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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