Ice scating - Czech Christmas dinner - iFly 13.-16. 2012

Eric and I continued holiday fun by ice skating. San Jose set up ice ring in the downtown area during Christmas and it is always fun to go and skate under palm trees. On Saturday I made traditional Czech Christmas dinner (fish soup, fried carp and potato salad) for friends. Martin and Yumi brought their daughter Aiko and Daniela and Ceasar their twin boys.  On Sunday was Eric's birthday and as I present I organized indoor skydiving. Fun weekend!
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 Eric a ja jsme pokracovali ve vanocnich oslavach bruslenim. San Jose sestavuje ledovou plochu v centru kolem Vanoc a je to vzdy zabava jit si zabruslit pod palmama. V sobotu jsem pak pripravila tradicni ceskou veceri (rybi polevku, smazeneho kapra a bramborovy salad) pro kamarady. Martin a Yumi prisli s dcerkou Aiko a Daniela a Ceasar se svymi kluky dvojcaty. V nedeli mel Eric narozeniny a jako darek jsem zorganizovala "indoor skydiving". Pekny vikend!
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Christmas parties and Christmas preparation 1. - 8. 12. 2012

Christmas celebration started this year by Google Christmas party. It was in San Francisco, so we took Google shuttle bus up to the city. It was masquerade party with a lot of good food and different activities like dancing, gambling, etc.. On Sunday Eric and I decorated gingerbread cookies together. The next week I hosted Christmas party with Christina in our apartment. Thirteen people just fit in our living room and we had a lot of fun playing a few games, eating and drinking spiced wine.
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Vanocni oslavy zacaly tento rok vecirkem Googlu. Vecirek byl v San Franciscu a tak jsme jeli do SF autobusem Googlu. Byl to maskarni bal s dobrym jidlem a ruznymi aktivitami jako tancovani, hrani rulety apod. V nedeli jsme pak s Erikem zdobyli pernicky. Dalsi tyden jsme s moji spolubydlici Christinou poradali vanocni party u nas v byte. Trinast lidi se akorat veslo do naseho obyvaku a dobre se bavilo hranim her, jezenim a pitim svaraku.
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Thanksgiving 22. - 25. 11. 2012

Thanksgiving holiday means for me mainly 4 days off and good reason to take a trip. This year it was very relaxing trip down to Los Angeles on Highway 1. The weather was beautiful and Eric and I stopped by Big Sur, we took tour at Hearst Castle, visited mission in Santa Barbara, had fun in Universal Studios and played tourist at Hollywood.
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Den dikuvzdani pro mne znamena 4 dny volna a dobry duvod k vyletu. Tento rok to byl velice relaxujici vylet do Los Angles po Highway 1. Pocasi bylo nadherne a Eric a ja jsme zastavili u Big Sur, prohledli jsme si Hearst Castle, navstivily misi v Santa Barbare, uzili si Universal Studios a zahrali si na turisty v Hollywoodu!
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Halloween 2012

Halloween was on Wednesday this year, but of course all the parties were happening the weekend before. Eric and I went first to Planet Granite to climb in dark on Friday and then party on Saturday and Saturday, on top of that Eric ran Halloween half marathon. I wish I ran it too, but I managed to injured my foot on Saturday and it looks that running is out for a while for me :(
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Tento rok propadl Halloween na stredu, ale samozrejme vsechny vecitky se dely vikend pred Halloweenem. Eric a ja jsem sli nejdrive v patke na stenu lozit ve tme a pak na vecirek v patek i sobotu, k tomu jeste si Eric zabehl halloweensky pulmarathon. Prala jsem si bezet tak, ale jelikoz jsem si zranila chodilo v sobotu, tak to vypada, ze s behanim je na cas konec :(
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Napa Valley tasting 13.10. 2012

Josh, Eric and I were driving in May back from one backpacking trip when we started to talk about possibility to rent Google bus through Eric and organize wine tasting trip, we looked in our calendars and the first free common weekend was October 13, so we marked our calendars... We invited friends and colleagues and 28 of us went. We visited three wineries Reata, Black Stallion and Bourassa. Every winery was different and it was nice selection, everybody had a great time.
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Josh, Eric a ja jsem jeli v kvetnu z jednoho kempovaciho vyletu, kdyz jsme zacali mluvit o moznosti pronajmuti autobusu z Googlu pres Erica a zorganizovani vyletu do vinne oblasti, zkonzultovali jsme nase kalendare a prvni spolecny volny vikend byl 23. Rijen, a tak jsme si datum poznacili. Pozvali jsme kamarady a kolegy a 28 nas vyrazilo. Navstivili jsme tri vinnarny  Reata, Black Stallion and Bourassa. Kazda vinnarna byla jina a byl to dobry vyber, kazdemu se vylet libil.
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Jamaica 30.9. - 6.10. 2012

Our school year started quite early this year and some people felt that it would be nice to have a fall break to relax a little bit. Christina and I bought a stay at one hotel in Jamaica through Groupon and we decided to use it this week off. The weather over all wasn't bad, but it was raining every day for a little bit. We spent some time on beaches as well as traveling around, even though we found out that Jamaica is quite expensive place to get around.
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Nas skolni rok zacal pomerne brzy tento rok a nekteri lide citili, ze bude treba dostat dovolenou na zrelaxovani. Christina a ja jsem si koupily ubytovani pres Groupon na Jamaice a rozhodly jsem to vyuzit prave tento tyden. Pocasi nebylo uplne nejhorsi i kdyz nam alespon kratce prselo kazdy den. Cas jsme stravily na plazi i cestovanim po okoli, i kdyz jsme dosly k zaveru, ze Jamaika je docela drahe misto na projizdeni.
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Franklin lakes - Mineral King area - Sequoia NP 1. - 3. 9. 2012

Long weekend is always good time to go backpacking. I choose to go to Mineral King area in Sequoia NP where I have never been before. The drive to get there was quite bad, last 90 minutes was on narrow, windy old road, but it was worth it. The first day we hiked up about 6 miles to Franklin lakes (10 426 ft), we went quite slowly, since in our quite large group of 8 were three people who never been backpacking before and we arrived late afternoon. The next day we did just a day hike to Franklin pass (11 800 ft) for a great views, especially of Mt. Whitney. On Monday we hiked back to the cars and drove home with a short stop for lunch.
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Prodlouzeny vikend je vzdy dobry na backpackovani. Tentokrat jsem vybrala oblast Mineral king v Sequoia NP, kde jsem jeste nebyla. Cesta tam byla docela spatna, poslednich 90 minut se jelo po uzke, tocite a stare silnici, ale stalo to za to. Prvni den jsem usli asi 10 km k jezerum Franklin (3050), sli jsme pomerne pomalu, jelikoz v nasi pomerne velke skupine o 8 byli tri kamaradi, co nikdy predtim backpackovat nebyli a tak jsme dorazili az pozde odpoledne. Nasledujici den jsme si udelali jen denni vylet do prusmyku Franklin (3596 m), odkud byl nadherny vyhled, zvlaste na Mt. Whitney. V pondeli jsme pak jen sesli zpatky a jeli domu s kratkou zastavkou na obed.
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Chain Lakes - Yosemite 18. - 19. 8. 2012

This weekend trip was organized again by Josh. We - Josh, Stuart, Mandar, Phil, Eric and I started on Saturday morning at Ansel Adams wilderness and after about 8 miles hiking we reached beautiful Chain lakes in Yosemite. We walked to the last one and find nice camping spot. Since it was quite hot, Josh, Eric, Phil and I went for swimming in quite cold water. In the evening we made camp fire and enjoyed beautiful evening. The next day we hiked out in about 3 hours.
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Tento vikendovy vylet byl zorganizovan opet Joshem. Josh, Stuart, Mandar, Phil a ja jsem vyrazili v sobotu rano z Ansel Adams wilderness a asi po 13 km jsme dorazili k jezerum Chain v Yosemitech. Sli jsme az k tomu poslednimu a tam jsem si nasli hezke misto na kempovani. Jelikoz bylo pomerne teplo, tak Josh, Eric, Phil a ja jsem si sli zaplavat v pomerne studene vode. Vecer jsme si udelali taborak a uzivali jsi nadherneho vecera. Druhy den jsem zvladli cestu zpet za 3 hodiny.
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Peeler Lake - Hoover Wilderness 11. - 12. 8. 2012

This weekend I went to Eastern Sierras to Hoover wilderness. Josh organized a backpacking trip to Peeler lake and invited a few people who never been backpacking to experience the beauty of sleeping in the mountains. We started around 11 am on Saturday and hiked 8 miles to Peeler lake, stopping at Barney lake for lunch. After lunch a thunderstorm came, and I somehow forgot to pack my rain jacket, but luckily we didn't get too wet. It cleared up in the evening and we had nice dinner by the lake. On Sunday we explored Peeler lake a little bit more and then on the way down went to see another lake that was just about 1 mile off our path. It was beautiful and sunny day till lunch, then it started to rain on us again, but this time we got soaking wet, luckily we had dry clothes in the cars and drove back home to dry bed.
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Tento vikend jsem vyrazila do vychodnich Sierras do Hoover wilderness. Josh zorganizoval vylet k jezeru Peeler a pozval par lidi, co nikdy nebyly backpackovat, aby zazili tu nadheru prespani v horach. Vyrazili jsme kolem 11 rano v sobotu a usli jsme 8 mil k jezeru Peeler, po ceste jsem se zastavili na obed u jezera Barney. Po obede prisla bourka, a me se nejak podarilo si zapomenout nepromokavou bundu, ale nastesti jsme moc nezmokli. Na vecer se vyjasnilo a tak jsem si mohli vychutnat veceri u jezera. V nedeli jsem se nejdrive prosli kolem jezre Peeler a pak na ceste zpet jsme si zasli k jeste jednomu dalsimu jezeru, co bylo asi 1 mily z cesty. Do obeda bylo pekne a slunecno, pak na nas zacalo opet prset, tentokrat jsme uplne promokli, ale nastesti jsme meli v aute suche obleceni a jeli jsme domu do such postele. FOTKY

Alaska - Glacier Bay NP 10. - 22. 7. 2012

Alaska was always on the list of places that I wanted to return to. On the other hand when Josh asked me if I would like to join him and other friends for a kayaking trip at Glacier bay national park, I wasn't so sure. I haven't been really kayaking and I knew that Alaska can be pretty wet and cold, but in the end I decided to go for it, and it was glad for this decision!
I left with Gayatri and Chris a few days earlier before the rest of friends and we spent 3 days exploring Juneau and surroundings. On Friday we met with Grant and then on Saturday morning we flew to Gustavus and there we met with Rachel and Josh. First we watched instructional video in park service and obtained our permit, then we tried out our rain gear, kayaks and listen to more advices what to do and not to do in the bay from the rental company. On Sunday morning we took a boat with other tourists and first had a ride around the bay. Around 2 pm we were dropped off. When we got out of the boat there was a light rain for about 30 minutes, but except for some rain over the first night camping that was all we got. We were extremely lucky and the weather cooperated well. We also saw many whales, dolphins, seals, bald eagles and other birds. We spent 6 nights kayaking around the bay. On  the following Saturday we were again picked up by the same boat and took back to Gustavus. We left for Juneau the same day and on Sunday we flew back to San Francisco.
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Aljaska byla vzdy mistem, kam jsem se chtela vratit. Na druhou stranu, kdyz se me Josh zeptal, jestli bych se chtela pripojit k nemu a dalsim kamaradum na projizdeni narodniho parku Glacier Bay na kajacich, nebyla jsem si uplne jista. Mockrat jsem na kajacich nebyla a vedela jsem, ze Aljaska muze byt pekne mokra a chladna, ale nakonec jsem rada za sve rozhodnuti jet!
Gayatri, Chris a ja jsem odjeli o par dni drive nez ostatni a stravili jsme 3 dny prochazenim se Juneau a okoli. V patek prijel Grant a pak v sobotu rano jsme odleteli do Gustavus a tam jsme se potkali s Rachel a Joshem. Nejdrive jsme se divali na informativni video ve sprave parku a tam jsme dostali take nase povoleni, pak jsme si vyzkouseli nase nepromokave obleceni, kajaky a dostali jsme dalsi rady co delat a nedelat v zalivu od firmy kde jsme si pujcovali tyto veci. V nedeli rano jsme nasedli do lodi s dalsimi cestujicim a nejdrive jsem se projeli po zalivu. Kolem 14h jsme byli vysaseni. Kdyz jsme se dostali z lodi, tak mirne prselo asi 30 minut, ale krome nejakeho deste prvni noc kempovani to bylo vse co nam prselo. Meli jsme neuveritelne stesti a pocasi spolupracovalo skvele. Videli jsem take hodne velryb, delfinu, lachtanu, orlu belohlavych a dalsich ptaku. Zaliv jsem projizdeli 6 noci. Nasledujici sobotu jsem byli opet vyzvednuti stejnou lodi a ta nas vzala zpet do Gustavus. Ve stejny den jsme odleteli zpet do Juneau a v nedeli pak do San Francisca.
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Sequoia NP - Twin Lakes

Sierra Nevada mountains are my favorite mountains and since I haven't been to Sequoia NP for a while I reserved permits for Twin Lakes and invited Eric, Alan, Jamsheed, Jared and Josh for weekend backpacking in this area. Twin Lakes were only about 7 miles from the parking lot, even thought all uphill. We arrived around 3 pm to the lakes and still had  a lot of time to wander around, take a swim (Jamsheed and I) and just enjoy this beautiful area. The only downside were mosquitoes that targeted us as their food source. We were in the area almost on our own, only later in the evening arrived another groups. On Sunday we left quite early and got back to car just around noon. After quick lunch we went for walk around giant Sequoia and then headed back home.
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Hory Sierra Nevada patri k mym nejoblibenejsim a jelikoz jsem uz nejakou dobu nebyla v narodnim parku Sequoia, zarezervovala jsem povoleni a pozvala Erica, Alana, Jamsheeda, Jareda a Joshe na vikend prochazeni teto oblasti. Jezera byly jen asi 11 km od parkoviste, ale temer celou cestu dokopce. Na misto jsme prisli kolem 3 odpledne a meli jsme spoustu casu na prochazeni okoli, vykoupani se (Jamsheed a ja) a uzivani si oblasti. Jedinou negativni veci byla spousta komaru, kteri si nas vybrali k veceri. U jezer jsme byli temer sami, jen k veceru prisli dalsi skupiny. V nedeli jsme vyrazili pomerne brzy a zpet u aut jsme byli kolem poledne. Po rychlem obede jsme se prosli kolem obrovskych sequoii a pak jeli domu.
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Bolivia 3. - 25. 6. 2012

My big holiday this year was to Bolivia. The main part was going to be trekking and mountaineering, but because all these activities were going to be in higher altitude, we planned about 5 days around La Paz to get acclimatized. Eric and I got to Bolivia June 4th, we met with Alex who has been traveling in Bolivia already and Mark, who missed his flight and arrived a few days later. First we explored La Paz, then we drive through the "Dead road" for one day to Coroico and then we left La Paz for Lake Titicaca. We stayed one night on Sun Island and had a chance to walk around some Inca ruins, then we returned to the shore and at Copacabana we met up with Jyotsna, Anand and Jaya for next part of our trip.
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Moje letosni velka dovolena byla v Bolivii. Hlavni cast dovolene byla prochazenim hor a horolezectvi, ale protoze tyto aktivity probihaly ve vyssi nadmorske vysce, tak jsme si naplanovali asi 5 dni pobliz La Paz abychom si na vyssi nadmorskou vysku zvykli. Eric a ja jsme prileteli do Bolivie 4. Cervna, potkali jsem se s Alexem, ktery uz v Bolivii cestoval a s Markem, kteremu uletelo letadlo a priletel o par dni pozdeji. Nejdrive jsme si prochazeli La Paz, pak jsme si vyjeli po "Silnici smrti" do Coroica a pote jsme odejeli z La Paz k jezeru Titicaca. Jednu noc jsme zustali na ostrove Slunce a meli jsme tak prilezitost se projit kolem pozustatku staveb Incu, pak jsme se vratili na pobrezi do Copacabany, kde jsem se potkali s Jyotsnou, Anandem a Jaya kteri se pripojili na dalsi cast dovolene.
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For our second part of holiday, we met up with Tommi to top our group to 8 people. We traveled to  to Pelechuco,  Cordillera Apolobamba for almost whole day. Most of the way the road was unpaved. Eric was quite sick and as we traveled to higher elevations I felt the altitude. We arrived after dark and slept in small local hostel. The next morning we started our hike from Pelechuco to Charazani, almost every day we went through a pass, the highest was 16 700 ft high, and one day we had extra when Tommi, Anand and Mark went to summit mountain Cuchillo. We finished up the trek at thermal spa. From Charazani we again split, Jyotsna, Jaya, Anand and Alex went back to La Paz, Eric, Tommi, Mark and I drove to Sorata.
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Pro druhou cast nasi dovolene jsme se potkali na ceste s Tommim a tak nas bylo celkem 8. Jeli jsme do Pelechuca, Cordillera Apolobamba skoro cely den. Vetsina cest po ceste tam byla nezpevnena. Eric se necitil vubec dobre a ja jsem zacala pocitovat nadmorskou vysku jak jsme stoupali vyse. Prijeli jsme az za tmy a ubytovali se v mistim malem hostelu. Nasledujici den jsme zacali nasi turu z Pelechuca do Charazani, temer kazdy den jsme sli pres prusmyk, ten nejvyssi 5100 m, a jeden den jsme meli extra kdy Tommi, Anand a Mark lezli na  horu Cuchillo. Pochod jsme zakoncili v termalnich laznich. V Charazani jsme se opet rozdelili, Jyotsna, Jaya, Anand a Alex jeli zpet do La Paz, Eric, Tommi, Mark a ja jsme pak jeli do Soraty.
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Last part of my trip was the hardest one. First Eric, Tommi, Mark and I went to Sorata, where we had 1 day to relax. Then guides arrived to take us for the mountain and Eric went back to La Paz and then California. The first day we were supposed to hike up to the lake Chillata at elevation 4200 m, but we just drove by car to the highest possible elevation which was just under 4000 m. The next day we hiked up to lake Glaciar (5040 m). The next "surprise" was that we had only 4 porters with us and it meant that for 3 of us only 1, so Tommi and Mark carried most of their gear on their own. The following day we hiked up to high camp, which was actually lower then it supposed to be because porters couldn't go much further in their simple shoes. For the summit we started at 3 am and summitted at 10 am, then we return to the lake Glaciar with small break at the high camp. At the lake were another 4 people - from the Czech Republic! The next day we descended to Sorata and drove back to La Paz. The last day in La Paz was just to relax and finish souvenir shopping.
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Posledni cast me dovolene byla nejtezsi. Nejdrive Eric, Tommi, Mark a ja jsme jeli do Soraty, kde jsme meli jeden den na zrelaxovani. Pruvodci prijeli por nas druhy den, Eric jel zpet do La Paz a Kalifornie. Prvni den jsme meli vyslapat k jezerru Chillata ve vysce 4200 m, ale jen jsme vyjeli autem do nejvyssi mozne vysky, coz bylo trochu pod 4000 m. Nasledujici den jsme vysli k jezeru Glaciar (5040 m). Nase dalsi "prekvapeni" bylo kdyz jsme zjistili ze mame k dispozici jen 4 nosice a to znamenalo, ze pro nas 3 jen jednoho, tak Tommi a Mark nesli vetsinu svyho vybaveni sami. Nasledujici den jsem vysli do vyskoveho tabora, ktery byl nize nez mel byt, protoze nosici se v jejich primitivnim obuti dale dostat nemohli. Posledni den jsme zacali ve 3 rano a na vrcholku jsme byli v 10, pak jsme se vratili zpet k jezeru Glaciar, s malou prestavkou ve vyskovem tabore. U jezera byli dalsi 4 lidi - z Ceske republiky!. Nasledujici den jsme sesli zpet do Soraty a pak jeli do La Paz. Posledni den v La Paz by na zrelaxovani a posledni nakupy suvenyru.
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Yosemite - Memorial weekend backpacking 26. - 28.5. 2012

This long weekend I took a few friends who never been backpacking before for an easy trip to Yosemite. I think most people expect nice weather in the end of May, but my experience with Memorial weekend is not that great. Even though that the winter was quite warm without much snow, on Friday before Memorial weekend Yosemite received some snow showers and and we almost have to change our plans since Glacier road was closed for a while. In the end everything worked out well and we took bus up to Glacier point and from there slowly walked down to the valley.
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Tento prodlouzeny vikend jsem vzala nekolik kamaradu co nikdy nebyli backpackovat na nenarocny vylet do Yosemite. Skoro kazdy si mysli, ze na konci kvetna uz je pekne pocasi, ale moje zkusenost z Memorial weekend je trochu jina. I kdyz tato zima byla pomerne mirna bez mnoha snehu, v patek pred prodlouzenym vikendem v Yosemitech nasnezilo a my jsme malem museli menit plan jelikoz silnice na Glacier point byla zavrena na chvili. Nakonce vse dopadlo dobre a my jsme vyjeli autobusem na Glacier point a odtud jsme pak pomalu sesli zpatky do udoli.
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Maker Faire - Ohlone 50K 19. - 20. 5. 2012

Maker Faire is annual event with many interesting expeditions and workshops. I went for the first time and I was quite amazed how creative people can be. To save some stress with parking we went by bike and train, which actually was a little bit stressful too, since a lot of people traveled to the same place and the train got crowded, but it was definitely worth it.

On Sunday I run for the second time Ohlone wilderness 50K. I was slower by about 20 minutes than last year (7:56:09 - 106th place out of 219), but the conditions were quite bad and I did overall little bit better. It was so hot, that one runner actually had to be airlifted because about 1/2 mile before finish line collapsed on heat stroke.
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Maker Faire je kazdorocni akce s mnoha zajimavymi exposicemi. Ja jsem na ni byla poprve a byla jsem docela unesena jak lide dokazou byt tvorivi. Abychom si usetrili stres z parkovanim, jeli jsem vlakem a na kole, coz bylo vlastne trosku stresujici take, protoze hodne lidi jelo na stejne misto a vlak byl prelidneny, ale stalo to za to!

V nedeli jsem bezela podruhe Ohlone wildeness 50K. Ubehla jsem to asi o 20 minut pomaleji nez predchozi rok (7:56:09 - 106 misto z 219), ale podminky byly docela spatne a tak celkove jsem si polepsila. Bylo takove vedro, ze jeden zavodnik musel byl letecky prevezen do nemocnice, protoze asi 1/2 mile pred koncem zkolaboval na uzeh. 
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Rafting - Merced River 12.-13. 5. 2012

This year it was for the 7th time in a row that I was organizing rafting trip. This time I choose Merced river near Yosemite national park. Even though the weather over past winter wasn't really wet, 17 of us had enough water to have great fun!
As usually most of us left on Friday evening. I went with 6 other friends on Saturday to Yosemite NP. We drove up to Glacier point  and hiked short distance to Sentinel dome from where we were enjoying amazing views for a while. Then we walked back to Glacier point for ice cream and stared at amazing Half dome and falls longer :) Then we drove back to campground to have our dinner and nice relaxing time by fire.
On Sunday we met with our guides and the water fun started. Most of the class IV rapids were in the beginning so the adrenalin went up fast. After break for lunch we there wasn't much excitement, which was quite good, since most of us got sleepy after such a nice food! It was again great rafting trip!
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Tento rok uz to bylo po sedme co jsem organizovala vylet na sjizdeni divoke reky. Tentokrat jsem vybrala reku Merced pobliz narodniho parku Yosemite. I kdyz tato zima neprinesla mnoho srazek, i tak vech 17 melo dost vody abychom si sjizdeni poradne uzili!
Jako obvykle vetsina vyjela uz v patek vecer. Ja a 6 dalsich kamaradu jsme vyrazili v sobotu do Yosemite. Vyjeli jsme na Glacier point a dosli jsem si na nedaleky Sentinel dome ze ktereho jsem si uzivaly uzasne vyhledy. Pak jsme sesli zpet na Glacier point na zmrzlinu a opet jsme hledeli na uzasny Half doma a vodopady :) Pak jsme jeli zpet do kempu kde jsme si dali veceri a relaxovali jsme u ohne.
V nedeli jsem se potkali s lidma co nas vzali na reku a nase vodni dobrodruzstvi mohlo zacit. Vetsina nejtezsich pereji byla hned na zacatku a tak adrenalin rychle vystoupal. Po obede uz takove vzruseni nebylo, coz bylo asi dobre, jelikoz na vsechny padla unava po takovem dobrem obede! Opet to byl vydareny raftingovy vylet!
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Peter Grubb Hut 5.-6.5.2012

Peter Grubb hut is another Sierra Club hut in the Sierra Nevada mountains. I was lucky that I was invite to join Josh's trip to this hut. We drove on Friday up to the mountains and spent the night at Clair Tappaan Lodge. On Saturday we met other people in the group and 10 of us left for quite short (about 3.5 miles) hike to Peter Grubb hut. Since we arrived quite early, we decided to go for hike to Castle Peak (9 109 ft). Before we left one other friend arrived and we finalized out number to 11. After we got back from nice afternoon hike, we enjoyed the evening in the hut. On Sunday we packed and cleaned the hut, but before we left, we went for another short hike around the valley. We also decided to take little bit longer but more beautiful trail back to the cars.
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Horska chata Peter Grubb je jednou s chat Sierra Club v horach Sierra Nevada. Mela jsem to stesti, ze jsem byla pozvana Joshem abych se pridala ke skupine co sla do teto chaty. Do hor jsme vyjeli jsme uz v patek a pres noc jsme zustali v Clair Tappaan Lodge. V sobotu jsme se potkali se zbytkem skupiny a 10 nas vyrazilo na pomerne kratkou turu (asi 5.6 km) k horske chate Peter Grubb. Jelikoz jsme dorazili pomerne brzy, rozhodli jsem se pro vyslap na Castle Peak (2776 m). Predtim nez jsme vyrazili dalsi kamarad prisel a tak nas bylo 11. Pote co jsme se vratili zpet, uzivali jsme si vecera v chate. V nedeli rano jsme se zabalili a uklidili, ale nez jsem odesli, vyrazili jsme na kratkou prochazku kolem udoli. Zpatky k autum jsme sli delsi ale mnohem krasnejsi cestou.
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Elkhorn Slough Kayaking 29.4. 2012

I am going this summer to Alaska kayaking in Glacier bay. Since I haven't been really kayaking much before I thought that it would be good idea to practice a little bit. A friend recommended a place Elkhorn Slough, place between Santa Cruz and Monterey with a lot of wildlife to see, so Eric and I reserved two single kayaks and went kayaking. It was very nice day, even though quite chilly. We spent about 3 hours on the water, watching sea lions, otters, and other animals. After we got out of water we went for late lunch to Phil's fish market.
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V lete jedu na Aljasku projizdet Glacier Bay na kajacich. Jelikoz nemam moc s kajaky zkusenost, tak jsem si myslela, ze by bylo dobre trochu se zacvicit. Kamarad doporucil misto mezi Santa Cruz a Monterey zvane Elkhorn Slough, kde je mozne videt pomerne hodne zivocichu, a tak jsme si s Ericem zarezervovali dva kajaky a vyrazili. Byl to moc pekny den, i kdyz byla trochu zima. Na vode jsme asi 3 hodiny pozorovali lachtany, vydry a jine zivocichy. Pote jsme si dali obed v Phil fish market.  FOTKY

Yosemite - Snowcreek cabin 21.-22.4.2012

I don't think that I will ever turn down invitation for trip to Yosemite... a few weeks ago Josh asked me if I would be interested to join trip to one not very well known cabin in Yosemite. The only catch was that we had to climb from from the valley floor (4000 ft) up to 7 500 ft with heavy backpack and then the second day back. It was quite strenuous hike and we were all tired, but the views were worth it. We shared the cabin with a few backcountry skiers but for sleeping arrangement we (Vera, Joe, Josh, Eric and I) had own room. Sunday morning we started by climbing even a little bit higher to Mt. Watkins 8 500 ft for a beautiful views. Then we packed our bags and almost ran all the way downhill back to valley. We rewarded ourselves with pizza and ice cream!
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Nemyslim si, ze bych byla nekdy schopna odmitnout pozvani na vylet do Yosemite... pred par tydny se me Josh zeptal, jestli bych se chtela pridat k vyslapu k jedne ne priliz zname chate v Yosemitech. Jedinny "hacek" byl v tom, ze jsme museli vyjit z Yosemite valley 1200 m do vysky kolem 2280 m s tezkymi batohy a pak druhy den opet zpet. Byl to docela namahavy vyslap a vsichni jsme byli vecer unavani, ale vyhledy staly za to! O chatku jsme se delili s nekolika lyzari ale na spani jsme (Vera, Joe, Josh, Eric and I) meli nas vlastni pokoj. V nedeli jsme si nejdrive vybehli jeste vyse na Mt. Watkins 2590 m abychom meli lepsi vyhled do udoli. Pote jsme se zabalili a sebehli dolu zpatky do udoli. Jako odmenu jsem si dali zmrzlinu.
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Ludlow Hut 24. - 25. 3. 2012

Ludlow hut is one of the Sierra club huts and when Josh asked me if I would like to join him and other friends for weekend trip I didn't hesitate and said yes! We drove to area near Lake Tahoe on Friday night. On Saturday morning we drove to the trail head and after figuring out parking we left around noon for our 7 mile hike to Ludlow hut. The weather was nice despite forecast for the weekend. We didn't have problem to find the hut and we arrived around 4 pm. The rest of afternoon and evening we spent by eating, drinking, talking and having fun. On Sunday morning we woke up to light snowing, but before we eat our breakfast and cleaned the hut the sun was out again. Our journey back was even faster than to the hut and we ended great weekend by having lunch in Truckee.
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Chata Ludlow je jednou z chat patrici Sierra club a kdyz se me Josh zeptal, jestli bych se chtela pridat k dalsim kamaradum na vikendovy vylet ani chvilku jsem nevahala a souhlasila. V patek jsme prespali kousek od Lake Tahoe a v sobotu jsme odjeli k mistu odkud se vychazelo. Museli jsme trochu vyresit parkovani ale kolem poledne jsme vyrazili asi na 11 km vyslap k Ludlow hut. Pocasi nam vyslo i pres neprizivou predpoved pocasi. Nemeli jsme zadny problem s najitim chtky a kolem 16 hodiny jsme k ni dorazili. Zbytek odpoledne a vecera jsme stravili jezenim, pitim, povidanim a uzivanim si vyletu. V nedeli rano jsme se probudili do mirneho snezeni, ale nez jsme se nasnidali a uklidili tak na nas uz zase svitilo slunicko. Cesta zpatky ubehla jeste rychleji nez cesta tam a tak jsme vylet zakoncili obedem v Truckee.
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Snowcamping - Crocker point

This year winter hasn't looked like a winter at all, but we went for three day snowcamping at Yosemite NP anyway. We went to Dewey point first for the view and then a little bit further to Crocker point to spend two nights there. The snow cover was really poor, we practically didn't need snowshoes at all! The first night nobody build any snow shelter, but we found a place for a kitchen and built nice kitchen with bar and table for playing cards. The second day we went for short hike to Stanford point and after that a few people had nap, read, relax, played cards and build quinzee! On Sunday we left quite early, even though one hour was taken from our weekend because the daylight saving started!
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Tento rok zima vubec nevypadala jako zima, ale i tak jsme se vydali na tri denni zimni kempovani do narodniho parku Yosemite. Nejdrive jsem sli na Dewey point podivat se na nadherny vyhled, pak jeste kousek dal na Crocker point, kde jsme zustali dve noci. Snehova pokryvka byla tak mala, ze jsme vpodstate nepotrebovali sneznice! Prvni noc nikdo nestavel pristresi ze snehu, ale nasli jsme alespon misto se snehem, kde jsme postavili kuchyn s barem a hernim stolem. Druhy den jsme nejdrive sli na Stanford point a pak par lidi odpocivalo, cetlo si, relaxovalo, hralo karty a stavelo pristresi ze snehu. V nedeli jsme vyrazili zpet docela brzy, i presto, ze nam vzali hodinu z vikendu, protoze se menil cas!
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Royal Gorge 3. - 4. 3. 2012

Cross country skiing wasn't my favorite activity when I was a child, somehow now I prefer it over downhill skiing. When Bay area backpacking buddies announced a cabin trip I didn't have to think twice to sign up. 12 of us stayed at cabin near Royal Gorge, resort for cross country skiing. This is one thing that I am having problem to adjust to actually. Back at home cross country skiing was just like hiking in the winter with skis, here it was more like exercise and we had to pay to use the trail. Everybody got quite tired after a few hours skiing and after big dinner we all went to sleep quite early. The next day we went for short snowshoeing trip and cleaned up the cabin. Since we were passing Czech restaurant in Concord on our way home we made a stop for dinner there also.
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Jako dite jsem lyzovani na bezkach moc rada nemela, ted najednou jim dam prednost pred sjezdovkami. Kdyz jeden z online meetupu poradal vylet na chatu na hory, nemusela jsem dvakrat premyslet a hned jsem se zapsala. 12 nas bylo na chate blizko Royal Gorge, coz je stredisko s trasami na bezky. Toto je jedna z veci, na kterou mam problem si zvyknout. Doma se slo na bezky jako na vyslap jen ze to bylo v zime a jelo se na bezkach, tady to je vice jako cviceni a musi se platit za pouzivani cest. Kadeho par hodin lyzovani unavilo a tak jsme vsichni po velke veceri sli brzo spat. Druhy den jsem si udelali kratky vylet na sneznicich a uklidili chatu. Jelikoz jsme jeli po ceste domu kolem ceske restaurace v Concordu, nemohli jsme se nezastavit na veceri.
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Snowcamping with group 6

Last year I took snowcamping course with Sierra Club and it was really fun! This year I went again but as an assistant leader for group 6. We had a quite small group, and with 3 people who couldn't come we ended up with number 13. Also 6 out of 9 students were my friends or friends of my friends, so it was double fun. We went to the Boreal area near Lake Tahoe. This winter didn't bring much snow so far, but we managed to find a place where almost every student made snow trench. The weather was nice also so everybody had a great time! Let just hope that by next trip we will get more snow so we can build snow caves!
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Minuly rok jsem prosla super kurzem zimniho kempovani se Sirra club. Tento rok jsem se vydala znovu, ale tentokrat jako asistent vedouciho skupiny 6. Meli jsem pomerne malou skupinu, 3 lidi nemohli prijit a tak nas bylo celkem 13. K tomu navic 6 z 9 studentu byli moji kamaradi a nebo kamaradi kamaradu, tak ze sranda byla dvojnasobna. Sli jsme do oblasti Boreal pobliz Lake Tahoe. Letosni zima neprinesla zatim zadnou velkou snehovou nadilku, ale i tak se nam podarilo najit misto, kde temer kazky student vykopal snehovy zakop. Pocasi take spolupracovalo a tak si to kazdy uzival. Jen ted doufejme, ze do pristiho vyletu napadne vice snehu abychom mohli vykopat snehovou jeskyni!
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Yosemite - Dewey Point 28. - 29.1. 2012

Trip to Dewey Point in Yosemite seems to becoming my annual trip. Last two years I went on cross country skis with friends, this year I joined meetup and we all marched on snowshoes. We stayed on Friday and Saturday in Yosemite bug hostel, about 40 miles before entrance to the park. On Saturday we all drove to Badger pass and from here went as a group to the beautiful spot with a view to Yosemite valley. On Sunday about half of people went to Ahwahnee hotel for brunch. I used the time to walk around the valley.
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Vylet na Dewey point v Yosemitech se stava mym kazdorocnim vyletem. Minule dva roky jsem tam byla na bezkach s kamarady, tento rok jsem se pridala k hromadne organizovane skupine a vsichni jsme pochodovali na sneznicich. V patecni a sobotni noc jsem se ubytovali v hostelu Yosemite Bug, asi 40 mil od vstupu do Yosemite. V sobotu rano jsme vsichni vyjeli na Badger pass a odtud se cela skupina vydala k Dewey point odkud je uzasny vyhled do Yosemitskeho udoli. V nedeli si asi polovina lidi zasla na brzky obed do hotelu Ahwahnee, ja jsem vyuzila tohoto casu na prochazku po udoli.
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Yosemite without snow 14. - 15.1. 2012

Last year we had unusual amount of snow on mountains, this year we are having the opposite. Tioga road is usually closed this time of the year and it is almost impossible to see Tenaya lake frozen. I am one of those lucky people who has Monday off on Martin Luther King weekend so I went with Petra, Miro and Jamsheed to Yosemite. We left San Jose around 5 am and drove straight to Tuolumne meadows. First we stopped at Tenaya lake and tested the ice, then we drove to Tioga pass and went to Mt. Dana. I felt problem with altitude almost from the beginning, but even with big headache I didn't turn away and reach the 13 061 ft summit. We got back to cars around 6 pm just with last light, because we had small adventure with looking for backpack that Miro left on his way up. We stayed at heated tents in Curry village over night and since we were in the valley, we decided for hike from Mirror lake on Sunday. Mirror lake is more like Mirror puddle, but the views when we started to climb from the valley opposite Half dome were again beautiful. We took it easy and after short hike up we turned around and went back. We got back to Bay area around 10 pm.
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Minuly rok bylo neobvykle mnoho snehu na horach, tento rok je to naopak. Silnice Tioga je vetsinou uzavrena v tuto dobu a tak je temer nemozne videt zamrzle jezero Tenaya. Ja patrim k tem stastlivcum, co maji volno v pondeli po vikendu Martina Luthera Kinga a tak jsem se vydala s Petrou, Mirem a Jamsheedem do Yosemit. Vyrazili jsme kolem 5 rano primo do Tuolumne meadows. Nejdrive jsme se zastavili u jezere Tenaya, kde jsem vyzkouseli led, pak jsme jeli primo k prusmyku Tioga a odtud na horu Dana. Problem s nadmorskou vyskou jsem citila uz temer od pocatku, ale i pres velkou bolest hlavy jsem vyslapala na vrchol ve vysce 3981 m n. m. K autu jsem se vratili kolem 18 hodiny s poslednimi zbytky svetla, to hlavne proto, ze po ceste zpet jsme zazili male dobrodruzstvi, kdyz jsem hledali Miruv batoh, ktery si odlozil po ceste nahoru. Prespali jsme ve vyhrivanych stanech v Curry Village a jelikoz jsme byli ve valley, rozhodli jsme se druhy den pro vyslap kolem jezera Mirror. Jezero Mirror bylo vice mene kaluzi, ale vyhledy kdyz jsme zacali stoupat z udoli naproti Half domu byly uzasne. Udelali jsem si jen pohodovy vyslap a brzy se vratili zpet. Domu jsem se dostali kolem 22 hodiny vecer.
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Costa Rica 17. - 31.12. 2011

This winter break I almost didn't go anywhere. I thought that after traveling for month in Asia this summer and trip to Hawaii in October I should probably stay at home and save money, but as my dad used to say, money will be still here when we won't, so I forgot about saving and took off. With very little time for planning I decided for Costa Rica, it is quite close, it has warm weather (actually too warm for me) and a lot of activities. I left with my friend Christina in the evening of December 17th (we flew red eye) and we arrived back about 1 hour before New Year eve midnight. In the two weeks we traveled around Costa Rica quite a bit, we stayed at San Jose, Arenal, Monteverde, Manuel Antonio and Cahuita. We went canyoning, rafting, zip-lining, hiking, snorkeling, swimming (in two oceans Pacific and Atlantic) and had a lot of fun!
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Tuto zimu jsem malem nikam nejela. Rikala jsem si, ze po mesici cestovani v lete po Asii a vyletu na Hawaii v rijnu bych asi mela zustat doma a trochu setrit, ale jak muj tatinek rikal, penize tady budou i kdyz my uz ne, tak jsem se rozhodla nekam vyrazit. Nebylo moc casu na planovani a tak jsem se rozhodla pro Kostariku, je pomerne bli,zko, je tam teplo (na me az moc) a da se tem delat spousta veci. Odletely jsem s kamaradkou Christinou vecer 17. prosince (letely jsme pres noc) a vratily jsme se asi hodinu pred pulnoci na Sylvestra. Behem dvou tydnu jsme Kostariku docela procestovaly, zastavily jsme se v San Jose, Arenal, Monteverde, Manuel Antonio a Cahuita. Slezaly jsme kanon, sly raftovat, na zip-lines, delaly jsme vyslapy, snorchlovaly a plavaly (ve dvou oceanech - Tichem a Antlantskem) ale hlavne jsme si dovolenou poradne uzivaly.
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