They own the mountain !
In Rax Alpe...
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Thursday, August 16, 2007
Ziua buna se cunoaste de dimineatza (a good beginning of a new day)
Yesterday morning, on a remote spot in the Austrian Alps:
Friday, August 10, 2007
Thursday, August 9, 2007
Extreme biking: printre colti de caine si colti de munte !
This tour was a month ago, after the Brasov Trophy and another weekend day spent on the road coming from Vienna :(((
So, on a short afternoon tour I've left on my bike Zarnesti to Magura - Pestera - La Table - Prapastiile Zarnestiilor. In fact quite a long tour, about 800m of level difference.
Here are some images from Magura village:
Dorel ! take care with that ladder !
Bucegi in the background:
Summer geometry:
Here I was entering Piatra Craiului paturages:
Full of dogs and strange shepards, Mioritza country:
The wolves are coming here each night.
The fear factor peak it was near "La Table" with some crazy big old dogs, that you can read in their eyes their thirst for blood, you are just a piece of meat for them ! brrrr ! beware, and keep out ! Personally I've regreted of not having a gun with me...
So, on a short afternoon tour I've left on my bike Zarnesti to Magura - Pestera - La Table - Prapastiile Zarnestiilor. In fact quite a long tour, about 800m of level difference.
Here are some images from Magura village:
Dorel ! take care with that ladder !
Bucegi in the background:
Summer geometry:
Here I was entering Piatra Craiului paturages:
Full of dogs and strange shepards, Mioritza country:
The wolves are coming here each night.
The fear factor peak it was near "La Table" with some crazy big old dogs, that you can read in their eyes their thirst for blood, you are just a piece of meat for them ! brrrr ! beware, and keep out ! Personally I've regreted of not having a gun with me...
Don't look further I've no picture with them...
Well, beyond that it was a very nice ride down on my bike from "La Table" through Zarnesti gorges ! A great scenery and another scary episode: trees/rocks falling down from the higher ridges until just in the middle of the narrow road ! I was on the bike so I've ridden away !
Wednesday, August 8, 2007
Lords of the bike
Last Sunday we've planned a great tour on Piatra Craiului. The stormy weather had changed our plans, so here we are in Zarnesti with the mountainbike; for me it was the second day in the row.
Daniel is very proud ! We've did so many hikes together, but it was the first time with the bike.
Our tour looks very interesting, but we had to push the bike almost all the way up, sometimes through the rain. I never remember to push the bike so much, more than an hour, at one time.
But the beauty of the landscape quickly made us forget all the efforts:
Yes, it's very steep and wet, you need a good bike down there !
Daniel is very proud ! We've did so many hikes together, but it was the first time with the bike.
Our tour looks very interesting, but we had to push the bike almost all the way up, sometimes through the rain. I never remember to push the bike so much, more than an hour, at one time.
But the beauty of the landscape quickly made us forget all the efforts:
Sometimes it's great to have a break and take your time admiring the peacefullnes of the place:
We don't quit, we ride !
Yes, it's very steep and wet, you need a good bike down there !
After the nice ride up on Poiana Marului, we descended on Barsa Fierului, in order to ride up and down another 30 km. in total.
The bottomline: the places are very beautiful, we only have to find the right way up from Poiana Marului village, in order to climb on the bike (we already have enough hints to do it again). And surely it's a great pleasure to ride down to Zarnesti over the ridge.
Monday, August 6, 2007
Bike: Curmatura and higher up !
We've just had another wekend of bad weather, this time rain instead of overheat !
My ... job had wasted me another weekend: everybody was at the sea, so here I am wandering alone with my bike.
It was a fast tour this time: 1h 45 min. from the center of Zarnesti to Curmatura, on bike, and then another hour and 10 minutes to climb up on Piatra Mica and to return to Curmatura. Of course I've could take the bike with me, up to Piatra Mica :D but I hadn't see any reason to do that :P (for the moment...).
Old hut, old firmament... we write history here ... or what ?
Encouragements for those who dare...
My way back was through Zanoaga, a great ride down, I didn't expected to be so easy, low technical skills required, over 95% of the descent I was on my bike: Ride ON !
The weather was all the time menacing, but I've hadn't any drop of rain :)
But the storm is approaching and this cross clearly fitts the picture:
And maybe it is a good opportunity to think a little of those great men we've just lost:
My ... job had wasted me another weekend: everybody was at the sea, so here I am wandering alone with my bike.
It was a fast tour this time: 1h 45 min. from the center of Zarnesti to Curmatura, on bike, and then another hour and 10 minutes to climb up on Piatra Mica and to return to Curmatura. Of course I've could take the bike with me, up to Piatra Mica :D but I hadn't see any reason to do that :P (for the moment...).
Old hut, old firmament... we write history here ... or what ?
Encouragements for those who dare...
My way back was through Zanoaga, a great ride down, I didn't expected to be so easy, low technical skills required, over 95% of the descent I was on my bike: Ride ON !
The weather was all the time menacing, but I've hadn't any drop of rain :)
But the storm is approaching and this cross clearly fitts the picture:
And maybe it is a good opportunity to think a little of those great men we've just lost:
Pittis - all those teen hippy years, and the most wanted radio show in my life "Pittis show"
Pintea - and all those movies with haiducs, the joy of every small boy
Paler - I've read almost all his books, for me was the most marcant contemporaneous cultural personality since Sorescu has gone...
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