Last year, I thought something like this would be impossible. After the SF Marathon, I said I wouldn’t run another marathon again. Well, here I was – Zarnesti, 2nd of November, for the 8th Piatra Craiului Marathon, or simply MPC. Chilly, yet sunny morning. Start line, after a brief equipment check. The organizers wanted to make sure nobody would be freezing that day. We started with a short climb up Continue…
It was a gloomy morning in October. We started biking from Cheia, first on tarmac, then on a forest road… .. then on a rough trail… .. then through a gorge (bike-canyoning!)… .. then up a steep rocky creek bed … .. until we finally beat the rocks and the clouds and emerged on a sunny alpine meadow.
We had just two more days in San Francisco. They were busy, yet relaxing. Sightseeing, but also planning for the future. Visited Alcatraz in the evening. The tour itself is very similar to the day one, but you do get better photo opportunities.
12pm. 20-something September. Leaving Death Valley. Sandstorm. Pretty harmless. 2pm. Sunny, but with clouds in the distance, over the mountains. Heading for Yosemite (via Tioga Pass), so we were hoping we won’t have bad weather later. 4pm. Started to rain. Damn. Mentally preparing for a cold night camping in Yosemite. Probably no hike the second day. 6pm. Tioga Pass. Road signaled as open. We were going up. The rain was Continue…
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