Czech Christmas dinner 12.12.2010

It has become tradition that I host Czech Christmas dinner every year. This year it is second time before actual Christmas, since December 24 I should be in Patagonia :) As usually I made fish soup, fried carp, potato salad and baked a lot of Czech Christmas cookies - this year 10 kinds! Petra brought cookies that she made and Daniela fried chicken, so we had plenty of food! After dinner we opened presents and watch Czech movie. The only downside of this evening was, that we had to go to work the next day, so we couldn't keep talking forever :)
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Už je to tradicí, že každým rokem poradam Českou vánoční večeři. Tento rok je to podruhé před skutečnými Vánocemi, 24. prosince bych totiz měla být v Patagonii:) Jako obvykle jsem uvarila rybí polévku, smaženeho kapra, bramborový salát a napekla spoustu českeho vánočního cukroví - letos 10 druhů! Petra přinesla cukrovi, které ona dělala a Daniela smažené kuře, takže jsme měli dostatek jídla! Po večeři jsme otevřeli dárky a sledovali český film - Divka na kosteti. Jediná nevýhoda tohoto večera bylo, že jsme museli jit druhý den do práce, takže jsme si nemohli povidat donekonecna :)
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Grand Canyon - Rim to Rim to Rim

I don't even know how to start to write about this crazy adventure! I visited Grand Canyon twice before - once from North rim, once from South rim, this time I saw both rims in 24 hours! It is about 14 miles from North rim to the river and they say you shouldn't even try to do it down and up in one day, it is about 9.5 miles from South rim and they discourage you from doing it in one day, well I did both in 17.5 hours! :)
We (Juergen and I) left on Wednesday afternoon and drove to Grand Canyon, with the time change in Arizona we arrived around 4 am (3 am California time), so obviously we didn't get much sleep on the way. Before we got ready to start our run/hike it was about 4.20 California time (I will write about Ca time since I didn't change the time on my watch), still dark. We started to run down, slowly, it was really cold, but clear night, there was snowstorm the day before, so we needed crampons for the beginning of the trail. I made beginner's mistake with my camel-bag which froze and I didn't have easy access to my water, but I tried to drink as much I could and eat often. I found on one website that is good to eat about 100 calories per hour and I tried to follow this advice (I ate about 2300 calories total). After about 5.5 miles we put away our headlamps and started to enjoy the beautiful views around us! At 6.50 we arrived to the Colorado river, first part behind us and it supposed to be the easiest one! But from the downhill running we started to feel our calves. Running on the canyon floor was beautiful! Moving between the rocks with views to the snowy north rim was just amazing. We run/hiked about 8 miles before it started to get steep again. Last 2-3 miles before the trailhead was covered by snow so it made movement very difficult, but we made it in 8.5 hours! 23.5 miles behind us, and 23.5 miles in front of us! It was 1 pm (2 pm local time) and we were down with water (almost no water on North rim trail). We started to run downhill, I was little bit without energy - my camel bag froze again and I didn't eat enough, but when we stopped at Roaring Springs to get more water and eat I got my energy back and I practically run next 6 miles without stopping! We got to the Colorado river at 5.20 pm - 13 hours after we left. It was already dark and we had ahead of us the last part of our adventure - about 9.5 miles uphill! To get to Indian Garden campground wasn't that bad yet, but the last 4,5 miles to the top was one of the most difficult in my life. I was out of energy, sick of all the energy bars and gels, but still going step by step to the top. Made it at 9.50 pm - 17.5 hours after we left!
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Ani nevim jak mam zacit psat o tomto silenem vylete! Navstivila jsem Grand canyon uz dvakrat predtim - jednou ze severni strany, jednou z jizni, tentokrat jsem videla obe dve strany behem 24 hodin! Je to asi 22.4 km ze severniho okraje k rece a rika se, ze by se clovek nemel ani pokuset sejit dolu a zpet nahoru behem jednoho dne, a je to 15.2 km z jizniho okraje a lide jsou odrazovani od vyletu k rece a zpet behem jednoho dne, dobre tak ja jsem zvladla oboji behem 17.5 hodin! :)
Juergen a ja jsme vyrazili ve stredu odpoledne a jeli do Grand Canyonu, v Arizone je uz jine casove pasmo a tak jsme prijeli ve 4 rano (3 rano Kalifornskeho casu), tak jsme samozrejme toho ani moc nenaspali. Nez jsme se nachystali k behu/ture tak bylo asi 4.20 Kalifornskeho casu (budu psat v Kalifornskem case protoze jsem si nezmenila cas na mych hodinkach), bylo stale tma. Zacali jsme pomalu bezet dolu, byla velka zima, ale jasno, prehnala se tudy ale den predtim snehova bourka a tak jsme potrebovali zakladni macky na zacatek cesty. Udelala jsem zacatecnickou chybu s mym batohem s pitnym systemem, ktery zamrzl a tak jsem nemela jednoduchy pristup k me vode, ale snazila jsem se pit a jist jak jen to slo. Na jedne webove strance jsem nasla, ze je dobre jist asi 100 kalorii v hodine a tak jsem se pokousela ridit se touto radou (celkove jsem snedla asi 2300 kalorii). Po asi 9 km jsme odlozili baterky a zacali si uzivat nadhernych vyhledu na kanon kolem nas. v 6.50 jsme dorazili ke rece Colorado, prvni cast byla zanami a to mela byt ta nejjednodussi. Ale z toho vseho behani z kopce nas zacali bolet lytka. Beh po dni kanonu byl nadherny! Propletani se mezi skalami s vyhledem na zasnezeny severni okraj bylo uzasne! Bezali/sli jsme asi 13 km nez jsme zacali prudce stoupat. Posledni 3- 5 km bylo pod snehem a tak nam to stezovalo pohyb, ale zvladli jsme to za 8.5 hodin! 37.6 km za nami a 37.6 km pred nami! Byla 1 hodina odpoledne (2 hodiny mistniho casu) a my jsme meli malo vody (na ceste na severni okraj neni skoro zadna voda). Zacali jsme opet zbyhat dolu, mela jsem malo energie, moje voda opet zamrzla a nejedla jsem jak jsem mela, ale kdyz jsme se zastavili u Roaring Springs a nabrali vodu a ja si zajedla, opet jsem ozila a vpodstate jsem nasledujicich skoro 10 km bezela bez zastaveni! K rece Colorado jsme se dostali opet v 17.20 - 13 hodin po zacatku behu. Uz bylo zase tma a my jsme meli pred sebou posledni cast naseho dobrodruzstvi - asi 15 km dokopce! K kempu v Indian Garden to jeste slo, ale poslednich 7 km na okraj bylo jednech z nejtezsich v mem zivote. Byla jsem bez enerigie, specialni gely a energeticke tycinky jsem uz nemohla ani videt, ale stale jsem sla krok za krokem az na vrchol. Dosla jsem v 21.50 - 17.5 hodin pote co jsme vyrazili!
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Utah 2. - 10. 10. 2010

The first week in October had our school district furlough week, and it would be shame not to use this free time for a trip. My friend Zdenek needed holiday too, so we went for a road trip to Utah. I drove through Utah about 7 years ago and I felt that it would be nice to go back and spend more time hiking in the parks. We started with Antelope canyon, then drove to Monument Valley, Arches, Capitol Reef and finished in Zion.
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Prvni tyden v rijnu mela nase skola tyden neplaceneho volna a tak by byla velka skoda toto volno nevyuzit k nejakemu vyletu. Kamarad Zdenek potreboval dovolenou taky a tak jsme jeli na vylet do Utahu. Projizdela jsem Utahem asi pred 7 lety, ale citila jsem, ze by bylo dobre se vratit zpet a stravit vice casu prochazenim parku. Zacali jsme v Antelope Canyon, pak jeli do Monument Valley, Arches, Capitol Reef a nakonec skoncili v Zionu.
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Hoover wilderness 4. - 6. 9. 2010

This long Labor day weekend I was supposed to go to Minaret Lakes for backpacking, but everybody who was going with me canceled, so I ended up going with Pavel and Carolina to Hover wilderness just for short backpacking trip. The first day we walked 6 miles to Summit lake, the second day we did about 14 miles day hike to McCabe lake which is actually in Yosemite NP, and the last day we hiked back.
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Tento prodlouzeny vikend jsem mela jet na Minaret Lakes backpackovat, ale vsichni kdo meli jet se mnou ucast zrusili. Tak jsem nakonec jela s Pavlem a Carolinou do Hoover wilderness na kratky vylet. Prvni den jsme sli 9.6 km k Summit lake, druhy den jsme udelali asi 22 km denni vylet k McCabe jezeru, ktere je vlastne v Yosemite NP, a posledni den jsme sesli zpet.
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Tuolumne Meadows 21. - 22.8. 2010

This weekend I went to Yosemite - Tuolumne meadows with one meetup group - Bay area mountaineering. It is always great to go with this group, which is fun and full of interesting and nice people. The first day I wander around Spillway lakes, the second one I tried to reach Unicorn peak. Unfortunately the last couple of meters were above my climbing ability, but even without reaching the top I had great weekend.
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Tento vikend jsem jela do Yosemite - Tuolumne meadows s jednou Meetup skupinou - Bay area mountaineering. Jet s touto skupinou je vzdy super, je plna bezvadnych a zajimavych lidi. Prvni den jsem stravila prochazenim kolem Spillway jezer, druhy den jsem se snazila vylezt na Unicorn peak. Nanestesti poslednich par metru bylo nad me horolezecke sily, ale i tak bez dosazeni vrcholu jsem mela super vikend.
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John Muir Trail 17.7. - 3.8. 2010

John Muir trail is hiking trail that starts in Yosemite National Park, and continues 215 miles through the Ansel Adams Wilderness, John Muir Wilderness, King's Canyon National Park, Sequoia National Park, and ends at the highest peak in continental United States, Mount Whitney. I discovered backpacking in Sierras Nevada mountains a couple years ago and I just love it. JMT was great opportunity to go for longer trip, to see how beautiful the mountains are in the further destinations where my weekends expedition can't reach. Eric and I , spent 17 days on our feet, but it felt like much less! The scenery was beautiful, the weather great, we went only through one afternoon storm and one day with showers and night with hails. The one downside were mosquitoes, especially in the first half. We ended up our trip sleeping on Mt. Whitney, where was that day so calm weather and beautiful sunset that we couldn't wish for anything better.
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John Muir trail je cesta ktera vede z Yosemite NP, a pokracuje 344 km zkrz Adams Wilderness, John Muir Wilderness, King's Canyon National Park, Sequoia National Park, a konci na nejvyssim vrcholu kontinentalnich USA, Mt. Whitney. Objevila jsem backpakovani v horach Sierra Nevada pred par lety a nemuzu se toho nabazit. JMT byla dobra prilezitost pro delsi vylet, videt jak nadherne hory jsou ve vetsich vzdalenostech, kam me vikendove expedice nestaci. Eric a ja jsme stravili 17 dni chozenim, ale pripadalo nam to jako mene! Vyhledy byly nadherne, pocasi uzasne, prozili jsme jen jednu odpoledni bourku, jeden den s prehankami a noc s kroupami. Jedinne minus byli komari, hlavne v prvni casti. Nasi cestu jsme ukoncili na Mt. Whitney, kde bylo ten den velice klidne pocasi a nadherny zapad slunce, ze jsme si nemohli prat lepsi zakonceni.
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Czech Republic - 5.6. - 12.7. 2010

I went home after 3,5 years and to make it worth it I spent in Europe 5 weeks. Two weeks in France with my mum and sister and three weeks in the Czech Republic, where I mainly visited most of my relatives and friends, ate a lot of good Czech food and enjoyed hot Czech summer. :)
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Jela jsem domu po 3,5 letech a tak aby to stalo za to stravila jsem v Evrope 5 tydnu. Dva tydny ve Francii s maminkou a sestrou a tri tydny v Ceske republice, kde jsem navstivila vetsinu pribuznych a kamaradu, jedla hodne ceskeho jidla a uzivala si horkeho ceskeho leta. :)
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France 12. - 25. 6. 2010

I visited my family in Czech Republic after 3.5 years and for this occasion I decided to take my mum and sister for holiday in France. My sister flew from England and my mum and I took bus from Prague. We spent about 5 days in Paris. We stayed at small hotel in Paris part Montmartre, and visited all the typical places in Paris – Eiffel tower, Champs Elysees Louver, Arch of Triumph, Versailles, and many more. Then we rented a car and drove to the south – Cote de Azure, stopping on our way to see one chateau on Loire. We stay at mobile home at campsite near St. Tropez from where we made day trips to Monaco, Cannes, Nice, etc. Then we again drove back to Paris and took bus and plane back to homes.
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Navsivila jsem rodinu v Ceske republice po 3.5 letech a k teto prilezitosti jsem se rozhodla vzit maminku a sestru na dovolenou do Francie. Sestra priletela z Anglie a maminka a ja jsme prijely autobusem z Prahy. Stravily jsme asi 5 dni v Parizi. Bydlely jsme v malem hotelu v Parizske casti Mornmartre a navstivily jsme vsechny typicke mista v Parizi – Eiffelovka, Champs Elysees, Louver, Vitezny oblouk, Versailles, a mnoho dalsich. Pak jsme si pujcily auto a vyrazily na jih – Azurove pobrezi, po ceste jsme se jeste zastavily na zamku na Loire. Bydleli jsme v karavanu v kempu pobliz St. Tropez odkud jsme vyrazeli na vylety do Monaca, Cannes, Nice, atd. Pak jsme jelly zpet do Parize a odtud autobusem a letadlem domu.
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Kings Canyon 29. - 31.5. 2010

I visited Kings Canyon only once before and for just a short hike, so this year Memorial Day weekend we - Petra, Miro, Pavel and I - decided to go and explore this beautiful part of Sierras mountains. The first day we hiked up about 6 miles from the bottom of the canyon to Frypan Meadow, the second day we planned to make a day trip to Kennedy pass, but since the trail was covered by snow and we couldn't find it, we just hiked up small hill for better view and then went back to our campsite and relaxed. The third day we walked back to the car using another trail than the first day. On the way back we stopped at Chili's for dinner.
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Byla jsem v Kings Canyonu jen jednou a to jen na kratkou turu a tak tento rok na prodlouzeny vikend jsme - Petra, Miro, Pavel a ja - se rozhodli prozkoumat tuto krasnou cast hor Sierra. Prvni den jsme vystoupali asi 10 km ze dna kanonu do Frypan Meadow, druhy den jsme meli naplanovano jit na denni turu na Kennedy pass, ale protoze cesta byla pod snehem a my jsme ji nemohli najit, tak jsem jen vylezli na maly kopecek abychom meli lepsi vyhled a pak jsme sli zpet do naseho taboriste, kde jsem odpocivali. Treti den jsme se vratili k autu jinou cestou nez prvni den. Na ceste zpet jsem se zastavili v Chili's na veceri.
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Rafting - Kaweah River 22. - 23. 5. 2010

This year group of 18 went for 5th annual rafting trip at IV+ class Kaweah River near Sequoia NP. As usually we had great time!
Amy, Libor, Jared, Justin and I left on Friday so we can use Saturday for hiking. We went to see Marble Falls in Sequoia NP. In the evening we enjoyed BBQ and campfire while the rest of our group slowly arrived.
The weather this year wasn't the best. It was quite cold and cloudy, but we had great time on the river anyway. None of our rafts ended up up side down, even though each boat lost at least one member in the water for a while.
The weekend finished in restaurant in Los Banos where we had so much food that we almost couldn't leave the place!
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Tento rok 18-ti clenna skupina jela na 5. vyrocni sjizdeni divoke vody na Kaweah reku, ktera ma IV+ tridu, pobliz Sequoia NP. A jako obvykle to byl uzasny vylet.
Amy, Libor, Jared, Justin a ja jsem jeli uz v patek, abychom vyuzili sobotu na turu. Sli jsme se podivat na Marble vodopady v Sequoia NP. Na vecer jsme si uzivali grilovani a ohne zatim co zbytek skupiny pomalu prijizdel.
Pocasi tento rok nebylo uplne idealni. Bylo docela zima a pod mrakem, ale i tak jsme si sjizdeni poradne uzili. Zadna z lodi se neprevratila, i kdyz kazda skupina ztratila alespon jednoho clena posadky na chvili ve vode.
Vikend jsme ukoncili v restauraci v Los Banos, kde jsme dostali tolik jidle, ze jsme pomalu nemohli ani odejit!
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Chinaski 30.4.10

Czech band arrived to California again and had great concert in Mt. View!
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Ceska skupina Chinaski prijela znovu do Kalifornie a mela skvely koncert v Mt. View!
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Big Sur Marathon 24.-25.4. 2010

Just about half a year ago, probably when I wasn't completely sane, I decided to sign up for marathon. And not only "a" marathon - the Big Sur marathon - one of the most beautiful one, but also one of the hardest one! And it was really experience! Great place to run, great views, great people, great atmosphere! Time to finish: 3:57:29
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Asi pred pul rokem, nekdy, kdyz jsem asi nebyla uplne pri smyslech, jsem se rozhodla se zapsat na maraton a to ne ledajaky! Big Sur, jeden z nejhezcich, ale take jeden z nejtezsich! A byl to skutecne zazitek, nadherne misto na behani, prekrasne vyhledy, skvely lide a uzasna atmosfera! Cas v cily: 3:57:29
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Birthday Party - Santa cruz 18.4.2010

This year I was lucky and my birthday landed on Sunday. Also since in quite short time we have three birthday parties in spring - Ryan's, Martin's and mine, we decided to make one big BBQ party in Santa Cruz. Martin couldn't come in the end, otherwise everything was perfect!
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Tento rok jsem mela stesti a moje narozeniny pripadli na nedeli. Na jare jsme take tri kamaradi, co slavi v pomerne kratkem obdobi - Ryan, Martin a ja a tak jsem se rozhodli usporadat jedno velke grilovani v Santa Cruz na plazi. Martin nakonec nemohl prijit, ale jinak vse bylo perfektni!
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Lost Coast

Lost Coast is about 25 mile long trail mainly on beach in Northern part of California which I wanted to do for a while. There were always a couple of problems why it was difficult to organize trip up there, the trail is one way trip, so the shuttle between trailheads needed to be solved and there are couple of places that are not possible to pass in high tide. Also 25 miles walking on beach require usually 3 days to do it.
Having spring break and more time I posted my idea about this backpack on Meetup.com website and found 5 other adventure people who wanted to join for this trip. We were watching the weather forecast quite closely, because rain could make some creeks difficult to cross, but the weather looked OK.... until the day when we left and changed completely! At that time we were already on our way, so rain or not we decided for this amazing backpacking trip.
On Saturday morning paid shuttle took us from the end to the beginning and we started. Knowing that our car is 25 mile away and there is no way back! The headwind was hard and it didn't take too long for rain to start. Walking on beach was really difficult so we were happy to make 8 miles the first day. The weather got better in the afternoon and we had nice day in the end. During the night rain came again. We were trying to wait in the morning with packing and leaving for the rain to stop but in the end we left around 11 am. The forecast said rain for the whole day, but in the end around 2 pm stopped and we had quite nice afternoon. Since we were cold and quite wet we kept walking to keep us warm until we passed the last high tide area and saw the end of our trail. It was around 6 pm and we had about 4 miles to go. Seeing the dry clothes in our cars made us try to finish the backpack. The last mile or two we were walking in dark, but with some moonlight and on black sand beach it had its magic. We got to the car around 9.30 pm and about two minutes after that the rain started again! Great trip!
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Lost coast je asi 40 km cesta prevazne po plazi v seveni casti Kalifornie, kam jsem se uz chvili chtela vydat. Vzdy se ale nasly duvody proc bylo tezke tento vylet zorganizovat. Cesta je jen jednim smerem, tak ze se musela vyresit doprava mezi zacatkem a koncem a take je tam par mist, ktere nejdou projit za vysokeho prilivu. Je nutno podotknout, ze 40 km chuze po plazi vyzaduje vetsinou 3 dny.
Jelikoz jsem ted mela jarni prazdniny tak jsem pres interentovou stranku Meetup.com nasla 5 dalsich odvazllivcu kteri se pripojili na tento vylet. Sledovali jsme pocasi pozorne, protoze dest mohl rozvodnit potoky tak, ze byly tezko prebroditelne. Predpoved vypadala dobre... az do dne, kdy jsme odjizdeli, to se uplne zmenila! Ale v tu dobu jsme uz byli na cesta a uz jsme nase rozhodnuti nezmenili!
V sobotu rano jsme si zaplatili prevoz z konce na zacatek vyletu. Vedeli jsme ze nase auto je 40 km daleko a ze neni uz cesty zpatky. Silny vitr foukal proti nam a netrvalo dlouho a zacalo prset. Chuze po plazi byla docela tezka a tak jsme byli radi, ze jsme zvladly 13 km prvni den. Pocasi se odpoledne trochu umoudrilo a my jsme meli docela pekny den. Behem noci ale zacalo znovu prset. Cekali jsme rano, jestli dest ustane ale nakonec jsme i za deste odchazeli v 11. Predpoved rikala dest po cely den, ale kolem 2 odpoledne prset prestalo a odpoledne bylo docela pekne. Protoze nam byla docela zima a byli jsme mokri, pokracovali jsem v ceste abychom se udrzovali v teple az jsme presli posledni misto, ktere by neslo projit za prilivu. To bylo kolem 18 hodin a my jsme meli asi jen 6,4 km do konce. Vidina sucheho obleceni v aute nas prinutila dokoncit cely vylet. Posledni 2-3 km jsme sli uz za tmy, ale pri trose mesicniho svitu a po cerne plazi to melo svoje kouzlo! K autu jsme prisli asi v 21.30 a asi dve minuty na to zacalo znovu prset! Skvely vylet!
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Sequoia NP 27. - 28.3. 2010

Another great weekend in the snow, this time in Sequoia national park! My experience with reaching planned destinations for winter backpacking is not very positive. Since most of the trails are not marked in the winter and since the guessing directions from just looking at the map is not great either, I didn't want to set goal for this weekend, but in the end we (Justin and I ) tried to reach Alta peak, which is quite hard hike even in the summer. For all the mentioned reasons we just found a beautiful spot somewhere on the way with great views and enjoyed the weekend anyway!
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Dalsi skvely vikend ve snehu, tentokrat v narodnim parku Sequoia! Moje zkusenost s dosazenim planovanych cilu pro zimni kempovani neni zrovna pozitivni. Jelikoz vetsina cest neni v zime znacena a jelikoz hadani smeru z mapy nema taky zrovna dobre vysledky, tak jsme ani nechtela urcit cil pro tento vikend, ale nakonec jsme se (Justin a ja) pokouseli dosahnout Alta peak, coz je tezky vyslap i v lete. Kvuli zminenym duvodum jsme ale jen nasli nadherne misto na kempovani s prekrasnymi vyhledy a uzili si vykendu i tak.
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Yosemite 13.-14.3. 2010

This weekend was organize by mountaineering meetup group. On Friday evening about 25 people were supposed to meet at camp 4 and enjoy the winter in Yosemite together. In the end not all 25 people arrived and not all camped. I drove with Martin and Jericho (one member who needed ride) and because it was snowing quite hard on Friday night we decided to get tent cabin in Curry Village and in the end we stayed there even the second night. On Saturday we all went to Dewey Point. Martin and I rented cross country skis. It was great day. The only downside was that we had to be back by 4 pm to return our equipment. In the evening we took our dinner (sausages) and wine form which we made Czech specialty - hot spicy wine and joined the group at the camp by fire. The plan for the next day was to go to Mirror lake and part snowy creek trail, but the camp group changed their decision and we didn't see them that day. Martin did something with his leg when he fell the previous day so we walked really slowly, but in the end we made it to nice lunch spot with great view and we even hiked up little bit more after the lunch. We left Yosemite relatively early, especially considering the fact that the time changed this weekend and we lost one hour! :)
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Tento vylet byl organizovany skupinou horolezcu. V patek vecer se melo sejit 25 lidi v Camp 4 a uzit si zimu v Yosemitech dohromady. Nakonec to dopadlo uplne jinak. Ne vsech 25 lidi se dostavilo a ne vsichni kempovali. Ja jsem jela s Martinem a Jericho (clen, ktery potreboval odvoz) a protoze v patek v noci docela dost snezilo, rozhodli jsme se si vzit kabinku v Curry village a nakonec jsme tam zustali i na druhou noc. V sobotu sli vsichni na Dewey point. Martin a ja jsme si pujcili bezky. Byl to super den, jedinne minus bylo, ze jsme museli byt zpet ve 4, abychom vratili lyze zpet. Vecer jsme si vzali veceri (parky) a vino, ze ktereho jsme udelali cesky svarak a sli za skupinou do kempu. Plan na druhy den byl Mirror lake s castecnym vystupem na snowy creek. Skupina z kempu ale zmenila plany a tak jsme se s nima uz nepotkali. Martin si udelal neco s nohou, kdyz predhozi den spadl a tak jsme sli velice pomalu. Nakonec jsme se ale dostali na pekne misto na obed s vyhledem a po jidle jsme dokonce i vysli o neco vyse. Z Yosemite jsme odjizdeli pomerne brzy, zvlaste kdyz vezmeme v uvahu, ze se menil cas a ukradli nam hodinu! :)
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Sierra at Tahoe 6.3.2010

With my big trip to Tanzania and preparation for marathon I didn't push to hard to get on the slopes for downhill skiing this season, but when there was a chance to go at least for one day I didn't hesitate. I drove with Martin and Ryan and met up with Petra and Miro at Sierra at Tahoe. Great day!
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Kvuli memu velkemu vyletu do Tanzanie a priprave na maraton jsem se nejak nesnazila jet lyzovat tuto sezonu, ale kdyz se vyskytla sance alespon na jeden den na svazich tak jsem nevahala. Jela jsem s Martinem a Ryanem a potkala se s Petrou a Mirem na Sierra at Tahoe. Super den!
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Vancouver - Olympic Games 13.2. - 21.2. 2010

I always wanted to see Olympic Games so when I found out that I have one week of holidays the same time as the first week of Olympic Games in Vancouver the decision for my holiday destination was easy! On top of that my friend Iva lives there so I had another excuse to go and visit her. I was wondering how busy and crazy it can get in Olympic city, but it wasn't too bad. I went to see Ice hockey (Czech republic against Slovakia), Alpine skiing, Figure skating training and two victory ceremonies. The atmosphere in Ice hockey was amazing, I had great tickets and I sat just a couple of meters from our Czech players and the ice. At the Figure skating I saw our skater Brezina and our dance couple and my favorite Evgeni Plushenko. The trip to see Alpine skiing was mainly to get out to Whistler and feel the atmosphere at such a race since none of Czech athletes are very good. The victory ceremonies had great atmosphere especially since both times I went there was and Canadian athlete who won gold medal! And of course checked out the Olympic flame and just walked around the city. The weather was great and I had great time.
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Vzdy jsem se chtela podivat na olympiadu a tak kdyz jsem zjistila, ze mam tyden prazdnin ve stejnou dobu jako prvni tyden Olympijskych her ve Vancouveru tak rozhodnuti o mych prazdninach bylo jednoduche! Navic moje kamaradka Iva tam bydli a tak jsem mela alespon dalsi vymluvu k jeji navsteve! Zajimalo me, jak divoke to bude v Olympijskem meste, ale nebylo to az tak hrozne. Byla jsem se podivat na ledni hokej (Ceska republika proti Slovensku), Alpske lyzovani, krasobruslarsky trening a dvoje vyhlasovani vytezu. Atmosfera na hokeji byla uzasna, zvlaste kdyz jsem mela dobre listky a sedela jsem jen par metru od ceske stridacky a ledu. Na krasobruslarskem treningu jsem videla nase krasobruslare Brezinu a tanecni par a meho oblibence Evgenije Plushenka. Vylet na Alpske lyzovani bylo hlavne abych se podivala do Whistleru a pocitila atmosferu na takovem zavode, zadny Cesky zavodnik totiz neni velice dobry. Vyhlasovani vitezu melo uzasnou atmosferu take, hlavne protoze jsem mela stesti a v obou pripadech jsem tam byla, kdyz Kanadsky zavodnik vyhral zlatou medaily! Samozrejme jsem se sla podivat na olympijsky ohen a prosla mestem. Pocasi bylo uzasne a ja jsem si to velice uzila!
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Yosemite - Badger Pass - Glacier point

One day, browsing Facebook I saw on Honza's page photos from his cross country skiing trip from Badger pass to Glacier point and that day I decided that I need to do the same trip! Jeff and I left on Saturday early morning - 3 am for Yosemite, around 9 am we were starting our 10.5 mile trip to Glacier point. Jeff hadn't been on cross country skies before, so it took him a while to get the rhythm and also his skies didn't have much wax on them so it was really hard work for him. We made it to the Glacier point around 4 pm, found a place for camping with a beautiful view and after dinner and melting snow we went to bed - I think around 8 pm! The next morning we woke up to a beautiful day. After breakfast and necessary photo taking we left around 10 pm for our way back. The journey back felt much more easier and we arrived back to Badger pass around 2 pm.
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Jeden den jsem si prohlizela Facebook a na Honzove strance jsem nasla fotky z jeho vyletu na bezkach z Badger pass na Glacier point a ten den jsem se rozhodla, ze musim podniknout stejny vylet! Jeff a ja jsme vyjeli v sobotu brzy rano - 3 do Yosemit, kolem 9 rano jsme zacinali nas 17 kim vyjezd na Glacier point. Jeff predtim nikdy na bezkach nebyl a tak mu chvili trvalo ze se dostal do rytmu a take jeho lyze nebyly poradne navoskovane, a tak cesta pro nej byla docela namahava. Kolem 4 odpoledne jsme dojeli na Glacier point, nasli jsme misto na stanovani s nadhernym vyhledem a po veceri a rozpousteni snehu jsme sli spat - myslim kolem 8 vecer! Nasledujici rano jsme se probudili do nadherneho dne! Po snidani a nezbytnem foceni jsme vyrazili kolem 10 zpet. Cesta zpet nebyla az tak namahava a zpet jsme prijeli na Badge pass kolem 2 hodiny odpoledni.
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Africa - Tanzania 19. 12. 09 - 5.1.10

I always wanted to go to Africa to see animals in Safari and for a while I also wished to hike up Kilimanjaro, so the choice for my last holiday was quite easy - Tanzania!
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Vzdy jsem se chtela podivat do Afriky na zvirata v safari a uz nejakou chvili jsme si take prala vyjit Kilimanjaro, tak ze vyber me posledni dovolene byl lehky - Tanzanie!
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Saturday Dec 19th - Wednesday Dec 23rd
The travel to Tanzania was our first adventure. Even the original itinerary was crazy: San Francisco - Charlotte - Washington DC - Addis Abbaba - Kilimanjaro, but it got even crazier. The day we left there was big snowstorm on the east coast, so we got stucked over night in Charlotte. The next day we managed to fly to Washington DC and spent one night on the airport there. The next morning we should be rebooked on flight to Ethiopia, but we were told we are not in the system! We got stand by ticket, but luckily got on the plane. This plane was about 6 hours late so we also missed plane to Kilimanjaro! Since there is only one flight per day, we had to stay over night in Addis Abbaba too. After 5 days of travel we arrived finaly to Tanzania on Wednesday! The Zara agency took us to our hotel, where we got ready for our next day Kilimanjaro trip.


Sobota 19. Prosince - Streda 23. ProsinceCesta do Tanzanie bylo nase prvni dobrodruzstvi. I puvodni plan byl sileny: San Francisco - Charlotte - Washington DC - Addis Abeba - Kilimanjaro, ale nakonec to dopadlo jeste sileneji. V den, kdy jsem odletali byla velka snehova bourka na vychodnim pobrezi, tak ze jsme zustali uviznuti v Charlotte. Dalsi den se nam podarilo odleted do Washington DC, kde jsme stravili noc na letisti. Nasledujici rano jsme meli mit presunutou letenku na let do Etiopie, ale bylo nam receno, ze nejsme v systemu! Cekali jsme tak, jestli bude v letadle misto a nastesti jsme se do nej nakonec dostali. Letadlo melo ale asi 6 hodin zpozdeni a tak nam uletelo letadlo do Kilimanjara. Protoze z Addis Abeba leti jen jedno letadlo denne do Kilimanjara, museli jsme zustat pres noc taky v Addis Abeba. Po peti dnech cestovni jsme nakonec ve stredu doleteli do Kilimanjara. Zara cestovni agentura, nas vzala do hotelu, kde jsme se pripravili na nas vystup na Kilimanjaro, ktery mel zacit druhy den.

Thursday Dec 24th - Wednesday Dec 30thWe started our 7-day Kilimanjaro hike on Christmas Eve. We decided for the longer version to be able to aclimatize to high altitude. Despite this I still had a problem with the elevation and had to take altitude sickness pill before summit day. In our group were two more people - Matthias from Germany/Dubai and Jonathan from Chicago. Jonathan was underprepared, Mathias had extra equipment, so they formed nice couple in the end :) We chose this time for hiking up Kili because it was supposed to be beginning of dry season - we had rain every single day.... starting from about 10 -11 am, so we learned to get up early, so we walk as little as we have to in the rain. The temperature wasn't too cold, just wet, only the summit day was pretty chilly and we had to move not to get too cold. We had with us (4 people) 1 guide, 2 assistant guides, 1 cook, 1 assistant cook and 12 porters - little bit excesive, but we didn't have choice. They were carrying our tents, equipment, food, dining tent, special toilet, and who know what else :)


Ctvrtek 24. Prosince - Streda 30. Prosince
Zacali jsme nas 7 denni vystup na Kilimanjaro na Stedry den. Rozhodli jsme se pro delsi verzi vystupu, abychom meli cas se aklimatizovat. I tak jsem ale mela problem s vysokou nadmorskou vyskou a musela jsem si vzit specialni prasek pred vystupem na uplny vrchol. V nasi skupine byli dva dalsi lide - Mathias z Nemecka/Dubai a Jonathan z Chicaga. Jonatan prijel nepripraveny, Mathias mel zase extra vybaveni a tak nakonec vytvorili dokonaly par :) Vybrali jsme si toto obdobi na vystup Kilimanjara, protoze ted mel byt zacatek sucheho obdobi - prselo nam ale kazdy den..... zacalo kolem 10 -11 rano, a tak jsme se brzo poucili a vstavali brzo, abychom sli co nejmene za deste. Zima velka nebyla, jen vlhko a jen v den dobyvani vrcholu bylo chladno a tak jsem se museli pohybovat, abychom moc neprochladli. Meli jsme sebou (4 lide) 1 pruvodce, 2 pomocne pruvodce, 1 kuchare, 1 pomocneho kuchare a 12 nosicu - trochu prehnane, ale nemeli jsme na vyber. Ti nesli nase stany, vybaveni, jidlo, stan na jezeni, specialni zacho, a kdo vi co jeste :)


Dec 24: Machame gate (1490 m/4890 ft) - Machame camp (2980 m/9780 ft) - 18 km/11 m
Dec 25: Machame camp (2980 m/9780 ft) - Shira camp (3840m/12 600 ft) - 9 km/5.6 m
Dec 26: Shira camp (3840m/12 600 ft) - Lava Tower (4630m/15 190 ft)-Barranco camp (3950 m/12 960 ft) - 15 km/9.3 m
Dec 27: Barranco camp (3950m)- Kanga Camp (4200 m/13780 ft) - 7 km/4.3m
Dec 28: Karanga Camp (4200 m/13780 ft) - Barafu camp (4550m/14930 m) - 13 km/8.1 m
Dec 29: Barafu camp (4550m/14930 ft)-Uhuru Peak (5895m/19340 ft)-Mweka (3100m/10170 ft) - 7 km/4.3 m up and 23 km/14.3 m down
Dec 30: Mweka (3100m/10170 ft) - Mweka Gate (1980 m/6500 ft) - 15 km/9.3 m


Thursday Dec 31th - Sunday Jan 3rd
Since we arrived two days later than we supposed to, we didn't have time to drive to Serengeti NP. As we were told it wasn't famous big migration time anyway, so what we saw in the other parks was pretty much the same as we would there. We visited Tarangire NP, Ngorongoro Crater and Lake Manyara NP. All the places were amazing and we were quite lucky to see many animals very close - elephants, giraffs, zebras, lions, hyenas, etc. We travelled just two of us in a car with opened roof and one driver who was also our guide and he stopped whenewer we wanted to take any photos. The last day we went for little walk around the area, which was nice to get feel for the place not only from the car.

Ctvrtek 31. Prosince - Nedele 3. Ledna
Jelikoz jsme prijeli o dva dny pozdeji nez jsme meli, nemeli jsme cas zajet do Serengeti NP. Ale bylo nam receno, ze ted neni doba prosluleho velkeho pohybu zvere, a tak co jsme videli v ostatnich parcich bychom videli i tam. Navstivili jsme Tarangire NP, Ngorongor Crater a Lake Manyara NP. Vsechny mista byly uzasne a my jsme meli taky velke stesti, ze jsme videli hodne zvirat z velke blizkosti - slony, zirafy, zebry, lvi, hyeny, atd. Cestovali jsme jen my dva v aute s oteviraci strechou a jednim ridicem, ktery byl zaroven nas pruvodce a zastavil nam kdykoliv jsme chteli neco vyfotit. Posledni den jsme sli na kratkou prochazku po okoli, coz nam pomohlo pocitit atmosferu okoli ne jen z auta.


Sunday Jan 3rd - Monday Jan 4th
One of our biggest adventures was our flights back. When somebody rebooked our tickets on the way to Africa he or she managed to "exchanged" our tickets for the flights back. Nobody was able to figure out for what.....! Thanks to long pressing dialogs and nice people in Ethiopian Airlines we flew from Kili to Addis Abbaba and to Washington practically without any ticket (have to be said that from Addis to Washington in business class, so not so bad for such a long flight!). In Wasthington US airways managed to find our lost tickets and since our reservation for the last flight actually didn't disappeared, we could finish our flight as planned!

Nedele 3. Ledna - Pondeli 4. Ledna
Jeden z nasich nevetsich dobrodruzstvi byl let zpet. Kdyz nam nekdo prebukoval nasee listky na ceste do Afriky, podarilo se "vymenit" nase listky na cestu zpet. Ale nikdo nebyl schopen zjistit za co...! Diky dlouhemu presvedcovani a hodnym lidem v Ethiopskych aerolinkach jsme leteli z Kilimanjara do Addis Ababa a do Washintonu prakticky bez listku (z Addis do Washingtonu v prvni tride, a to nebylo vubec spatne na takovy dlouhy let!). Ve Washintonu se US Ariways podarilo najit nase listky a nastesti i kdyz jsme ztratili listky na nas posledni let, tak reservace na mista zustaly a tak jsme mohli dokoncit cestu domu podle planu!