Sunday, March 28, 2010

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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Tuesday, March 16, 2010

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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