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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