât despre distanța acoperita sau performanța. Omul acela a vorbit incet și clar, deci intelegeam pe tot ce a spus dansul. Da, am fost de acord. Evenimentul a fost mai mult despre echipa decât depre distanța acoperita sau locul pe care am ajuns la șosire. In sfârsit, toate medaili care au ramas, pentru ca nu toti au terminat cursa grea, au fost sparte cu un ciocan mare! Erau câteva oameni care au abandonat traseu sau erau discalificati, evident. Am luat două bucăți de medilii sparte: una pentru mine si una pentru coechipiera mea. <br />
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Mai devreme gândeam sa evadez din Bucegi per pedes, prin Babele si Jepii Mici. De obicei nu mi place niciodata sa plec de la munte. De aia vreau sa stau acolo cât mai mult. Caci am simțit bine dupa maratonul, in sfârșit am mers cu colegii mei cu mașina pana la Brașov. Am fost motivat sa stau mai mult cu oameni buni de treaba, să vorbesc romaneste. Pentru Bucegi mai e timp. In Brașov nu mai puteam sa rezista dorința de a urca din nou in munți. De la gara am mers cu autobuzul pana la Livada Postei, si de acolo am urcat pe jos pe Tâmpa si inapoi in Piața Sfațului. Dupa o<br />
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Am revenit in România in curând, doar doua saptamâni mai târziu am batut potecile prin Munții Cernei și Mehedinți în Banatul montan.<br />
<i><i></i></i>Otto Hauckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09367066661433119755noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-448068833200135453.post-24564167361367383542016-01-06T12:37:00.001-08:002016-01-06T12:37:39.583-08:00Weather forecast is a hobby for me. Thus I integrate weather forecast for my area in my blog. This post is more a test, whether it will work. Or whether it will be useful at all.<br />
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<br />Otto Hauckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09367066661433119755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-448068833200135453.post-45309512111989707632015-04-20T05:46:00.002-07:002015-04-20T05:46:53.240-07:00Ceahlău Pilgrimage<div class="MsoNormal">
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3000 BC. A sheepherder was moving his flock
of sheep across a high plateau, from which rose here and there strange rock formations.
At those times these rocks had no names, and a path leading along the plateau
was freshly cleared in a sea of dwarf-pine groves. The sheepherder spent a
lonely night under nearby rock and now at first light of the day he was headed
toward the solitary high peak on north end of the plateau, which was guarded with
rocky walls on each side, like a fortress. One of his sheep got lost in thick
dwarf-pine grove and the man thought that from a high place he could see better
his surroundings and thus had more chances to find the sheep with his sight
alone, instead of scrambling through dwarf-pine thickets.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> Ceahlau Massif seen from Hasmas.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">He left the sheep at the base of the peak. They would
be safe there, because he left his fierce sheep dogs with them. The trail was
slippery, because the rock which domain here in Ceahlău, is conglomerate and
its fragments covered the steep trail which led in serpentines to the top. The
last steep section before the top was bridged with a log with curved steps,
which functioned as a ladder.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">The sheepherder scrambled to the top, which is called
Toaca today, at sunrise. He sat down the take a rest. The wind was blowing on
the peak and he found a protection just under the margin of the top. The sun
was rising approximately on east-northeast at the beginning of august. He
looked in the direction of the sun. Skies were clear, though down below was sea
of clouds in today Bistrița River valley. The sunrise was beautiful, though the
sheepherder had not much occasion to contemplate over natural beauty. His job
here was to find the lost sheep, so he moved slowly around the top, looking at
every direction.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Meanwhile the sun rose higher in the sky, and the
peak’s shadow was projected in the valley on western side of the mountain. The shadow was immense, because the valley
was very large and deep, and at this time of the year, the shadow of Toaca
combines with shadow of its neighbour peak, today named Piatra Ciobanului, thus
creating a three-dimensional shadow, which resembles Egyptian pyramid. The sheepherder
looked at the immense hologram image in the valley speechless. Although he was
accustomed to spend morning and evenings at high places, ne never saw something
such imposing like this. The exceptional geographic position of the Toaca,
towering about immense and deep valleys which surround it on every side, and
the fact that shadow of its neighbour peak unite with its own shadow in the first
decade of august is something unique in mountain geography.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">The sheepherder never found his lost sheep, though he
returned down to the valley with a story about supernatural phenomena he saw on
that morning from high rocky peak. Since that time people come there to celebrate
special natural event and a tradition of regular holy celebration was then
established.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">This table describing optical phenomena seen from Toaca attracted my attention during my first visit toe Ceahlau in 2012.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">The Ceahlău Mountain is significant holy mountain
massif in the Moldavian Carpathian Mountains. It is believed that it is
Moldavian counterpart of Athos Mountain in Greece, which is Holly Mountain for
Greeks. The tradition of ascending the massif was established long time before
old Romans came into former Dacia, and well before Christianity itself was
instituted. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">The tourists, who are today’s pilgrim, continue to
come regularly on this mountain to admire fabulous sunrises which are well
known far and wide. A small monastery was built on west margin of the Ceahlău
plateau, just below Toaca and later a tourist shelter, today named Cabana
Dochia, was added. In these two places people can spend night in comfort,
though the only access here is on foot. The pilgrim can come here by a steep
trail, needed to say that from each side the mountain is very abrupt, with
relative elevation difference between the valley and plateau over 1000 m.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">The Ceahlău Mountain is often covered with the mist, floating
in clouds through ages, passing from one generation to another. In last several
thousand years underwent only a small amount of altering caused by humans,
though what make this mountain so special are its topographic names, which are
specific only to the Ceahlău Mountain. The old names are lost in prehistoric
mist. Aged Thrakian and Dacian topographic names were replaced with new ones, while
they were going through time, changing when passing from one generation to
another one. The name Ceahlău was first recorded in the year 1458 in Ștefan’s
the Great agenda. Now it is believed that the old word Ceahlău means
Lammergeyer, which is a common name for a vulture (Gypaetus barbatus) which
frequented the area until early 1900’s.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="RO" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: RO;">My own pilgrimage to </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Ceahlău began
after the H</span><span lang="RO" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: RO;">așmas solo adventure. I soloed </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">in the
Ceahlău as well.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Let’s return back to the road in the Bicaz River
valley. Since early morning I was exploring Cheile Bicazului and Cheile
Șugăului. It was very hot day and the sun was burning with great power. After
leaving Cheile Șugăului I tried my luck on the road a got a lift to town of
Bicaz. I got it from two Moldavians from state of Moldavia, not from Romania.
They both spoke fluent Romanian; though in their own state the language is
called Moldavian due to political reasons. They dropped me in the centre of the
town, where I had been once in October 2012. Knowing not better, I directly
went to nearby book store to ask about access to the Ceahlău Mountain. I
considered a plan to get there via resort Izvoru Muntelui, as I did in 2012. Although
deep in my mind I was thinking about another route from the south-east. In the
bookstore I had bought a map, a book on Ceahlău Massif and got good advices
from a bookseller. She told me that I need to go back to village of Neagra,
where marked trail from the south-east begins. Well, I passed through that
village an hour before, so how could I get back there? She told me that there
is a bus at 5 PM, leaving from next to a food store nearby.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">After that I visited a store, where I bought
provisions for two days. Only two days I had for exploring Ceahlău, after that
I needed to return home, because my holiday was almost over.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Getting off in Neagra I got at the beginning of
tourist trail marked with blue cross. This trail goes from the south and gets
to Ceahlău after 12 km or something like this. That translated to 3 hours of
walking in the heat with heavy backpack. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">I left the principal road and followed the lateral
route in the valley Neagra Mare. Very soon I arrived at a fountain, with very
tasteful water. I considered it to be much better than a beer at the moment. I
filled my 2 PET bottles (in total 3 l) with water. Here I also gave a rest of
my corn flour to an old lady, because I did not need it any more.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">With a sense that evening was nearby I walked at a
very brisk pace, which I maintained for more than two hours, until I got at my
today’s destination at Vf. Văratec. I
felt that I had enough of energy to get there quickly. Though that feeling proved
to be deceptive on the very next day, when I was so exhausted that walking even
on level stretch of the path was difficult.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">No let’s go back to today, when I still had the
energy. I walked on forest road, at the beginning among houses, which gradually
gave way to forest. Later meadows appeared, though forest reappeared soon. At
the confluence of Neagra Mică with Neagra Mare, I turned left and followed the
later stream. I climbed a lot and at one place a simple post with signs showed
direction toward Vf. Văratec.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">From here I changed forest road for a path,
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part which offered view on surrounding hills and valleys. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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coniferous grove through which I continued all the way to Vf. Văratec (1363 m).
Serpentines also continued and I recall a feeling of being well. I thought to
myself: “How great I feel. It must be because of my regular runs I do twice or
three times per week.” Since the January I completed a total running distance
of 800 km (in July 2014). That sensation of feeling high, caused by a strong
dose of endorphin created by my own body due to physical effort, contrasted
with my experience of the very next day, when I arrived in a state of total
exhaustion. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Mare (1907 m), which towers right above it. On its top is a meadow and its name
reminds that in summer time people spent their time with domestic animals here
(in Romanian language summer is called vară; and văratic literally means: of summer time). It simply gives us a clue
that people spent summer time here.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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trail and climbed directly on the top. There I put down my rucksack and looked
around for a while. I was only 20 metres away from my luggage (also from my
camera) when I spotted two grey moving objects in tall grass. They went across
the meadow from the right to the left. I was exhilarated by this sighting. Were
these animals wolves? In the middle of
the meadow they jumped out of grass in order to see better their surroundings
and run away. I recognized grey colour and long tails. It must have been
wolves! I had no chance to make a photograph. I returned to my rucksack, took
my camera and made a single frame, which shows the spot, where I saw the two
shy carnivores.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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animals to reappear. In the end they never appeared again. I returned to my
backpack and pitched my tent right atop the peak. The water I carried all the
way from the valley still tasted well, even though later I opened a can of
Silva beer, which also tasted well.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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started my day by taking early morning pictures. The light was rather flat and
no interesting colours appeared on landscape features named Turnul Lui Butu. Skies
were pale, and missed the drama of coloured clouds. This situation only
confirmed the common wisdom that so called “good weather” means “bad weather”
for a landscape photographer.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.6666660308838px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;"> My tent in Ceahlau.</span></div>
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Saddle Varatec seen from Varatec Peak.</div>
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Poiana stanilor.</div>
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Poiana Stanilor.</div>
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Turnul Lui Butu.</div>
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Ana rock.</div>
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to go to the intersection of tourist routes at Poiana Maicilor. I arrived there
in about 20 minutes after I left my camp place. The guidebook says there is a
water source nearby, because once there was a sheepfold. I saw no water there,
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The trail traversed east side of the massif and constantly climbed up. My yesterday’s
effort took its toll. My speed slowed down drastically! I barely had the energy
to get past two cone shaped rocks, which were called Clăile lui Miron. The
story behind their names speaks that this was a favourite spot of a sheepherder
named Miron. And those rocks were his hay stacks left by him at the place. </span></div>
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took some pictures of them and moved toward nearby rock, which offered good
view on its surroundings. Now I was on a plateau in between the peaks Ocolașu
Mic and Ocolașu Mare. The trail got me next a tourist refuge, which was a small
wooden hut at forest margin. I didn’t inspect the shelter, because I saw that
somebody was sleeping next to it in tall grass, so I had no desire to bother
anyone there. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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photograph. When I was fiddling with my camera I happened to drop a lens cap
down the rock’s wall. It disappeared in the thick forest at the base of the
wall, some 20 metres below me! I thought twice whether I had enough energy to
climb down and search for it. In the end I scrambled down the rock and searched
for the plastic thing lost among spruce trees and blueberry thickets. Mission
impossible! Nevertheless, I succeed and soon found the missing item. Now I was
complete man again, minus my strength!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">I still have a traverse of steep mountain side to do.
Again I entered on the trail, winding through forests. At one place I crossed a
ravine. It is interesting thing about the Ceahlău that its every ravine has a
name given. There was a spring nearby, and when I lifted my head toward the
upper part of the ravine I spotted a chamois standing still on the rock.
Meanwhile two tourists came from the opposite direction and the shy animal
disappeared. They told me that it is only half and hour’s walk to Cabana
Dochia, one of several mountain huts in the massif.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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didn’t continue towards the hut. I pitched my tent on this official camping
ground and cooked my lunch and then took a rest. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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unbearable. I run out of water, so I took my two PET bottles and climbed toward
the Dochia hut. There I met with about twenty people from Nigeria. I had no
idea what they were doing there and suddenly I had a feeling of being in central
Africa! They were there only on one day excursion and were dressed like for a
walk through a city’s park, not for a trip into the mountains. They were taking
photograph at every direction with their smart phones and laughed loudly. Well,
each tourist has a way to enjoy him/her when travelling.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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afternoon trip to Toaca. I took only bare essentials along with me: jacket,
water, tripod, ND filters, and camera body with four prime lenses. It was hard
for me to climb back to hut (in normal condition it is only 10 minutes away).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Luckily from the hut toward the peak the terrain is
almost flat, and it saved the day and I retained some energy for climbing the
peak.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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sun still was high in the skies, and I don’t remember taking any memorable
photograph there at that time. I talked a while to a meteorologist. He dissolved
the pyramid shadow myth by explanation that the pyramid shaped shadow appears
there on every clear morning and explained that the three dimensional hologram
can be observed also in other times of the year, not only at the beginning of August.
This makes perfect sense, because if the shadow appears on August the 5, for
instance, it should appear also on May the 8, since on either day the sun is
approximately at the same position at sunrise. Either date is 48 days after or
before spring/autumn equinox. Object on skies; for example, move one degree
each four minutes, thus correct position of every sky object can be determined
precisely. Also the position of sun at sunrise/sunset can be calculated for
each day.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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climbed to the top in insufficient shoes and had problems while walking on
trail covered with debris. She also suffered from vertigo when looked down into
the valley, which has a depth over 1000 m.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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named Piatra Lacramătă and happened to take some pictures of it in warm evening
light. Also I accidentally dropped my camera on the ground, and scratched my
polarizer filter. I knew I had no energy left and returned to my tent.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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from Czechia. He arrived at the camping place at the evening and instantly
recognized me, even though we knew each other only via the internet and never
have met before. We chatted for more than an hour, after that the slight
evening breeze blowing through the camp forced me to enter the tent.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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something, grabbed my backpack and a camera and walked for about 40 minutes to
the base of Toaca Peak. After ascend to the top I settles among other
photographers waiting for the sunset to come. The dawn light was fine, and
views into the depths of the Bistrița River valley were incredible at this part
of the day.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.6666660308838px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;"> Panaghia rock seen from Toaca.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.6666660308838px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">The River Bistritza Valley seen from Toaca.</span><br />
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Ciobanului. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.6666660308838px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;"> Finally I can see the pyramid shadow of Toaca projected in the valley.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.6666660308838px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;"> People coming down from Toaca.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.6666660308838px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;"> Me and a shadow of Toaca.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.6666660308838px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;"> In the end my wish came true.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> Ceahlau Plateau in the morning light.</span></div>
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in August; the shadows of the two tops were not yet perfectly aligned. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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position from where to take a shot of the mountain’s shadow. When the sun came
out of the clouds, people immediately started to go down the trail, without
stopping, as if the show was already over.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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there. Even though it wasn’t perfect, it was powerful enough and I was excited
about it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.6666660308838px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;"> A hologram seen from Toaca.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.6666660308838px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;"> A hologram seen from Toaca.</span></div>
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then I started to climb down the trail. I had only short time to pack my tent.
I wanted to be by midday down in the valley at Durău resort.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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contrast were not perfect for successful photography.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">I hit the trail again, passing along many other
tourists. This part of the mountain is frequented by lots of tourist in summer
season. At midday I arrived at Durău. I washed in mountain stream, bough a beer
at a local bar, ate some bread, cheese and tomatoes bought from a magazine and
went on the road again. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">I was hoping to get a lift by a car. Unfortunately I
walked for more than one hour before I got a lift to the main road.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">There again I waited for more than an hour for the
lift. This time I was lucky enough. The car was going to Oradea.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">I got off at Târgu Mureș. Immediately I walked towards
the train station, only to discover that by means of railway transport, I would
not reach Sighișoara today!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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minutes to the place where I got off the car! From there I continued on a large
street toward the margin of the city. The street was very long indeed! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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asked the shop assistant how to get to the city margin as quickly as possible.
Her answer was very simple: “Take a bus.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">“Wow that is a good idea! Where is the nearest bus
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number of bus I should take. The men replied that he goes in the same direction
and told me that he would tell me where to get off.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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which arrived at about 8:15 pm. One hour and fifteen minutes later I got off
the bus in </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Sighi</span><span lang="RO" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: RO;">șoara, where I had 45 minutes to have a
dinner in a restaurant and to buy some drinks and food for the long journey
home.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="RO" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: RO;">At 22:20 I embarked on a train to Budapest and my </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Ceahlău
adventure was suddenly over. I always ask myself: “Why these adventures end so
abruptly and what am I doing in the train?” “Why am I returning so early after
I descended from the mountain?” The answer was that these adventures are an escape
from everyday life and I don’t have more time available to stay there longer.
Simply from time to time I need to recharge my personal batteries in the
simplified world of the mountain world which touches my soul. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Romania again!</span><span lang="RO" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: RO;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">My second trip to the Ceahlău Mountain ended and I
promised myself that I will return there in the future. Each trip was
different. The first one was easy the second one was difficult. Maybe on my
third excursion I will find a balance between easy and difficult trip. I will
plan it for more days, because the beauty of the massif is simply unsurpassable
in this part of the Carpathian Mountains. In my post from 2012 I was talking
about expressing my love for outdoors. All my previous and later journeys to
the mountains are expression of this love!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Otto Hauckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09367066661433119755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-448068833200135453.post-21876603536585275782015-02-18T13:13:00.000-08:002015-02-18T13:13:03.012-08:00A solo adventure in the Hașmaș Mountains<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">This story was quite different account than my other
adventures, as this time I was alone for a whole week. First five days and
nights I spent in the Hașmaș Mountains. After that I went to the Ceahl</span><span lang="RO" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">ă</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">u
Mountains for the rest of the week; though this is another story to tell you
about.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">It wasn’t easy to be alone in mountains of Romania,
especially at evenings. Though, day by day I grew more comfortable with being
alone in</span><span style="font-size: 18.6666660308838px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;"> the </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">wilderness and at the end I only regretted when the adventure was over.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">I initially had not planned to set off alone on my mountain
adventure. I talked with several Romanian friends about that before. In the end
only a girlfriend from Bucharest said that maybe she could accompany me in the
Hașmaș.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">When I arrived in Brașov I learned that she was not
able to set off on a week long journey. Having learned this I had barely time
to jump on a train to Miercurea Ciuc (railway line Satu Mare-Brașov)! There I
changed the train (railway line Ciceu-Adjud).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Immediately after leaving the city the train started
to climb up through picturesque countryside of hills, valleys, forests and meadows.
After that the railway line descended into the valley and passed through Lunc</span><span lang="RO" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: RO;">ă</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">
de Jos.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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it was in the end of the world.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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go toward the beginning of the trail at Valea Întunecoasa. In fact there was
not any tourist marking, though my 30 years old guide said that the principal
route on the Hașmaș crest begins right here in Valea Întunecoasa.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> My backpack ready at the begging of the trip.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Well, there was the only lane in between houses which
led parallel with the axis of the valley, so there I went.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> Road leading into the mountains.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> Stream descending from the mountains.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">I left one house after one behind me and soon I was on
a forest road, going continually deeper into the valley. I found a well and
filled my bottles with water for the evening and morning because I had no way
to know whether I would find any water source up there in the mountains.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> A fountain from where I took water.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">In narrow part of the valley I met a car going opposite direction. The car stopped and a policeman sitting inside it asked me
where I was heading such late at evening. I gave him reply in Romanian that I
was going toward the principal crest and have a plan to spend this night at a
sheepfold. The answer was that I should be careful with fierce sheep dogs. I
responded that I am familiar with them and know what I should do to protect
myself against them. The policeman also asked from where I have learned
Romanian. I gave him a reply that I learned it by talking to girls of Romania.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">A little later I talked with elderly man, who advised
me not to make a detour on the forester route and to go on a path direct with
the river instead, which was a shortcut.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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upper part of the valley, which was more open, with pastures replacing
coniferous forest.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.6666660308838px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;"> Mountain pastures replacing coniferous forest</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">From there I could clearly saw mountain pass where I
needed to get. From a distance I observed a group of sheep going through the
saddle. I knew there would be annoying sheep dogs around them so I lingered
around for a while until the sheep crowd moved out of my way.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.6666660308838px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;"> The situation below the saddle, explaining my action. This is common in the Carpathian Mountains.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">I reached the saddle, turned right and walked briskly
toward the highest point. Arriving there I discovered that I can hardly tell
one peak from another one. I had no map with me. All I had was old written
description in Czech and a scheme, which was a drawing showing only principal
crest and valley. The geographical situation here was far more complex.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">In fact I was on a place where two ridges meet. The
principal crest continued toward north-west, while the lateral range paralleled
the west-east axis. I came from the west (in fact I climbed from east) on a
lateral ridge. There were no indicators showing directions and I barely knew
which direction I should go. All I knew was that I need to get to Nașcalat Peak
(1566 m). An option for me was to ask sheepherders about directions. I saw a
sheepfold on the left, so I went directly there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> The saddle seen from above. The sheepfold is on the opposite side.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.6666660308838px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;"> Winding road and a sheepfold at a distance.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Approaching the sheepfold I met with a herd of dogs
first. I shouted at a nearby sheepherder to make him to calm down his dogs. He
did so, and my unlikeable situation bettered. Unluckily this man did not speak
Romanian. He was a member of Hungarian minority. Together we went to meet with
his colleague, who spoke few words in Romanian. From him I got a clue where to
go. It was clear that I need to continue to north-west to get to Nașcalat. I
told them to order their dog not to follow me further.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">When I was at distance of several hundred meters the
dogs start to chase me out of their territory. I briskly went in direction of
another sheepfold. First group of dog had stopped following me and the second
one has appeared! I was lucky enough that a sheepherder was nearby and shouted
at them. The basic rule of acting with sheep dogs in Romania is that you need
to meet with their master primary. When you meet with dogs first you might get
yourself into a trouble, especially is a sheepherder is far away or behind a
horizon.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">I walked on a narrow crest and soon reached a top with
a cross. I thought that I arrived at Nașcalat. The only feature I missed here
was a tourist refuge, which was supposed to be on east side of the top, as it
was confirmed by my Romanian friend.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> The top with a cross, which I believed it was </span><span style="font-size: 18.6666660308838px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">Nașcalat peak.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Here was coniferous forest on east side! Well, the
peak must be the other one, a little bit further, from which I was separated by
a little saddle. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Just below the top on descend to the saddle I
discovered a deserted sheepfold. I was in a good condition and instead of
erecting a tent I decided to overnight inside it.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> Deserted sheepfold was in good condition.</span></div>
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to my friend and went out to make some night photos of my shelter with starry
skies over it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.6666660308838px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;"> Starry skies in the Carpathian Mountains.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">I set off at about 7:30 AM. In several minutes I
arrived on Nașcalat Peak. The tourist refuge was there on east side. I was glad
that I hadn’t arrived there on the previous evening because nearby was an active
sheepfold and that would meant yet another meeting with annoying sheep dogs.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> The sheepfold in the morning. True </span><span style="font-size: 18.6666660308838px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">Nașcalat Peak is in background.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.6666660308838px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;"> Looking back on mountain pastures from where I came a day before.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.6666660308838px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;"> Tiny tourist shelter below Nașcalat Peak.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.6666660308838px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;"> Immense pastures of the Hașmas Mountains.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.6666660308838px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">Typical landscape in the Hașmaș Mountains-meadows, spruce forests and limestone rocks.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">The air grew hotter in proportion with the increasing
height of the sun. I walked on the descending ridge, where forest and meadow
alternated. Two times I stopped to wait for a herd of sheep to move out of my
way. The air was rather hazy and with the sun high in the sky it was difficult
to make a satisfactory photograph of the landscape. From Sacadat Peak (1397 m)
I descended to a wide pass, through which a road leads. It connects Bicajel
Valley (Trei Fântini) with the Olt Valley (Bălan).</span></div>
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Park, where non-authorised motorized access is forbidden, as it was shown on a
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">First I climbed on a meadow and soon I entered in the
shadowed forest. There I unexpectedly met with another group of sheep and several
dogs, which started to bark at me. Luckily the sheepherder shouted at them and
they calmed down immediately.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Soon I emerged out of the coniferous forest on a
plateau of Ecem Peak (1708m). Very close to tourist trail was a deep abyss. The
opening of the shaft had about 3 m in diameter and 20 m in depth at least. A
single written table attached to a pole standing nearby warned visitors that
there was a danger of falling down the abyss (the abyss could be dangerous at
night or at foggy conditions with snow cover).</span></div>
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Some cumulonimbus clouds were building on the north-east and I expected them to
come here in the afternoon. Luckily today they never came and I revelled in
warm sunshine all day long.</span></div>
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which is well known isolated limestone rock for which Hașmaș is famous for.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> Descending from Ecem peak.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> First view of Piatra Singuratica.</span></div>
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named cabana Piatra Singuratică, which provides simple accommodation and meals.
Without road access things necessary for luxury recreation are missing here,
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">I ordered a beer and a coffee, sold here for a modest
price, and settled down on grass next to the hut. Later I made on my stove an
instant soup. After that I climbed the rock for views. The look-out was
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">After I descended down to the lodge I took a decision
to remain here for the rest of the day. I left my backpack in the chalet and
set off for Piatra cu Pânda, (Watch Rock) which offers superb view toward
Bălan. The trail was marked with blue cross and I got there in 30 minutes.
Views were beautiful indeed. From there I clearly saw the chalet and a carriage
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">On my return a strongly illuminate cliffs of Ecem attracted
my eyes. I left the trail and went off trail toward the edge of a huge talus at
the base of Ecem Peak. I was in shadow of the forest and from my position I
soon made out two adults of a chamois at a distance of about 100 m.</span></div>
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They say that to distinguish sex of the chamois from a distance you need to observe it when one urinates.<br />
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Chamois at scree slope below Ecem Peak.<br />
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100 mm lens along with me. I regretted that I don’t have a better lens for taking
wildlife photos, which still is on my wish list. I tried to get closer in order
to make animals larger in the frame. I hid among boulders. My approach was
easy, because the sun was behind me. I was excited and had a feeling that there
is no other place on Earth where I would rather be.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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my tent next to a chalet. He told me that the hut is empty and that I could stay
there for free and offered me free meal too.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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at sunrise. After breakfast I packed my backpack, said good bye to hut keeper
and left toward Hașmas Mare Peak (1793 m).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">The weather began to deteriorate when I approached
Hașmas Mare Peak, though it wasn’t raining. The tourist path (red stripe)
bypassed the peak and I did so. After the peak the trail descended toward Poiana
Alba. I feared to hike through there alone. I heard stories about fierce sheep
dog which welcome every visitor with bark and snarl.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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I saw there were several individuals running along the edge of the forest on
the other side of the meadow. There were running fast along the edge of the
forest. I lingered around until they came back to their group of sheep. I
continued walking when they disappeared behind a corner.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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that they were not as dangerous. I met with them at a tourist refuge, which
looked identical to that below Noșcalat Peak. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Ciofranca (1</span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">6</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">08
m). Meanwhile dark clouds disappeared and sun came out. I climbed Ciofranca via
steep trail, equipped with a steel rope at one stretch. Its top offered views
toward Lacu Roșu and Cheile Bicazului, my destination for tomorrow.</span></div>
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Lacu Roțu and Suhardul Mic seen from Ciofronca.<br />
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Ceahlau Mountain seen from Ciofronca.<br />
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Entry at a visitor book I made atop Ciofronca.<br />
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Looking South.<br />
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for more two hours on a boring section toward Pângarați Pass. At the pass were
some kiosks which offered some souvenirs for tourists though none had beer on
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Cross atop Ciofronka.<br />
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Looking South.<br />
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At Pângarați Pass.<br />
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Me at Pângarați Pass.<br />
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North of Pângarați Pass.<br />
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on the side of the road and rested for a while. Here I have completed the first
portion of my traverse of the Hașmas Mountains. North of the saddle begins its north
part, which is a bit different then the south section.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Here I contemplated for a while about events of last
three days in relation to my next actions. Did I really want to continue hiking
beyond the saddle? Or I wanted to come down to Lacu Roșu instead? And would I
have enough time to do the Ceahlău massif? What would I do if the weather
deteriorates? I came all the way from my country to do the crest of Hașmaș, so
there were no excuses for giving up at the middle of the trip!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">The weather was perfect. It was about 5 o’clock in the
afternoon, so I moved forward on dusty road. At first a dusty road may sound
like quite a disadvantage; though needless to say that in relation with walking
in the mountains word “dusty” sounds much better than word “muddy.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">From the saddle I followed red stripe marks and in
less than one hour I arrived at an intersection. To continue on the main ridge
I needed to follow the blue stripe marks. I did so and after a while a there
was another intersection with blue dot marked trail. Well, I will follow the
blue dot, I thought, hoping it will get me to better looking area. Here cleared
forests were mixed with meadows. Sheep has disappeared and cows appeared.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">At first I walked on level path, which gradually
turned steep. I left clearings behind me and entered in thick spruce forest.
Then as a miracle I crossed a saddle and walked in beautiful mountain meadow.
Views toward south opened and I admired the grandeur of the landscape before
me. As a surprise I saw a small cottage, which was at my level, approximately
300 meters away from me. I walked directly there and to my surprise I
discovered a tourist refuge. The cottage was new and clean. There was no one
around! That meant that I had whole shelter entirely for myself. A wave of
relief and happiness went through me. I had a home for tonight! And it was
placed on most beautiful place I ever saw on this trip!</span></div>
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An abyss atop Licaș Peak.<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">I ascended on a steep meadow and only last portion
below the crest was covered with spruce forest. I walked on narrow trail
sneaking through grasses, which alternated with dim forest. The trail ended
suddenly at the end of the crest. I realized that I reached the top itself.
Next to a trail was an abyss. Its shaft was a round hole in earth, several
metres in diameter and very deep indeed. The opening was fenced and as a guard
there stood a lily (Lilium martagon). I took a picture of the lily with the
abyss in background. Very near was a clearing in the forest, which offered
limited views on surrounding mountains.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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to the refuge before a rainstorm began.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">After the rain the air smelled fresh and grasses were
wet. I was tired, thus I stayed inside the refuge, without going out to perform
night photography.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Ceahlau mountain.<br />
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Sunrise.<br />
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Sunrise seen from Licaș Peak.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 18.6666660308838px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;"> Licaș Peak with a shelter and sheepfold.</span></div>
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Shelter interior, clean and tidy.<br />
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Guest book entry I made at the shelter.<br />
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Tourist indicator showing directions.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 18.6666660308838px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;"> Leaving Licaș.</span></div>
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<span lang="RO" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: RO;">An hour later I saw a cold front coming from the west. I
packed my equipment and set off on blue cross marked trail in direction of Lacu
Ro</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">șu. An indicator in a saddle below the refuge was the first and last
mark I ever saw there. I walked on the ridge. At first walking through not-too-thick
spruce forest was easy. Later the trail almost disappeared and fallen trees
blocked the way and began to rain. I put on my raincoat and hiked further on a
crest which became steeper and forest become thicker.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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comfortable. I gave up </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">going on the crest and descended to
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> A highway for me.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Walking at the bottom of the valley was a nightmare.
The stream was blocked with fallen trees; there was no path in the valley all
was overgrown with dense vegetation. For a while I walked in the river, on
other places I climbed steep slopes to avoid rocks. The adventure took about
two hours until I got on forest road. At first only tractor track appeared, however
for me it looked like a highway at the moment!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">I emerged in the main valley at the upper end of Lacu
Roșu. I walked along its edge until I got to a group of kiosks and restaurants.
There I took a rest and ate a lunch. The air temperature under cloudy sky was
about 20°C. The biggest relief came when I put off wet hiking boots and put on
dry sandals.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">I spent there a considerable time, thinking about what
my next steps will be. I wanted to overnight in the area, so I asked the stuff
at the restaurant whether there was any good place for camping. There were no
official camping zones in the area, but I got information that there is a
private camping ground by the road at the upper end of the lake.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">There I went and soon I built my tent on wet grassy
ground in fenced court. The place was not the perfect one, though for a single
night it was okay. The price was 15 lei (3.50,- EURO), which was rather a steep
fee for a piece of wet grassy terrain, in my opinion. Staying there gave me
possibility to leave my weighty backpack in the place and to hike in the area
without being burdened under serious load.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">I visited Resort Lacu Roșu, where I found a general
store to my satisfaction, because I was running out of food. Later I was
interviewed by Romanian TV. In the interview, in Romania language, I gave advices about where to go in the area.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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above the lake, with great views on Cheile Bicazului, my destination for the
next day.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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at about 11 o’clock! First I circled the lake, to take some landscape
photographs.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Then I walked on paved road to the resort, where I
made a short pause and the store. After that I emerged in the Cheile Bicazului
Gorge. The road passes through it in serpentines and with a tunnel. On several
places are kiosks with souvenirs. People and cars were everywhere. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Rock tower Piatra Altarului in Cheile Bicazului.<br />
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At Cheile Bicazului.<br />
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were no people at all, only nature. Immediately after leaving the road it
started to rain. I put on my raincoat and continued the trip. After half an
hour the rain had stopped and I enjoyed typical landscape of the Carpathian
Mountains, which consists of perfect combination of lush meadows, forests, rivers
and rocks. However, this side trip got me back to Lacu Roșu at the evening.</span></div>
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A trip through Cheile Bicajelui.<br />
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Panels with maps of the area.<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">I visited the store again to get some beer. Unluckily,
I left my back and hiking boots outside on the pavement when I was shopping.
During ten minutes I spent inside the store it rained heavily and all my gear
was wet. Rain cloud came out of blue, I had no clue that it was going to rain! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">I had no desire to overnight on the same wet place as
the night before. Yesterday I noticed that there were some small cottages to
rent nearby, next to hotel.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">I went to the hotel and asked about price for renting
a hut or a single bed in it. The price was 40 lei (approx. 10 EURO) for a
cottage. I accepted it, being happy that I will have dry place to sleep at, and
electricity to charge my 2 phones.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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is a hut Cabana Cheile Bicazului, with the price of 15 lei per night/single
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went yesterday. The first part was a repetition of my track of the day before.
I also made a short detour and climber a rock named Maria-kó, which offered nice
view on a lonely rock Piatra Altarului. The climb was very steep indeed, though
worth of the effort.</span></div>
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interruption toward the lower end of the gorge. In increasing heat I arrived at
village Bicaz Chei and explored small gorge Cheile </span><span lang="RO" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: RO;">Ș</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">ugăului. I don’t have enough time to explore the gorge
in its entirety. I stayed there about an hour, relaxed in the sun and ate my
lunch there on green grass.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">In the afternoon I hitchhiked to the town of Bicaz.
This town lies at the foot of the Ceahlău Mountain and here ends first part of
this story. The second part will be a description of my two day trip to the
Ceahlău Mountain. This mountain is so special among Romanian mountains that the
story needs to be told in the separate chapter.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> I made a resume
of my trip and discovered that I spent only a single night in my tent in Hașmaș
and that I could do the whole trip without the tent. But who could know it
beforehand! I had no plans to sleep in huts on this trip. Huts simply appeared
where they were needed and I took the advantage of them. Though in Ceahlău I
used my tent twice, so in the end, carrying the tent was worth of the effort. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">It would be much better if I were not alone, thus I had no one to share with
the weight of the tent and stove. Also I was missing a person to share my feelings with. As Chris McCandless, Alexander Supertramp-a type from the novel "Into the Wild", puts it in his diary: "HAPPINESS IS ONLY REAL WHEN SHARED</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">." Maybe next time I will find the right person
for going with me on yet another mountain adventure.</span></div>
Otto Hauckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09367066661433119755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-448068833200135453.post-20716083799777158932014-12-15T12:41:00.000-08:002014-12-15T12:41:07.093-08:00November weekend in the Malá Fatra Mountains<div class="MsoNormal">
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overnight on a high mountain in the Malá Fatra Mountains.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">I speak about Stoh Peak (1607 m). There are even
higher summits in the mountain range, but this one is special one. It has a
form of a pyramid, on each side it is separated with deep saddles from other
peaks and offers perfect view in every direction.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">For a hiker it presents a real obstacle, often
difficult to overcome. It rises 400 vertical meters from saddles on either
side. Trails are steep and often muddy, especially parts leading through
mountain forest of spruce and rowan. For those who want to avoid climbing up
and down again, there is an option of a traverse, which is even muddier than a
route via the top. There is no other way around, except returning back from
where a hiker arrives at its base.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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this year to accomplish my plan. Although I knew that the height of autumn
colours is already gone, there were chances to capture perfect weather
conditions with great views under clear skies. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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evening, and had a couple of beers at my favourite place. Afterward I
bivouacked in my secret place in a forest nearby.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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late. To make up time, I decided to have a breakfast later at Prislop pass,
from where I wanted to enter on a lateral ridge, leading toward the main ridge.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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my breakfast on a MSR stove. It took me about 30 minutes to prepare and finish
the meal and with some delay I started to climb toward first summit Baraniarky (1270 m).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> Atop Baraniarky.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> Looking toward Kraviarske and the main crest.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> Foggy valley and the Beskydy Mountains on the horizon.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> Autumn aspect in the carpathian beech forest.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">From there I had incredible views! Valleys were
covered with fog layer and it looked like as if the mountain were islands in
the sea. I could even see mountains in Czechia.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">On the other side I saw snowy main ridge, needless to
say that snow lay on shadowed slopes only. Slopes exposed to direct sun rays
were dry, of course.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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I traversed three peaks and two saddles, until I got in the saddle at the foot
of the main ridge. In the meantime, a cloud formed above the main ridge, thus
deteriorating weather conditions there.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> A cloud cap builds up on V. Rozsutetz Peak.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">On lateral ridge was t-shirt weather and when I got
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On snow covered slopes.<br />
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A cloud layer laying on the principal crest.<br />
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Looking back from where I came.<br />
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Clouds above the main crest.<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">I knew I would have problem to find water on the
crest. There were no natural springs in this area, and the only human facility,
a restaurant, from where I could obtain water, was closed due to damage, caused
by this summer flash flood.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Well, I thought, I will found water at the base of
Stoh Peak. So I was not worried about this. Instead of it I enjoyed unusual
meteorological conditions and played with my camera to make some nice pictures.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">I traversed peaks Hromové a Steny, from where the
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Velký Rozsutetz and Stoh peaks with cloud caps-I.<br />
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Velký Rozsutetz and Stoh peaks with cloud caps-II.<br />
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The lateral ridge where I was walking today.<br />
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On the crest.<br />
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Prislop pass. The Beskydy Mountains in Cehia in last plan.<br />
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Stoh Peak wit cloud cap. I can only imagine this cloud cap glowing red at sunset light!<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">It was almost dark when I arrived at a saddle beneath
Stoh Peak. I gambled to find water here. So I walked briskly down through
tall grasses. In several minutes I saw a dark spot on the right side of the
valley. When I approached it, I saw that I got on a margin of a small lake. I
pulled out a torch from a rucksack, and in its light I saw that water in the
lake was clear. It was a relief for me, because it solved my situation with
lack of water. It took me 6 minutes to get back to the saddle, so the water was
pretty close from there.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Meanwhile, I saw some people going down from the
summit of Stoh Peak. They said that this trail is very muddy, and a look at
their dirty boots and trousers only confirmed it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Steep and muddy trail was the only obstacle en route
to the mountain top, though my quite heavy rucksack with 3 litres of water in
plus did not make my situation easier.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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slippery path and in the end I arrived at the top. There I spent about 20
minutes in search for a place to set up my tent. It was windier then I expected
it would be. Eventually I build my tent next to a dwarf pine grove a little way
down from the top.</span></div>
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was quite windy and cold.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> A night atop a mountain.</span><br />
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photography. It was five days before full moon, so the moonlight was strong and
helped me much in my pursuit for a perfect frame.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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Velký Rozsutetz with well known constellations above it.<br />
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Looking South.<br />
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Looking East.<br />
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Remnants of first snow.<br />
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Looking South.<br />
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Velký Rozsutetz.<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">I made some fine pictures in each direction and
settled on an idea to make a star trail image. Well, it was impossible to do,
because of humid air. My lens got fogged within a minute of being exposed to
this moisture. I could make a 30-second exposure, for example, but I could not
make ninety-nine 30-second exposures in a row, without getting my lens foggy. I
could not dare to touch the camera to clean its lens in the course of making 99
exposures, without changing its position a little by accident. So I abandoned
that idea of a star trail image. I still have this pre-visualized image in my
mind for the next time. At least I took a single frame showing Big Dipper and
Little Dipper constellation hanging in the sky just above Rozsutetz Peak (1910
m). My photo séance took about 40 minutes. After that I crawled in my sleeping
bag to get warm. I set up my alarm clock to wake me up at 530 o’clock.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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heated on my stove. After that I stepped outside. For a November morning it weren't cold,
it was just above freezing point.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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Velký Choč.<br />
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Low Tatra.<br />
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High Tatra.<br />
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Velká Fatra.<br />
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Low Tatra.<br />
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Velký Choč.<br />
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wasn’t so. Soon I heard voices and a group of hikers arrived at the top. There
were about ten people in two groups. They told me that they left city of Žilina
at about 4 o’clock, and climbed up from Štefanová. They also asked me to take
some pictures of them with their smart phone. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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Admiring sunrise.<br />
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Sunrise!<br />
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Velký Rozsutetz.<br />
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Going down from Stoh.<br />
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Osnica Peak.<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> Velký Rozsutetz Peak.</span><br />
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I took many images there, pointing my camera in every direction. Pictures
describe it far better than any words, so keep looking at the images.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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Above sea of clouds.<br />
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The Specter of the Brocken seen from Stoh Peak.<br />
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Osnica Peak.¨<br />
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Velký Rozsutetz Peak.<br />
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started to descend. I left the summit around 800 o’clock. In Medziholie saddle
I made and ate a breakfast and started to ascend Rozsutetz Peak (1610 m). Views from
there were incredible and I thought, next time I would overnight here.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Looking from Velký Rozsutetz.<br />
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Looking from Velký Rozsutetz.<br />
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Looking from Velký Rozsutetz.<br />
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Looking down from Velký Rozsutetz.<br />
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Looking from Velký Rozsutetz.<br />
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Looking South-East from Velký Rozsutetz at Stoh Peak.<br />
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Looking down from Velký Rozsutetz.<br />
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The top of Velký Rozsutetz.<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">After that I descended to Medzirozsutce saddle and
gambled on an idea to climb Malý Rozsutetz Peak (1343 m). My timing was not
perfect; I was late to get home before midnight. Well, in this perfect weather
conditions the summit should not be omitted. So I climbed there!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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peak is better than from its higher neighbour.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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Looking East from Malý Rozsutetz.<br />
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Looking South-West from Malý Rozsutetz.<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Looking down from it's summit I realized that as soon
as I descend in Tesná Rizna gorge I get into fog layer.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Beech forest in fog.<br />
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Beech forest in fog.<br />
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Beech forest in fog.<br />
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Beech forest in fog.<br />
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Beech forest in fog.<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">So, good bye, warm sun, we will meet again next spring!
This is the disadvantage of living at 49° north latitude. Soon the warm autumn
days will be gone and the sun disappears in clouds for a period of about two
months. It will start to reappear in February, though first really warm rays
from the sun will arrive at the end of March.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Otto Hauckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09367066661433119755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-448068833200135453.post-23536176427834397032014-11-23T13:17:00.001-08:002014-11-23T13:17:21.624-08:00IN SEARCH OF AUTUMN COLOURS<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">A month and half ago we visited in Slovakia in the hills
in between the Veľká and Malá Fatra Mountains. I had chosen this zone wisely in
order to be able to escape mountain tops which are frequently covered with
clouds and to climb other peaks with clear sky overhead instead.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> The Malá Fatra Range seen from Podšíp.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Although the weather forecast promised clear skies
everywhere, from my experience I knew it would not be so. High peaks of the
Malá Fatra Range generally are cloudier then it is in lower zones of the Veľká
Fatra Mountains. That was why I planned to visit Šíp Peak, which lies exactly in
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">From there I wanted to continue toward the Malá Fatra
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in clouds on Saturday.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">As usually, we arrived in our destination (Ľubochňa)
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yellow stripe, toward first mountain pass, where we set up a tent. Sky was
clear in the night, so I was able to make attempts at night photography, as I usually
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span> Our tent under starry skies. </div>
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Morning fog-I.<br />
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Morning fog-II.<br />
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The charm of the Carpathian Mountains lies in close juxaposition of man made meadow and wild forest.<br /><br />
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Colourfull beech forest with a limestone rocks.<br />
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In autumn forest.<br />
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Sunstar effect.<br /><br />
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Looking down into foggy valley-I.<br /><br />
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there we saw that further to the west mountains are covered with dark clouds.
Also we discovered that a suspended bridge across the Orava River is no more
there, so we couldn’t traverse the river. Thus we were cut off from the Malá
Fatra Mountains, where I wanted to sleep atop Stoh Peak. In the end I slept
there two weeks later on my third attempt to do that!</span></div>
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The top of Šíp Peak.<br />
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The Malá Fatra with Velký Rozsutec Peak seen from Šíp Peak.<br />
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Podšíp with Šíp peak towering right above it.<br /><div class="MsoNormal">
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On our way to Lubochňa.<br /><div class="MsoNormal">
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went for a glass of beer. Afterward we ascended to Ľubochňa Pass, where we
arrived at dark. We continued uphill for another 40 minutes, when finally found
a good place for our tent. This place lacked any clear view in our surroundings
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Our tent at sunrise.<br /><div class="MsoNormal">
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Autumns colours.<br /><div class="MsoNormal">
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Autumn colours.<br /><div class="MsoNormal">
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copper and orange colours and on first clearing we met with a herd of horses.
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Horses in Velká Fatra-I.<br /><div class="MsoNormal">
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At a spring.<br /><div class="MsoNormal">
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Looking South from Klačik Peak.<br /><div class="MsoNormal">
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Vividly coloured forests were on every side.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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Colours in beech forest.<br /><div class="MsoNormal">
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">It was very warm for the begging of the second decade
of October and while we reached the bottom of the valley we took an idea to
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be set under general caption: Weekends in Romania. It explains why I do these things. ;-)</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> This photo was taken at the Bucegi Mountains, inside Tiganesti Refuge.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">I took a short vacation in the end of October and
headed, as I usually do, in south-east direction.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">To help me to get to the mountains, I asked my friend
Șerban if I could accompany him and his friends on an upcoming weekend trip in
Carpați Meridionali. Without having been lifted with the car in Petroșani and
being dropped down of the car after the trip in Timișoara, this trip wouldn’t be
reality.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">I arrived in Petroșani on Saturday at dawn and almost
immediately, after picking up Bogdan, we left toward mountains. We went up the
Jiul de Vest (Jiul Românesc) valley and stopped in Câmpu lui Neag, where another
friend, Adi TTR, lives. From there we went several km deeper into the valley
with another car. The car had stopped at the beginning of the marked trail at
the entrance in Cheile Scorota ; we arranged to be lifted from here by the car
on Monday at 5 pm.</span></div>
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Indicator at the entrance to Cheile Scorota.<br />
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At higher altitudes it was foggy and freezing.</span></div>
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Fog in the valley, Cheile Scorota.<br />
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First meadow makes appearance just below Stana Scorota.<br />
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we set off on a trail and walked through narrow valley to a sheepfold called
Stâna Scorota where we took a break. </span></div>
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At a break at Stana Scorota.<br />
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that we were enveloped with clouds all the time until we reached the saddle Șaua
Scorota at 1920 m.</span></div>
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Cliffs and dwarf pine below Saua Scorota.<br />
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Indicator at Saua Scorota.<br />
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At Saua Scorota.<br />
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Descending on the other side of Saua Scorota.<br />
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Custura Peak (2457 m) in the Retezat Mountains. It whetted our appetite to
continue on the trail further into the mountains.</span></div>
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Looking down into Buta Valley.<br />
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Dwarf and Swiss pines decorated with frost below Saua Scorota.<br />
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Autumn colours in Buta Valley.<br />
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Buta Valley and Custura Peak.<br />
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up through a forest to a tourist refuge Paltina-Buta, situated in a mountain
cauldron, below the lake Lacu Buta. The temperatures there were oscillating in between
0°C-4°C. </span></div>
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Crossing a mountain brook on slippery wood.<br />
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Take away your rubish!<br />
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Refuge Paltina-Buta.<br />
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Scenes around our adapost.<br />
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Spider's web.<br />
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Mountain spruce forest.<br />
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First snow on a boulder.<br />
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Mountain brook.<br />
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Mountain brook.<br />
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First snow in a forest clearing.<br />
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At forest margin.<br />
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Beside the refuge.<br />
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Landscape surrounding the refuge Paltina-Buta.<br />
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What a place!<br />
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Lake Lacu Buta.<br />
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Mic at 1879 m and stayed there, waiting for some sunshine at sunset. The light
was fine and finally clouds started to break. </span></div>
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Dwarf pine and frost in Saua Plaiul Mic.<br />
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At Saua Plaiul Mic, looking East.<br />
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The Retezat Mountains seen from Saua Plaiul Mic.<br />
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A lake in Saua plaiul Mic.<br />
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In Saua Plaiul Mic.<br />
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A view from Saua Plaiul Mic Looking at masiff Piule.<br />
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Wild colours after sunset.<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">After descending back to the refuge we talked that if
the weather would improve, we would get up at 3 pm and would climb to the Peak
Drăgșanu (2080 m) to be there before sunrise.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">I woke up at 3 pm and ventured out to see what the
skies were like. It was cloudy, with some stairs poking out. It was promising.
A while later the sky was full of stars. I told others that there are clear
skies outside. Only after this new my friend started to roll out of theirs
sleeping bags. ;-D</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">We climbed in darkness on a trail on which we went
twice already. So we got up to the saddle quite easily. There we turned to the
left and continued toward Drăgșanu Peak, from where we wanted to take some
morning photos.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">It was already dawning, when we arrived at the peak.
There we spread like dust in the wind over the peak and each of us tried to
capture his visions with a camera.</span></div>
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The Godeanu Mountains with twilight wedge above them.<br />
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Alpenglow on the Godeanu Mountains.<br />
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Frost and dwarf pine, Custura Peak in background.<br />
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Frosty mornig in the Retezat Mic Mountains.<br />
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Grass and frost. Custura Peak in backdrop.<br />
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The Retezat Mountains seen from Dragsanu peak in Retezat Mic.<br />
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The Tarcu, Godeanu and Retezat Mountains seen from Dragsanu Peak in Retezat Mic.<br />
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In Retezat Mic.<br />
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After the morning shoot.<br />
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Walking along the crest.<br />
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Admiring landscape.<br />
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Papusa Peak in the Retezat Mountains.<br />
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Peleaga, Papusa and Custura Peak in the Retezat Mountains.<br />
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Dragsanu Peak with snowy Custura Peak in background.<br />
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Piatra Iorgovanului in Retezat Mic.<br />
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Looking into the Cerna Valley.<br />
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Stana Scorota-bird-eye view, seen from Fata cu Lastuni.<br />
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Oslea crest in the V<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">âlcan Mountains.</span><br />
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"Mongolian" grassy plains.<br />
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On grassy plains.<br />
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Descending toward Stana Scorota.<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">There we were hassle-free, because we had plenty of
time today. The car was scheduled to lift us at 5 pm.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">We started moving slowly down the valley, when shadows
were on the go to creep over the sheepfold, thus disturbing the warmth of the space
with bitter currents of air.</span></div>
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Rock formation "The Church" seen from Cheile Scorotei.<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">We arrived at the road at about 4 pm, so we continued
to stride down the valley. It was getting quite cold in the valley, and it was
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">In the end the car never came!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">We decided for continuing to hike down the valley.
When we got on a first spot with GSM signal, Adi called his father to come here
to pick up us. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">At Adi’s place we changed the car and moved further on
to </span><span lang="RO" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: RO;">Petroșani.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> Parângul Mic seen from Petrosani.</span></div>
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<span lang="RO" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: RO;">There we slept at Șerban’s place and at the morning we
paid a visit to Bogdan’s place for a cup of coffee. After that me, Irina and
Șerban, continued for another three hours to Timișoara. </span></div>
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<span lang="RO" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: RO;">Thus ended a prolonged weekend trip in Ro</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">mânia.
We enjoyed mountains as usual and returned with some good pictures in the bag.
I will continue to do these trips in the future. They bring me happiness and
enlighten normal working days here in the city.</span></div>
Otto Hauckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09367066661433119755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-448068833200135453.post-60702567837905490782014-10-20T13:00:00.001-07:002014-10-20T13:02:49.711-07:00Autumn colours in mountains of Slovakia.Each year nature offers us a beautiful spectacle named Autumn.<br />
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Every year I set off in mountains to enjoy variety of autumn colours in their full splendour in mountains of Slovakia.<br />
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The Strážovské Vrchy in central Slovakia has a lot to offer. Each fall beech forest in the area became multicoloured. Colours change every day, then suddenly, almost overnight, most of the colours are gone. This change takes place in the middle through the end of October.<br />
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Because of great network of marked tourist paths and trails, every hiker or nature lover can walk there within limits of his physical strength and abilities.<br />
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Hiker enjoys autumn colours at their best.<br />
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Strážovské vrchy in Slovakia in full autumn colour.<br />
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Forest detail.<br />
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Strážov Peak (1203 m), the highest mountain of the Strážovské Vrchy.<br />
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Vápeč Peak (956 m), in the middle plan before sunset, seen from Strážov Peak.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">After sunset. View from Vápeč Peak. The glow in the skies starts to appear about 10 minutes after actual sunset. Those who left from the look-out point on the peak immediately after the sun set, had seen no vivid colours! There were some people on the peak who failed to see this spectacle.</span><br />
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Strážov Peak seen from Vápeč Peak before sunrise.<br />
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Startrails, picture made atop Vápeč Peak.<br />
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Morning view from Vápeč Peak.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">In three-months period I was quite busy and had no time to keep my site active. I have been on many trip during last three months.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">This is a description of my </span><span style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">June trip in Romania. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">A friend of mine asked me to write a story about in Romanian. I undertook her proposal serious and in three-week period I wrote down a story in Romanian language. Another friend of mine helped me to correct some mistakes. This story was originally published at Carpati.org, two month ago.</span></div>
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<span lang="RO" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: RO;">Eu sunt un om care poate face și lucruri care nu sunt
prea de folos, la<span style="color: #7030a0;"> </span>prima vedere. Trăiesc in
Cehia si până la România este o calea lungă, deci poți să mă întrebi dacă are
sens să ajung acolo doar pentru 3 zile. Mai ales la masiv muntos pe unde am
umblat cel putin de cinci ori înainte. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="RO" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: RO;">Pentru mine a ajunge în România sa iau loc la un<span style="color: #e36c0a; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"> </span>eveniment doar de trei zile
nu este pierdere timpului și banilor deloc. Am făcut asta de<span style="color: red;"> </span>mai multe ori înainte, și am scris despre excursiile
astea<span style="color: #e36c0a; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"> </span>pe<span style="color: #e36c0a; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"> </span>blogul
meu deja.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="RO" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: RO;">La început a fost faptul ca vroiam să mă întâlnesc cu
cineva în Cluj, și m-am gândit dacă aș putea sa fac vreo excursie la munte să
iau un avantaj fiind în România. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="RO" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: RO;">Din întâmplare am găsit exact despre ce am gândit pe
site-ul Carpați.org. Din fericire Laura a pus o tură noua pe Carpați in timpul
potrivit. Nu aș fi planuit mai bine, decât a fost plănuit de<span style="color: #e36c0a; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"> </span>ea. Eu
voi ajunge in România sâmbata dimineața, voi face o tura prin tăinele Trascăului,
și luni seara, după tura, am timp să fac o întâlnire în Cluj. Marți dimineața mă
voi întoarce acasă. Gata!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="RO" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: RO;">Nu a fost ușor să iau un loc la tura Laurei! Multă lume
care iși a dorit să facă<span style="color: #e36c0a; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"> </span>înscriere
la tura ei nu a fost acceptata, pentru că a fost tura plănuita să se facă în
ritm alert, cu distante lungi de mers, cu bagajul mare in spate. Un om care nu era in stare bună din punct de
vedere fizic (și psihic) nu a fost acceptat la tura. Laura a trimis pe privat
fiecaruia participant intrebari de a raspunde. Când raspunsuri nu au fost
corecte, Laura simplu nu a dat acceptare de a participa la tura ei. Eu am fost
acceptat la tura, deci pentru mine o călea spre România s-a deschis.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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oranizatoarea însăși a organizat
chestii. Ea vrea să știe tot despre corturi și aragazuri pe care le aveam. În
sfârșit a zis ea: tu te ocupi cu bucătaria mobilă, și lasă cortul tău acasă; și
cam așa a vorbit dansa
despre lucruri de făcut. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="RO" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Am plecat</span><span lang="RO" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: RO;"> de la
acasă vineri, și sâmbata dimineața am ajuns in Aiud, cum ne am stabilit. După
noaptea nu prea bine dormita la tren m-am simțit cam obosit, la fel s-au simțit
și altii, care au venit dinspre București, și chiar din Iași.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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kilometri, deci asta înseamna 12 ore de mers in ritm alert. Din noroc eu am
făcut același traseeu și anul trecut, căci nu vom greși la vreo inersecție si nu vom rătaci drumul.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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stâncoase deja iluminate de soare, care a inceput să bate tare de pe cer senin,
și a facut o abatere spre satu Izvoarele (dus- întors). Din cauza asta am
pierdut câteva minute prețioase, căci minute de întarziere se adună ună după
alta si devin ore!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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autobuz in centrul satului Rimetea și imediat am găsit un chiosc cu suveniri
unde am vorbit cu proprietari dacă putem sa lăsăm bagaj acolo pentru câteva
ore, pentru că vroiam să urcăm primă porție de traseu repede fără bagajul mare. </span></div>
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coborim înapoi la Rimetea in 3 ore, deci in ritmul alert, dar fără nicio grabă.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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parut ca ne ințelegem bine. După o pauza scurta să luam ceva de băut de la
magazin ne am pus rucsacurile intr-o cameră din spatele chioscului si am fost
gata de drum spre vârf.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="RO" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: RO;">Eu nu făc o descriere de traseu din punct de vedere
tehnic, de exemplu despre de unde incepe traseu marcat, unde sunt intersecții
și cam așa, pentru că<span style="color: #e36c0a; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"> </span>asta nu
are o legatură cu aventură noastra. Despre traseu a scris foarte bine Laura
deja, care ține bine toate detaile de traseu, căci ea a fost prima data pe
acolo.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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apariție, cu o pantă abrupta stâncoasa (roci de călcar). Diferenta de nivel
dintre sat și vârf este 600 de metri, si am facut pană la vârf într-o oră pe o
potecă marcata cu CA, care a ne adus intr-o șa. Dacă te uiți la masiv intreg de
la distanța, nu zici ca există vreo poteca spre vârf acolo.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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n-am vazut ce imi doream, eu </span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">am</span><span lang="RO" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: RO;"> întrebat pe mine însumi: „Unde au disparut lăstunii alpini ( Apus melba) de aicea, care au cuibarit în zona
în 2002 și în 2005, la primă și a doilea vizita mea la vârf?” La Piatra
Secuiului era pustiu, din punct de vedere al unui admirator al păsărilor. Îmi
amintesc ce frumoși sunt lăstunii alpini când zboară chiar deasupra capului tău
cu cântecul lor exotic.
Ei au piept și burtă albe, și sunt cu mult mai mari decât lăstunii comuni.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="RO" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: RO;">Masivul întreg a fost plin de flori la începutul verii,
și am admirat padure de zade pe perete nordica a masivului care se seamana cu
rezervație naturala Padurea de Larice
deasupra Vidolm la Vârfu Ugerului in partea cealalta a Trascăului, doar e mai
micuța.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="RO" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: RO;">Am coborit înapoi la sat pe marcaj BR. Prima porțiune
după o șa merge prin iarba, și intrarea nu se vede prea bine, iar mai târziu
potecuța se vede clar in padure. Am facut o pauza scurta în umbra copacilor și
apoi am terminat coborarea abruptului cu bine. S-a făcut căniculă deja, și apoi<span style="color: #e36c0a; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"> </span>am ajuns la chiosc, de unde
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iesit în livezi și la un moment dat am facut stânga. Pana aici marcajul a fost
de văzut pe copaci. Am ajuns la marginea padurii pe culme si apoi am urmarit
marcajul pe lizieră, pâna când am ajuns la izvor amenajat cu apă bună de băut.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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pe o piatra. Era mascul, foarte frumos, care este tot verde cu gât și capul
turqoise (Lacerta viridis). Din pacate n-am avut timp sa fac o poză. Șopărla se
misca foarte repede, face 2 metri intr-o clipă. A disparut imediat undeva prin
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<span lang="RO" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: RO;">Mai departe semne s-au pierdut complet. Le am cautat colo
șî colo, fără niciun rezultat. Știam ca potecă trebuie să urcă undeva spre
culme Ardașcheii. Eu am trecut prin aici pe doua ori in August 2002, și dintre
timp ceva s-a schimbat aici. Traseu a fost refacut ori boscheți au crescut
peste potecă și au inchis drumul. Cine știe?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="RO" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: RO;">Cu Laura am găsit o potecuța care era destul de bună care
ne a dus sus spre muchia Ardașcheii. Din timp în timp am regasit și marcajul,
apoi i-am pierdut din nou. Ieșeam din padure și am ajuns la poiana cu niște
stânci in jurul ei. Ne am avut vederi frumoase de pe poiana, și le am admirat.
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<span lang="RO" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: RO;">Am coborit direct pe muchia aia, pâna când am intrat pe
cărare marcata din nou. Am trecut prin boscheți iarași, și apoi drumul ne a dus
in direcție firului apei intr-un vâlcel. Potecă a facut niște curbe și în
sfarșit a ieșit în poiana la vale. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="RO" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: RO;">Urcușul spre platoul Bedeleului era destul de lung. E
interesant a observa cum distantele deveni mai mari in funcție cu
oboseala/distanța deja parcursă. Din anul trecut nu țin minte ca urcarea era
așa de obositoare.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="RO" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: RO;">Am luat apă din izvor la vale, pentru că fântâna
urmatoare vor fi după Poartă Zmeilor, la Șipot.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="RO" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: RO;">Eu știu porțiune aceasta destul de bine (fiind de doua
ori aicea deja). La un moment dat ne am intersectat cu marcaj BA, care merge dinspre/spre Colțești. Am urcat
spre o șa, unde am făcut pauza de măsa (prima pauza lunga dupa Rimetea).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="RO" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: RO;">Din aici drumul merge tot inainte prin pădure de
mesteacan. Apoi am coborit in vale si imediat am urcat un deal către un stâlp
cu sagete. Chiar aici am intersectat cu CR care merge dinspre /spre localitate
Izvoarele.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="RO" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: RO;">Am intrat pe CR, și am apropiat celebra potecă plina de
urzici. Am schimbat pantaloni sa ne protejam împotriva urzicilor. Porțiune cu
urzici ne era prea lunga si drumul a fost batut-facut deja. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Am intrat in ea, să o exploram un pic. Am vizitat-o acum doi ani, și am poze
deja făcute la aceasta vizita mea aici. Faceam poze de poartă. Am făcut 3 cadre
cu obiectivul wide și le am montat impreuna acasă la călculator, pentru că de
unde le am făcut, poartă nu încape in cadru.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="RO" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: RO;">Gata cu peștera și porneam mai departe spre balcon cu
vedere spre valea Arieșului. Am ajuns acolo in 5 minute. Deja erau câteva
oameni acolo. Sub picioare noastre zarim râul Arieș care se stralucește în
soare. Pe partea cealalta a râului, mai spre nord, se ridică crestele munților
Muntele Mare. Faceam poze, ne odihneam un pic, și iarași porneam mai departe.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="RO" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: RO;">Știam că gasim apa la îzvoarele Șipot. Și credeam că este
aproape pâna la acolo. Dar oboseala își spune cuvintul. Eu, Laura și Andrei
mergeam inainte, lasând restul grupului în spate. Am coborit mult pe o pănta
foarte abrupta. Din noroc drumul se serpuit prin padure de făg. În fapt sub
picioare noastre era grohoțiș care alunecat, și din când în când cadă o piatra.
Am ajuns la Șipot pe la ora 18:30, și restul grupului a ajuns la 18:50 și ceva.
Șipot este o zonă foarte frumoasa-de vis! Sunt doua izbucuri aici, care se
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<span lang="RO" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: RO;"> Am umplut<i> </i>PET-uri cu apă. Un pic mai jos sub
izbucuri se află o poienița foarte frumoasă, unde ar fi bine să punem corturi
pe iarba verde. Dar nu puteam să stam aici. Ținta de azi: o șa deasupra Hudă
Lui Păpăra. Trebuie sa coborim spre manastirea în vale, și urcăm din nou într-o
șa cu o troița, unde vrem să campăm azi. Laura a planuit să ajungem chiar in
Bradești, dar acum e clar, că nu vom reusim să ajungem acolo pe lumină.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="RO" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: RO;">Din noroc potecă nu coboară abrupt, merge pe curbă de
nivel, prin paduri de făg. În niște zone padurea a fost dărâmata. Probabil a
trecut o furtuna pe aici. Ieșeam la poieni, și de acolo am coborit spre
manastirea Sub Piatra. S-a făcut lumina bună de seara, și stateam cu Bau Bau în
spate să făcem poze. Eu nu am reușit sa fac multe poze la tura aceasta. Data
astă am facut puține poze. Din noroc am multe poze făcute din trecutul. Am deja
umblat prin Trascău în 1999, în 2001, în 2002 (două ori) în 2008, în 2012 și în
2013. Aici am făcut dreapta pe un drum prafuit, care ne a adus în vale. Știam
că trebuie să fie și o potecă mai scurta spre Hudă Lui Păpăra, dar nu am
găsit-o. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="RO" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: RO;">Deci am pierdut timp pe drumul acesta. În sfârșit am
ajuns la peștera. Am făcut o excursie grabită pâna la întrarea. Peștera era
închisa cu o poartă. În trecut întrarea în peștera nu a fost blocată. Am fost
și înauntru. Aici se află un fenomen interesant, unic la peșteri afăra zonelor
tropice! În peștera întra aerul cald (peștera fîind in axe cu firul vai) de la
vale, și temperatura ei crește pâna la 20 de grade în zilele calde de văra.<i><span style="color: #e36c0a; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div>
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<span lang="RO" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: RO;">Aici din nou am simțit că lipsește ceva din zona. Laștuni
alpini nu făceau cercuri în aer, și tot era liniștit. Le vazusem aici la
fiecare vizita mea, dar acum era liniște. Ce s-a întâmplat cu laștuni? Făra ei locul pierde mult de la fărmecul lui.
Zici că peștera e frumoasa și făra laștuni, dar eu am simțit tare lipsirea lor.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="RO" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: RO;">Utimul urcurșul abrupt ne a adus intr-o șa cu troița. Am
ajung acolo câteva minute dupa apusul soarelui, când s-au colorat nori. Deja
erau cateva oameni acolo, lânga o mașina care a fost parcata chiar în șa.
Oameni faceau poze. Îmi a parut cam ciudat, pentru ca oameni aștia au facut un
efort să ajung aici cu mașina (dacă asta e considerat un efort)și nu au facut
niciun efort in plus să mearga pe jos, mai spre vârf, de unde ar fi vederi mai
bune, mai deschise. Ei stateau lânga mașina ei, facând poze in direcție unde
erau nori colorați de apusul soarelui. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="RO" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: RO;">Cu grija am cautat pe un locușor pentru corturi noastre.
Dintre noi aveam 3 corturi. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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mâncat lânga cort așezați pe iarba. Am fost obosiți foarte tare. N-am apucăt sa
fac poze nocturne deloc, înca nu aveam un trepied la mine.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="RO" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: RO;">Eu m-am trezit pe la ora 6 dimineata. Că de obicei am
ieșit din cort să fac poze. Lumina nu era prea interesanta, și n-am avut niciun
regret că am lasat trepiedul acasă. În 2012 și 2013 am facut poze superbe pe
aicea.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="RO" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: RO;">La ora 7:30, cum am stabilit dintre noi, am plecat să
vedem zona Vânatori Ponorului cu ponor și o cascada. Eu știam drumul, și am
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<span lang="RO" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: RO;">Doar Bau Bau s-a întârziat cu vreo 20 de
min la întoarcere. Era deja dimineața și am pierdut jumate de ora. Ieri am
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<span lang="RO" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: RO;">Am mers pe drumul neasfaltat spre Bradești (la distanța
de vreo 1 ora și jumate). La un moment dat am întalnit cu un cal, care a aparut
că s-a speriat, și a
alergat în goana lânga noi, apoi a fugit la departare.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="RO" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: RO;">Cand am ajuns la serpentine înainte satului, am făcut
stânga pe o potecă abrupta (era o scurtatura pe care o am descoperit anul
trecut, cand am fost aici cu cineva). Laura a zis ceva, că trebuie să tinem
marcajul. „Bun, bun, asta e doar o scurtatura”, am raspuns. De obicei, eu nu
prea țin pe marcaj, merg eu pe unde vreau eu. Pentru mine nu e neaparat să merg
mereu să fiu fixat la marcajul. Dar pentru tura asta a fost necesar să ținem pe
marcajul pentru că nu toți între noi știu drumul.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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de magazin satesc cu rafturi aproape goale.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="RO" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: RO;">Laura a pornit singura mai departe. Noi am plecat 5
minute mai târziu, și eu am greșit drumul. Am făcut stânga unde a trebuit să
facem dreapta, erau și semne acolo! Din nou ne am pierdut vreo 15 minute de
timp. Ok, lăsa, lăsa, azi noi nu mai suntem in grăba, cum eram ieri. Cică
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<span lang="RO" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: RO;">Destul de repede am coborit în vale, spre cătunul Cheia.
Valea era frumoasa. Când ne am ajuns la fosta scoala din Cheia, am facut o
scurta pauza de masă. Am fost aicea mai multe ori, dar o vizita mea din anul
trecut a lasat o urma uriașa în sufletul meu. Am devenit cam trist pentru o
clipă, pentru că anul trecut am trăit prin ceva frumos aici.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="RO" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: RO;">Dupa măsa ne am ascuns rucsacurile in casă dărăpănata și
am pornit mai departe spre Cheile Râmetului. Am luat doar putina apă, și bețe
de treking. Traseu a fost planuit să dureaza 3 ore dus-întors.<i><span style="color: #e36c0a; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div>
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<span lang="RO" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: RO;">Am urcat spre brâna caprei pe o pantă cu grohotiș. Pe o
brâna sunt niște zone cam expuse, dar cei din SALVAMONT au pus și lanturi pe
aicea, deci am mers ușor. A batut soare tare pe brâna, pentru că se afla pe
versantul sudic, și am devenit foarte călduroși (încalziți).<i><span style="color: #e36c0a; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div>
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<span lang="RO" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: RO;">Am racorit in apele reci pâraului Geoagiului, trecând
prin apă in sandalele, costum de baie, și tricouri (fetele-Laurele-în tricouri
roz). Lumina nu era prea buna, și contrastul a fost prea mare pentru a face
poze.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="RO" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: RO;">Pe traseu sunt cablouri si trepte de metal, deci se merge
destul de ușor pe traseu. Cănd eram aici in 1999, totul era neamenajat, și
treceam direct prin apele pâraului în bocanci și ruscaci mari în spate. Ce
diferenta mare este în ziua de azi!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="RO" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: RO;">Treceam prin ceile Râmetului destul de repede, pâna când
am ajuns inapoi la catunul, unde am lasat ruscacii. La ultima poiana inainte
catunului am întalnit cu un grup de oameni. Dintre ei am gasit pe Alex, a
fostul coleg de o tura la Penteleu, făcuta în septembrie 2012, tot organizata
pe Carpați. Am stat la sfât pentru doar o minute și ceva și apoi m-am grabit
spre catunul. Lumea e mică.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Boțani. Am urmarit marcaj TA. Traseu mereu urcă, pâna la vârf, unde am trecut
lânga un izvor cu apa bună (zici că este
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o stânca. Casă este foarte izolata, și deasupra ei se afla o peștera care
servește ca un grajd. Data asta nu am vizitat-o, am continuat spre o șa, câtre
Boțani. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="RO" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: RO;">Am lasat Bau Bau un pic in spate. Laura ne-a informat ca trebuie sa
ținem drumul, unde era marcajul. Noi am ajuns mai devreme în șa, datorită
faptului că marcaj face o scurtatura prin poiana pe o pantă abrupta. Bau Bau a
urmarit drumul, care face serpentinele. Noi le am taiat pe o potecuța prin poiana.
Semne erau de vazut pe stâlpi cu curent.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="RO" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: RO;">Am trecut repede prin niște casuțe în sat, și am inceput
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<span lang="RO" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: RO;">Coboream mult pe drumul prăfuit pâna la intersecție în
Modolești. Aici am vorbit cu o doamna la curte, daca putem sa luam apă din
robinet, și unde putem sa montam corturile. Ne a aratat înapoi de unde am
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<span lang="RO" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: RO;">Laura </span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">(Lolek) </span><span lang="RO" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: RO;">și cu Florin au stat la poiana a monta cortul, și noi,
restul grupului, am pornit mai departe sa exploram Cheile Galdiței un pic.<span style="color: #e36c0a; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"> </span>Eram putin obosiți, dar fara
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<span lang="RO" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: RO;">Am facut o tura de vreo 7 km dus-întors, și apoi am stat
într-un magazin la o bere. Am observat ca în satu se sortez deșeuri. Foarte
bine! La întoarcere am vorbit cu Bau Bau despre fotografia și despre alergat
montan. Bau Bau a participat la Eco Maraton Moeciu, și eu vroiam sa ma
participez la Maraton 7500 anul asta. În sfârșit n-am reușit sa participez la
eveniment din cauză lipsirei unui coechipier.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="RO" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: RO;">Am luat rucsacuri si montam corturi pe o poiana lânga
unul deja montat de Laura (Lolek) și Florin. S-a facut seara, tot era în
liniște. Lumea s-a oprit din mișcare. Iubesc pacea muntilor!</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="RO" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: RO;">Dimineața asta m-am trezit un pic mai târziu decat ziua
precedenta. Oboseala îsi spune cuvintul. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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înca. Racoare de dimineața a fost de ajuns, pentru că ne a așteptat un urcuș
foarte abrupt cu diferenta de nivel de vreo 500 de metri.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="RO" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: RO;">Am urcat destul de repede pâna când am ajuns la lumina soarelui
pe o culme stâncoasa. De acolo am continuat pe o potecă destul de neclara mai
sus. Aici ne am întâlnit cu câteva turiști. Noi am mers mai repede și am ajuns
primi pe platoul carstic Munții Cetii. De la marginea platoului zaream ținta
noastra de azi-Vârfu Piatra Cetii (nu Ceții). Vârfu este numit dupa râul Cetea.
Denumirea Cetii nu are nicio legatura cu cuvintul ceața. Asta îmi a explicat
Laura.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="RO" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: RO;">Treceam platoul pe diagonal. Am greșit traseu aici. Semne
(TR) au continuat mai spre dreapta, ocolind vf. Gorunu dinspre dreapta. Noi am
venit la stânga, ocolând vf. Gorunu dinspre stânga, cum eu am facut cu niște
prietenii și în 2012.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="RO" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: RO;">Treceam prin o șea și coboream spre vale. Acolo am facut
dreapta in direcție de Poiana cu narcise.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="RO" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: RO;">Cum am zis, obseala își spune cuvintul, și doar eu, Laura
și cu Bau Bau am continuat fara rucsaci spre Vf. Piatra Cetii. Restul grupului
a stat la odihna la umbra lânga un drum spre Tecșești.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="RO" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: RO;">Cu Laura ne am mereu uitat pe o harta sa gasim un drum
corect. A aparut că exist două drumuri cu marcaj. Era posibil ca semne au fost
refăcute. Am conținuat la o șa, unde am descoperit unde se unesc amandoua
drumuri cu marcaj. De aici am venit pe curba de nivel între gârduri pâna ne am
ajuns in padure de fag. Aici am făcut spre stânga și când s-a terminat padurea,
am urcat prin poiana pe o pantă abrupta.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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pantele abrupte al vărfului Piatra Cetii. O porțiune de padurea a fost arsa
dupa un foc. Apoi padurea s-a terminat brusc și poteca a ajuns pe o culmea
sțâncoasa. Și din aici urcuș era abrupt, dar urcuș s-a terminat repede pe un
platou acoperit cu iarba.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="RO" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: RO;">Ne am avut priveliști superbe de pe vârf. Spre sud zaream Vf. Piatra Craivei, ținta mea
pentru alta data. Și la nord-est priveam Cheile Râmetului.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="RO" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: RO;">Chiar sub zona vârfului se află o avenă cu adancime de 50
de metri. Am explorat-o doar de pe marginea ei. Nu am vazut prea mult din ea.
Fundul ei a fost întunecat, fiind la umbra adânca, și peretele ei albe au fost
prea stralucioare, fiind expuse la soare. În plus au fost mulți boscheți pe
marginea ei.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="RO" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: RO;">Am pornit mai departe, coborând pe același traseu, pâna
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<span lang="RO" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: RO;">Dupa am regrupat, am pornit mai departe pe marcaj (CG)
spre Tecșești. Aici ne a latrat doua câini lânga o</span><span lang="RO" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span><span lang="RO" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: RO;">casă.</span><span lang="RO" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="RO" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: RO;">Ne am ocolit-o, treceam pe lânga câteva casuțe din muzeul
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<span lang="RO" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: RO;">De aici a ramas doar coborarea spre valea râului
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<span lang="RO" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: RO;">Coborire a fost destul de lunga, intai pe drumul de
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<span lang="RO" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: RO;">Am ajuns la vale, pe malul râului, unde am facut o baie
mult dorita. Dupa o pauza de baie, Laura a alergat inainte de noi spre
monastirea să caută pe vreun taxi.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="RO" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: RO;">Asta s-a întâmplat din cauza că azi a facut cineva o
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<span lang="RO" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: RO;">Niciun taxi a venit dupa noi. Deci am luat deciziu sa
luam mașina de ocazie. Am plecat primul spre o intersecție, pentru că credeam
ca acolo merg mai multe mașini. Am trimis un mesaj la cineva in Cluj, că sunt
la drum spre Cluj. Era ora 16, și un tren spre Cluj pleaca la ora 18 și ceva,
deci avem destul de timp pentru a ajunge in Teiuș.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="RO" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: RO;">Din noroc Laura a reușit s-a gasește o mașina destul de repede,
și deja la oră 16:15 eram în mașina cu dansea și cu Florin.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="RO" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: RO;">Când am ajuns in Teiuș, am coborit repede de pe mașina.
Laura a lasat rucsacul ei la noi, și a plecat cu taxi inapoi spre manastirea
dupa altii. Totul s-a întamplat foarte repede. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="RO" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: RO;">Am stat cu Florin la o bere, și in jumate de oră am urcat
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<span lang="RO" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: RO;">Din noroc trenul a avut întarziere de 20 de minute, și de
pe geamul am vazut pe Laura (Lolek) pe un peron. Deci și alții au reușit să
ajung cu bine in Teiuș.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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încheiat, și a noua aventura clujeana s-a început.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="RO" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: RO;">Așa s-a încheiat tura de trei zile prin tăinele
Trăscaului. Eu sunt foarte mulțumit ca am putut sa iau un loc la acest
eveniment. La inceput nu eram convins că este o idea bună să ajung in România
doar pentru 3 zile și 3 nopții. Mulțumesc Laurei că m-a acceptat la tura ei,
care nu a fost, cu siguranța, planuita pentru fiecare om. Am luat examen (tura
Laurei) cu bine, cred. În sfarșit Laura a propus că eu o sa fiu cel care scrie un
jurnal în româna despre tura noastra. Am cautat pe scuze, dar n-am reusit să
gasesc pe nici una.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="RO" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: RO;">Aici este un jurnal pe care l-am scris în peroada de 3
saptaminii. Vă rog, jurnalul a fost scris de un strain, și îmi cer scuze daca
nu îl intelegeți bine, sau pare
că a fost scris de un copil. Sper ca jurnalul este citibil pentru fiecare om.
Daca nu întelegeți ce spuneam aici, dați un click la traducere din româna în
româna. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Otto Hauckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09367066661433119755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-448068833200135453.post-50890902606481239262014-06-14T01:23:00.000-07:002014-06-14T02:11:54.125-07:00In the Danube Delta-Day the 1stThere is not much to say about this day. All events unfolded quickly and we soon realized that sometimes days are too short.<br />
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Waking up well before sunrise I headed up on a plateau with mud volcanoes to make dawn and sunrise pictures there. The photo session lasted about two hours. Believe you me, there are many thing to photograph! You have endless photo objects to choose from!<br />
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Before sunrise atop mud volcano.<br />
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Spectacular lunar landscape on the plateau.<br />
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Mud volcano exploding...<br />
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Mud is carried toward earth surface by the means of gas. Gas deposits lay in the depth of 3000 metres below the surface. The gas is clearly visible on the image.<br />
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Bizarre landscape of the mud volcanoes area.<br />
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Having arrived in town of Brăila, we had to cross the Danube River on a ferry.<br />
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Our expedition on a ferry boat in Brăila.<br />
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The time delay was less than one hour, though for us it was necessary to arrive in Tulcea as soon as possible. We had a meeting there with our Romanian friends who were to join us on a trip in the Delta.<br />
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In Tulcea we stopped only for less then an hour at Kaufland, just to buy necessary food and water for three days. After that we were scheduled to visit another location with a shop, from were we should take provisions for the continuation of the trip.<br />
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From Tulcea we continued to Nufăru, where we could get close to the banks of Sfântu Gheorghe arm, where we wanted to put our boats on water.<br />
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For inflating the boats we used a compressor. In total we had 15 inflatable boats.<br />
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Inflated boats we carried on the bank of the Danube River, only a few metres away.<br />
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There we piled them one over another, until we were ready to embark and leave toward the Litcov Channel.<br />
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In Litcov we arrived in the evening, after some difficulties with paddling. Though we got accustomed to this new sport and arrived at desired spot when the evening was just setting on. We made a camp in the jungle, while listening to nightingales.<br />
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To be continued...Otto Hauckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09367066661433119755noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-448068833200135453.post-12871139885956454382014-05-14T13:36:00.000-07:002014-05-14T15:08:56.419-07:00Bee-eaters on the Pozdřany steppe.<br />
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Each spring the steppe comes alive with bee-eaters (Merops apiaster). They are migratory species and remain there since the end of April until the end of the first decade of September.<br />
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Bee-eaters are not easy to photograph and long lenses are a must and a photographer should have to stay hidden from their field of view.<br />
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On last Saturday, when I returned from Romania, I could not resist the urge to see them again. So I take my camera and a tripod and headed south. From my home is just one-hour journey. My lens was too short for a serious photography, so I ended with several pictures with birds small in the frame. I tried to make some videos, because with flashy birds moving around in the frame the information of the place comes across on a viewer more easily.<br />
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Here are my results. They are far away from anything professional. They present a point of view of an dedicated amateur with poor photo equipment.<br />
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Some images are acceptable only because I cropped them heavily. Though I still think that they transfer to magic of being there on warm sunny afternoon among exotic-looking birds.<br />
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Bee-eaters on the Pouzdřany steppe.<br />
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Bee-eater (Merops apiaster). In my dreams I see them flying together with Rollers (Corracias garrulus) which disapeared from Central Europe during 1970-80's.<br />
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They build nest-holes in a wall of exposed loess, an eolian sediment.<br />
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They are definitely beautiful.<br />
And at evening I set up my camera to made a serial of 40 images. I combined them together in Startrails.de program. This resul I call "cloudtrails". ;-)<br />
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and the second version of the set of 40 images appears as a timelapse:<br />
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In last years I always try to make at least one set of around 50-to-99 pics to make startrails, cloudtrails od timelapses. Its worth of the effort. It takes time and sometimes it means to wake up in the middle of the night. Though I can't resist doing such things. I have done them in the past and want to to them in the future. This is called: passion.Otto Hauckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09367066661433119755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-448068833200135453.post-56939859326357628002014-05-13T13:07:00.002-07:002014-05-13T14:01:11.475-07:00Mud volcanoes in the Buzau area, in Romania.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">This is a video made in the famous location in Romania, called </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Pâclele Mari de la Berca. In this strange world you can hear only silence, interrupted only by sounds of gas bubbles emanating through fissures in earth from down below. If you make a single photograph, you can catch a bubble or two, which appear on the surface of the mud volcano, though a serial of about 30 photographs helps to imagine this natural phenomena much better. "PLOP".</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">In plus I add same still pictures in order to create the meaningful image of the area.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> A cone of a mud volcano at dawn.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.466665267944336px;"> Mud volcanoes at dawn.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.466665267944336px;"> An extinct mud volcano. It'd dyes has paled through being exposed to atmosphere.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.466665267944336px;"> A live volcano cone emanating both gas and mud. In fact the gas carries water-loaded sediments from dawn below to the Earth surface. Mud volcanoes accompany oil and gas deposits.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.466665267944336px;">This happens when gas reaches the surface. The gas is visible just above the bubble. It burns when a set a fire with a lighter. ;-)</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">In the middle of May I returned from the Cernei mountains in Romania. Two weeks later I
could not endure a desire to return again to Romanian mountain paradise.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> The Cernei mountains in Romania.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">On the weekend of 24-26</span><sup style="line-height: 115%;">th</sup><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> of May I was in
our mountains and then a there I arranged with Iulia, via a cell phone, a joint
trip in the Bucegi Mountains for the next weekend.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">She is a Romanian friend with whom I also was
in mountains of Banat.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> From here I arranged our adventure for the next weekend.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">The best way how to get to know a new area is to be accompanied
with a local guide. Iulia knows the Bucegi Mts. very well, being born at their
base. She is a real mountain girl, very fit, and what is most important, we get
on very well.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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mountain resort on a railway line leading along the base of the Bucegi
Mountains, on Saturday morning, June the 1st.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">On Friday I almost lost my train, because I thought I
lost my wallet, with money and my ID, when I went to buy a toothbrush, which I
forgot at home. I panicked for a moment. Accidentally, I put the wallet in
unusual place, where I found it after my immediate return to the shop, where I
used it for the last time (just a minute earlier).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">We all three met at train station in Buşteni half an
hour later than we had arranged, due to train delay. To keep up with the
schedule and to shorten our approach to our chosen trail we hired a taxi which
got us to Gura Diham (987 m) at Valea Cerbului.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the forecast predicted rain and snow. A layer of fresh snow had already fallen
on mountain tops a day before. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Mountains on May the 30<sup>th</sup>, when the weather started to deteriorate.
He had a great adventure there, which somehow increased my appetite for a new Romanian
adventure. Yet, this time my prospects were quite different, simply because our
trip was supposed to be different. I focused on exploring new trails in a
mountain range where I had been only once in 2009. My friend’s adventure in the
Leaota was focused on search for wildlife.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">I already knew at home that it would be cold in the
mountains, so I brought my winter sleeping bag. Temperature was supposed to
drop to -3°C in the night above the height of 2000 m. I brought that sleeping
bag for two reasons. First: a down feather bag is far lighter and smaller than
that filled with a hollow-fibre; second: I was thinking to give my warmer bag
to Iulia, because women are less resistible to cold. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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knew where there are shelters, build especially for tourists, thus there was no
necessity to bring a tent along with us. It meant to save a weight of 3 kg.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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and started to climb on a marked trail (red band), through fresh spring
greenery. The air was little cold, but we warmed up in uphill effort. Iulia was
talking about the Bucegi, about what went on during her previous adventures
here etc. I talked a lot with Adi, too, who is a fine man in his mid-forties.
He doesn’t fit the mountain environment as perfectly as Iulia does, however he,
too, likes mountains and often goes on mountain trips. For this year he planned
a climb to Musala, the highest peak of the Balkans peninsula, situated in the
Rila Mountains of Bulgaria.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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opened vistas on surrounding mountains. Mountain tops were hidden in a cloud
layer, though below them the air was clear.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Prepeleac. From there we continued on the red triangle mark. The trail went
almost horizontally on most stretches and beech forest gradually gave way to
mountain spruce forest. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">We were half a day into a trip and Adi felt a need to
start to return to catch a train home on time. I just asked myself, whether it was
worth of the effort for him to come to the Bucegi Mountains for just a half-day
adventure. I learned that I am not alone who does crazy things. I travelled
over 1100 km to be just two days and two nights in Bucegi, except Adi travelled
from Bucharest which is far closer.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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just two of us. Though, for some time we went together with some people going
our way. Before we got to Malaieşti hut, we crossed a few snowfields, reminders
that higher into the mountains we should expect winter conditions.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Malaieşti hut (1720 m) is placed in a huge cirque, famous
for its beauty. The end of the valley is fringed with vertical rocky walls
going up for several hundred meters, until they reach the upper Bucegi plateau.
Their tops were merging with clouds. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">At the hut we took a short break for a tea and then
headed up on the last portion of the day. This part was also the most
interesting. In short time we ascended into a saddle on a ridge called Padina
Crucii, where we make a pause for half an hour. Rhododendrons have just started
to bloom and we enjoyed view over flowering shrubs. Pink colours mixed with
green and some white snowy spots were scattered here and there. It was clear
that for next two weeks or even longer time these part would convert into a
pink carpet stretched far and wide on ridges of the Bucegi Mountains.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Valea Ţiganeşti, where surrounding scenery looked like Tibet. It was a landscape
with lakes, grassy plains and snowy peaks. I have never been to Tibet, though I
have seen many photographs of it and know how it looks like.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Ridge, where a tourist shelter (2100 m) is located, overlooking a drop toward
Bran. The weather cooperated, cloudy sky alternated with partly cloudy sky and
the sun appeared from time to time.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> Evening view from Tiganesti.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.466665267944336px;"> Layer of clouds seen from Tiganesti.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Being a novice to the Bucegi Mountains I was surprised
how well-designed the shelter is. It has a form of a semi-dome, red and white
in colour. Inside there are beds and as a replacement for a window, there is a
light pipe, efficient enough to light the whole interior. While there is any daylight
outside, there is light inside, too.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> Refuge Tiganesti.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> Inside the refuge Tiganesti. Its interior is spacious.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Since days in June are long, we had plenty of time to
make a dinner and afterward I could take some evening photography before we went
to sleep. I did not have many places to choose where from to take pictures,
because strong winds were blowing outside, thus making taking sharp images
impossible. I took several images out of a door opening, where I was protected
against the winds. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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its effect on temperature. There was cold inside the shelter, so that we had to
stay heavily dressed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> Night view from Tiganesti.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">After our during-the-daylight activity has ceased, we
laid down in our sleeping bags. We talked about many things. Iulia had a
newspaper along with her. Now she pulled it out and in the dim light of a head
torch began to read aloud an article about a goat, called Duţa. She was reading
it slowly, explaining nearly every sentence for me. Explanation was needed, since
Romanian is not my mother language. I think that I learned a lot about Romanian
tongue from Iulia, since we spent a significant time together in this year.
This magic evening is blazed in my memory, as if it happened yesterday.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> From Tiganesti Ridge is splendid view in dark of night.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">We went to sleep around midnight. I was comfortable in
my winter sleeping bag. It was not the same feeling for a girl resting beside
me. At around 1 AM I asked the girl how she was. She was very cold in her
three-season sleeping sack. I suggested that we would change our sleeping gear.
She accepted it, and I hope she felt warmer in my sleeping sack. I slept inside
her bag, and I must admit, that I was at a lower margin of comfort. I slept,
but woke up, from time to time, due to the cold. In my thoughts I was happy that
Iulia can sleep in the warmer winter sleeping bag.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>Cold morning.</b></span></div>
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out with my camera and tripod before sunrise and stayed there until it was well
after sunrise. Snow was hard as a concrete due to low temperatures. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> The Sun rises from behind the Piatra Mare massif.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> The Postavaru Massif.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">A Mountain and a cloud.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> Papusa seen from Tiganesti.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> Magura Codlei seen from Tiganesti.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> Refuge Tiganesti in first direct sun light.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> Iulia is shown on most pictures. To reverse this imbalance I put this self-portrait here.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> Just before 9 am dark clouds moved in.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> We enjoyed being up and high.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> Refuge is located on a perfect spot for views.</span></div>
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were in clouds again. It started to snow!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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toward Omu (2504 m) or not. We were at a snowline; above us all terrain was
covered with a strata of snow.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> The Postavaru Massif seen through a veil of clouds.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> Below us the air was clear.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> Heading up to see what conditions are on the ridge.</span></div>
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an hour without our backpacks to verify trail condition.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">We were in clouds, climbing on steep rocky trail,
until we reached grassy ridge above rocky band. We saw that there were good
conditions for walking and we both thought that we could go here with our
backpacks. After return to the shelter, it started to rain. Oh, no! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">We were perplexed. One part of our minds wanted to
abandon the trip and to go home; and the other part was telling us to go on, because
it would be perfect up there!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">We had an option to go down on the Clincea Ridge,
which would get us to Bran. Or, we could continue upward and hope for a clear
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">In the rain I asked Iulia, whether she wants to
continue, even if we would get wet. We both yearned for stay in the mountains
for one more day, and there was no space for retreat in our minds. We both
became determined to continue the trip! The decision was made. We would
continue up to the ridge!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">We started wearing our rain coats. However, gradually
the rain ceased during the climb on rocky trail. Once we got on the ridge, our
speed increased. The trail was partly covered with snow, partly we walked on
grass. We were on south-exposed slopes now. Below us was immense valley, named Valea
Gaura. Due to the fog, we saw next to nothing down there. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">We reached Omu Peak, the highest peak in the Bucegi
Mountains, in almost zero visibility. We took a rest at the lodge, placed
directly below the top of the peak. We sat down and ate hot soup. A while later
arrived three guys in the hut, who were not carrying any rucksacks. They also
ordered a soup, and sat down to eat it. They actually were runners, who were
training for an event named Marathon 7500, which would take place here in late
July. I was happy to hear about that, because I planned to participate on this
marathon, too!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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and soon disappeared in the fog. One of them told me, that yesterday he
participated on the Hercules Marathon in Banat, and today he was training in the
Bucegi Mountains for 7500! I suddenly knew that my training is not sufficient
enough. Actually, I did not participate in the marathon this year, because lack
of training and that I found no co-partner.
Meanwhile I found a colleague and took a decision to join the event in
2014.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> Overlooking the Ialomitsa Valley.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The sky was clearing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> In Valea Doamnelor.</span></div>
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sky overhead. We passed by a tourist shelter
Batrâna, which looks identical with that at Ţiganeşti. Our destination of the
day was a saddle Strunga, where we wanted to overnight in another tourist refuge.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Valea Doamnelor. I gladly accepted, wanting to see as much terrain as possible. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> After crossing a stream in Valea Doamnelor.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.466665267944336px;">Containers are often visited by brown bears. See the broken and repaired fence.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">We made a plan to descend rapidly to Padina and then climb up to Strunga. Soon
the snow gave way to grass while we were running down a trail. The descent was
short. In the valley we crossed a stream of the Ialomiţa River and soon we were
at Peştera. From there we got a little down, passed through narrow part of the
valley next to the Peştera Monastery, and soon arrived at Padina.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">In late afternoon sun we both walked briskly upward on
green meadows. I felt like in a paradise, because I was in alpine environment,
in superb weather and with a perfect female partner. Iulia was running uphill
like a gazelle. I stopped then and now to take photos and had difficulty to
keep up with her.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> At Strunga.</span></div>
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Mountains again. In my mind I can imagine a joy of rapid movement in the splendour
of the mountains. I have a dream to participate on Marathon 7500 in 2014. That dream already became a plan! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">We reached Şaua Strunga well before sunset. We had
plenty of time to enjoy the warmth of the sun and to enjoy ourselves in the
great surrounding of the south-west part of the Bucegi Mountains. We were very
close to the Leaota Mountains, which slopes were already painted with pink
colours, caused by flowering rhododendrons.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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light-shaft, and we had to keep windows open in order to have light inside.
Luckily temperatures did not drop below zero. When we were cooking, Iulia
stayed in the corner next to the burning stove in order to feel warmer. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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outside for night photography. We stayed inside the shelter and talked to each
other.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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slopes leading toward Poiana Guţanu. There we had to choose between trails
leading to Şimon on the nort-west or to Moieciu de Sus on the west. I thought
it would be better to go to Moieciu.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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meeting with several shepherds climbing toward Guţanu. One of them was drinking
ţuica, a local plum brandy, from a glass which he kept handy. Iulia pointed out
that he was probably drinking brandy instead of energy drink. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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stay in t-shirts. Fain weather window did not last long; when we got down into
a valley it was cloudy once more.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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us through rain to Braşov. There we visited Iulia’s relatives, where we ate a
lunch and played with children. I almost forget about time and nearly missed my
train home.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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The weather was horrible, it was raining everywhere and there were floods in
several part of the country. The trip was over, however, in my mind I remained
in Romania.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">During this trip I reminded me that it is “bad”
weather which works well for mountain photography. Only in changeable weather
you find exciting and interesting light. In fine weather, you will find
predictably blues skies and you have to gamble on sunrise and sunset
photography. In bad weather interesting moments can appear any time. It is
highly possible that if you venture out in “bad” weather you will return with
“good” pictures in the bag; and vice versa.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">See what Galen Rowell says about choosing right weather for landscape photography: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoU47_WgWfo</span></div>
Otto Hauckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09367066661433119755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-448068833200135453.post-43495479645545505592014-01-23T14:14:00.000-08:002014-02-04T13:37:01.661-08:00Frozen lakeIn harsh winters the biggest artificial lake in South Moravia Region in the Czech Republic get's frozen. It's surface and surrounding serves as a habitat for over wintering Bean Goose, Whitefront and Red-breasted goose. They overnight on the ice and each morning set off to search for food on fields. They return each evening at sunset to spent a night in safety on open surface of the lake (1100 hectares).<br />
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The right temperature for a real winter trip.<br />
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The lake doesn't get frozen each winter. These images were taken in February of 2012. In 2014, the lakes are not frozen yet, because winter was unusually warm. The average temperatures were high above normal.<br />
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Cormorants in flight.<br />
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Cormorants sitting, drying wings.<br />
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Smooth ice is perfect for skating...<br />
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...and for biking as well.<br />
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Reed in winter.<br />
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Ice patterns.<br />
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Backlit ice.<br />
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Geese overnight on the ice and leave dropping behind them. They make visually interesting patterns on the ice.<br />
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It's interesting that such a thing named "droppings" can be interesting for a photographer. And to the viewer as well (hopefully).<br />
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Vertical version of the droppings with a landscape in background.<br />
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Ice patterns.<br />
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A church on an island in winter of 2010.</div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Tallness is a word which we habitually associate with
mountains. Though the relative height itself does not necessarily mean that a
certain mountain range reaches high altitude. There is not much of high
altitude terrain in the Czech Republic; in general only an area with altitude
above 800 m, with a level difference between it’s base and top over 300 m, is
believed to be a mountain. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">In our parts the altitude of 800 m demarks a height
where symptoms of mountain climate start to become visible. Under this level
the type of weather is not rough enough to be called mountain climate.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">After we exclude the necessitate for the minimum
altitude of 800 m for a mountain, the level difference of 300 m between a base
and hill top residue.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Last spring I made a weekend excursion through a such
mountain range in north Hungary, where to be at merely 400 m means to be at a
great loftiness. This cluster of peaks rise over the Danube River up to almost 700
m of altitude (the Danube River is at a height of about 100 m). The mountains
are called Visegrádi Hegység (the Visegrád Mountains) in hungarian language. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">The geography and geology of the Visegrád Mountains
are quite complex, and there is no distinct mountain ridge building a natural
pathway. For a tourist a good map is a necessity for making out any realistic
plans for a visit.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">In fact there are two neighbouring mountain ranges.
The first one (the Pilis Mountains) on
the south is assembled of limestone and the second one (the Visegrád Mountains)
on the north is build of volcanic rocks. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">In preparation for the trip I bought a hungarian map
and surveyed a trail covering a distance of about 50 km. A track this long is
rational enough to be covered in just two days by a fairly trained person
carrying a backpack.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Getting to Visegrád Mountains is easy. There are
direct fast trains several times a day. We simply jumped on a train at Brno and
after three hours arrived at Nagymaros-Visegrád station.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">I knew there are ferry-boats across the Danube River,
as there are no bridges on a stretch between Esztergom and Budapest. At home I
changed in advance a little amount of money to cover local transport expenses.
This was the only special preparation for the trip I did. The rest included
normal packing for a usual two-day trip.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">I was in a company of a friend, Eva, who was a little
uncertain if she would like the Danube River, expecting it to be a muddy
torrent in spring conditions. It was not so! The Danube River is a mountain stream,
fed by waters from melting snows and glaciers in the Alps. Unless torrential
rains come into its watershed, its water has blue colour. It is because it
carries small dust particles (a glacial silt), which gives the river its
colour. The Danube River looses its mountain character between Wiena at the
Bing Bend, where its velocity decreases, thus loosing a capacity to carry big
boulders from the Alps. On the same strech unite tributaries from the
Carpathian Mountains, loaded with loess particles. Beyond Budapest the Danube
River gains a character of a lowland river.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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was a desire to escape colder weather in our area. We expected to be warm
weather on the Danube River. The hungarian mountains are decidious forest area.
Its forest consist of oak, maple and beech. In early spring when leaves are
translucid and light green, a forest floor is covered with carpet of flowers.
Later,in summer, there is not much to be seen in these forests.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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24°C. The blossoming cherry trees
decorated streets of Nagymaros. </span></div>
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ferry boat was scheduled to depart every 30 minutes, so we bought tickets (the
fare for a person was aprox. 2 EUR) and passed the time enjoying splendid view
across the river and having a beer. Cheers!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">The trip across the river took only a couple of
minutes. In a short time we landed at Visegrád. Here we had to get oriented
with a map in hand. There also was a tourist indicator. We had to get used to
some differentness here. The indicator showed distances in time, as it is usual
in any mountain area, the Czech Republic excluded. We had to learn that a
letter Ó is abbreviation of a Hungarian word óra, which means an hour in
English; second a letter P is an abbreviation of a Hungarian word perc, which
means a minute in English. The distance of 1 hour is marked as 1 Ó and distance of 50 minutes
is marked a 50 P, for example. The tourist signs look like similar to that in
our parts. They are made of three parallel horizontal bands. The two outer bands
are painted in white in order to be visible from a distance and the inner one
is drawn in particular colour of the track(blue, green, red or yellow). On the
map colours are explained in letters-K (blue), P (red), S (yellow), Z (green)
instead of in colours. It is because all tourist paths are drawn in red line
with a particular letter added. Where two different tracks lead parallel on the
same stretch, two letters are added next to a single line drawn on the map (PZ
for instance). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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searching for a blue marked trail leading to the Fellegvár castle, which dominates the Danube River valley in this area.
The track led us on a rocky ridge covered with oak forest. We were in a hurry
to reach the castle before it got dark. Arriving there we found its gate closed
for the night. Because the time was pressing on us we almost run along tourist
trail, leading through dark beech forest parallel to a road, which went directly
on a ridge. After a while we climbed to a saddle via steep stairs and
crossed the road. Luckily there were some fine meadows, where a fine trail was
winding. After dark we stopped at one place and erected a tent among some
bushes on a meadow margin. At night only
some walkers bypassed us on the trail. They were usually couples or people
having a dog on a lead (or vice versa).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Waking up on sunny morning was a real pleasure. We
quickly packed the tent, not wanting anyone to see us overnight here. All my travels
are low-budget trips and I almost never search for an accommodation. I sleep in
a tent, in forest or just under stars. It usually depends on weather conditions
and location. I use money to pay for local transport and food only.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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tourist track led us up a ridge, until we arrived at first look-out point over
the Danube River valley. There are not many such places with good view. And in
plus they are far between. However every trail is blessed with one or two
places with bela vista.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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trail, because walking itself was almost event less. At each intersection we had
to deal with a map, to keep us on a proposed track.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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a big group of bicyclist. I did not have much envy, even though it was quite
hot weather for walking with a backpack. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Basically we kept a blue strip which for last four kilometers went parallel with a red strip. The track led us
downhill until we arrived at the village of Pilisszentlászló (at altitude
aprox. 300 m), where we got at noon. In hot weather we took rest at a bar and
drunk a glass of beer, which was a real pleasure in this heat. The weather was
summer-like, and after a long winter we liked it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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correct way. When we figured out how to get out of the village, we decided to
take a short pause for a lunch. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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climb, then crossed the road twice and get us onto a parking lot at the forest
margin. There we took to the right following the red stripe. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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principle, the track followed the edge of the ridge, with vistas toward the
Danube River opening then and now. We were at altitude of about 500 m!, which
felt like to be in great height here. The very top we were about to reach was
at 639 m!, so there still was a “big “ climb to do!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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was about 2 hours of walking, which translates into a distance of 5 km as the
crow flies. Somewhere halfway into this stretch I saw a beautiful beetle, named
Morinus funereus in Latin. I was extremely happy to find this species here,
because its occurrence meant that we were within a temperate zone, which was a
way warmer then in our parts. This
species occurs also in the Banat Mountains in Romania, where I saw it for the first
time. This species is absent in zoological records of the Czech Republic.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> Visegrád, from where we started yesterday.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">In roughly two hours we got the Prédikáloszék hill (639
m), where the forest was the most beautifull. The forest floor was covered with
carpets of Corydalis cava. I photograped those carpets in our country on the
previous weekend at much lower altitude and now I was happy to see it for the
second time.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">After this mountain top the track start to descend
toward the vale, whose bottom laid at merely 200 m. But between us laid a rocky
crest, worth of a visit. Exposed rocks offered splendid view over the valley,
especially toward the highest top Dobogókȍ (699 m). Volcanic rocks were
brownish in colour and were surrounded
with small steppes, especially on the southern slope. The north slopes remained
covered with beech and oak forest. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">This portion took us a little more then an hour and
when we arrived at the bottom, just next to the Saint Chapel (Szentta kápolna),
which is places a couple of km above the village of Dȍmȍs. Here we were aprox.
7 km away from the point where we started at yesterday. Though this distance
was along the road, our track on tourist trails was four times longer.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">There we took a little rest, before heading deeper
into the valley. For the first km the track followed a forest road, later it
turned right and entered a narrow valley. We walked along the rivulet, with no
sign of any coming change. A while later the vale narrowed and appeared the
first railing made of stainless steel! I felt like an intrusion of the natural
character of the gorge. Though later where waterfalls appeared, ladders were
added. It was helpful for a safe
passage. Eva got tired after a long walk, but somehow mobilized her energy and
walked briskly ahead of me. She went in silence, which was a symptom of
exhaustion. Other women, whom I know, usually start to talk more, when they get
weary. Simply each person has his or her way of dealing with weariness.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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recently. The railing and stairs were new and freshly cut wood laid around.
Probably the passageway was destroyed and renewed lately.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Then come the last leader and we entered in upper
valley. There we rested for a while. Originaly I started to think that we would
reach a saddle above the vale and camp somewhere there in the forest. But it
was not so! Just at the head of the valley opened forested basin, where a
fountain was established. In plus a wooden table and a bench were added to sit
on. Since women are excellent manoeuvrers with men I willingly agreed to stay
here overnight. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">After that we set up a tent and ate our dinner. After
dinner Eva’s weariness seemed to draw back. Furthermore followed a conversation
over whether I ever get scared being alone in the forest in the night. I admitted
that I don’t feel as well if I am alone in the dark of night. Though when I am
with a buddy I fell no fear at all, and actually being in a forest is a way
safer next to be in a city, so to speak.
Although this place looked scary in approaching darkness I felt only pleasure
and safety here.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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road, and crossed it. Then followed a short portion of a forest and then we
crossed the road again. Through the Rám Gorge our track was marked with a green
stripe, here we hit a red stripe, which led from Pilismarót. In roughly one
hour of walking we arrived at a fabulous outlook over the Danube River valley
(the Dabube was 5 km away as the crow flies). In the area several balcons were
added, which offered views on steep north slopes falling down toward the river.
The top itself (699 m) was as flat as a pancake. There was a parking lot and a
restaurant, which served a goulash. This was interesting, since the goulash was
cooked in kettles put directly over a fire in the open air.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Being in a hurry, we didn’t stay there long. To get to
Esztergom, which was more then 15 km away, we had chosen a green strip mark. At
first the trail led on level portion and then descended a little and three
times crossed a road. There at a junction we checked out a distance to
Esztergom to be 14 km, or 3 hours away. </span></div>
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descend even more and soon we left the coolness of “high altitude” as the air
grew hotter and hotter in proportion with each meter of altitude loss and
departing from the top. Twice we crossed a road and then we lost the way. We
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">This portion was the most difficult for our navigation skills, and if we had no
map, it could be done with difficulty. With the map in hand it was only a
matter of paying enough attention for details on the trail. We followed a
forested ridge, which was a sequence of tops, marked on our map as
Felsȍ-Ecset-h (478 m), Ráró hegy (488 m), or István tetȍ (451 m) to name a few.
This portion was the most boring of all, especially, when we walked for several
km on a stretch with clear cuts. The heat started to be unbearable, and I
catch myself thinking how it would be here in summer, when highs can reach up
to 38°C.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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descended into a saddle. There we had to walk on a narrow trail among thick
bushes and dry tall grass. I can't imagine walking through there later in
spring when all vegetation would be green. </span></div>
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us, was the last obstacle separating us from the Danube River. The ascend was
steep, though short. The track bypassed the very top at 403 m! From there we
slowly descended to the Danube River level at aproximatelly 100 m. The last part
led us on meadow with open vistas over Esztergom. The last section was quite abrupt
and soon we arrived on streets of Esztergom. We didn’t stop there, walking
brisckly toward the bridge over the Danube River to get to Parkány/Štúrovo on
Slovakian side.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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general it was a fine experience, even though there were no such highlights as
a special alpine environment, for example. Though the landscape does not miss a
grandeaur typical for mountain areas. Our trip was quite an adventure is it was
supposed to be. Anybody can chose his or her own style of the trip. It could be
a tough backpacing event or a mountain run done in several hours instead of days.
It could be a leisure walk with only a daypack, using a car to get to
trails. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
Otto Hauckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09367066661433119755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-448068833200135453.post-82103575007895565152013-09-17T14:01:00.000-07:002013-09-17T14:10:58.345-07:00Reduce a weight of your mountain equipment. Bring along a lighter tent.<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Going a multi-day mountain adventure usually means to
carry a backpack at least 10 kg in weight. For mountains trip a tent is almost
a necessity, because no one knows for sure whether will rain or not. Even if a
forecast predicts no rain in your chosen area, the chances are that a storm may
come in the middle of the night.</span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: CS;">Though carrying a tent is not an easy thing. A tent
for two people has a weight of approximately 3 kg. Those light one-wall tents
for a single person are not comfortable. You can only lay down in them. Its
better to have more space (for cooking for instance).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: CS;">Limiting yourself to basic equipment helps you to
reduce the weight of your backpack. Sometimes it is a trade off, to leave
something behind you. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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December the 23rd, to meet with Ioan at Grinţieş (Munţii Bistriţei) in the
morning of the 24th.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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by the Lake Bicaz; from there he hitch-hiked to Grinţieş, where we met inside a
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can find here by Ioan: <a href="http://ioanstoenica.wordpress.com/2013/03/01/rasaritul-mult-dorit-iarna-in-ceahlau/">http://ioanstoenica.wordpress.com/2013/03/01/rasaritul-mult-dorit-iarna-in-ceahlau/</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">And here by Adelina: <a href="http://www.carpati.org/jurnal/scrisoare_catre_chiriasii_de_ceahlau/2904/">http://www.carpati.org/jurnal/scrisoare_catre_chiriasii_de_ceahlau/2904/</a></span></div>
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cafeteria I was ready for the adventure to begin. The Grinţieş is quite a big
commune, as we saw it from a lateral ridge, where we started to ascend toward
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expected it. Though later in the day I noticed that the snow somehow got
stacked to my gaiters. I started to see difficulties with walking for the days
to come! A little later, having arrived at an abandoned house, we saw writing
on a wooden bar inside its room. It read: “<i>Zilele grele te aşteapta!”</i> which
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> Through thick forest.</span></div>
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though still a part of the village, named Grinţieş Mare, still was visible in
the basin beneath us. Skies become cloudy and winds were strong. </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Heavy
rucksacks (mine had 20 kg) and wet deep snow took their toll. We were thirsty
and weary. In the end we managed to walk until it got dark, searching for a
sheepfold as a shelter. It was because we did not want to sleep in the tent.
Usually sheepfolds are more comfortable than any tent, if they are in a good
state. In the first mountain pass we find a couple of them. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">They weren’t in a
good order, so we moved on uphill through a short portion of the forest. There
on a large meadow we spotted several wooden buildings. It was a real pleasure
to discover that the first house had two single beds inside. It was on the
Christmas evening December the 24</span><sup style="line-height: 115%;">th</sup><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">. Outside the wind was blowing, and
snow layer on roof melted. Although we had not extra food to celebrate the
Christmas Eve, we felt perfectly comfortably all the evening and night.</span></div>
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photos. It’s our routine to go out before breakfast for photographs, whenever
light and subject matter cooperate.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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that house was really comfy! It was with mattress on beds and walls were well
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">So further we went. The first portion of the day was
to ascend to Grinţieş Peak. Skies were clear, with some clouds only. Behind us,
on the other end of the valley famous Ceahlau Plateau was rising toward the
sky. It was where I had been two months ago on a workshop led by Dorin Bofan. I
was happy that I could make pictures of Ceahlau from this rarely seen
perspective, since not many people come here, in this part of the Bistriţa
Mountains. The climb was really
fatiguing, due to wet snow, which slow down our progress. Whenever I meet with
such bad conditions I have a dream about spring and summer-time hikes, because
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<span style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 21px;"> Finally on a summit plateau...Photo by Ioan.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 21px;"> We took an advantage of g´good view for orientation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 21px;"> Atop Grinties, with Budacu in bacground. Photo by Ioan.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 21px;"> Leaving Grinties...Photo by Ioan.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">At noon we arrived on upper plateau of the Grinţeş
Peak. In the back stayed Ceahlau Plateau and in front of us opened a new vista
toward the highest peak of the Bistriţa Mountains, named Budacu peak. Between
us and the peak was winding a lower forested ridge. It was hard to tell,
whether we would arrive under Budacu today or tomorrow.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">On the other portion of the day a heat was our enemy.
We had almost no water with us and my thermos flask contained only 1 l of hot
tea. It’s one litre content we distributed among two thirsty hikers. Out of
thirst we begin to melt in our mouths wet snow which covered spruce tree
branches. It brought us a little relief. I thought that I would rather
experience dry and freezing conditions instead of humidity and several degrees
of temperature above zero.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">The path dropped abruptly from the top of Grinţieş
peak. It was quite difficult to walk in those wet and deeps snows even with our
snowshoes on our feet. There were no markings on this ridge, except for a short
portion, where there were some marks painted on trees several decades ago.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 21px;"> Three types of marking: a stripe, circle and cross.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 21px;"> Forests were wild and beautiful at this stretch.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 21px;">An animal's track. I thought it could be a wolf print. Now I think that it wasn't a wolf. Prints were too small and to round.</span></div>
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of a forested ridge. Reaching a pass, we spotted a sheepfold next to a forest.
We discussed among us whether we were going to pause here in order to check the
building. After that we decided to see what the building’s condition is. A
short portion of descend led us through deeps snow. Especially for me it was
difficult to imagine starting to climb back. Moon was rising on eastern
horizon, so I grabbed two images of this lovely scene.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Because it was almost dark we chose to reside here for
the night. The building had no beds, thus we erected a tent next to it. As a
result we had a large living room inside a sheepfold; and comfortable bedroom
in the tent. The only thing which was not there was running water. To support
our bodies’ water needs, it was essential to melt a lot of snow. To do so more
effectively we build a fire next to the building. It was truly pleasant and
calm winter evening under clear skies.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> Our tent in the morning. It turned to be the only night spent in a tent. It's weight is 3 kg!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 21px;"> Our "living room."</span></div>
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uphill. After reaching back to the saddle and short climb after it we got to
the first top. There we grew doubtful in which direction we would need to go.
After checking a map and a compass for several times, we got a little lower on
the wrong side of the top. From there opened a view toward a forested ridge on
our left. This was it! It was not necessary to climb back all the way; we just
traversed those steep slopes horizontally.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 21px;"> Getting oriented in deep forests.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">There were not many changes in the landscape. Only
spruce forest was around us. At one point an animal track led in our direction.
Prints looked like that of a wolf. I was uncertain whether the traces were left
by a wolf, because they were quite small and round.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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mode of just walking uphill and downhill, we reached the first place which
announced a change. It was a small meadow with a spring! It was a sign that a
saddle beneath Budacu peak is nearby. We filled some bottles with fresh water
and continued toward the saddle. There we found a shelter in a sheepfold. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> A track of a brown bear.</span></div>
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after the saddle was naturally protected against it, being i a lee side of the
crest. Also there we crossed paths with a bears track. Prints were melted and
probably several days old. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Originally we wanted to climb the Budacu Peak and then descend back to the
saddle. Our next stretch of our planned trail led to the north. However, under
the fact that we met with difficulties, it was clear that for reaching our
planned destination (Panaci), we would need another four days. We didn’t have
so much time, so we took a decision to continue on a lateral ridge, leading
from Budacu to the east.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> In high winds atop Budacu Peak.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The decision we made was good. Even the lateral crest
was beautifully wild! And it was pretty long, as we discovered en route. The
weather was cloudy, with the sun appearing then a now. And the wind! It was so
strong that I had to add another pair of trousers and an extra polartec jacket in
order to stay warm. Ioan was equipped far better this time. He wore a new
Patagonia gore-tex shell, which perfectly blocked the wind-chill effect. There
was almost no snow cover on the crest. All snow was blown away by eternal
winter gale. Even though we walked on the grass, it was better to continue to
wear snowshoes. It takes some time to take them off and they add extra weight
to a backpack, especially when they are attached on outer side of the back. The
extra weight on the rucksack functions like a lever and two kg of snowshoes
convert to be at least five kg. Down here at my comfortable room, where I am
sitting right now, it doesn’t seem to be a problem, but up there on the wind
exposed ridge it was a serious difficulty. Atop Budacu we hastily took some
photographs, explored a ridge, where we wanted to go tomorrow and headed toward
a sheepfold which was visible in the right in a distance. It took us almost an
hour to get there. Arriving there at dusk, we hoped to enter the shelter and
crawl to our sleeping bags to rest. Wrong! The new-built cottage was locked! We
saw comfortable bed through a window, standing in the chilly wind. Even the
corral, standing next to it was wind-exposed. I took-off toward an old
sheepfold, which was only 200 m away. I rapidly descended across a snow field
and opened the door. There was a double-bed with a cubic metre of snow on it!
No problem! Snow can be removed. I hastily returned to the new cottage to tell
Ioan about it.</span></div>
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Inside was no wind, and the temperature was not so low. It would be much worse
to stay out in the wind inside my not wind-proof tent.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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alternated with clouds. Getting all the way back to Budacu took us less than an
hour. After taking some photographs with fog and sun we rapidly descended to a
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">There was no wind and the sun was shining. We left the heights and
continued on a winding ridge, covered with forests, which alternated with
meadows. This alternation of meadow and forest is a gift from old times, where
the Carpathian Mountains were heavily used for keeping sheep and cattle. This period
is called “the Walachian colonization”. In between the 14<sup>th</sup> and 18<sup>th</sup>
century shepherds with sheep moved along the crest in search of a new home.
They started in Walachia and after several hundred years they arrived in
Austria (on a territory of today’s Czech Republic). They mixed with local
population en route and left behind Romanian names of landscape features. Thus
mountain peaks in our part of the Carpathian Mountains are named like those
mountains in Romania: Kytchera, Magura, Prislop, Grúň (Grui), Gigula. Other landscape features are named Sihla,
Grapa and polana (poiana in Romanian) in the local carpathian idiom. Sheepfolds
are named salaš, koliba. Sheepherder is called bača (baciul in Romanian). That
is why I feel at home anywhere in the Carpathian Mountains. In our parts
keeping sheep in a Walachian style had ceased roughly in the middle of the 20<sup>th</sup>
century. I wish Romanian mountains to be long spared of that fate. Abandoning
the pastures means that meadows (poieni) start to be overgrown with a thick
forest. In result good look-out points disappear etc.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> A peaceful scene. It is a little deceptive. It was hard to get there in winter.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">At noon we took a break for a lunch, sitting on grass,
enjoying the sun’s warm rays. We also find some raspberries, leftovers from the
autumn. They were really delicious. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Peak, from where we descended on abrupt slope into a pass. On the ridge we
wallowed through deep snow and walking was awfully difficult. Also to descend
was wearing. In the saddle we hit a forest road, where walking was easier.
Nevertheless, this open portion was very long. In plus my leather double-boots
soaked with water from melting snow and became heavy. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 21px;"> Finding a spring. Finally!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 21px;"> At a spring.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 21px;"> At rest inside a sheepfold.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">After the saddle, there
was a short though steep ascend to Gâina Peak and from there we descended for
the second time to one more saddle. At sunset we reach a meadow with scattered
cottage here and there. We checked those buildings one after one, although we
couldn’t find any shelter with beds.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Meanwhile, a full moon rose on eastern horizon. It
created such wonderful scene that I almost had forgotten how tired I was.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">In the end we came along a stable with was filled with
hay. And inside a cottage nearby was a clean room opened, where we could
prepare our dinner. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">After the dinner we slept on hay. The night was
comfortable without a doubt. I even erected a tent inside the stable. I had a
trouble with wet boots and wanted to keep myself as warm as possible. Ioan
slept in open space, straight on the hay layer, with only a plastic tarp and
mattress underneath him.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> Looking out of my sleeping bag.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Morning dawned clear and cold. My outer leather boots
were frozen solid. Inner boots were soaked with water. Overnight I had them
inside my sleeping back to keep them warm. Ioan woke up, put his dry boots on a
headed out to take pictures. I wasn’t following him. Seconds later Ioan shouted
in my direction: “Hey, move on! There is beautiful light outside! Or have you
carried your tripod all the way for nothing?!”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 21px;"> Grinties Peak. There are two Peaks named Grinties in the Bistrita Mountains!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 21px;"> Our previous day track.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 21px;"> Sunrise colours in the Bistrita Mountains.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">I said to myself: “No way! I must overcome
difficulties!” I put plastic sacks over dry socks, then put on those wet
inners, and finally added heavy and frozen outer boots. It wasn’t so bad. I got
out just seeing a beautiful predawn light. My feet were cold, but I managed to
stay up there for more than half an hour. The morning light was incredibly beautiful
and in result we both got nice pictures. When the sun rose higher in the sky it
hid in the clouds and the magic was gone. All become gray.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> Village of Borca seen as if from a plane.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> Facing the last portion.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">We were on Secului Peak above village of Borca. The
only thing we had to was to descend to the valley and hitch-hike to Târgu Neamţ
of Piatra Neamţ to meet with Ionuţ, who was going to give us a lift to
Bucharest. But still we were high above the valley. We descended in a beeline.
Slopes were quite abrupt and when we had a village already in sight we entered
in a forest, where gradient of the slope was so steep, that it appeared almost
vertical. Carefully, however quickly we come down and found another obstacle: a
fence. Ioan shouted in the direction of a man who appeared on a court, if there
is a free way. The response of the men was positive, so we pass through the
court and emerged on a street. The adventure was almost over.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 21px;">View from a bridge across the Bistrita River. Arrow shows the last portion of our descend.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">After crossing the bridge, we stopped on a street by a
road and tried to hitch-hike. Meanwhile I bought a coffee in a nearby bar. I
felt like in a paradise, having no need to melt snow to get a liquid.
Surprisingly I didn’t have problem with wet boots, because I warm up in effort
and my feet were warm. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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intersection just by the Lake Bicaz; from there we were driven by a second car
to Vânatorii, where we met with Ionuţ and his girlfriend Isabella.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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over 400 km away and we arrived there at dark. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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dinner, and I remind myself how tasty Romanian cuisine is! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">First half of the day I stayed at my bed, reading a
history of Ioan’s aunt family. It was written in Romania, but I understood it
perfectly. In the afternoon I went to the Cora shopping mall, where I arranged
a meeting with Cristina. I felt strange being in the shopping mall with double
mountain boots, which still were wet!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Later come along Ioan with his sisters, Irina and
Maria. We did some shopping and went back to their aunt where we played a card
game all evening.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">In this time my Romanian adventure was not over yet,
because we planned to go to mountains again. At this occasion it was for the
New Year Eve. Thought this is another story to tell sometimes later.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">The best way to learn anything new is to share your
knowledge with others. I think it is quite hard to became good a skilled in any
field of enterprise, when you do not exchange ideas and opinions with your
colleagues.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> Sharing knowledge is essential for a progress in any field.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">I am interested in mountain trips and in photography
as well. Both passions can be combined together in a million ways. I recalled
myself stating that if I ever would attend a photo workshop, it would be in
Romania. It was because of my passion for Romanian mountains and its
language.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Befriending new people in
Romania during last two years, I was lucky to come into a contact with several
photographers, from whom I learned new skills. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> Together in the field (HDR image).</span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">In preparation</span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Social networks work well in this regard. People can
display photographs on them and get some feedback from their followers.
Socializing through the internet stays behind the fact I become acquainted with
people in Romania. We first met on the internet, before we met in reality a
while later.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> Together with Ioan in the Bistritza Mountains. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">I have been following work of several photographers
and last year I made a resolution to sign in one proposed photo tours in
Romanian mountains. I chose a photo workshop taught by Dorin Bofan. I was
inspired by his passion for following magic light in a realm which he loved-in
a mountain world.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> The Ceahlau Plateau seen from the north in winter (the Bistritza Mountains).</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">I was considering signing in for his late June event
in the Retezat Mountains. The event was filling up quite fast and when I
hesitated for several days before making the final decision, it was occupied.
The moral I learned then was: If there is an opportunity, don’t wait and grab
it right away.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> This photo taken in the Bistritza Mountains on last Christmas I made only because I pushed myself out of my sleeping bag and slipped into my wet boots in freezing weather. </span></div>
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signed in for autumn photo tour with Dorin.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Meanwhile I was in Romania for several times to
explore mountains and photography as well, besides learning new words of
Romanian language. This was necessary prior to attend an event where mainly
Romanian would be spoken.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> On one of my 40 visits in Romania in the Trascau Mountains. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">The workshop was put at the end of October, to
coincide with the height of autumn colours in the mountains, plus it took place
in an area where I have never been before.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Before setting off for the trip, everything was
arranged via e-mail. Arriving in Sighişoara, on a foggy morning on the 18<sup>th</sup>
of October, I was picked up by Marin and we continued on in his car through
several mountain passes for Bicaz and to Izvorul Muntelui, from where the track
for to our objective started.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> At a parking lot in Izvorul Muntelui.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">There we met with the rest of the group, packed on
luggage and hit the trail. The weather was perfect. It was warm and sunny, and
mountain forests were already tinted with many variations of green, yellow, and
tawny colours.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> Leaves just started to turn yellow at lower altitudes.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> Climbing to Ceahlau.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">The level difference between Izvorul Muntelui, from
where we started, and the edge of the Ceahlau Plateau, was a thousand metres,
which took us about three hours to cover. In the workshop proposition was said
that we all would learn one form another, so I presented my trusty Galen
Rowell’s chest pouch, designed by a famous American photographer for rugged
outdoor activities.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> On a climb toward Dochia hut.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> Larix trees turning yellow.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> Vistas were opening when we climbed higher.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> Mountain spruce forest with grasses turned yellow in autumn.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> At the edge of the plateau.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Reaching a mountain hut called Cabana Dochia, at 1750
m asl, we checked in our rooms. Afterwards we grabbed our cameras and tripods
and hurried outside for an evening shoot. The hut is well situated at the
eastern edge of the plateau, as if it was specially designed for sunrise-hour
photography. Because by now it was too late for sunset-hour photography (the
western edge being farther from the hut), we opted for searching places from
where we would be photographing at sunrise.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">When the darkness set on we ate our dinner and after
that we all gathered around a table in order to talk about photography and to
get to know each other. Dorin had ready a list of themes to talk about. Following
the schedule, in a four-day event we discussed list entries one by one, until
we covered all of them. I was eager to learn about Dorin’s philosophy behind
photography and his ideas he had to share with us.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> Our first dawn at the edge of the plateau. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">We woke up in the dark, grabbed again our equipment
and stepped out. There were five of us, who attended the workshop. Going out
with us were also other people staying in the hut. It was Friday and many
people come to mountains already to enjoy superb weather.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We all expected to see rising sun above foggy
valleys, a view the Ceahlau Plateau is famous for.</span>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> Selfportrait taken at dawn.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> Another photographer at the margin of the plateau.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> Waiting for sunrise.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> Morning on the Ceahlau Plateau, Toaca Peak.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">One of the most impressive things seen from the
Ceahlau Plateau is a vapour cover above the artificial lake in the valley on
the east side. So we expected sunrise rising above that foggy layer. Dorin had
a drawing, showing a rosette with marked degrees, where rising or setting sun
should appear when observed from the Ceahlau Plateu. It was a good thing for
locating a good angle toward rising sun. We alternated different location
making many pictures, using ND graduated filters. Some among us did not use
filters at all. Dorin himself, for example, makes multiple exposures and
combines them latter in special software (Photoshop). I prefer to use those ND
graduated filters, partly because I don’t use Photoshop and partly because I
don’t feel comfortable about it. I started to take pictures in the days when
Black&White films were generally used. Later I worked with colour
transparency films and since those times I was used to get complete picture directly
in a camera, without tricks like multi-exposure. ND grad filters help a
photographer to get well exposed foreground and background (especially if the
foreground is dark and background is bright, which is most common situation at
a sunrise or sunset).</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">One advantage of working with graduated filters when
there is great contrast in the landscape scene, far beyond the sensor’s
latitude, instead of making multiple exposures, is that you can photograph
scenes with people or moving objects. You can do it as well without using any
filter, making several exposures within a fraction of a second. Though later
you will have more difficulty in post-process to merge pictures flawlessly
together. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> Fog in the valley.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> Meteo station below Toaca.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> Toaca befor sunrise. In my oppinion the best atmosphere is before sunrise. when the sun comes out, the light become to harsh.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> Dochia hut in first sun rays. </span></div>
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peak in the area called Toaca (1904 m). While we were atop, Dorin told us some
stories related to a rock pinnacle named Panaghia, which was directly below us
on the north side. On the west we could see the Căliman Mountains, where I was
for three times already. Just next to the Căliman, there was another mountain
range named Munţii Bistriţei. At the time I had no idea that I would be walking
there in just two months. Life is simply surprising! You may never know where
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the plateau was inclined toward the west. We planned to focus our photography
on sunset-hour. We got on a small grassy ridge with a nearby rock, which looked
like a mushroom and it is called Piatra Lacrâmata. When the light was still
white, we stayed above the rock looking for places from where we would be
shooting toward the sun at sunset. Blueberry leaves were already red and Dorin
suggested that we could take some pictures with them as a foreground. They even
worked well as the main subject in a photograph when backlit by the setting
sun. Later I returned to the rock, when it was turning crimson in the last sun
rays. Then I decided that to rock needs to be integrated into landscape in
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there I discovered that the large group arriving here were student from a
university in Iaşi. I asked, if by accident, weren’t among them some students
who were last year on an excursion in the Vrancea Mountains. At first the reply
was vague, but after a while somebody told me that there were some people who
were in Tulnici last August (2011). So we got together for the second time. In
august 2011 we met at a place called La Stramtura at the base of Muntele Coza,
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one-hour exposure for star trails. It meant going to bed after midnight, even
if the location was only about 20 minutes of walking away from the hut. To
recuperate the camera from there meant 40 min of walking on the trail alone in
the night, plus some time to pack the gear in the backpack. In the cold of the
night minutes count differently than in the warmth of the day. Then I crawled
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eastern margin of the plateau. We alternated positions as we did on the previous
morning. I just regretted that we can’t photograph in every direction as if we
were on a mountain top. Here on the plateau you have views only in one
direction. When you choose for photographing the sunrise, you will miss events
which go on on the other side. One object which I missed was the twilight wedge
and earth shadow seen on the West in the morning. Dorin has taught us that we
should not get things too seriously and should opt for a single goal at a time.
Luckily there was stable weather during our visit, which had not change for all
four days. It also meant that we had predictably blue skies in our pictures.
Changes which are typical for mountain climate were not presented then. Since
this time everything was still, we should learn to take advantage of it.
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were going to visit to highest peak of the Ceahlau Plateu. The location is
positioned on the south margin of the plateau. This area was very wild and
spectacular. From this part we would be able to see east and west horizon at
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> Walking on the plateau. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> Toaca on the north end of the plateau.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> Hasmas (Haghimas) Mountains seen from Ceahlau Plateau.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> South extremity of the plateau.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> Bicaz lake seen from Ceahlau.</span></div>
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walls above another lesser peak, from where we took many pics. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> Emerging on the warm sun light again.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> After the descent we were still high above surrounding mountain ranges.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> We got on elevated platform below rocky peak.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The diffraction fringe, a fine outdoor optical phenomena mostly found in high mountains.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The image is natural, as the effect appears to naked eye.</span></div>
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a nice outdoor optical phenomena called diffraction fringe. Its strange
appearance is quite simple to explain. Light rays bend around an object, when
it is backlit and observed from a proper distance. The sun must be behind the
object and the air must be clear. In lowlands with the air more disturbed the
effect is not as strong. But in high mountains it can be discovered, especially
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> The highest peak.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> The highest peak seems to be isolated, but its a part of the plateau.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Personaly prefer taking pictures after the sunset, when there is less contrast in the scene and ND Grad filters work well.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Human figures need to be integrated into landscape in that way, that the purpose of being there comes clearly across on a viewer. Photographers or walkers after sunset on a horizon do it well. Naked human figures in the mountains don't do that. They need to be photographed on the beach, so that the purpose of being there without clothing (a swim) is rational.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> Just around sunset we walked around the platform and
explored photography possibilities and options. The great subject a rock needle
standing just next the walls of the platform. I focused also on photographing
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">When it got almost dark we followed a spectacular trail, leading just
below the rock walls of th high peak. There we discovered with Dorin a great
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outside. With Marin we hoped to see an ocean of fog in the valley and stars in
the skies. The stars were there plus some fog in the valleys. I managed to
capture a human figure standing on a rock with the constellation of Orion above
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">After mid-morning breakfast we packed the baggage and
checked out. When descending from the plateau, I talked mainly with Dorin.
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other we expressed our feelings about the workshop. I said that I came to
attend the workshop for a new experience and to get to know other photographers
to share knowledge with. Afterward we all jumped into the cars and left for
home. It was sunny Sunday at the height of autumn colours. We drove to back
Sighişoara through several mountain passes and valleys. I cried inside and was
happy at the same time. I had just opposite feelings, because of a nice event
we just lived through and because I hate to leave the mountains bathing in the
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Sighişoara. I had several hours left before my train for Budapest came, so I
walked into nearby centre of this medieval town to enjoy its atmosphere. I also
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> Myself in the Sighisaora centre at the Student's stairs with a roof, leading toward a lyceum on a hill. The stairs were build in the 17. century.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> Before going home I had a dinner in this restaurant on the main square.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">This nice ended my autumn Romanian adventure. The
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do. Plus I honed my skills in Romanian language, because I discovered that I
was able to make calls in Romanian. That thing was impossible for me to manage
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Otto Hauckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09367066661433119755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-448068833200135453.post-55167766052112495982013-02-12T08:31:00.001-08:002013-02-12T08:31:41.063-08:00Carpathian beech forest<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">I wished for a very long time to write down an article
about the beech forest in the Carpathian Mountains, wich fascinates me so much.
To be in a position do so I had to spent over a year in the Carpathian
Mountains on foot, with a sleeping bag and a camera. I invite you to follow me
on such a journey. It is rather an inner journey, which is not obvious for
everyone. Most people even don’t notice differencies in nature, or they simply
don’t know to realize what the changes are, and are not able to point them out.
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The famous Stužica Natural Preserve in the Poloniny National Park. North-east Slovakia. August 2000.<br />
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lichen species. I encourage readers with better knowledge than mine to leave a
comment below the article. It would be cooperative not only for me. It would be
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Beech bark with algae, Habrůvecká bučina Natural Preserve, Moravian karst, the Czech Rep. May 2012.<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span>Beech bark, Habrůvecká bučina Natural Preserve, Moravian karst, the Czech Rep. May 2012.</div>
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Beech bark, Cernei Mountains, Romania. October 2011.<br />
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Carpathian Mountains, since 1990, I gained an remarkable vision on their
natural habitats.</span><br />
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Beech bark with lichens, Muntii Semenic, Romania. May 2011.<br />
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area is covered by forests. The main forest tree is Fagus sylvatica, which compose
several types od beech forest in the mountains. Beech woods are varied, due to
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Beech forests of Slovakia. Rokoš Natural Preserve in Strážovské vrchy, Central Slovakia. July 2010.<br />
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in other parts of Europe by several plant, animal and insect species. This
article rather focuses on visual selection in between different parts of the
Carpathian Mountain Range, than on specificic diversities from a scientific
point of view. Most visitor of the forest are laymen, who lack knowledge of
telling out differencies in between plant communities and species. </span></div>
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Beech forest in Moravian karst, the Czech Rep. Though being outside of the Carpathian Range, we still name them the carpathian beech forest. Its not only because of its proximity to that mountain range, it's because of several plant species, which determine the carpathian forest type. In this case it is Carici-pilosae-fagetum, with Hairy sedge on the forest floor. May 2012.<br />
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which can help us to tell whether we are in the Carpathian Mountains chain or
not, or even they can inform us in which part of the arc we are. Several plant
and insect types occur also in the Hercynian forest, west of the Carpathian
Mountains. Although we mention these species as significant to the carpathian
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The carpathian beech forest in Moravian karst, the Czech rep. May 2012.<br />
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Sedge (Carex pilosa), which is dominant in the beech forest floor in the
Carpathian Mountains (Carici-pilosae fagetum). Going higher in foothils these
forest are replaced by Melico-fagetum. Higher up in the mountain zone the typical
species for the carpathian beech woodland is Dentaria glangulosa, which does
not occur farther west. Beech forest with Symphytum cordatum is another native
habitat found in the East Carpathians, starting to make occurence in the East
Slovakia, while being absent in the West Carpathians. </span></div>
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The carpathian beech forest, Moravian karst, the Czech Rep. May 2012.<br />
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which does not occur outside the carpathian massif, with one exception (outside
of the Carpathian Mountains is found only in the Hrubý Jeseník Mountains, the Czech
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(Tetrodontophora bielanensis), though it mainly occurs in mountain spruce
forest, and its range is not limited to the Carpathian Mountains. Frequent in
mixed beech-fir forest in the Carpathians is Eisenia lucens, an earthworm,
which occurs also outside the Carpathian Mountains.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">I always was fascinated by the appearance of beech
forest in the Eastern Carpathian Mountains. They look so differently, when
compared with beech forest of my home country.</span></div>
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The carpathian beech forest in Leaota Mountains, Romania. May 2012.<br />
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Beech forest in the Leaota Range, Romania. May 2012.<br />
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instead of beech forest. The distinction was in color of the tree bark!
Sometimes the trunks appears to be almost white and not grey. In our parts the
color is also varied, though never reaches the paleness the trees farther to
the east have.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> The carpathian beech forest in Godeanu Mountains, Romania. November 2011. </span></div>
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Colors of beech bark matches those of the icicles below. The Leaota Mountains. January 2011.<br />
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travels in last decade I can say the the lichens are what visually distinguish
different regions in the Carpathians.</span></div>
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Lichen covered beech trunk, Leaota Mountains, Romania. May 2012.<br />
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Beech forest in winter cloak. Vrancea Mountains, Romania. December 2011.</div>
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Winter in beech forest. Vrancea Mountains, Romania. December 2011.<br />
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Winter in beech forest. The Nemira Range, Romania. December 2010.<br />
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of the enviromnment. The cleaner the air is the more species of lichen occur,
and vice versa. Moisture is another distinctive feature, which affects biota.
When combined together, they have wide influence on occurence of epyphitic
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Beech trunk in detail. The Leaota Mountains, Romania. May 2012.</div>
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in our parts had about the same paleness as they have it now farther toward the
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> Mionší natural preserve, one of the remnant of typical mixed fir-beech forests in the Carpathians in the Czech rep. Visitors have a feeling that they entered a real carpathian forest there. It also has several meadows, caled "polana" as a local idiom. The word "polana" was brough by walachian colonists (the Walachian colonisation) onto our territory in the past. The forest was made famous by a Czech photographer R. janda in 1940'. other parts of the mountain range are covered with mostly artificialy introduced spruce monoculture forests. A process which began in the middle of the 18th century, and stil continues up to this date. July 2011.</span></div>
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ranges in the Carpathian Mountains, I can say how they differ in a short photo
story. I don’t say that a forest in the Banat Mountains is perfect, while a
forest in the Beskydy Mountains is not. Forest contrast in relation of its
location, and even in our parts I can find a piece of beech forest, which look
like exactly the same as the forest in Almaj Mountains in romanian West
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Beech forest in The Semenic Mountains, Romania. May 2011.<br />
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Beech forest in the Semenic Mountains, Romania. May 2011.</div>
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Beech forest in Penteleu Range, Buzau Mountains, Romania. September 2012.</div>
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Beech forest in Podu Calului, below Golul Teharaului, the Buzau Mountains, Romania. September 2012<br />
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drop away one by one when going from the east to the west. The transition zone is
on the border with Slovakia. Eastward lichens become more frequent. Malá Fatra
Range is the first barrier of really high mountains when going from the west to
the east. The number of species of lichens increases there, though doesn’t reach
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Beech forest in the Beskydy Mountains, the Czech Rep. No lichens shown here, only algae. February 2011.<br />
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Similar view as the previous one. Bark has dark grey color. The Beskydy Mountains, the Czech Republic, February 2012.</div>
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In another part of the Beskydy Mountains, deeper into the massif, the bark is covered with some lichens. Klíny Natural Preserve, the Czech Republic. October 2010.<br />
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Beech forest in Strážovské Vrchy Mountains, Central Slovakia. July 2010.<br />
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Beech forest in Malá Fatra Range, Central Slovakia. May 2012.<br />
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Beech forest in Velká Fatra Range, Central Slovakia. October 2011.<br />
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Beeches in Velká Fatra Range, Central Slovakia. December 2009.</div>
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Beeches in Velká Fatra, Central Slovakia. December 2009.<br />
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Beech forest in Velká Fatra Range, Central Slovakia. December 2009.<br />
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Tatra Mountains. Beyond them are Eastern Carpathian Mountains with fauna and
flora less touched by humans. From there there are not many changes in lichen
flora all the way to Banat Mountains on the south-west end of the Carpathians.
For example, a lichen species typical for mountain spruce forest (Usnea
family), also an indicator of air quality. It starts to reach bigger dimensions
at the Low Tatra Mountains and on the Muráňska Planina Plateau. In the Fatra
Mountains its reaches only about a half of the size of its relatives beyond the
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Beech forest in Slanské Vrchy Range, Velký Milíč massif, East Slovakia. July 2011.<br />
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Beech forest has almost "romanian" look. Velký Milíč massif, East Slovakia. July 2011.<br />
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the Ucrainan sector of the East Carpathian. Only there and in Romania you can
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Beech forest in ucrainian Carpathians. The Svidovetz massif, Stredná Rika Valley. July 2010.<br />
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Beech forest in the Semenic Mountains, Romania. May 2011.<br />
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Beech tree in Mehedinti Mountains, Romania. May 2012.<br />
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Beech forest in the Mehedinti Mountains, Romania. May 2012.<br />
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Beech forest in Cernei Mountains, Romania. May 2012. For reference see the image right below.<br />
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Similar forest type as above. This time in Strážovské Vrchy Range in Central Slovakia. July 2010.<br />
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Beech forest below Vápeč Peak, Strážovské Vrchy Range, Central Slovakia. July 2010.<br />
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Beech tree in Velká Fatra Mountains, Central Slovakia. October 2011.</div>
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Beech forest in Semenic-Cheile Carasului National Park, Romania. May 2011.<br />
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Beech forest below Cheile Tasnei, Mehedinti Mountains, Romania. May 2012.<br />
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Beech forest above Cheile Tasnei, Mehedinti Mountains, Romania. May 2012.<br />
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The carpathian beech forest seen through eyes of an artist. Picture made by a contemporary artist Adrian Stoenica, Romania. Image taken in December 2010.<br />
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been improving since 1990’s, and it is possible then in the future we will again
have as rich lichen flora as we had it in not so distant past.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> Beech forests of Central Slovakia. Strážovské Vrchy Range. july 2010</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">96</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">,
this is the total number, when I count all days spent on my travels in <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">2012</b>. When compared with <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">2011</b>, I am 10 days behind, though I
still consider it as a proof of success. I feel good to be out there in Nature
for so many days, especially if I am not a professional traveller of any kind.
I don’t spend my working days there. All it was in my leisure time, chosen by
my will. It was far better than staying confined among four walls, watching TV,
or looking at a computer monitor. I underwent new experiences, never to be forgotten.
I learned new words in Romanian language, honed my photography skills and many
others. It was a small step for mankind and a great leap for me, so to speak.</span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">January the
1st</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> caught me being in Braşov, Romanian city of my wish.
I was returning from our Vrancea trip. I wrote about it a year ago.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> In Brasov on Tampa Peak.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Immediately after my return I set off on Wolf patrols
event in our mountains. It was a fine weekend, spent on cross country skis. It
was on the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">7th to 8th of January.</b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The next weekend of the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">14th to 15th of January</b> was a repetition of the weekend before. I
was also on Wolf patrols with a lot more of snow.</span></div>
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Or base on Wolf patrols.<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Also the weekend of the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">20th to 21st of January</b> was on Wolf patrols, on cross country skis.
We were on a mission to check out condition of photo traps, placed in
mountainous terrain in -15°C temperatures and a blizzard conditions.</span></div>
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In a blizzard in -15°C.<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The weekend of the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">28th to 29th of January</b> was spent on cross-country skis on a
different event called non-stop. It is a private event, where we run across the
length of the Jeseníky mountains (70 km) in a single day. I arrived at our
destination at Sněžná chata after 14 hours, with four stops and refills at
mountain huts on the way. The temperatures were about -10°C. On Sunday we
enjoyed shorter but beautiful run on a subsidiary ridge in superb snow
conditions.</span></div>
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Beautiful winter, photo by Hak<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">February brought severe cold, caused by high pressure
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Temperatures dropped to -25°C. I spent the weekend on
the<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> 3rd to 5th of February</b> on Wolf
patrols in the Beskydy Mountains. Our base felt like an Arctic outpost in this
cold. Everything was frozen; we had no running water, no toilet. It was very
cold even in the room, where we slept for two nights.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">After three weeks of rest, due to a cold sickness I
set of for a solo adventure in Slovakia. During the weekend of the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">2nd and 3rd of March</b> I traversed the
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The next weekend of the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">10th to 11th of March</b> I was attending Wolf patrol event in
different part of the Beskydy mountains as usually. Among us we had a guy form
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Icicles on a creek in spring.<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The Saturday of the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">17th of March</b> was a surprise. I was on my mtb, soloing 100 km
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The end of the month, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">the 30th of March and the 1st of April</b>, caught me back in snow on
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The first real spring trip took place on the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">21st and 22nd of April</b>, when I was in
Slovakia, in Burda hills on Hungarian border. Seeing the Danube River from the
above only whetted my appetite to do the Hungarian mountains (named Pilis
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Esthergom Cathedral seen across the Danube.<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">In between <b>April the</b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">28th and May the 1st</b> I was in Leaota Mountains, in Romania,
together with Ioan Stoenică. After the trip we met with his sisters Irina and
Maria, and with Darmina and Catalin at Breaza. It was a fine spring reunion of
friends under blossoming cherry trees.</span></div>
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Spring breakfast in Breaza<br />
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Lake in Leaota<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> After being just three day at home I set off for
Romania again. This time with my two friends form the Czech Rep. More details
you can find in a story I have published here on the blog. The days from <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">May the 5th to the 8th</b> were spent in
Cernei and Mehedinti Mountains in Valea Cernei-Domogled National Park.</span></div>
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Valea Cernei-Domogled National Park in May<br />
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The Dyje River with dry bed.<br />
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in the morning I left for Slovakia. I enjoyed great spring colours there. It
happened in between the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">18th and 19th of
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Beskydy Mountains seen at dusk from Malá Fatra crest.<br />
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On a mtb trip in the rain close to home.<br />
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On one of those not mentioned trips <br />
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June</b> I was in Bíle Karpaty on a folklore event named „Horňácke kosení“. The
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Women in traditional festive garb<br />
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Malá Fatra, Slovakia, with my friend Eva. We had two great days on the ridge,
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The very next weekend caught me in the Kysuce area,
Slovakia. It was on the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">21st and 22nd of
June</b>. I was soloing on foot from Mosty u Jablunkova to Oščadnica, via
Girová mt. and VeῚká Rača mt. For me it was a great adventure in an area not
too far away from my home. I had two bivouacs in the forest, seeing a wolf etc.
Those solitary trips are a great joy for me and I prefer the more than being a
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Malá Fatra seen from below Kykula in Kysucké Beskydy Mountains at 5 am<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">A period between July the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">1st and July the 8th</b> I was in Romania again. This time I visited
the Trascău Mountains in the company of Ioan, Irina, Maria and Paul. We
traversed the ridge from south to the north in the great heat of the beggining
of summer. I wrote a short entry only on the last day of the trip, though Ioan
has written a super long story on his site. </span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">https://ioanstoenica.wordpress.com/2012/12/18/cinci-zile-in-apuseni-traversarea-trascaului-de-la-sud-la-nord/</span></div>
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At Soutok in rainy weather.<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">On the weekend of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">21st
and 22nd of July</b>, I was in Kysuce area again. This time I was with my
friend. We set off from Žilina toward Turzovka on a bluestripe tourist marking.
At Kazická Kýčera peak I stupidly sprained my ankle when going uphill on a
forest road! I walked out for three more hours with injury. We slept in the
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Foggy morning above Turzovka, Slovakia.<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">In between July the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">29th and August the 4th</b> I was in central and east Slovakia with a
friend of mind. Because my I was recovering from my sprained ankle, we went
with a car. It was a kind of lazy trip, which I don’t like much. More time
spent in a car and camps then on a mountain.</span></div>
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Brown bear's pug marks on a trail in Velká Fatra, Slovakia<br />
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Malá Fatra seen from Velká Fatra.<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span> <span style="font-size: small;">The weekend of the <b>11<sup>th</sup> to 12<sup>th</sup> of August</b> I was in Slovakia
again. This time I chose Veľká Fatra for me and my friend Eva. It was raining
on Saturday. On Sunday it was better. It started to rain, when we got back to a
village, below the mountains.</span></div>
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A sheepfold in Velká Fatra, Slovakia<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">In a period between <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">August the 16<sup>th</sup> and 21<sup>st</sup></b> I visited the Danube
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">On <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">September
the 2<sup>nd</sup></b> I was riding my mtb to Soutok for the forth time in this
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At Soutok in September<br />
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Nights in Oravská Magura Mountains<br />
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the 15<sup>th</sup> to 16<sup>th</sup></b> I was in the Beskydy Mountains. On
first day we collected rubbish left by other people in a forest along a trail.
On the second day I traversed a part of the ridge.</span></div>
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Our team on cleaning mountains event<br />
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We were "succesful" in collecting garbage.<br />
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Mountain forest in the Beskydy shines bright after being cleansed<br />
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Romania I joined a site Carpati.org and subscribed for two trips organized by
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Joining Carpati.org was important for me. Being proud of it.<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">On <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">September
the 21st</b> I left for Romania and reminded there until <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">September the 30st.</b> We made three trips in a single week. At first
I was in Penteleu Mountains with people from Carpati.org, the in Podu Calului
and Siriu with several my friends and then in Parâng Mountains, also a trip
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With members of Carpati.org in Parang .Mountains<br />
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Flying above the top of Parangul Mare. Photo by Andrei Badea with my camera.<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The next two weeks of perfect autumn weather were lost due to my health
problems. I needed to rest a little.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">In a period of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">October
the 18<sup>th</sup> to 21<sup>st</sup></b> I was attending a photo workshop led
by a Romanian photographer Dorin Bofan in Ceahlau Mountains. We spent four
wonderful days in summer-like weather, photographing together. Dorin explained
us that less is more and that we should not take things too seriously. I want
to write an account on the event and put it here on my blog. When standing on
the Ceahlau plateau, I was looking at the north direction, toward the Bistriţei
Mountains, having no idea that I will be climbing there in just two month!</span></div>
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In Ceahlau with other photographers.<br />
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Feeling almost like NG photographers<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">On the weekend of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">October
the 27<sup>th</sup> to 28<sup>th</sup></b> first snow had fallen on our
mountains. I was there too, attending a seminar on large carnivores, barely
poking a nose outside the door. Meanwhile several my Romanian friends were
doing a traverse of the Vrancea Mountains. I got some messages from there. I
wished I could trade places with them.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">On <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">December the
1<sup>st</sup> and the 2<sup>nd</sup></b> a new season began for Wolf patrols.
I was there too, looking for animal traces in first winter snow.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The end of the year caught me back in Romania. I went
there on December the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">23<sup>rd</sup> and
returned on January the 2<sup>nd</sup></b>. We traversed a part of the ridge in
Bistriţei Mountains. We were there for four days and nights. On day the 5<sup>th</sup>
we descended back to the valley and returned to Bucharest. After a one day of
resting we went to Holbav in Perşani Mountains. There we celebrated the end of
the year <b>2012</b> with several friends. In total there were 10 of us. On January
the 1<sup>st</sup> I returned home. </span><br />
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In Bistritei Mountains, Romania.<br />
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With Ioan at rest in Bistritei Mountains.<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">In <b>2013</b> I plan at least four trips to Romania and a
lot more to Slovakia. I also wish to introduce some my Romanian friends to
Slovakian Mountains. I plan to organize a trip there on Carpati.org.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">To make so many trips within a year did not happen by
chance. Careful planning was necessary. A will no to stay sitting at home was
necessary to set off for nature on almost every weekend for short vacations.
Only bouts of bad weather and some healthy problems (not serious) kept me from
devoting more of my time to nature and photography.</span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">At the Beggining of the World</span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">The article could also be retitled <b>At the End of the
World</b>, because Sulina has been considered as the last station of civilisation
on the Black Sea coast.</span></div>
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A map of the Danube Delta showing our track: yellow-1st day; green-2nd day; blue-3rd day; orange-4th day; red-an overland track by Andreia, a girl whom we met with in the Letea forest.</div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Though the truth is that the Danube Delta is the youngest
part of the continent, still under creation. Here we can experience nature in
it’s primeval form. Seeing it from this inverted perspective, Sulina is the
first outpost of civilization in an area, which has been under creation<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>in a period of last ten thousand years.
Before then there were only gulfs, where arms of ancient Danube River or Istros
(as the river was called by ancient Greeks) emptied their waters. At the days
of the Greek geographer Ptolemaios there were seven arms of the Danube River described.
Today only three arms are remaining; and the former arms are now filled in with
deposits, or became lagunas.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">In Sulina, the sun rises early, about 15 min earlier
than in Bucharest and full hour before than in Prague, for example. So people,
living in Sf. Gheorghe, can seen rising sun well sooner than the rest of
Romania, but news from the world reach them after everything else. This was
especially valid in the days of Ceaucescu. In today’s world of modern
communications it is not thus any longer.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">The Danube Delta is a realm of reed. There is not much
more to be seen when speaking about landscapes. Besides, one can see only
water, lakes otherwise channels, along with steppes adjacent to sand dunes on
islands laying on dividing line between fluvial delta and marine-fluvial delta,
created some<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>three-to-four thousand
years ago.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Under water there live many species of fish. They
aren’t easily seen, though they are central in Delta’s economy, since whole
generations of fishermen live there to make living out of fishing.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">In the air soar thousands of birds, and, as well as
fish, they are the main atraction of present-day Delta.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">I have been to this natural paradise twice already,
and I said yes to an invitation from Irina Stoenică to join her and other friends
on a multi-day excursion in internal Delta.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Since merely myself had some experiences with trips to
the Danube Delta we talked with Irina in order to organize the expedition.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">In my part I bought five 50-liter polyethylene bags
(1EUR each), where to put our baggage, while on a canoe. There was no point of
buying special water-tight duffle bags, since no one among us was life-time
enthusiast in kayaking or canoeing. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Irina’s task was to arrange for the transportation,
renting canoes and much more. It was easier from her end, she lives in Romania
permanently and speaks romanian.</span></div>
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Irina on ferry across the Danube River.<br />
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Landscape in Transilvania seen from a train window.<br />
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Pastures everywhere. Those sights are long gone in my country.<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">I arrived in Romania aboard a train on august the 16<sup>th</sup>
in the morning. Irina picked me up in Câmpina and we spent a day in Breaza,
gettin’ ready for the trip and waiting for Maria to come in from Braşov.</span></div>
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Irina gave me a lift from Campina to Breaza.<br />
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hitchhiked all the way from Braşov. We waited for her just next to<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the bridge across the Prahova River, in the
darkness of a mid-august night. Arriving in Brailă at about 2 am, we slept at
Ştefan’s house, our friend in common.</span>
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short distance only, just to reach a ferry across the Danube River, connecting
Brailă with Smărdan. The stream was wide and we could see Măcin Mountains on
the other side of the river.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> Group photo on the ferry </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Brailă-Smărdan.</span></div>
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On the ferry.<br />
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Irina behind a steering wheel.<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> After crossing the danube River on the ferry in </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Smărdan</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">After crrosing the Danube we drove for two more hours to
Tulcea where we stopped by Kaufland, where we had to buy food for four days.
Knowing there is scarcity of drinking water in the Delta I suggested that each
of us had to get at least 10 L of water. At this moment the car was aglomerated
with us, our luggage and our rations!</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> At parking lot after shopping in Tulcea.</span><br />
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Repacking at parking lot in Tulca.<br />
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quite difficult to find a free parking lot. To stay close to the port was a
necessity, because we had a big luggage. We were navigated to a free space with
the help of a local guy, who looked like a retired seaman. I had no idea if we
could trust him, he even went with me to the bank to change money!</span>
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ship to Crişan (23RON each). We had absolutely no time to pay a visit to the
headquaters of the Danube Delta Biospherical Preserve to see, if we needed a
permit to enter inner Delta as well as to camp there. They even did not reply
to an e-mail that Irina sent to them on a previous day from Breaza.</span></div>
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luggage carefully. It meant that a rucksack went on our backs, a camera bag went
over the shoulder, two 5 l cans with water were held in one hand and a bag with
food in the other hand. That way we were able to walk from the car to the port
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Leaving Tulcea.<br />
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Romanian flag on a ship. Village of Tudor Vladimirescu in backdrop.<br />
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Fast boat (nava rapida).<br />
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Tulcea, the gate to the Danube Delta.<br />
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to be transported by the ship to the Delta’s interior, because there are no
roads, which connects with the outside world. We had to walk around to find a
small place on a catwalk on the right side. We sat down on a floor with legs dangling
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The bifurcation: Sfantu Gheorghe canal in backdrop and Sulina canal in front.<br />
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Passengers getting off at Maliuc.<br />
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Group photo on upper deck.<br />
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View from upper deck. Sulina canal.<br />
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On upper deck<br />
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Irina calls Mr. Vasiliu at a canoe rental in Crisan.<br />
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Maria with Catalin on upper deck.<br />
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rental to announce that we were aproaching Crişan. In Delta, where there are no
roads, everything is more complex, especially transport must be arranged well
before the actual journey. Everything is scheduled, and if you somehow fall out
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only a couple of min away. Crişan has a lenght of about eight km and consist
only of a single row of houses and gardens lined along the banks of Sulina
waterway.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mr. Vasiliu had two canoes
ready for us in a garden next to his house. One canoe was yellow, the other one
was turquoise. Maria instanly felt in love with the turquoise one, becase her
nails were tinted with exactly the same hue. The canoe was also bigger, so two
crews were installed immediately on the spot. Girls with Paul went with the
turquouise canoe, meanwhile me and Catalin went with the yellow one.</span></div>
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she is a French citizen, who got married here in Romania eight ears before.
They live in Crişan in summer only, when they can run the rental canoe
bussiness. In winters they stay in a city.</span></div>
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Maria on a street in Crisan.<br />
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At introduction lesson in paddling at Crisan.<br />
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Our dear canoes on water.<br />
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Discussing our plans at Crisan.<br />
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Getting ready for a voyage.<br />
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Paul with his camera on motor boat on Sulina canal.<br />
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Girls on motor boat on Sulina canal.<br />
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On motor boat with girla and Catalin.<br />
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because almost no one among us has ever did that sport. At our request he
arranged for us a transport of our canoes and up the Sulina channel to the
mouth of the Dunarea Veche. It was after 5 pm therefore it came handy to get up
the river faster by means of motor. It cost us 50RON. From the boat we saw a
white stork in proximity. Seeing this, Irina told me that I had a mission to
take a photo showing her hugging a stork. I must admit that I have yet to make
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Landing on Dunarea Veche.<br />
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toward the bank, where our canoes were parked parallel to the shore. In this
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We set off on D.V. and headed in the direction of Mila 23, several km away.
Before that village there should be a small strait leading toward Trei Iezere Lake.
We wanted to arrive at the mouth of the strait before dark, hopping we would
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On D.V.<br />
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yet. The sunset was beautiful, though I took no photos, being paralized by the
fear, that we would not locate a land by dark. I have heard stories about
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hundred meters away from an anchored tourist ship. We landed on an island, big
enough to accomodate our tents. After erecting the two tents we cooked a diner.
At dusk, the hour of mosquito, we managed to sat down on the matraces. It
wasn’t so bad with mosquitoes, we could endure the hour outside, with a little
help of some burning sticks, which released anti-insect odour. From reading
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The yellow canoe.<br />
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The turquoise canoe.<br />
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Sunrise at our camp on Dunarea Veche.<br />
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Water fern-Salvinia natans.<br />
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First pelicans flying overhead.<br />
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And Paul's version.<br />
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Butomus umbellatus<br />
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Irina makes a picture of Butomus umbellatus.<br />
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Bird-watching tower called Cazanel<br />
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Girls atop the tower.<br />
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Guys atop tower.<br />
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Glossy ibis at flight.<br />
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Squacco Heron in dense water vegetation.<br />
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A gull landed on fisherman net.<br />
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Dense "vegetable soup" we had to go through.<br />
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Free way in the vegetable soup.<br />
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A carpet of water fern- Salvinia natans.<br />
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Nuphar luteum and a frog.<br />
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Pelicans on T.I. Lake.<br />
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devoid of any vegetation. Here we spotted the crowd of pelicans floating here
and there not too far away from us. We decided to test their fleeting distance.
To our surprise they soon relaxed and our canoes were allowed for pretty close
approach of about 100 m, well in the range of our telephotos because the bird
are huge (Catalin and Paul had 300 mm, me only 200 mm). </span><br />
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On a "safari tour" in Delta.</div>
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Pelicans flying overhead.</div>
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Pelicans flying above T.I. Lake.<br />
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Tourists on a package tour.<br />
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Group of pelicans, Bestepe (turkish for Five fingers) hills in background.<br />
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with majestic birds, now flying in the air above us, we started to move toward
a new lake, connected with T.I. Lake with short canal. This lake was called La
Amiaza, which means "At Noon" in romanian. By wild coincidence we arrived at the
lake almost at noon. The other lake was named Lacu Bogdaproste, where we got
lost for a while. Somehow we failed to spot the exit to a new strait leading to
D.V.. Irina called her mother who navigated us while looking at the Google
Earth application. Paul also had GPS device, which showed our track. One
interesting thing was that our altitude red -5 m. In this case we did not
belive that the instrument reading was correct, though on my map lakes in inner
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> Relaxing.</span><br />
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A gull, Larus cachinans.<br />
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A floating reed island, named "plaur". Its a landscape feature specific to the Danube Delta.</div>
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Paddling on Bogdaproste Lake.</div>
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Navigating in the Danube Delta.<br />
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Me and Catalin on our yellow canoe.<br />
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On Bogdaproste Lake.<br />
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Pelicans soaring in the thermic.<br />
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Fisherman's nets instaled on Bogdaproste Lake.</div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> Trying to get out of the Bogdaproste Lake.</span><br />
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Catalin on our boat.<br />
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Juvenile pelican.<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> Approaching D.V.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> We also wanted to take a wash, the crystal water was
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good place for a toilette. Even such a thing is not easy in the Delta, firm
banks are scarce and in the future it will be only worse, because of erosion
created by waves generated by fast motor boats. I remember from my first visit
here in 2002, that there weren’t so many motor boats then. Banks receded since
that time with surprising pace and I consider this as a serious threat to
Delta’s environment. Speed of lateral corrasion is well beyond natural level.
Banks created by natural procesess are receding fast and there soon will be a
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mussels which I believe could belong to species Unio pictorum. Shells of the
mollusc were used by painters for mixing colors in them, and that is where its
name comes from. Girls (particularly Irina) got excited about them and bring
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we enter D.V. we found a firm bank suitable for landing our canoes again. Now
we could jump in the water and take a swim. The bath was refreshing. Irina and
Paul went a little farther toward D.V. Later Paul jumped several times from a
log suspended above the water. I and Catalin took some pictures of Maria, who
was willingly posing for our cameras on the bank. Here I can show some
differenties between my writting and Irina’s journal. Irina’s diary is more
personal, describing events which were going in between us. Mine story is more
general, describing events from general point of view, and adding some natural
history. </span><br />
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describes things defferently in a beautiful way:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> <i>
</i></span></span><i><span lang="RO" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: RO; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Am intrat în Dunărea Veche, însă (nu mai știu a cui a
fost ideea, cred că a lui Paul) ne-am întors puțin, la alt loc cu pământ,
pentru a acosta. Scopul: baia mult dorită! Ne-am schimbat în costumele de baie
și am intrat mai temători (toare, eu și Maria) în apa recișoară. Era cât pe ce
să mă răzgândesc și să mă întorc pe mal, mi se părea rece, iar intrarea era
alunecoasă. Dar m-am aruncat și gata. Am înotat, am mers cu Paul mai spre D.
Veche.. și la un mom. dat m-a apucat o criză de râs.. Doamne, parcă erau două
Irine!! Într-un fel mă gândeam că sunt posedată și mi-era un pic teamă că nu înțeleg
de ce râd.. dar nu mă puteam opri. Când mă uitam la Paul, mă apuca râsul.
Trebuia să fac pluta ca să îmi revin, râsul îmi lua f multă energie și nu mai
puteam înota. Paul a făcut și câteva sărituri de pe buștean..</span></i></div>
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<i><span lang="RO" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: RO; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Am stat o oră și ceva, apoi (f. bronzați și cu
cremă albă pe noi) am plecat mai departe, ur</span><span lang="RO" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: RO; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">ma drum lung până spre Letea...</span></i><b><span lang="RO" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: RO;">©</span><span lang="RO" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: RO; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"> Irina Stoenic</span><span lang="RO" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: RO;">ă</span></b><br />
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again we turned our canoes to the left in the direction where should be a
strait leading to Letea. The old river is much wider then canals with heavier
traffic on them. A one place we passed the entrance toward natural preserve
Lacu Raducu. On the bank of the strait there was a table showing that the acces
to the preserve is forbbiden. I took a picture of the table and we moved on. </span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> Lacu Raducu natural preserve information panel.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Just
before we found the right canal, we explored a short strait leading to a
lakelet covered with water ferns (Salvinia natans). This species is almost extinct
in my country and I really enjoed seeing it everywhere in the Delta. Here Maria
show us how it hears to listen to a cow when she is urinating (cum se aude când
face vaca pipi). The original idea came from our joint Trascău trip in July. My
position at the rear of the yellow boat was disadvantage here, because I had
not been watching the complete scene. Luckily Irina took a video of it and I
could replay it over and over when I was back home.</span><br />
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Water ferns-Salvinia natans.</div>
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Catalin on Magearu canal.<br />
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Paul and girls on D.V.<br />
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toward Letea, our next destination. On the way we spot some birds. I was glad
to see a roller again. Again I must regret that this species once lived in
great numbers in my area and since the 1960’s is gone. </span><br />
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Two rollers on Magearu canal.<br />
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kingfisher. It was a little surprise to learn that it was Irina’s first
sighting of the species for ever. The kingfisher is quite common in our parts
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Irina was trying to stand up in the canoe, though it was not helping to get
better view. For this we had to get much higher. </span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> Sunset over Magearu canal.</span><br />
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Sunset over the Delta.<br />
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materialized out of grayness soon in the form of bird observing tower ahead of
us. Now it was late for watching the sunset. But for the sunrise it would be a
perfect place to be at. When our canoe approached shore, I suddenly felt a
dissapoitment, seeing a sea kayak there and a tent erected just by the tower.
Knowing that land in the Delta appears only in small pieces, I thought that the
place is occupied and there would be no room for our two tents. Our canoe started
to retreat. Irina called what was happening. I shouted toward her that the land
is occupied. Luckilly Irina asked the couple who made an appereance on the bank
if there was enough<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>free place for all
of us. “For sure”, was the answer. The darkness was setting on, so we found a
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After meal we talked about plans for tomorow, and decided to leave early to be
in Letea on time for Irina to attend a lithurgy in the church. We also wanted
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stayed outside talking until midnight. Meanwhile I bussied myself by arranging
my camera fixed on a tripod next to to tower to take a serie of 80 images for
an image with startrails. The whole serie takes about an hour to capture, so I
set an alarm on my phone to wake me up so as to bring my camera and tripod back
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sunrise over the Delta. After we waited for tents to dry, though it took a
little longer, because there was a single tree and some clouds blocking the
sun.</span><br />
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Long wished sunrise seen from above the Delta.<br />
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Our camp near to Letea seen from above.</div>
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Delta in the morning seen from above.</div>
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Waiting for the tents to dry off.<br />
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A journey towards Letea.<br />
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Nymphae alba.<br />
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A voyage toward Letea.<br />
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First native boat.<br />
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Traditional port in Letea.</div>
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Church in Letea.<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> Irina is ready to go to the church.</span><br />
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Going to church.<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Leaving at about 8 am on the canal toward Letea. When
we aproached the village we met with the first typical old wooden black boats
of the Delta. It took us about two hours to arrive in the Letea village, just
in time for Irina to go to the church. She hurried there to see if there is a
lithurgy today (it was Sunday). Meanwhile at the village port we were lucky to
find a guy who was able to watch our canoes while we would be inside the
church. He himself was waiting for tourists to return from a trip with car to
visit the forest. There is regular tourist traffic in between Crişan and Letea.
Tourist operators sell packages to interested visitors. We were on our own here
so we had to organize things in a different way.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> Our canoes in Letea port.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> Starling-Sturnus vulgaris.</span><br />
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Church in Letea.<br />
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talking to believers in words which I didn’t understand much, being a
foregneir. I learned what was it all about later in a story written by Irina. I
reprint a short interpretation of events in the church <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>written by her in romanian language: </span></div>
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<i><span lang="RO" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: RO; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Așadar am stat toți la slujba care a durat ff
puțin, dar care a avut o predică ff frumoasă – mi-a plăcut de părintele, că era
așa afectat de ce zicea: avem păcate multe, multe.. foarte multe. Și se
întrista pentru păcatele noastre, ale tuturor. Păcate cât datoria datornicului,
cele 10.000 de dinari. A spus mai multe lucruri frumoase despre iertare,
printre care și că trebuie să iertăm din inima (iar pentru asta, trebuie să
avem credință), nu rațional sau ca pe o datorie. La fel e și cu credința, nu e
de-ajuns (nu există) dacă e doar rațională: Trebuie
să existe un Dumnezeu... Cred că există! Nu știu de ce, de la acest părinte
am reținut multe.. (în general uit, deși îmi propun să rețin multe lucruri de
folos). A mai zis că și cel care greșește, trebuie să arate multă dragoste, așa
cum mama își îmbrățișează/sărută copilul, iar acesta iartă și uită pe lo</span><span lang="RO" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: RO; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">c, totul. Așa să fie iertarea...</span></i><span lang="RO" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">©Irina
Stoenică</span></b><br />
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After lithurgy on the bank.<br />
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gathered in the shadows of willow trees to have a lunch. On the spot we also
re-organized our money expenses. Irina kept notes of all common expenses and
now we put them in order.</span></div>
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to a woman, who offered us to leave canoes at her court for the rest of the
day. It was a perfect opportunity, we were afraid of leaving boat alone on the
shore on an island.</span><br />
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Our canoes "parked" inside a court next to a canal.</div>
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Local architecture. Reed is the most important material thing are made off.</div>
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Typical house in Letea village.<br />
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Girls hitchiking. To no avail. Almost no cars were passing by.<br />
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Only cars with tourists were passing by. Local cars do not even bother to have any plates. <br />
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Local agriculture.</div>
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Corn field in Letea village.<br />
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of for the long expected walk to the forest. On way there we passed through the
village. There was no pavement. We walked on sand instead. There were no cars
on the streets, unusual view in these days. And tiny houses were painted blue
and white. Locals were mainly ucraininans, called Lipoveni. They migrated here
a few centuries before in order to avoid religious opressions in their
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Entering the Letea forest.<br />
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The oak woodland in the Letea.<br />
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An oak among undergrowth.<br />
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On dirt road in the Letea forest.<br />
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Keeping on the road, winding through a forest.<br />
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considered the only subtropical forest in Romania, with many species of liana.
The forest consist mainly of oak. The ground floor is overgrown with dense
bushes and passing through forest is not easy. We availed ourselves of dirt
roads, winding through the area. Navigating was difficult, because at each
intersection we had to chose a road which would lead us in our proposed
direction. Actually we were making a big circle through the area. </span><br />
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Liana.</div>
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another group of tourists from Bucharest, who told us that they were making a
traverse of the Delta on foot. For me it sounded extremely interesting idea! I
had no knowledge that the Delta can be crossed on foot, using ferry just once
in Sulina. People from the group told us that in front of us there was a herd
of famous Letea horses, semi-wild horses living without owner in the area. Then
we split, thinking that we would never meet again. </span><br />
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The Letea horse. They live in the wild.<br />
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They aren't easy to approach.<br />
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Living in the wild.<br />
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Always escaping.<br />
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coincidence I met with a girl from the group again in the Penteleu mountains.
Then I asked her to send me her Delta journal. She send me her notes on the
Delta trip and I am thankfull for this. The World is small!</span></div>
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on my camera and we set off to see Letea horses. Being lucky, we spot them soon
on the right from the road. We followed them for a while, feeling like hunters. </span><br />
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Stalking wild creatures.<br />
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abandoned a road in search of sand dunes we were eager to see. We missed the
ancient oak forest, which tourists on package tours come to see with cars. But
no regret, we were here on foot roaming through a beautifuly wild area. Our
trip was far more interesting than any prepaid package tour in the world. Our
only schedule to keep was to arrive back in Letea by the dark, since we caried
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single flying roller and a white-tailed eagle soaring above the forest in the
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<span lang="RO" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">That blue spot in the center of the image is a roller (Garulus coracius), (dumbraveanca).</span><br />
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White-tailed eagle-Haliaetus albicilla, (vultur cod alb).<br />
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And Paul's version.<br />
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afternoon we searched for<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>a place in the
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<span lang="RO" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> Vegetation on sand dunes is sparse.</span></div>
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single well in the area. It contained seemingly pure water, though I reminded
everyone that safety goes first and not to drink this water. We still had
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At the well.<br />
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sand dunes. Paul’s GPS devise red altitude of 11 m asl, a real big mountain in
the Delta. Atop we head great view over adjacent landscape and played there
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The highest hill in the Danube delta, 11 m asl.</div>
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There must be dinosaurs living somewhere here.<br />
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kept going to south-west to complete the circle through the forest. We wanted
to arrive at about the same spot where we enter the forest, knowing it was the
best way we could take. At those moments Irina seemingly got upset with our’s
(or Paul’s) navigation skills. I didn’t understand well what she was after. For
me all was clear, we both (me and Paul) knew where to go. But try to explain
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Meeting with horses again.<br />
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A walk through parkland.</div>
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Semi desert in the Letea.</div>
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Jackal.<br />
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<span lang="RO" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> Paul at the margin of the Letea forest.</span></div>
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On the dike leading to Letea village.<br />
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Great sunset took place over the Delta.<br />
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At sunset nearby the Letea village.<br />
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Sunset in the Delta.<br />
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After suset in the Delta.</div>
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<span lang="RO" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> Magic moments after sunset.</span><br />
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Let's hope that Letea will escape the fate of Caraorman and Sfantu Gheorghe and they never built a concrete harbor here.</div>
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Magic of the sunset.<br />
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sunset took place over the Delta. All three guys in our group made many
pictures. Irina regreted that she could not take photographs herself, because
her camera battery run out of energy in the morning. She had left the battery
to recharge in the village. Seeing this I had bought an extra battery for Irina
a month later.</span></div>
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the village, me and Paul spoted a snake and took a photograph of it. Paul said
on the spot that it was not a common grass snake (Natrix natrix). Though we
couldn’t tell why it was different, because it was very similar. Only back home
I discovered that it was Natrix natrix persa, which differs from the common
species by two white-yellow paralel<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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Natrix natrix persa.<br />
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where we left our canoes was so kind that allowed us to build our two tents
there. We errected them in the semidarkness. We were not alowed to play with
fire in between hay stacks so we went on the dike for cooking. </span></div>
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with tuna fish and some tea. We sat down on the bank. Paul experienced some
problems with his stove (Primus), so I borowed him mine. Paul had to replaced
it later (for the 3rd time), because this serial number of stove was defective.</span></div>
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that Paul is still missing in our tent. We all three guys slept in one tent and
the two girls stayed in the other one. Paul didn’t make appearance by the
morning. He went to girl’s tent for a talk with Irina and reminded there for
the rest of the night. They talked well until midnight or past it each night. I
also have such experiences with girls. I remember talking one night with a girl
until 4 am in Muntele Mare. In these days I prefere taking night pictures to
talking. </span></div>
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happend in the other tent we learned in the morning. The description of the
events comes from Irina’s diary. She wrote on it in a beautiful way: </span></div>
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<i><span lang="RO" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: RO; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Noaptea
a fost o aventură.... visam a doua oară că eram în canoe, pe larg, în toiul
nopții. Doar că de data aceasta părea totul fff real, și mă ridicasem în fund
crezând că sunt în barcă!! Mă răsteam la Paul (în realitate, iar el era confuz
și panicat) să vâslească, să facă ceva! Doar eu și Otto munceam să ne salvăm (</span><span lang="RO" style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: RO; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><span lang="RO" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: RO; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">)) ), erau valuri mari și nu vedeam bine (barca avea pe
ea cortul în care eram de fapt; deci lumea dorme în derivă, doar eu eram trează
</span><span lang="RO" style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: RO; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span></i><span lang="RO" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: RO; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><i>)) ). A fost mortal... Paul îmi zicea că nu sunt
conștientă, dar nu ajuta prea mult. Până când, m-am mai trezit și i-am spus
(după ce mi-a sugerat că nu am sens): </i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Dacă
suntem într-un cort acum, da.... nu are sens nimic din ce-am zis.</i><i> Și m-am
liniștit în sf, pt că tare mă consumasem cu vâslitul și salvatul tuturor! (Doamne..
=)) ); asta a fost, deci, în ultima noapte: duminică spre luni..</i>.</span><b><span lang="RO" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: RO;">©</span><span lang="RO" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: RO; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"> Irina Stoenic</span><span lang="RO" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: RO;">ă</span></b></div>
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<span lang="RO" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: RO;">In the morning,
breakfast in the sun, in plus we got some milk from the lady. I don’t drink
milk much, I just took a spoon of it to whiten my black coffee. Packing our
equipment, carrying our canoes to the bank in the morning, sayin’ bye bye to
Letea with thoughts that we would love to return one day. </span><br />
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Breakfast in the court in Letea.<br />
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Letea was lucky to escape the fate of Caraorman in south part of the Delta. In
the days of Ceaucescu a narow canal in Caraorman, with willow trees along its
banks and a small port, was destroyed. In fact it was rebuilt into an ugly port
equiped with monster cranes and concrete blocks of buildings, where has never
lived anybody. Ceaucescu wanted to exploate the famous sand dunes of Caraorman.
The sand was considered as a basic material for production of glass. Then came
the revolution year 1989 which swept central Europe, and all that construction
came to a halt. The monster port remains there as a reminder of the previous
era. In the 1990 the Danube Delta was declared as a biosphere preserve.</span></div>
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the biosphere preserve is not a salvation of the Delta from being rapped again
and again. I remember a nice traditional port in Sfântu Gheorghe which was in
its orinal state back in 2004. After that the old port was buldozed away an
replaced with the concrete harbour, which hostes huge ships with tourist. A new
tourist resort was constructed there. The resort has received only a few
visitors and today is almost in ruins. Our own visit, seen from this
perspective, make none impact on the nature in the Delta. We carried our own
water there, and all the rubish we took back to Crişan to be carried away by a
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the bird watching tower, where we slept the night before. We were headed
towards D.V. The sun was very strong on this day, I think that it was the
hottest day we experienced in the Delta. All previous days were a way cooler,
perhaps we experienced a cold wave in this period.</span><br />
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Domestic horse in Letea.</div>
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Mariuca.<br />
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Irinica.<br />
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and we could not find a single tree, where to anchor our canoes in the shade.
Our patience paid itself by finding a good shadow under a Willow on the right
bank. Here we dinned on our rations. Plus I managed to make a pot of coffee on
my stove. For the first time ever I made such a think. It was mainly because
this time we had laminated boats and not inflatable rubber canoes. I don’t
remember well what we ate. For more details consult Irina’s diary.</span><br />
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On D.V. again.<br />
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Cormorant on D.V.</div>
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Turquoise canoe on D.V.</div>
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<span lang="RO" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> Crew on the turquoise canoe.</span><br />
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On Sulina canal!<br />
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Huge ship on Sulina canal-mastodontul in words of Irina.<br />
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<span lang="RO" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> Girls working hard.</span></div>
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Sulina canal we made a competition whose boat would get there first. Me and
Catalin were probably better padlers and won the competion by several canoe’s
lenghts. Even though there were three padlers in the other canoe. But we knew
that the turquoise canoe was far heavier, probably more difficult to maneuvre.
Brave girls and Paul!</span><br />
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Gulls were flying overhead.<br />
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canal along the left bank (on the right when going up the river). We entered
the canal at mile 9 and had to get to mile 12. A lot of work to do. It took us
over two hours to get back to the rental in Crişan. Perhaps we had to go up on
the other side, where it was supposed to be easier in this direction!</span><br />
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Landing back in Crisan.<br />
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Back in Crisan.<br />
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returning the canoes, we reorganized our luggage. Mr. Vasiliu arranged for us a
motor boat, which would get us to Mahmudia over the south part of the Delta in
a matter of an hour!</span></div>
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<span lang="RO" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> Aboard fast motor boat.</span><br />
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<span lang="RO" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> Inside motor boat.</span><br />
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<span lang="RO" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> On upper deck of the motor boat.</span><br />
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Rainbow in the spray.<br />
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there we enjoyed splendid views over the Delta because of our elevated
position. It was also an opportunity to observe what a disturbance motor boats
bring to the Delta. We were going at 60 km/hour, leaving big waves behind, not
speaking about the noise. When we were to meet with a smaller boat, the captain
slowed down, to prevent the small boat would be threatened by big waves.</span></div>
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Isaac and Uzlina we got to Sfântu Gheorghe canal and then to Mahmudia.</span></div>
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the transport, quite a high price for. But it was necessary, in order to catch
a bus for Tulcea.</span><br />
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Reorganizing at Mahmudia.<br />
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Ditches along the road were overgrown with canabis in Mahmudia.<br />
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Canabis sativa or Grass.<br />
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our luggage for the second time we set off for the bus stop 4 km away. The bus
was due to leave in less then an hour. There was no chance to catch it while on
foot. Hithchiking was the only chance. By surprise we managed to get a lift.
The van stopped by and had enough free space inside for<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>all of us and our packs as well! We got to
Mahmudia in a few minutes and had a time to buy some drinks in a bar just
opposite the bus stop. </span><br />
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Finnaly at the bus stop.<br />
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We had enough time to have a coffee befor a bus came.</div>
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<span lang="RO" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: RO;">I kept taking
photos even on a bus board. I was exhilarated by the journey and wanted to
enjoy every moment. In Tulcea I spotted our car from a bus. We were happy to
find the car as we left it.</span><br />
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<span lang="RO" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> Inside the bus.</span></div>
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Aboard the bus for Tulcea.</div>
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<span lang="RO" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> Bestepe hills seen from he bus window</span><br />
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Back at Tulcea, by the car. <br />
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<br />
<span lang="RO" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">After loading the
car with our equipment we set of for Kaufland to eat mititei (mici) for dinner. The
fast food has just been closed down, so we returned to the town center and
bought a shaorma and kebab at the kiosk on the main streat. </span></div>
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<span lang="RO" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: RO;">The last stretch
for home was a drive through a night toward Bucharest. At first Irina was
driving, and later Paul came to controls. I became so tired that I fall asleep
soon next to Maria, who also was sleeping. I wake up just when we entered Bucharest,
well past midnight. Greatest credits go to Irina and Paul for driving us safely
through the night back home!</span></div>
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<span lang="RO" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> Day the 6th</span><br />
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<span lang="RO" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: RO;">In Bucharest we
said bye to Maria and Catalin. Maria went to sleep for about and hour and then
was due to take a bus for Braşov. Later she told me that she was just ten
minutes late for her job and she walked in with her pack shouldered.</span></div>
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<span lang="RO" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: RO;">The rest of us
slept until midmorning. After breakfast Irina directed me to get to F64. I
wanted to buy me Cokin ND graduated filter kit at a half of the price of that
in Prague.</span></div>
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<span lang="RO" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: RO;">After return we ate
something and Irina gave me a ride halfway to the train station. When we were
saying hallo to each other, those were moments, when it was difficult to manage
not to cry. I hated to leave! If I were a poet I would scream: „One wish alone have I!”(Mai am un singur dor). But those words went unspoken.</span></div>
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<span lang="RO" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The aftermath</span><br />
<span lang="RO" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
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<span lang="RO" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: RO;">Four months later I
was returning from Romania again carrying gifts from my romanian friends home.
I was reading Mioriţa, a classic romanian poem, a christmas present from Paul.
I cried again, this time from happiness that I had an opportunity to meet with
such wonderful<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>people.</span><br />
<span lang="RO" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: RO;"><br /></span></div>
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<b><span lang="RO" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: RO; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">In Brno, the 4th of
January 2013</span></b></div>
Otto Hauckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09367066661433119755noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-448068833200135453.post-20283527057966205982012-11-24T13:24:00.002-08:002012-11-24T13:29:36.657-08:00Penteleu trip<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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story on my first trip organized by others on site Carpati.org. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">When I was
planning an autumn trip to Romania, my friend there told me that he was going
to organize a trip to Penteleu Mountains via internet site named Carpati.org
for the weekend; and that he was going to join yet another trip to Parâng
Mountains on the next weekend, organized by the other guy, who also was a
member of the same site. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">In between
the two trips we could do something together in Vrancea Mountains for example.
I was not too happy about it, because comming all the way from the Czech
Republic just for four-day trip was impractical for me at the time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Challenges
are there to be overcome and thus I made my own profil on the site, because
either trip was for members only. I created my own profile on the site with a
help of Mariluna, Ioan’s younger sister, because I wanted my profile there to
be in romanian language. Afterward I signed in for both trips and adventure was
about to begin.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Penteleu masiff seen from a meadow below Podu Calului. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">To make
events more complex, my friend Eva, also from Brno, was going to join me. Not
being a member of the site, she and another romanian friend, Paul, were
supposed to join us in Varlaam, just after the Penteleu trip would have
finished.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Everything
was going like a clockwork, with no serious difficulties to meet, and all trips
were a success. This fact reveals that the site Carpati.org is quite effective
in planning mountain trips. Especially for those who don’t know how to organize
an outing in the mountains.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I left the
Czech Republic on Friday, September the 21st aboard a night train (early in the
morning) in order to avoid problems with train delations, which the line
between Czech Rep. and Romania is famous for. I was afraid of missing a train
in Budapest. In the end I got off in Braşov early in the morning. I arranged
for Vali, my new friend there, to pick me up with her car in Braşov . It was
still dark while we went to Sf. Gheorghe, where we were to meet with other two
participants of the trip. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">It was after
rain, though I promised Vali to bring sunshine with me from the west. While we
were crossing the mountains saddle towards the eastern slope, blue spots
appeared in the skies and until we got to Varlaam, the meeting point for the
trip, the sun was already shining.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">From Varlaam
we had to get deeper in the Bâsca Mare valley to canton Cernat, where the trail
for Penteleu Peak starts. There were several cars among us, and we had one car
to leave near the end of the trail in order to be able to reach easily other
cars left higher in the valley.</span></div>
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Canton Cernat, I have already been in the area in 2004.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">When we all
reach the canton, Ioan had gathered us in front of him to check out whether
there is all of 20 of us. Usually I prefere going in much smaller groups,
though this trip was different story, because I wanted to meet with more people
in Romania. On this outing I had great opportunity to practice romanian
language. I can really feel the progress I have made since last year. Also
there were more people, whom I heard stories about, and this was a unique
chance to talk with them.</span></div>
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The meeting before departure.<br />
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repacking we set off on the steep trail. I needed to repack, because some of us
would remain here for more days, and I left some food in the car. For me the
trail was nothing new, since I had been in the area in 2004 already. Now we
were going to the top, and from there in south direction. In 2004 we were
headed toward north. So on the second day, I will have an opportunity to get to
know other part of the mountains.</span></div>
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Before hitting the trail at canton Cernat.<br />
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massif is covered with forests and taking pictures with people is not easy in
the forest. On naked ridge, making landscapes with people is much easier, so
the photography was a kind of chalenge for me.</span></div>
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At the beggining there was a steep part.<br />
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It wasn't easy to take pictures of moving people in dark forest.<br />
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Looking uphill.<br />
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B<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">eech forest was stunningly beautiful.</span><br />
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line, and when some people stayed behind we waited for them to regroup. In this
style we walked for almost three hours until we emerged on a meadow with a
sheepfold, where we took a rest. </span></div>
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Regrouping.<br />
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Wild beech forest around the trail.<br />
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Beautiful parts of the beech forest.<br />
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Next to a sheepfold, which was at about the same condition as back in 2004.<br />
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Inside the sheepfold.<br />
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The bedroom. All was clean inside this luxurious sheepfold.<br />
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At walk again.<br />
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Meteorological station below the top. For me it was familiar view.<br />
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Group photo atop Penteleu Peak (1773 m)<br />
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higher we went the better were the views. Another short stop was at a
meteorological station at 1600 m, and then another on the top, where we made a
group photo and Ioan showed us all features we could see from there. Penteleu
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descending from the top, we stopped on Vâforata ridge to set up a camp in
increasing winds. We went a little down to collect water at a spring. When we
returned from the spring the wind was so powerfull that some tents had to be
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Our camp on Vaforata ridge, exposed to the winds. Word vafor means a gale in romanian.</span></div>
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Some tents were wind resistable. Mine tent (Jurek) had collapsed in the winds.<br />
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The ridge we were following on the second day.<br />
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Moon appeared. Some people were saying that we experience one of the most beutiful sunset of the year on the Vaforata ridge.<br />
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Penteleu peak at dusk seen from our camp on the ridge.<br />
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who stayed inside more stable tents (Husky) on the ridge it was sleepless
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Husky tents, the most wind resistable survivors.<br />
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Idillyc picture, but the wind made it feel uncomfortable.<br />
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Penteleu Peak at sunrise.<br />
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Vrancea Mountains (Sboina Frumoasa) seen on the opposite side of Basca Mica valley.<br />
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Self-portrait. Piciorul Caprei in backdrop.<br />
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Survivors-Husky tents<br />
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Getting out of the wind.<br />
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Short break to take off some warm clothes before going further.<br />
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Descending to forest.<br />
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Wild part of the forest.<br />
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Yellow leaves of Rowan tree show that summer is over.<br />
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On a meadow.<br />
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Walking on a meadow.<br />
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Dark forest again.<br />
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led us on the ridge toward Piciorul Caprei and Vf. Monteoru. It was a long
ridge, which Ioan has explored a year before. The ridge was forested, with
occasional vistas from a meadow. In central part we were to follow a rocky
ridge, which made walking more difficult. We had to wait in a line to get down
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Waiting in a line to get down rocky stretch.<br />
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Regrouping in the forest. Ioan took care that no one would get lost in forest.<br />
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This section was a relaxing one. More difficult one was still ahead of us. For me it was also relaxing.<br />
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Wildest part, where forest grew on rocky ridge.<br />
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Steep section. The ridge was lofty, though it wasn's seen through thick forest.<br />
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Waiting for the trail to be free.<br />
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I enjoyed this section.<br />
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Looking from above on a line of waiting tourist.<br />
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Emerging on first meadow.<br />
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Looking into a valley.<br />
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Looking back.<br />
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Arriving in a village.<br />
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Arriving in a village of Varlaam.<br />
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Hanging bridge, just like those bridges in Himalaya.<br />
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Hanging bridge over Basca Mare.<br />
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The last steps before the end of the trail.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Later at the afternoon we emerged on a first meadow, where we
collected some apples from a nearby apple tree. An hour later we were down in
Varlaam, where we crossed the river on hanging bridge. Drivers were driven for
the remaing cars and in another hour the group started to split. We said hallo
to each other, happy that we managed to meet. I made several new friends during
the outing and I was happy about that.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Only a
single car remained here. It was Laura’s car, who wanted to stay a couple days
longer here, together with a girl named Irina. </span></div>
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down to the center of the village, where we met with newcomers, Eva and Paul.
For tomorow we planned to cross less known mountain ridge named Podu Calului. </span></div>
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collecting water at a spring, we set up three tents just next to the Bâsca
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">This trip
showed me, that even big organized trips are good to attend. For me it was a
new experience, with cross-cultural exchange. The site Carpati.org is not
unique, though in Romania the site is used widely for organizing trips and much
more. For those who have no friends or partners to go with on a mountain adventure,
the site presents a good point to beggin with. After you joined several trip
organized on Carpati.org, you would became more confident and experienced so
that you could go on private trips with your new friends, or even you could
start to organize a trip there too.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Just in two
days after a return home from one romanian trip I set off on another romanian adventure.
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">This time I
was in a company of my two friends. I tried to plan the trip very carefully,
because precise timing was necessary for four-day time window.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Despite
carefull preparations the journey still was and adventure and we had to
improvize a little.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Even such a
fast jaunt abroad needs health travel insurance contract with one’s insurance
company. Its better to have a special contract for mountain sports, with health
insurance period lasting one year, instead making a contract individually for
each journey. Standard health travel insurance contracts are not valid for
activities done in mountainous terrain even under 2000m asl., and one can find
himself/herself in a trouble if any misfortune in mountainous terrain occurs. I
made an insurancy contract via CHS (Czech Mountaineering Association) for the
purpose.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">In the
two-day window I downloaded all images from the previous event into my
harddrive, packed and got ready my backpack, plus I went to work in those days.
The train ticket we bought free days in advance. I arranged that my friends
bought the ticket, while I still was in Romania.</span></div>
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beggins</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The journey
started with a train delation. At our departure from Brno (Czech Republic), our
train was delayed for 20 minutes. It was still okay for catching next connection
in Budapest-Keleti Station. Unfortunately the train developed another 20
minutes of delation by the time we got to Bratislava (Slovakia).</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">It was sure
that we were going to miss the train for Romania at Budapest. While we were on
hungarian territory we made a futile attempt to bring to a halt our train in
Budapest via the conductor. He called the station but to no avail, they made it
clear that international train doesn’t wait for any delayed connections, it
leaves on time.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">On our
arrival in Budapest it was clear that we missed the train by three minutes. It
meant to wait another four hours for the next train. It was not a problem. Much
worse was the fact, that we were going to miss the evening connection at Arad
(Romania). In that way we would get to our destination in Baile Herculane at
evening instead of in the morning. Loosing one day on four-day event was a
serious problem!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">But for the
solution we had to wait until we get onto romanian territory. In Budapest we
killed the time by getting written confirmation about the train delation,
getting new seat reservations for the new train (3 euros each) and walking with
our heavy packs to the banks of the Danube River and back to Keleti Station. It
occured to me how much I prefere to spent my time on foot in mountain splendor
instead of walking on bussy streets of any european agglomeration. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> At Budapest, waiting for the train at the Danube River bank. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Finally we
got on a dream train, which would get us to romanian empire of vast and wild
mountains!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Arriving at
Arad at night we checked the connections for Timisoara and farther to Baile
Herculane, our destination. Originaly, we planned to get to Baile at 1:30 am on
Saturday. Now was more or less the time of our arrival there, with one
difference. We were in Arad instead! It translated into getting to Baile on
Saturday at about 6 pm. Damned!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">There were no
connections on the schedule, with one exception of taking a TAXI to Timisoara.
In that way we would catch the train leaving Timisoara at 4.30 am and getting
to Baile at about 7:30 am! GREAT! We took a taxi, negotiating a price with the
female driver at 40 euros. The distance was about 60 kms, and we were three to
share the fare. The decision took us only a minute. Soon we were driven through
illuminated night streets of Arad, then throughout the darkness of the
countryside and in the end we got to Timisoara-Nord train station.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">There we had
to wait for approximately three hours for the train. We sat down on benches
placed on a platform a tried to pass the time. To make sure we would not
oversleep we set an alarm clock for 4 am. I was sitting on the bench, snoozing
with an interruption after each 20 minutes. It was weird I thought I was
sleeping a couple of minutes only, but in fact I slept for twenty minutes. This
scenario repated itself until 4 am. Than we woke up and boarded our train for
Baile Herculane.</span></div>
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Image: internet source; Wikipedia. Baile Herculane in 19th Century<br />
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luckier people in the world at the moment. After three hours of travel we got
off the train at Baile Herculane. The station building was build in the 19<sup>th</sup>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">In front of it there was a bus stop from were buses departed for the
town’s centrum every 30 minutes. The fare was rated at 1,5 lei. Soon we were there. We
got our morning coffe at the kiosk, changed some money there and in 30 minutes
we continued in another bus toward </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Ş</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">apte Izvoarele Calde station, several
kilometers away. The name relates to hot springs this station is famous for.
Ancient Romans called this place “Ad Aquas Herculi Sacras.” We did not wasted
our time, after getting off we took a bath at nearby hot tube. It was placed
directly under the road inside a grotto, already filled with other people.
Sulfuric smells were evaporating from its surface. The water temperature
matched that of the human body and we soon relaxed, soaking in the tube. It
revitalized us enough for the next effort in the mountains. The zombie-like
feeling soon gave way to almost fresh disposition.</span></div>
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we enjoyed a beer on the Cerna River banks, talking with one local, who told us
about human life from a philosofical point of view. We nicknamed him “the Yogine,”
his spiritual talks were enhanced with rounds of a beer, coffe and coniac he brought
in regular intervals from a near kiosc.</span></div>
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set off on foot for another 7 km walk on an asphalt road to reach pension
Dumbrava, where the actual trail into the mountains started. We hoped for
getting a lift soon, beacause there was really hot on the asphalt road. After
about an hour a car stopped. There was not too much room inside, so we sent a
girl with our packs ahead. In this way we could cover remaining distance much
faster. Soon the car returned and drove us directly to Dumbrava place. </span></div>
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our arrival here with a beer at the restaurant and hit the trail. I chose the
same trail I took in last October with my romanian friends. I knew that our
today’s destination is only about two hours away and that we will have a source
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A horse is still a mean of transportation in the Cernei Mountains.<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> This spring I already knew from last October trip through here.</span></div>
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uneventfull. It was hot, luckily some parts of the trail led through beech
forests. At the spring we filled our bottles with water and after twenty
minutes arrived at Dobraia church, a place chosen as our first camp. We arived
there in good time, with the prospect of fine evening light in front of us. At
first we erected our the only tent and dinned our first dinner in the
mountains. When fine evening light occured we bussied ourselves with taking
photographs in each direction. I continued shooting until it got dark. My final
exposures were that of rising full moon behind the church.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> Small lovely church at La Dobraia place. </span></div>
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Haystacks at La Dobraia with Mehedinti Mountains in backdrop.</div>
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Sheep in Cernei Mountains.</div>
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Menthol tea made of fresh leaves tasted well.<br />
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Evening is approaching.<br />
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Slopes of the Cernei Mountains seen from La Dobraia.<br />
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Evening clouds above the Cernei Mountains.<br />
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Escarpments of Mehedinti Mountains glowing pink at sunset.<br />
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Varfu lui Stan in Mehedinti Mountains.</div>
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Zascolul Arjanei after sunset seen from La Dobraia.<br />
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At dusk at La Dobraia.<br />
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The church at dusk.<br />
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Guess it! Is it sunrise, sunset or moonrise?<br />
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Moonrise!<br />
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the Zascolul Arjanei Peak and down to Cracu Mare</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The morning
was clear and still. I ventured out from the tent alone. My two companion
emerged from the tent after I was finished with early morning photography. Its
my habit I developed over the years to make photograhs early in the morning and
late at the evening. But with approaching summer solstice this task was more
difficult. Autumn season is the best for this category of photography, I guess.
After sunset there is still a lot of time to sleep, in summer and spring this
time window shortens considerably. And in winter there is too cold to stay
outside for prolonged time. See my article about the winter traverse of the
Vrancea Mountains.</span><br />
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Dobraia place in the morning.<br />
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Dobraia place with a tent and a church in the morning<br /><br />
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seemed very simle-we would go climb a peak and descent into a valley.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Again
following the last October trail. In spring conditions it looked differently,
so I had a fresh material for photography. I never got borred on a mountain
trail and that is why I often return to the some places. In this mode I crossed
the crest of the Rodnei Mountains three times, visited Padis zone for six
times, returned to Vrancea Mountains for the second time and already planning a
third trip through there. In the same mode I walked over the crest of the
Parang Mountains and Capatani Mountains, twice in its entirety; visited Cheile
Chei for three times, climbed Scari</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">ţ</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">a-Belioara at least for ten times and
visited the Pouzdřany steppe for approximately a hundred times.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">In the
village of Pris</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">ă</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">cina there we met with locals controling a fire at the
edge of forest. On my question whethere the fire is wild or managed they
replied: “We are doing spring cleaning.” It never occured to me that forests
also must be cleaned at the spring as well as houses.</span><br />
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interesting pictures of sunrays passing through a smoky layer over the trail.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">From here on
the trail started to climb toward Prislop pass at 1270 m asl. The fresh spring
leaves gradually gave way to naked beech branches and in the saddle the wind
was howling. There we find a shelter from the wind and ate something.
Afterwards we hid our packs in the forest and followed marked crest trail
toward Arjana (1513m asl). From this side climb is easy, the complicated rocky
trail comes from the other side. Atop we found some flowering gentians, rested
there for a while and descended back to Prislop.</span><br />
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down led above two rocky crags (limestone) and descended abruptly from the
later one through the forest toward first houses of Pris</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">ă</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">cina.</span></div>
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to ask some locals for directions. It was not easy to navigate through the maze
of trails in between cottages, orchards and gardens. There were no roads, the
area is accessible only on foot or on a back of animal. People ride horses as
the only mean of transport over the vast network of trails in this region. </span><br />
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passing very quickly and soon the evening settled upon the mountains. We still
were on a trail somewhere above the Cheile Pris</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">â</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">cinei
Gorge. The trail avoids the bottom of the canyon by climbing up high. The botom
is rocky and filled with water stream.</span></div>
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wanted to camp at the same place, where we camped on my last visit, but somehow
I missed the right track and we arrived in different place, much father from
Cheile Pris</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">ă</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">cinei. The time was pressing on us, the darkness was
about to set. At the side valley we filled our bottles with water from a stream
and headed on the ultimate climb of the day. There upon a hill, covered with
fine meadow, I asked locals if we can stay overnight here. The owner said no
problem. I can’t imagine those conversation without basic knowledge of romanian
language. Although I have such an experience from my first trips here. </span></div>
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errecting the tent we went aroung making a dinner, which was needed after
full-day effort. Our surroundings and the light cooperated with not providing
great views on mountains and poor light after sunset. Later I attempted to make
several long exposures. But having no good foreground I failed to get anything
extraordinary with my camera.</span></div>
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Startrails above the Cernei Mountains.<br />
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River Valley and up to Crovu Mare and down again to Crovu Medved.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The morning
was cloudy, with no special light on the landscape. I could sit in front of my
tent doing no photography. Sometimes it is relaxing, being out without the need
to take pictures. By the time we packed up, skies cleared and it was hot again.
The descent was long, the trail led us with serpentines to the bottom of the
valey. At one point we crossed paths with my last autumn track and arrived at
the same bridge where I crossed the river on my first trip through here.</span></div>
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the valley, after a short rest, for about 5 km we got to the beggining of the
climb to Mehedinti Mounains. This track leads though Foreioaga Tamnei toward
the crest. By the time we reach the last spring the sky is covered with dark
clouds. </span></div>
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spring is a belt of meadows, dividing the climb into two parts. The upper part
leads though rocky slopes and gradually emerges into a recese in the edge of
the upper plateau, called Foieroaga Tamnei. Actually it is a steep canyon, which
serves as a drainage for basin named Crovu Mare. </span></div>
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belt we felt the heat from coming from the sun for the last time, since clouds
started to move in. When climbing through Foieroaga some water drops already
fel out of the sky. </span></div>
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reaching the bottom of Crovu Mare, I hastily went around, taking some
photographs, before the light became dimmer, because of heavy dark clouds,
hanging low in the sky.</span></div>
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Crovu Mare in May.<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Making only a
short stop there, we soon moved upward for Poienile Porcului. As if by a
miracle, a blue window opened in the skies, and we enjoyed the sunshine for
some time again. On meadows there were semi-wild horses grazing, pools of
turbid water were scattered here and there. Reaching the edge, where I camped
in October, a great view opened toward Varfu Pietrele Albe, our destination for
tomorow. Below us was the basin called Crovu Medved, our destination for today.
We didn’t want to camp here on the high edge, because we sensed there was a
risk of an elecric storm.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The descend
was quite steep and slow. Once reaching the flat bottom, we inspected the well
next to a sheepfold. I knew that there should be drinkable water in the well,
because some my friend visited the place during last weekend.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The place was
incredibly beautiful. The basin looked like a world out of a story-book. The
only disadvantage for a photographer was that the flat bottom offered no views
on the landscape farther afield. The views were confined to basin itself. I was
thinking to explore the canyon-like drainage of the basin in the evening.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">But at first
there was a need to erect a tent, filling our empty bottles with water from the
well. We used water from the well for cooking only, we still had water from the
spring below Foieroaga Tamnei, which was definitelly safer to drink.</span></div>
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the sunset I went for a short exploration of the canyon. The sky was loaded
with water, so my jaunt should be short. I went for only a couple of minutes
deep into the canyon, scrambling over limestone rocks. After taking several
exposures of rocky edges, with some banatian black pines growing on them, it
started to rain. I packed everything and run to reach the tent. Soon a thunder
sound exploded nearby and the rain turned into a hail. I hastily put my rain
poncho over me and reached the tent with wet boots and trousers. My corp
luckily stayed dry. I entered the tent, leaving those wet things in the front
room.</span></div>
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lasted for about two hours. The air inside the tent became humid and hot,
because there were three of us inside. This is the inconvenience of taking the
only tent for three persons. If we carried two tents instead of one, we would
be much comfortable during nights, but would have heavier rucksacks to carry in
days. For this trip we made a decision to carry as low weight as possible, so
some discomfort in the night didn’t bother us much. However for any longer trip
we would definitely take two tents instead of a single one.</span></div>
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out over a wild peak and through a steep gorge.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> Horses in Crovu Medved.</span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">In the
morning skies were clearing. Clouds were dissipating into clear mountain air. I
ventured our of the tent quite early, but too late for dawn photography. The
general light level was already bright. I opted for shooting some landscapes
with horses. The horses moved here during the night, perhaps in order to escape
the storm.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> Solitary beech tree in Crovu Medved.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> Spring colors on solitary beech in Crovu Medved.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">At 9 am we
started walking. The air was crystal clear, though with some clouds, which obscured
the sun from time to time. The level difference between the bottom of the basin
a the top of the Pietrele Albe Peak (1335 m asl) was about 400 m. </span><br />
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Walking out of Crovu Medved.<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> Looking back to Crovu Medved.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> High above Crovu Medved.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> Past the top some parts of the trail were leading through wild beech forest.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">It didn’t
took us much time to get there. The trail was marked with yellow dot, and we
lost it only once. Walking without a benefit of marked trail would be more
difficult here, because the rocky terrain was quite difficult to walk through.
At the top two marked routes reunited and now we had a red stripe and yellow
dot trails to follow. Views from the top were incredible, but very strong wing
blowing up there, forced us to leave very soon. The sky in the north was filled
with clouds, but clouds dissipated immediatelly after crossing the ridge. So we
had sun, because the trail led us just south of the line of the ridge.</span><br />
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Looking down to Crovu Medved.</div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> Looking south.</span><br />
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Descending from the top.<br />
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Following rocky ridge.</div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> Wild beech forest on the crest of Mehedinti.</span><br />
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the forest the two trails suddenly parted. The red strip went to the right and
yellow dot went to the left. After choosing the yellow dot we lost the trail
soon. It took us about 15 min to realize thet the path left the crest and
descended to the left. The trail was not obvious and soon it was clear that the
path was marked for going in reverse direction, because on most places were
marks visible only from under (we came from above). </span></div>
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there were three of us and each time, when the trail disappeared, we split and
combed the terrain until we found a continuation.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> Folowing yellow dot.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> From below marks were easy to follow.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Sometimes it
was really difficult to find the trail again and we were worrying about whether
we would get to Cheile Tasnei of not. Later the trail followed quite steep
rocky ridge covered with dense vegetation. It was an amazing mixture of alpine
and mediterranean species. Here mountain beech forest was mixed with junipers,
roses, and lilac. The girl saw a viper for a brief moment, and became scared to
walk through dense vegetation.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> At the end a clear path lead us toward Cheile Tasnei.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">We were
thankfull that the weather remained dry, thinking how the walk through here
would be like in rainy conditions. But the truth is that the fear itself is
generally worse than the actual situation you have a fear of.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Hours passed
and the steepnes of the ridge leveled and we entered a valley, leading to the
right. Later the valley narrowed and deppened. Walls became rocky and the vale
turned into a canyon. We were in a side gorge connecting with Cheile Tasnei at
its upper end. The only difficult stretch was climbing down on a steep step,
which separetes the upper gorge from its bottom end. Soon we were at idyllic
pastures at the upper end of Cheile Tasnei.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> Some sections on the trail were difucult to pass through.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> Finnal scree slope before Cheile Tasnei opened before us.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> At the head of Cheile Tasnei.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> Upper end of Cheile Tasnei.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The sun was
shining and in front of us there were several horses grazing. The path led next
to them. Here the yellow dot gave way to blue cross mark, which leads through
the gorge to pension Dumbrava, to our destiny. At first we crossed the stream,
just to discover that the trail leads to a sheepfold. After a short pause of
eating some bisquits we crossed the stream for the second time to follow the
correct trail. The trail led us through a tall beech forest at the beginning.
On one beech trunk there was a handwritten sign inviting tourist to visit the
sheepfold to get some milk products. These products were 100% natural and could
be labeled as bioproducts, containing no artificial chemicals.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> Add inviting tourists to visit a sheepfold.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">After the
forest gave way to meadow, we herd a roar of water. There just at the edge of
the forest there was a waterfall and a wooden mill sitting by its side. Several
people were going by lines down the waterfall. Such a sport activity is called
canyoning, and participants are supossed to go down the canyon directly through
the river channel, using ropes for safety and neoprene suits to keep them warm
and dry.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> Canyoning in Cheile Tasnei.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">I exchanged a
couple of words with them and learned that the Dumbrava pension is just 20 min
away. In the end this on foot time proved to be well underestimated. In fact we
still were at least an hour away from there.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Banatian black pines with Zascolul Arjanei in backdrop.I found a place from where Dan Dinu, a romanian photographer, took a photo of the same peak at sunset or sunrise. I have seen his photo at the exhibition in Timisoara and Sibiu. That is why I remember it so well.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The gorge was
rocky and slopes were opened, primarily free of forest. Banatian black pines
were decorating the edges of rocky walls. There were gorgeous sights indeed,
though we were missing some spectacular light on the sky. Here we were
actually on the north side and the sky
was light gray with no direct sunshine to be seen. With no sort of excitement
in the sky, we did not took many pictures here. The river was cascading in
several cataracts and with decreasing altitude the air grew hotter. In the end
the trail left the gorge for the ultimate descend of about 250 m of level
difference through a beech forest. After the last crossing of the stream we emerged
next to Dumbrava pension.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> Ultimate descent toward Dumbrava.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> Blue cross showing directions to Cheile Tasnei.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">After six
hours of walking we were pretty tired. Beer was needed and we ordered a meal
also. The only day’s menu was romanian classic food called mititei. They are fried
small oval pieces of chopped meat of hash served with bread and mustard. The
food was delicious. Afterwards I had a look at the rooms they offered for
accomodation. The rooms were with bathrooms and toilets and were nice and
clean. The price was moderate. This pension can be used a a base for people who
don’t want to camp high in the mountains and choose home-like comfort instead.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> Having a beer in Dumbrava.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> Photo courtesy Lenka Koppová</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">There was no
public transport available, so that we had to walk out. There was a distance of
about 8 km in between pension Dumbrava and </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Ş</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">apte
Izvoarele Calde. It was hot, asphalt road was too hard for our feet. Later came
a car, giving us a lift to hot springs. It was our salvation.</span></div>
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Izvoarele we took a hot soak inside a tube placed in a grotto below the road.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> Hot bath at Sapte Izvoarele Calde. </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Photo courtesy Lenka Koppová.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> Hot bath at Sapte Izvoarele Calde.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> Enjoying a beer after the bath at Sapte Izvoarele Calde.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> My portion of tripe soup (ciorba de burta) at a restaurant.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Later we took
a shuttle bus to resort’s centre. After inspecting several restaurants we chose
one and had a triumphant dinner. It was about sunset and astounding limestone
crags of Mehedin</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">ţ</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">i Mountains were illuminated with welcoming light. </span></div>
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Evening in Baile Herculane.<br />
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would be perfect to stay here longer for climbing up yet another mountain top.
But this is going to be an adventure for sometimes in the future. Now it is the
time to leave this breathing wonderland. I cried inside, but at the same time
was thinking that I was a very lucky person, because I paid a visit to the
Banat mountains for three times during last twelve months.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> Farewell Baile Herculane!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">On the next
morning we all were back home. The freshness from the adventure helped me to
flyover disbelief that I returned back to normal. Is there a way how to leave
this ordinary life and convert mountain
adventure into a standard pattern?</span></div>
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