Cham with my parents…
Year: 2011
Dodging the Rain
Do two half-days equal a whole?
One of Those Days
Today we had one of those days when nothing turns out right. As it had been already two weeks since my hands and feet (and knee!!) touched rock in Paklenica I became sort of restless. It didn’t take too much to convince Jenna and my friend Eva into a little adventure in Croatia again. This …
Dolomiti – giorno 4
Trekking to Rosetta Day 4 of our trek rewarded us with perhaps the best views of the trip, but first we had to retrace our steps, climbing the 840 m back to Passo Canali. From here we hiked over the snow to Forcella Miel, from where the views were stunning. We then followed route 707 …
Dolomiti – giorno 3
A less eventful trek to Rifugio Treviso We left Rifugio Pradidali on route 709 that led up a snow covered valley past the beautiful Lake Pradidali. After a few hours of walking we came to Passo della Fradusta and soon after we reached the Fradusta glacier and glacial lake. Then, another up and down on …
Dolomiti – giorno 2
A long day to Pradidali The weather in the morning of day 2 was a great improvement on that of the previous evening, so Richard and I walked up to the start of via ferrata Sentiero Attrezzato Dino Buzzati, to take a look at a route that was only 100 m long – unfortunately our …
Dolomiti – giorno 1
A stroll to Rifugio Velo della Madonna Richard and I were joined by Dave (one of Richard’s friends) for our holiday in the Dolomites. We started our adventure from San Martino di Castrozza, a perfect base for exploring the Pale di San Martino mountains. The general aim of the holiday was to spend as much …
We Meet the Hungarians
Ogof Cynnes
Another collector’s item. Keith and Brendan had been talking about Ogof Cynnes for a while, so we figured that it might lack charm and any kind of destination, however this wasn’t a deterrent and so like obedient servants we turned up at Luigi’s at 9.00 for breakfast. It was wet… very wet. We were all …