Yosemite - Grand Canyon of Tuolumne Meadows (9/8 - 9/11 - 07)

This was a great backpacking trip lasting for four full days. We left on Friday evening and arrived at Yosemite Tuolumne Meadows sometime after midnignt. Even though we didn't reserved any camping, we found a spot for the night. For the first two days we had group of 6 - Katka, Daniela, Ryan, Jeff, Martin and I. We started off easy - Saturday's goal was only to reach the Glen Aulin campground, which is only about 6 miles and practically all downhill. On Sunday we split up - Katka, Daniela, Ryan and Jeff headed home, while Martin and I continued. Before we split, the others walked with Martin and I a little further to see more of the Canyon.
About one hour after we divided up, Martin and I saw the first bear. I didn't see bear before in the wild so it was a really exciting moment! And I didn't even know at that point that I would see two more bears the following day! Monday we continued going down the canyon along the river, but getting prepared mentally for big climb out of the canyon at the end. To make the climb even tougher, there wasn't any water from the point we left the Tuolumne river till we got to the top. So we filled all our bottles and containers and started the climb. It was there that I heard some noise behind me and turned around and about 60 meters behind us was a big bear running downhill! So we continued climbing and I was thinking that this area shouldn't be so full of bears since they need water too.... and then I saw the third one! After we scared the bear off, we found that we had reached small platform with a beautiful view over Hetch Hetchy Reservoir - this is where we stayed overnight. On Sunday we finished the climb, this time without seeing any more bears, had lunch by Harden Lake and drove home! It was an unbeliavable 4 days backpacking in Yosemite!
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Toto byl uzasny vylet na cele ctyri dny! Odjeli jsem v patek vecer a prijeli jsem do Yosemite Tuolumne Meadows nekdy po pulnoci. I kdyz jsme nemeli zarezervovane misto na kempovani, podarilo se nam najit misto na prespani. Prvni dva dny jsem sli v sesti - Katka, Daniela, Ryan, Jeff, Martin a ja. Zacali jsem zlehka - sobotnim cilem byla jen cesta do kempu Glen Aulin, do ktereho to bylo jen asi 6 mil a temer po celou dobu zkopce. V nedeli jsem se rozdelili - Katka, Daniela, Ryan a Jeff sli zpet, zatim co Martin a ja jsme pokracovali. Nez jsem se ale rozesli, odchazejici skupinka se pridala k nam aby videli jeste vice z kanonu. Asi hodinu pote, co jsem se rozdelili jsem videli s Martinem prvniho medveda!!! Jeste jsem predtim medveda v prirode nevidela a tak to byl uzasny zazitek. A to jsme ani jeste netusili, ze uvidime dalsi dva medvedy hned nasledujici den. V pondeli jsme pokracovali se sestupu kanonem podel reky, ale mentalne jsem se pripravovali na konecny vystup z kanonu. Aby ten vystup byl jeste vice ztezen, tak od mista kdy jsem opustili reku az temer dokonce nebyla voda. Tak jsem naplnili vsechny nase lahve a kanystr a zacali s vystupem. A tam nekde jsem zaslechla nejaky zvuk za mnou, otocila jsem se a asi 60 metru od nas utikal zkopce dolu velky medved. Tak jsem pokracovali s vystupem a ja jsem premyslala, ze v te oblasti by nemelo byt mnoho medvedu, protoze ti take potrebuji vodu.... v tom jsem videla toho tretiho! Tak jsme jej zaplasili a hned vedle toho mista jsem objevili plosinu s nadhernym vyhledem na prehradu Hetch Hetchy - a tak jsem tady zustali pres noc. V nedeli jsem dokoncili vystup, tentokrat uz bez medvedu, dali si obed u jezera Harden a jeli domu!
Pro me to byly to neuveritelne nadherne ctyri dny v Yosemitech!
FOTKY