Yosemite - Cathedral Lake - Mt. Dana 18.-19.7.09

As I mentioned a few times, Yosemite is one of my favorite places in the world, so I couldn't resist and I went for a weekend hiking there. We (Carolina, Pavel and I) left on Friday evening and slept on road near Yosemite west entrance. On Saturday day we woke up early and drove to east entrance where we met with Shosh and Marina. The original plan was to hike up Mt. Dana the first day and go to see Cathedral lake the second day, but because the weather didn't look too good, we decided to switch the plans. Since there was a possibility to make a loop hike, we drove to Tenaya lake where we left one car and then went in one car to Tolumne meadows where the trail started. It was about 3.5 miles to the Cathedral lake. There we divided - Shosh and Marina went back the same way and Carolina, Pavel and I hiked the loop - total about 13 miles total. Later in the evening we stopped by Mono Lake to take pictures in the sunset. We spent the night at a motel.
The second day we got up early again so we could start our hike to Mt. Dana early - about 7.30. It was about 3 miles hike, but with the 3108 feet gain. Mt. Dana (13057 feet) is the second highest peak in Yosemite and in the higher parts there are not really real trail and one must be careful where to step! In the end we all made it! We spent some time on the top, took necessary photos and then hiked back down. We got back around 2 pm and then drove back home - avoiding all the traffic!
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Jak uz jsem nekolikrat vzpominala, ze Yosemite jsou jednim z mych nejoblibenejsich mist na svete a tak jsem nemohla odolat a jela jsem tam na vikendove tury. Carolina, Pavel a ja jsme vyrazili v patek vecer a spali u cesty pobliz zpadniho vjezdu do Yosemite. V sobotu jsme vstali brzy a jeli k vychodnimu vjezdu do Yosemit kde jsem se potkali s Shosh a Marinou. Puvodni plan byl to vyslapnout na Mt. Dana prvni den a jit k jezeru Cathedral druhy den, ale protoze pocasi nevypadalo nejlepe, tak jsme se rozhodli plan prohodit. Protoze byla moznost udelat okruzni turu, tak jsme jeli k jezeru Tenaya, kde jsme nechali jedno auto a pak jeli druhym autem k Tolumne meadows, kde zacinal cesta. K jezeru Cathedral to bylo asi 5.6 km. Tam jsme se rozdelili. Marina a Shosh sli zpet tou samou cestou, Carolina, Pavel a ja jsem udelali okruzni turu - dohromady asi 21km. Pozdeji vecer jsme se jeste zastavili u Mono lake abycho udelali nekolik fotek pri zapadu slunce. Spali jsme v motelu.
Druhy den jsem vstali opet brzy, abychom mohli zacit nas vystup na horu Dana co nejdrive - asi v 7.30. Byl to asi 5 km dlouhy vystup ale s 947 metrovym prevysenim. Mt. Dana (3981 m) je druhou nejvyssi horou v Yosemitech a ve vyssich polohach neni vpodstate zadna cesta a clovek musi davat pozor kam slapnout! Nakonec jsme to vsichni zvladli! Zustli jsme chvili na vyrcholku, udelali nezbytne fotky a pak sesli zpet. Dole jsme byli kolem 2 odpoledne a pak jsme jeli domu a vyhnuli se velkym zacpam!
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Coldplay 13.7.09

Petra, Miro and I found out that Coldplay is coming to Shorline in Mt. View so we got tickets and enjoyed the great concert!
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Petra, Mira a ja jsme zjistili, ze Coldplay je na Shorline v Mt. View, tak jsme koupili listky a uzili si vyborny koncert!
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Trinity Alps 3.-5.7. 09

Every long weekend is great for backpacking and this three day off around Independence day wasn't different. Petra, Miro and I went to Trinity Alps. For me it was first backpack in that area and I was again nicely surprised how beautiful mountains around California are. It was really long drive, but it was worth it.
I had class till 9 pm on Thursday, so we left after 10 pm from Concord. We found one spot somewhere by the road around 2 am and had about 4 hours of sleep. In the morning we drove to the trail-head for Caribou lake. The last about 17 miles were on dirt road with a lots of stones so we drove really slowly - my car is not really 4 wheel drive :-)
The first day of our backpack we had to climb up about 9 miles from a valley to the Caribou lake. It was beautiful hike with great views, even to Mt. Shasta at one point. We found nice place for camping, made a dinner and I went to sleep quite early (I was still recovering after illness), and Petra and Miro were enjoying almost full moon evening with a lots of stars.
The second day we took just one backpack with food and climb slowly to the ridge above the lake and then later to one of the peaks on the ridge. We took it really slowly and enjoyed the beautiful views all around us!
On Sunday we hiked back to our car and drove back, as I mentioned the drive was long and with one stop for dinner we arrived home around 1 am.
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Prodlouzeny vikend je vzdy dobra prilezitost jit do prirody a tento vikend kolem dne nezavislosti nebyl odlisny. Petra, Miro a ja jsme se vydali do Trinity Alps. Pro me to byla prvni navsteva teto oblasti a opet jsem byla prijemne prekvapena jak nadherne hory jsou v Kalifornii. Cesta tam byla docela dlouha, ale stalo to za to!
Mela jsem ve ctvrtek skolu do 9 vecer a tak jsme odjizdeli po 10 vecer z Concordu. Kolem 2 rano jsme se ulozili nekde po ceste u silnice a zdrimli jsme si asi na 4 hodinky. Rano jsme pak dojeli k vychozimu bodu k jezeru Caribou. Poslednich 17 mil bylo po spatne ceste s mnoha kameny a tak jsme jeli hodne pomalu - moje auto preci jen neni do terenu :-)
Prvni den naseho vyslapu jsme se museli vyskrabat asi 14.5 km z udoli k jezeru Caribou. Byla to pekna tura s nadhernymi vyhledy, dokonce i na horu Shastu. Nasli jsme pekne misto na kempovani, udelali veceri a ja jsem sla spat docela brzo (stale jsem se jeste dostavala z nemoci), Petra a Miro si jeste uzivali temer uplnkoveho vecera s mnoha hvezdickami.
Druhy den jsem si vzali jen jeden batoh s jidlem a vyskrabali jsme se pomalu na hreben nad jezerem a pak pozdeji na jeden s vrcholku na hrebeni. Nikam jsme nespechali a uzivali si nadhernych vyhledu kolem nas!
V nedeli jsme se vratili k autu a jeli zpet, jak uz jsem se zminila, cesta byla dlouha a s jednou prestavkou na veceri jsme dorazili domu kolem 1 v noci.
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