Hawaii - Oahu 22. - 30. 10. 2011

Going to Hawaii was on my list of places that I would like to see, just not too high, since there are not really any mountains :) But when Martin invited me to celebrate with him and Yumi their wedding day, I couldn't say no. It was great week, full of water activities - surfing (or probably just trying to stand up on surf), snorkeling, scuba diving (even though I got panic attack in depth 80 ft, so not so great) and of course swimming.
Martin and Yumi rented for this occasion a beautiful big house where they stayed with their families for one week. On Monday we came for BBQ where we got to know each other, on Tuesday then was the wedding party. All was nicely organized and everybody had a great time!
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Navsteva Hawaii byla na mem seznamu mist, kam jsem se chtela podivat, jen ne az tak vysoko, jelikoz Hawaii nema zrovna zadne hory :) Ale kdyz me Martin pozval na jeho svatbu, tak jsem nemohla rici ne. Byl to super tyden plni vodnich aktivit - surfovani (tedy spise snaha o postaveni se na surfu), snorklovani, potapeni se ( i kdyz jsem dostala panicky zachvat asi v hloubce 24 m) a samozrejmne plavani.
Martin a Yumi pronajali pro tuto udalost nadherny a velky dum na plazi, kde zustali s rodinami po cely tyden. V pondeli jsme prisli na grilovani, kde jsme se vsichni navzajem poznali, v utery pak byla svatba. Vse bylo pekne zorganizovane a myslim, ze si to vsichni uzili.
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Tuolumne meetup 24.-25. 9. 2011

Even though or maybe because my working week was quite stressful I couldn't resist and left for Yosemite the second weekend in row. This time the Moutaineering meetup camped at Tuolumne meadows. On Saturday I went to Mt. Hoffman (10,845 feet/3,305 m). The weather was quite stormy, which on one hand meant interesting sky for photos, but on the other hand it was getting quite dangerous on the top. On Sunday a lot of people from the meetup went to Clouds rest. It was nice to see the place where I did my first ever backpacking trip!
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I kdyz nebo mozna prave proto, ze jsem mela docela stresujici tyden, jsem se vydala druhy vikend po sobe do Yosemite. Tentokrat moutaineering meetup kempoval v Tuolumne meadows. V sobotu jsem vyrazila na Mt. Hoffman (10,845 feet/3,305 m). Pocasi bylo docela bourkove, coz znamenalo pekne mraky na foceni ale nebezpeno na vrcholku. V nedeli hodne lidi z meetup vyrazilo na Clouds rest. Bylo hezke si zase zajit na misto kde zacalo me backpackovani!
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Tioga Pass - Meetup 17.-18.9. 2011

Being out most of this summer I didn't spend much time in Sierra Nevada mountains, so it was great opportunity to go again with BAMM (Bay area mountaineering meetup) to the mountains. This time we camped by Saddlebag lake. On Saturday I went with part of the group up to Mt. Conness via East Ridge, it was great hike. I got little bit sick, partially because of elevation, partially because I got big cold, but luckily I was able to summit - 12,649 ft (3,855 m). In the evening we had big campfire where everybody shared their stories. The second day I went for just short hike with Kirsten around 20 lakes basin, we relaxed by one of the lakes and when Phil came back from North peak we drove home.
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Jelikoz jsem byla vetsinu leta mimo, nemela jsem moc casu na vylety to hor Sierra Nevada, a tak kdyz se naskytla prilezitost vyrazila jsem opet s BAMM do hor. Tentokrat jsme kempovali u jezera Saddlebag. V sobotu jsem vyrazila s casti skupiny na horu Conness pres East Ridge, coz byl super vyslap. Nebylo me uplne nejlepe, castecne kvuli nadmorske vysce, castecne protoze jsem chytla velkou rymu, ale nastesti se mi podarilo se na vrchol vyskrabat - 12,649 ft (3,855 m). Vecer jsme pak meli velky taborak, kde kazdy povidal o svych vyletech. Druhy den jsem vysla jen s Kirsten na kratky vyslap kolem 20 jezer, zastavily jsme se u jednoho jezera a tam odpocivaly. Kdyz se Phil vratil z North Peak, jeli jsme zpet domu.
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Yosemite - Vogelsang Backpacking 3. - 5. 9. 2011

Long weekend is always great for backpacking trip! This time I was invited to join a group for backpacking in Yosemite. Two Rachaels, Josh, Mandar, Joe and I left on Saturday morning for adventure around Vogelsang. One sad element in our trip was search and rescue that was happening. One about 70 year man didn't come back to his car about 3 days ago and everybody was looking for him. They found him dead about 1 hour before we actually passed his campsite on our way to our destination. We wouldn't probably found him anyway, since it looked that he was in his tent, he fell asleep one night and never woke up the second morning.
We did nice loop around many lakes and we were planning to finish early on Monday so we can stop at one swimming hole on our way back, but the weather got colder and we dropped this idea.
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Prodlouzeny vikend je vzdy idelni pro straveni casu v divocine. Tentokrat jsem byla pozvana abych se pripojila ke skupine co jela do Yosemite. Dve Rachael, Josh, Mandar, Joe a ja jsem vyrazili v sobotu rano za dobrodruzstvim kolem Vogelsangu. Malou vadou na krase celeho vyletu byla zachranna akce, ktera se zrovna konala. Asi 70ti letty muz se nevratil pred 3 dny ze sveho vyletu a tak jej vsichni hledali. Nasli jej mrtveho asi hodinu pred tim, nez my jsme prosli kolem jeho kempu. My bychom jej stejne asi neobjevili, protoze to vypadalo, ze byl ve svem stanu, pravdepodobne usnul a uz se druhy den nevzbudil.
Obesli jsme si kolecko kolem mnoha jezer a planovali jsme jeste v pondeli se zastavit na jednom miste na koupani, ale protoze se ochladilo, tak jsem nakonec jeli primo domu.
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Rafting - Friends of River 20.-21.8. 2011

American river in California is regulated by dam so rafting is possible almost all year around, so when I was invited by a friend to join weekend of rafting with Friend of River I didn't hesitate. It was relaxing and fun weekend when I met many interesting and nice people!
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Reka American river v Kalifornii je regulovana hrazi a tak se na ni da raftovat temer cely rok a tak kdyz me kamarad pozval abych se pridala na vikend s organizaci Friends of River ani jsem nezavahala. Byl to odpocinkovy a vesely vikend kde jsem poznala mnoho zajimavych a dobrych lidi!
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Emigrant Wilderness - 6. - 9. 8. 2011

Since I haven't done "normal" backpacking for a long time I decided to join one of the backpacking meetup group for adventure in Emigrant Wilderness. Jannet, Corey, Lawrence and I met on Friday evening for a first time, Lawrence and Corey knew each other and planned this trip, but otherwise we didn't know each other. This didn't stop us from having great time exploring the area, the only downside were annoying mosquitoes. For a few reasons (work, health, mosquitoes...) Jannet and I left one day earlier, but still had a great time finding our way back to our car off trail!
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Jelikoz jsem uz dlouho nesla na "normalni" backpack, rozhodla jsem se pripojit se k jedne meetup skupine a uzit si dobrodruzstvi v oblasti Emigrant Wildernes. Jannet, Corey, Lawrence a ja jsem se sesli v patek poprve, Lawrence a Corey se znali a naplanovali tento vylet spolu, ale jinak nikdo neznal nikoho. To nam ale nezabranilo k tomu abychom si uzivali prozkoumavani oblasi, jedinnym negativem byli otravni komari. Z mnoha duvodu (prace, zdravi, komari...) Jannet a ja jsme se vratily o den drive, ale i tak jsem si uzily orientovani se mimo cestu a hledani cesty zpet k autu!
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Mt. Rainier 29. - 31.7. 2011

Mt. Rainier is 14,411 ft tall and covered by glaciers with crevasses which open up without any notice...so I still can't believe that I summit this big mountain! Miles, Phil, Nick and I drove about 14 hours from our homes to Mt. Rainier national park in Washington state for our three day adventure. The first day we hiked up to Inter Glacier where we found great spot for camping. The second day we had to go only about a mile to Emmons Glacier for our second night. This night was very short, because we woke up at midnight and got ready for climbing at 1 am. The weather was quite nice, we saw stars above us, only the wind was quite strong. We started to climb with many other teams (all roped up for safety), when we were in about half the weather changed and the mountain disappeared in clouds. Most of the teams on the mountain turned back, but we kept climbing. At about 9.30 am we reach the summit, unfortunately we couldn't see anything, but we made it! In about 15 minutes after we left the top the weather changed and there was blue sky again! We manage to get down safely - it was quite scary to see all the crevasses that we passed on the way up in day light. When we got down we found out, that my tent with many others was blown away and probably ended up in crevasses, and my sleeping bag, mat and some clothes with it. With them our plan to sleep at campground before we drive back home got canceled and we got home around 11 on Monday.
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Mt. Rainier je 4392 m vysoky, pokryty ledovcem ktery se otevira na mnoha mistech bez jakehokoliv upozorneni... A tak stale nemuzu uverit tomu, ze se mi podarilo vylezt na tuto horu! Miles, Phil, Nick a ja jsme jeli 14 hodin od nasich domovu do narodniho parku Mt. Rainier ve statu Washington na nasi tridenni vypravu. Prvni den jsme vyrazili k Inter Glacier, kde jsme nasli uzasne misto na kempovani s vyhledem. Druhy den jsme sli jen asi 1.6 km na Emmons Glacier, kde jsme stravili druhou noc. Ta byla ale velice kratka, protoze jsme vstavali o pulnoci a v 1 rano jsme vyrazeli na nas vystup. Pocasi bylo pekne, nad nami hvezdy, jen vitr byl docela silny. Zacali jsme z mnoha skupinkami (vsichni navazani kvuli bezpecnosti). Kdyz jsme byli asi v polovine pocasi se zmenilo a hora zmizela v mracich. Vetsina ostatnich skupin se obratila a sla zpet, ale my jsme pokracovali. Kolem 9.30 jsme dorazili na vrchol, bohuzel nebylo skoro nic videt, ale my jsme to zvladli!. Asi za 15 minut pote co jsme se vydali nazpet se pocasi opet zmenilo a kolem nas byla modra obloha! Vporadku jsme se dostali dolu, bylo to docela strasidelne videt vsechny ty otvory v ledovci kolem kterych jsme sli po ceste nahoru za denniho svetla. Kdyz jsme prisli zpet, zjistili jsme ze muj stan s mnoha dalsimi byl odfouknut a pravdepodobne zkoncil v nejakem ledovci, s nim zmizel i muj spacak, karimatka a nejake obleceni. Tim se zmenil i nas plan prespat jeste jednu noc v kempu a tak jsme vyrazili zpet na cestu a zpet jsme byli kolem 11 v pondeli rano.
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