tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42961040735193518192024-03-14T13:21:21.645+02:00YO6PIBYO6PIBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09094677692814430228noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296104073519351819.post-20587598280999922912019-04-28T19:13:00.000+03:002019-04-28T19:13:57.218+03:00Fárasztó mászkálás a Cheia szoros környékénEzen a hétvégénis újabb gyalográdiózásra indultunk ezúttal Podu Dâmboviței melletti két utolsó még aktiválatlan csúcsra, az 1600m magas Zăbava és az 1407m magas Colții Ghimbavuluira. Távolról egészen hívogató hegycsúcsok ezek hatalmas dómokként emelkednek ki a tájból, valahányszor Fundáta felől ereszkedtünk le a Dâmbovița felé mindig ott tornyosultak szemben az autóúttal mintha csak már alig várnák, hogy valaki meglátogassa őket.<br />
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És arra bizony eleget kell várjanak, mert kívül esik mindenféle turistaúttól és semmilyen túraleírásban sem szerepelnek, úgy látszik valamiért a regáti népek nagyon hanyagolják ezeket a fával benőtt meredek hegycsúcsokat. Pedig fenn azért elég sok tisztást és kilátóhelyeket rejtegetnek ezek a Bucsecs, a Leaota a Királykő és a Iezer-Păpușa közé ékelődött dombocskák. És nem csak a távoli hófödte hegységeket lehet innen megcsodálni, de a lábunk alatt is a Dâmbovița, a Ghimbav, a Cheia és a Corvu hatalmas szurdokvölgyeket és szorosokat ásott ki lenyűgöző sziklaformációkkal.<br />
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Lenne mit csodálni errefelé, de nagyon elhagyatott helye ez a világnak. Egyetlen turistaútvonal vezet itt át, a két hegycsúcs között nyeregben keresztben összekötve a Cheia szorost a Ghimbav szorosával és tovább a Dragoslavele csúcsáig, de lehet hogy Dragoslavele környékén még eléggé járt ez az út, de itt biza egyetlen egy régi jelzésen kívül mást nem láttunk. Csak a legelszántabb szurdoktúrázok járnak errefelé akik nem a jelzéseket keresik, hanem a minél megközelíthetetlenebb utakat. Meg persze a bolond rádiósok akik még ennél is megközelíthetetlenebb helyek után kajtatnak.<br />
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Pedig eleinte még kedvesnek tűnik a terep szekérúton lehet haladni a Cheia völgyéből<br />
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utána pedig a nyeregből egy erdőkitermelő úton folytathatjuk<br />
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de sajnos a látszat csalóka, mert az erdei utak hamar lefelé fordulnak a völgyek felé, és tovább már nincs semmi a mi vezessen, ágak-bogak között kidőlt fákat kerülgetve kell nekivágni az egyre meredekebbre forduló gerincélnek, valahogy így<br />
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de persze feljebb ennél már csak rosszabb lesz, a tölgyest lassan felváltja a fenyő, az egyre sűrűbb ágak között, sziklákon kapaszkodva kell a sokszor 40-50 fokos emelkedőt leküzdeni. És csak nincs kegyelem, a Zăbava csúcsa nagyon nehezen adja meg magát, az 5 km-es utat több mint 2 és fél óra alatt tesszük meg, azért, hogy aztán alig-alig tudjuk összehozni a szükséges 4 kapcsolatot az ismét hihetetlenül rossz terjedés miatt.<br />
De szerencsére valahogy sikerül így indulhatunk vissza a nyeregbe, ahonnan még vár egy újabb kíméletlen meredek mászás a szemközti csúcsra is. Evvel ha lehet még jobban megszenvedünk a csúszós avaron, pedig mint visszafelé kiderült lenne egy erdei út, ami ugyan régen nem volt használva de azért még mindig elég tiszta, hogy jobban lehessen haladni rajta. És ez csak egy kicsivel indul lennebbről, dehát ez van, ha előzetes információk nem voltak róla, legalább most ide csatolom az útvonalat, gyakorlatilag a nyereg előtt az esztena felett indul egy erdei út, csak hát meglepő módon eleinte visszafelé és enyhén lejtve, hogy végül egy hosszabb kerülővel és jónéhány szerpentinnel abszolválja a meredek oldalt egészen a gerincig ahol már sokkal lankásabban folytassa. Aki még akarja aktiválni ezt a csúcsot mindenképpen ez az út a javasolt.<br />
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Itt is van egy térkép arról, hogy merrefelé tekeregtünk:<br />
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Bár nem egyszerű túra, nekünk több mint 8 órába tellett megjárni a kettőt (igaz sokat is időztünk a csúcsokon a rossz terjedés miatt), de azért érdemes ellátogatni a környékre és megcsodálni az itt-ott előbukkanó mioritikus tájat (csak tudnám, hogy mi a francot jelent az a szó)<br />
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<a href="https://photos.app.goo.gl/TZ43HaKyG9Bw43Wb9">Itt</a> van néhány fénykép a túráról (igaz nem valami sok, mert azért a nagy kaptató rendesen kikészített, nem nagyon maradt erőnk fényképezgetni is)YO6PIBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09094677692814430228noreply@blogger.com0Cheile Cheii45.400235816834794 25.24022049744314745.394660816834794 25.230135497443147 45.405810816834794 25.250305497443147tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296104073519351819.post-14541023439445015372019-03-24T21:38:00.000+02:002019-03-24T21:38:09.040+02:00Gutin túra - beszámolóElmúlt hétvégén ismét egy sikeres rádióstúrán vehettünk részt, ismét messzi vidékre barangolva, ezúttal egy népesebb csoporttal az Erdély és Máramaros határán húzódó Rozsály-Gutin hegycsoportot céloztuk meg.<br />
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Háromszékről heten indultunk el, ismét nagyon korán reggel, hogy több mint hétórás út után érkezzünk meg a Nagybányától kb. 20km-re északra található üdülőtelepre, Forrásligetre. Itt még két társunk csatlakozott hozzánk, kialakulva a 9 fős csapat<br />
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akik aztán a zord idő ellenére is vidáman vágott neki a Rozsály felé tartó erdei útnak. Meglepetésünkre nagyon is télies körülmények fogadtak, a 900m magasan fekvő üdülőtelepen is több mint fél méteres hó, amelyik aztán ahogy egyre emelkedtünk egyre vastagabb is lett. A Nagybányáig végigkisérő eső itt havazásba váltott át, de szerencsére idővel alábbhagyott és sűrű felhők alatt de egyre javuló időben közelítettük meg az 1307m magas bérci tetőt.<br />
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Itt aztán elég erős szél fogadott, úgyhogy nagyon gyors aktiválásra futotta csak, persze a Russian DX sem kedvezett a QRP állomásunknak, az orosz versenyzők egyszerűen számba se vettek, de szerencsére egy szűkebb lyukban a chaserek azért csak megtaláltak és sikerült kipipálni ezt a csúcsot.<br />
Visszafelé aztán már fel-fel libbentek a fellegek és megpillanthattuk a másnapi célpontunkat is, a Gutin csúcsát<br />
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De addig még egy elég hosszú túra várt ránk vissza az autókhoz, már jócskán besötétedett mire leértünk Nagybányára. Innen még egy kőhajításnyit folytattuk az utunkat, hiszen szállásunk Koltón volt, a kevés megmaradt bányavidéki magyar szigetek egyike. Itt szerencsére pompás vacsorával és kitűnő szállással vártak minket a Virág panzióban, így nagyszerű körülmények között pihentük ki rövidke túránk fáradalmait és készültünk a másnapi hosszabb túrára<br />
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Másnap reggel még megtekintettük a Teleki kastélyt és a Petőfi Sándor - Szendrey Júlia szobrot<br />
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ahol virágot helyeztünk el a nagy költő emlékére aki itt töltötte mézesheteit.<br />
Innen aztán felautóztunk a Gutin hágóra, gyalogtúránk kiindulópontjára, ahol ahogy már sejteni lehetett méteres hó várt ránk a felújítás alatt levő Pintye Vitéz fogadónál. Innen a piros sáv jelzést követtük, eleinte még kitaposott ösvényen az Ökör-tisztásig, ahol is elfogytak a nyomok és innen már mi kellett az egyre nagyobb hóban utat találjunk. Szerencsére a hó meglehetősen kemény volt, nem süllyedtünk nagyon, így aránylag jól tudtunk haladni, csak közbe közbe álltunk meg megcsodálni a fákat majd mindenhol kettétörő szélviharok erejét.<br />
Eleinte nekünk szerencsére nem volt dolgunk vele, de aztán megtapasztalhattuk mi is mikor kikapaszkodtunk a Gutin gerincére, a hím Gallus gallus koponyáján található bőrlebenyekhez hasonlatos (és arról elnevezett) sziklaképződményhez<br />
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Itt a gerincen bizony kegyetlen széllökéssekkel kellett megküzdjünk, amíg próbáltunk előrehaladni a csúcs felé a sűrű ködben. A egyik meredek harántoláson aztán a csapat egy része vissza is fordult, és csak öten mentünk fel a Gutin csúcsára, amit a köd miatt keresgéltünk is egy jó darabig, sajnos egy-két kőre festett gerincjelzésen kívül mást jelet nem találtunk, vagy el volt temetve a hóban vagy elfújta a szél (amelyik minket is közbe közbe majdnem lebillentett a gerincről).<br />
Végül aztán az általunk legmagasabbnak gondolt sziklán húztuk fel az antennát, amennyire a körülmények engedték és megkínlódtuk valahogy azt a 4-4 QSO-t (sajnos az orosz verseny még mindig tartott). Ahogy ez meglett, szedtük a sátorfánkat és indultunk vissza a Kakastaréj irányába. Itt értük utol a csapat többi részét, és legnagyobb örömünkre a köd is tovaszállt, egyre inkább kiderült az idő.<br />
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Persze a szél az továbbra is kegyetlenül fújt, úgyhogy rövidesen elindultunk lefelé, többé kevésbé siettünk vissza az autókhoz, hiszen a csapat nagyobbik része rögtön indult is hazafelé bevállalva egy hosszú és fárasztó éjszakai vezetést.<br />
A csapat kisebbik (és radioaktívabb) fele viszont maradt még egy éjszakai pihenésre Koltón, ahol most már köd nélküli tiszta időben is megtekinthettük a Teleki kastély kertjéből a Rozsályt, amely látványt Petőfi is megírta egyik legismertebb versében:<br />
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<i>Még nyílnak a völgyben a kerti virágok,<br />Még zöldel a nyárfa az ablak előtt,<br />De látod amottan a téli világot?<br />Már hó takará el a bérci tetőt.</i></div>
Hát igen, mi most pont nem szeptemberben voltunk, a virágok ugyan még nem nyílnak a völgyben, a téli világ az bizony keményen jelen van a bérci tetőn
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Miután megtekintettük még egyszer a Petőfi szobrot, ahol közben megszaporodtak a koszorúk is, hiszen Koltón napközben tartották meg a március 15-i ünnepségeket<br />
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Másnap aztán mi is hazaindultunk, persze útba ejtve néhány kisebb SOTA csúcsot is, elsőként a Szamos völgye előtti hágótól rövid autóútra található Hálóhegyet, ahol már sokkal tavasziasabb körülmények között lehetett rádiózni<br />
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Alig akartuk abbahagyni a heverészést a napsütésben, de aztán csak tovább kellett menjünk, hogy sikerüljön még egy aktiválást beiktatni, ezúttal, hogy érdekesebb is legyen, Déstől egy nagyobbacska kitérővel a Bábolna-tetőre mentünk fel, ahol majdnek 600 évvel ezelőtt Budai Nagy Antal is összegyűjtött néhány parasztot egy szekérvárba és amely esemény emlékére most egy emlékmű díszíti a dombtetőt<br />
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Itt aztán még egy nagyon kellemes aktiválást ejtettünk meg, időt hagyva némi kulináris élvezeteknek is<br />
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és csak az egyre lennebb süllyedő nap emlékeztetett rá, hogy azért még hosszú az út hazáig.<br />
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További fényképek <a href="https://photos.app.goo.gl/pngJCzQvo1aFuq2L7">itt</a>, és további olvasmánynak <a href="https://glzsolt.blogspot.com/2019/03/radios-tura-gutin-hegysegben-marc-16-17.html">itt</a> található egy túratársunk beszámolója is.<br />
Néhány további fényképalbum a résztvevőktől:<br />
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Külön kiemelném Gajdó Éva fényképét aki szenzációsan találta meg az egyedi fényviszonyokat:<br />
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<br />YO6PIBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09094677692814430228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296104073519351819.post-82805505896683979562019-02-20T14:00:00.001+02:002019-02-20T20:00:15.761+02:00Menyháza túra - beszámolóHétvégén a Háromszéki EKE első rádióstúráján vehettünk részt Menyházán. A téli időpont és a nagy távolság nemigen kedvezett a részvételnek, úgyhogy egy nagyon szűk csoport (2 résztvevő) vállalkozott erre a hosszú útra.<br />
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Szombaton kora hajnalban indultunk neki a 400 km-es autóútnak a Béli-hegységben megbúvó, egykor a Nyugati-Kárpátok gyöngyszemének is nevezett üdülőhelységbe.Már majdnem dél volt mire megpillanthattuk a szállodákkal, gyógyfürdőközpontokkal és kempingekkel tarkított, a Monyásza-patak völgyében hosszan elnyúló települést. Gyorsan el is foglaltuk a szállásunkat, majd nekivágtunk<br />
egyet rádiózni, kihasználva azt a pár órát ami még a napsütésből megmaradt.<br />
Autóval visszamentünk Déznáig, majd rátértünk a Zúgó-völgyében levő az erőteljes fakitermelés által nagyon is legyalult de jól karbantartott erdészeti útra a főgerinc irányába végcélként a Smida (YO/WC-018) 866m-es csúcsával.<br />
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Az autót a völgyben hagyva a csúcs felé tartó jóval meredekebb erdészeti úton próbáltunk elindulni. Sajnos hamar szembesülnünk kellett avval a ténnyel, hogy 3-400 méteres tengerszint feletti magasságban biza a felsőbb régiókból olvadozó hóréteg biza iszonyatos sártengert tud képezni.<br />
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Mivel az úton nem boldogultunk, ezért az útszélén próbáltunk a fák között továbbmenni, ahol ugyan sár nem volt, de a nemrég kivágott erdőben bizony sűrű csipkebokrok nőttek fel közben, szóval itt is ugyanúgy meg kellett kínlódjunk a továbbhaladással. Végül közel másfél órás hősies küzdelmek után megpillanthattuk egy nagyobb tisztás szélén a csúcsot jelző sziklákat<br />
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és végre boldogan húzhattuk fel a székely zászlót az antenna-tartó árbócra.<br />
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Rövid de intenzív rádiózás után aztán megismételtük visszafelé is a küzdelmet az bozóttal és sárral, szerencsére már sokkal gyorsabban ment, és még napvilág leértünk Déznára, így volt alkalmunk felsétálni a várhoz is gyönyörködni a naplementében.<br />
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A romok alapján komoly védművekkel rendelkező nagyméretű vár lehetett valamikor, hasonlatos a solymosi és világosi várakhoz. A várat a török időben robbantották fel, azóta az enyészetnek indult, mígnem a Menyházán tartózkodó Czárán Gyula meglátta a turisztikai lehetőséget benne és szerpentinútat épített a faluból fel a várhoz. A turistaút még most is megvan az aradi hegyimentő-szolgálat által folyamatosan karbantartva, jelzésekkel, táblákkal<br />
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és ahol szükséges láncokkal is ellátva.<br />
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A piros háromszögön felmenve és a sárga sávon lejőve kb. 1 óra alatt lehet végigjárni e nagyszerű emlékét a vérzivataros múltnak.<br />
Mi is ezen látogattuk meg a várat, a felfelé utat a láncos résszel megrövidítve és a szerpentineken <br />
A várból leérve továbbmentünk Menyházára ahová a nap utolsó sugaraival érkeztünk, így már a fejlámpáink fényénél kerestük meg Czárán Gyula sírját a katolikus temetőben, ahol az EKE Háromszék nevében egy koszorút helyeztünk el, a Nyugati Kárpátok nagy szerelmesének és a gyalogturizmus úttörőjének végső nyughelyén.<br />
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Menyháza amúgy bővelkedik Czárán Gyula emlékekben, hiszen a nagy kutató minden télen ide vonult vissza, hogy rendbe szedje feljegyzéseit és megírja a leírásokat a nyáron végzett feltáró útjairól. A környéken is több túraútvonalat írt le, és a közeli karsztfennsíkokat is kutatta. Ennek állít emléket a központban elhelyezett emlékkő,<br />
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amely mellett most már román nyelvű tábla is áll méltatva Czárán Gyula munkásságát<br />
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és ahonnan a legtöbb túraútvonal is kiindul, csak választani kell a sok lehetőség közül.<br />
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Sajnos a 2017-es óriási vihar nyomán, amelynek során a környező erdők jórészét kidöntötte a szél, a legtöbb túraútvonal jelenleg is le van zárva, bár a fakitermelők azóta is irdatlan mennyiségben szállítják el a fákat sajnos nemigen kerítettek sort a főleg gerinceken húzódó turistautak megtisztítására.<br />
Vasárnap mi is innen az emlékműtől indultunk az egyetlen nyitva levő túraúton a sárga pontot követve a Gaudeamus turistaház irányába.<br />
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Eleinte kellemes tavaszias erdei környezetben, később aztán egyre nagyobb hóban kapaszkodtunk felfelé a víznyelőkkel tarkított tisztáson meghúzódó aradi egyetemisták által használt (télen sajnos lezárt) házikóhoz.<br />
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Innen már csak egy rövid séta a Tarnóczy-rétig (Poiana Tinoasa), a töbrökkel,<br />
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víznyelőkkel, apró tavacskákkal<br />
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tarkított, a hó alatt is jól megfigyelhető karsztjelenségeket bemutató fennsíkig.<br />
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A sárga kereszten folytattuk a karsztfennsík bejárását, egyre mélyebb, kissé latyakos hóban. Sajnos az előrehaladásunk egyre nehezebb lett, és a gerincre felérve láthattuk, hogy a széltörés miatt tényleg alig lehet közlekedni a már csak nyomokban felismerhető túrautakon. Így szomorúan állapítottuk meg, hogy már nincs esélyünk elérni a Szárhegy-tetőt, ahonnan az eredeti tervek szerint szintén rádióztunk volna, hanem innen visszafordulva és a sárga pont másik ágát követve a Megyes patak völgyében tértünk vissza Menyházára, ahol még körbejártuk a települést, megtekintettük a vashámor romjait, amelyik hasonlatos a fülei vashámorhoz, de olyan egyedi megoldásokat is tartalmaz amelyek eredeti funkcióját mind a mai napig nem sikerült a szakértőknek megállapítaniuk,<br />
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illetve körbejártuk a kempinget és a csónakázótavat,<br />
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amely során mind erősebb lett az érzés, hogy ide mindenképpen érdemes visszajönni nyáron is.<br />
Túránkat végül egy hétfő hajnali hosszú kocsikázással fejeztük be, ami bár unalmasan hangzik, de néha azért megéri messzebbre is elmászkálgatni és jobban megismerni a tágabb környezetünket is.<br />
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További fényképek <a href="https://photos.app.goo.gl/SBdksGeEwi63DPTy8">itt</a>.<br />
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És itt vannak a gyalogosan bejárt útvonalak:<br />
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<br />YO6PIBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09094677692814430228noreply@blogger.com0Menyháza 317220, Románia46.4603468 22.253570946.416589800000004 22.1728899 46.5041038 22.334251899999998tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296104073519351819.post-48811209781794888512017-01-25T11:05:00.000+02:002017-01-25T11:21:06.236+02:00Winter hike to YO/MC-006Well I was out for a long time with no blogging. Of course I was rather active out on the summits but I somehow couldn't manage to find enough time to also blog about it. A lot of happened since then (and maybe sometime I will add some more posts about it), lot of activations, then my knee started to act wildly, then it got better, not again is acting up. So after a couple of months with no hiking I was out again to see how my knee handles it (bad news it still hurts a lot, so I recon some more resting).<br />
Going with a couple of friends, set out on the winter route to Omu through the Mălăiești hut, starting from Glăjărie, with a good forest road allowing to get with a car quite high.<br />
Here is the track for the on foot hiking:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Track to YO/MC-006</td></tr>
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The track (blue stripe) goes up to the Mălăiești hut (that small square on the map) and from there a bigger climb through a steep and narrow couloir called the Chimneys of Mălăiești. Even though there can be big snow in these over 2000m regions, this is the preferred winter route, because being very narrow and steep it is less prone to snow buildup and avalanches, on the other hand loose rocks and boulders are frozen under the snow, which is anyway beaten hard almost stairlike by hikers.<br />
Since my normal camera is broken for some time now (another reason for not really blogging lately) only a couple of pictures to show about me on summit:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On YO/MC-006 (the highest point is actually on that boulder behind the hut, but of course the whole plateau around it is withing the activation zone)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And another take on the summit with YO/MC-217 right behind me</td></tr>
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and another really nice one caught on the way down which instantly popped into my mind as a nice<br />
proof of summit prominence:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sunset over YO/EC-247, with YO/EC-028 also popping out in the back</td></tr>
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Overall a nice winter hike, 17km on foot, 1500m elevation, and back to the car before dark also on these short days.<br />
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PS: some photos taken by other colleagues on this hike can be seen at <a href="https://goo.gl/photos/U4xQmTPpsBbZ75JS7">https://goo.gl/photos/U4xQmTPpsBbZ75JS7</a>YO6PIBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09094677692814430228noreply@blogger.com0Omu-csúcs, Románia45.4458609 25.45643810000001419.9238264 -15.852155899999985 70.9678954 66.765032100000013tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296104073519351819.post-6780291527000111602015-03-21T21:20:00.001+02:002015-03-21T21:20:26.620+02:00100 SOTA activationSo I finally arrived to this magic number. After almost 5 years of hiking to summits with some radio gear, today had the chance to reach a first psychological limit that will now make me think on closing in on MG, a goal which seemed very very far far away back in 2010 when I first put my foot on summit (and came back without any points because the lack of interest in the activity back then).<br />
I had this one planning the whole week, I even invited a bunch of people to join me, and the plan was to make it more interesting to go to YO/EC-145 starting from Azuga, then descend to Predeal and it time permits climb to YO/EC-241 to reach the 100th activation. I bagged both summits last year (or a year and month) so they are not new, it was just the long hiking route that made it a real nice crowning of the day.<br />
I will not describe the route as detailed now, as I had done so already after my previous activations, I just want to share some photos taken along my hike.<br />
An yes it was my hike, as it turned out that even though I was expecting a few guys joining me, it turned out that they might have got scared from the 1cm fresh snow that fell the day before, or just couldn't get up at that early hour. Yes it was indeed early, as planning a longer route I decided on taking a train to Azuga, and the only one suitable was leaving Brassó at 6:20 in the morning. My friends just can't get up that early. Barely could myself, but at least I had in my mind the possibility of the centennial activation, so I was at the station still in the dark, and a bit disappointed by the completely overcast sky.<br />
Fortunately by the time I reached Azuga the clouds started moving around giving hope of improving weather. Opposed to last time, I was taking the more direct approach to the summit, the trail marked with blue triangle starting just a couple of hundred meters from Azuga train station. This trail goes up to the summit, along the ridge and down to Predeál, exactly the route I had in my mind, so it was a natural choice. And the trail marking is excellent, it was very easy to follow even with the fresh snow layer from the day before.<br />
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So I set out in solo, treading the snow with no other footprints (well this was expected after the yesterday snowing and the early hour). Soon after I started the sun finally break through the clouds, enforcing once again my expectation of good weather for today.<br />
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It even started coloring the forest with spectacular morning light, really encouraging on the long hike up:<br />
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Finally a bit more after and hour of hiking I started to see the light at the end of the tunnel (tree tunnel that is)<br />
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But of course that is misleading as there is still some more climbing out in the clear. To make it worse out of the tree cover, where the winds have their word, the snow got ticker and needed some serious breaking in<br />
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But as the sky started to clear up, it was well worth it, the amazing panorama around compensated for the tiresome advance.<br />
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The Bucsecs mountains in their morning beauty make just the perfect scene to admire the whole day<br />
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Except when it is freezing out there. And unfortunately it was. I was just a bit too early on the summit (one and half hour hike instead of the expected 2 hours), but still too early anyway, and it was very very cold. The sun was getting out of the clouds, but I recon it still needed an hour to warm up the weather to a pleasant atmosphere.<br />
So in full clothes, with everything on me, I built up the station and started calling. Not to many takers this early, but fortunate enough for 2 s2s contacts. And afraid it was just to early for VK, I was really hoping to catch an LP window, but again I think I should have come an hour later. It would have been much warmer and probably in time for the window.<br />
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But that was it after about an hour of stay on top, I was really started freezing, so I went QRT, and after a few more photos of the panorama and the way in front of me, I started the descent towards the Gârbova hut<br />
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where a nice hot chocolate brought me back to life. From there another climb followed up to the Clăbucet Plecare (the high point of the Predeal ski slopes). On the way up I had this insight to just look back a bit to the hut, and it was quite an amazing view with the summit from where I came behind the hut, and my solo trails down on it, nothing else was seen in the fresh snow.<br />
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Another half and hour of climb followed until the top with some remnant of some unfinished plans to ruin the untouched nature<br />
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This is also the point where the ski-lift from Predeal and 3 slopes start from here.<br />
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The blue triangle follows the western slope (also marked with a red 1) which is quite steep, making a not too easy descent<br />
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so I was glad that the trail at point break off the slope and went into the forest, having only a narrow path.<br />
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Well my joy went away quickly as I realized that below the fresh snow actually the path was one continuous ice block smooth as a glass. Probably the most terrible descent of the day. This is definitely a no go in winter conditions.<br />
I was really glad when back at ski slope finally had an outstanding view over Predeal.<br />
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From there in no time I was down in the city, and already could take a look on my next destination, YO/EC-241 and my number 100<br />
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But until then another 3 km of boring city walk until the another end of Predeal, before I could set foot on the trail marked with blue cross.<br />
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Well isn't that a different scene from last year? And my last year activation was about the same time of the year. And still then it was everything dry, in flowers, warm, and now it is plain snow. Ok the temperature was not bad this time either, since leaving YO/EC-145 it did steadily rise, so when I arrived to the summit it was quite comfortable, so I could easily had all the time to work all the chasers.<br />
This time I erected the antenna right in the middle of the summit, which I avoided last time because all the motorcycles crossing by, well now it wasn't any danger of that and the snow was the same everywhere<br />
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At least I didn't needed all the pieces of cloth this time so I could made a nice place to sit down.<br />
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This time a much bigger pileup awakened when I spot myself (regarding this my spot first went out with the reference of last weeks summit, that was strange from the spotting app, but quickly rectified it, I hope it did not cause too much confusion).<br />
I stayed until the pileup completely went away and even after that gave enough time of CQ-ing for any late comers. Much better weather than in the morning.<br />
Still after silence for a while, and when the colors of the forest started to mimic the one from the morning<br />
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I decided it was time to leave the summit behind (and also the Sun already on the other side, but still shining through just as in the morning.<br />
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Another half an hour of descent until the Predeal train station, and with my luck a train just pulled in exactly the same time. Just exactly to by a ticket and get on it. So I did actually get home much earlier (still in the daylight) then on my previous outings.<br />
Oh, and as I usually give the track for the summits (but already have given for these from the last time), I just put here the whole route for today<br />
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A total of 18km hiking, with 1200m total ascent and a little less than 9 hour for it. Quite nice, again something I wouldn't dream of when I first went on a SOTA activation.<br />
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So thanks again to all the chaser from this 100 time, and let's meet on the waves for the next 100 and many many more.YO6PIBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09094677692814430228noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296104073519351819.post-44499656669977460402015-03-15T10:58:00.000+02:002015-03-15T18:59:55.998+02:00YO/EC-328 and YO/EC-325Yesterday another hiking day for our usual team, Sorin, Barbu, Mihai and me went looking for some hills in the area. Weather forecast was not too optimistic so we decided on some smaller hills near the Buzău (Bodza) valley, YO/EC-328 and YO/EC-328.<br />
For the first one the choice fell on YO/EC-328 as it is closer to the main road, and we were also expecting a good portion we can get by car on a forest road which showed up on our map. Well we couldn't be more wrong as we were not counting that the snow was still melting down in the darker valleys and the road was just a sea of mud:<br />
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So we had to ditch the car and go on by foot which wasn't very thrilling either, so at the first opportunity we entered the woods on the basis that is much more pleasant to walk in the autumnish looking forest (not too much sign of spring yet)<br />
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An easy hike follows in the forest, rather gently slope to climb, a young oak forest and also opposed to every forecast an excellent weather shared our journey.<br />
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The summit is at the end of a bit long ridge, and unfortunately on one side and entire slope was cut down, with the bush barely getting over it, which on the other hand proved an excellent shack with a good view to the south-west. A long-long time since I had such a comfortable sitting on a summit:<br />
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While I was activating, the friends found a slope on the northern side of the summit (not visible from my point) with still a good thick snow, so they went on skiing over there. A long run of QSOs for me with a big pileup at the beginning and a couple of nice s2s at the end. When everything went quiet and the guys finished skiing was time to get back to the car to catch the next summit before sunset.<br />
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The summit YO/EC-325 is further away from the main road, but we found a very good forest road starting from Zăbrătău (Zabrató) village along the creek with the same name, which although was muddy, but still better than the previous one, so we were fortunate enough to ride along the 10km road up to the base of the summit. We left the car were the main road takes a U turn and two auxiliary road coming from each side of our summit intersects it. The lesser roads were a mess anyway, so it was time to hike again.<br />
This time wasn't fun however, a very steep slope awaits, about 300m elevation gain on less then 1km distance, and also except for some tree-cutting trails at the beginning we had to go in a very thick pine forest<br />
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On the first half of the hike we could barely see 3 or 4 trees ahead. Later on the forest got a little bit thinner and also some snow appeared<br />
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Still it took us slightly above 1 hour to reach the summit (not really spectacular achievement for 1km hike. The summit was much more enjoyable however, with a quite nice glade around, and on the other side we could also have a good panorama. The shack was not as comfortable as the previous one, but still quite up if I were ever to construct a ranking for this.<br />
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The pileup was somewhat smaller this time, and also some contest QRM kicked in, so quite soon I was out, but being also later than we initially anticipated, that was it for today. The way back was almost as hard as coming up, going down in that thick forest on a steep slope is very tiresome, so we were glad to be back to the car still in the daylight (and get back to the main road before dark).<br />
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Probably there is a better way up to the summit going along one of the forest roads cycling around it and climbing up to the large glade behind the summit, and only a small portion in the forest, but that is longer hike, and only advisable if enough daylight is left for it.<br />
Anyway here is the track for the 2 summits, blue marks the trail of the first hike and I would highly recommend it, as even if not on road, it is very enjoyable, the red and green marks the trail for the second one, with red being the road took by car which is also easy to do even in small cars if the weather is dry enough (after rains or in winter-spring condition it can become very muddy), from there however I would only recommend the direct approach we took only to the real adventurous ones, probably there are better ways around it<br />
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<br />YO6PIBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09094677692814430228noreply@blogger.com0Zabrató, Románia45.617279345889358 26.12866401672363345.61172584588936 26.118579016723633 45.622832845889356 26.138749016723633tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296104073519351819.post-74223647883923850402015-02-22T21:36:00.000+02:002015-02-25T22:21:50.202+02:00YO/EC-263After yesterday good weather (except for that crazy wind), today started to gather some really nasty clouds on the sky, and forecast started everything from bad to worse for the next couple of weeks, I decided to do one more close summit before the rain season comes in which probably will hinder my activation attempts for a while (if the prognosis is right which of course we know that is only a probability game, and well I just have to keep some optimism).<br />
Anyway as the closest summit I managed to activate last Sunday, the next closest one, YO/EC-263, Kőmöge came into picture. This is the highest summit of the Bodok mountains, the central mountain range in Háromszék county, with the altitude of 1240m, so a good a 6 pointer with about 4.5km of hike needed from the main road.<br />
The summit is situated in the northern part of the Bodok mountains, with the easiest approach from the Best Western Bálványos hotel on the middle of the road connecting Kézdivásárhely with Bükszád village on the the Olt valley. The hotel was built right at the saddle point between the Bodok and Csomád mountains, and also the highest point of the road crossing between the two.<br />
There is a large area at the pass, where the car can be left and the hiking trail starts right from that parking just face to face with the hotel. The trail is well marked with yellow stripe, and it was easy to follow even with the tracks completely covered with snow due to the markings on the trees.<br />
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This photo was taken looking back, those are my footsteps. Unfortunately there were absolutely no human trails in the snow before just some occasional animal trails, some small ones and few wild boars, so I had to break my way through the snow. Most of the time that wasn't too big issue, however there were ridge portions with probably some crosswinds where much more snow accumulated and a couple of time I sinking pretty deep into the snow.<br />
The track starts with a quick climb and after that a very long gently rising slope, after which a very tough, very steep climb follows and keeps up pretty much.<br />
After a lot of walking and some more steep climbs finally I was seeing a bump in front of me:<br />
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but then I looked at the map and become rather clear that this is not it. Actually if you look it better, on the first tree there is an arrow, and that one indicates, that the yellow stripe take a right turn going down instead of climbing to that bump. And it goes down quite a while just to turn into an even bigger climb. And a few more time it repeats the scenario, always when you think that the bump in front of you is the summit, you arrive to the top of it, just to notice that from there you go down and further away there is an even bigger bump waiting.<br />
So after more than 1.5 hours of breaking snow and throwing lungs out, when you are already in the state of just going ahead like a zombie, finally you can see a bump which is still not the summit, but from where the true summit is already visible:<br />
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So a few more zombie steps and you are at the summit, marked with a pile of stones with the altitude of the summit (1240) written onto them. Actually that state of zombie is not that bad in the area, because it chases away the animals, and now I'm thinking of the wild boars which seem to like the summit area, trampled completely.<br />
This time was quiet however, so I quickly set up the antenna, there is forest around (oak on one side, pine on the other, rather interesting), but there is quite large space around for all types of antennas,<br />
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and a quick check on the Sotawatch (very good mobile data signal on the summit) to look out for some s2s, and first to see is EC2AG/P again out on some newly added EA2 summit with a huge pileup. Took me a while to break through but finally got it, and after that with a self-spot I started the usual mayhem for myself also. This is getting pretty standard now, so jump ahead to the part with the pileup dying out and collecting the station. I was staying out a bit longer than on previous times, but the cold started to bite so again I wasn't completely exhausting all the possibilities (especially with some hunting on other bands). I'm ever more eager to have some good summer activations with very long stay on the summit.<br />
The way back down is much quicker with almost like sliding down the hill, but still took quite a while (more than an hour) and started to get again into that just go and go and go feeling until finally I was able to see the hotel building between the trees<br />
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Well these photos of winter activation in mid-forests without any sight or panorama out of it starts to get boring, so better here some nice vivid colors of the tracklog to the summit<br />
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Just one more note, I think that this summit is better worth activating in the summer period, as based on the terrain and trail markings it is possible to get there with a bike, with very few fallen trees and obstacles, and a lot of wide space between the trees. Now I don't know the actual state of the track under the snow, but definitely worth checking out.YO6PIBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09094677692814430228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296104073519351819.post-54929377437141074372015-02-22T19:36:00.000+02:002015-02-22T20:20:27.906+02:00A longer version for activating YO/MC-031Yesterday I joined the EKE on their usual hike to the Törcsvári Magura (Măgura Branului), nice SOTA summit, been there already a couple of times.<br />
What was different this time was the snow conditions and the longer hike all along the ridge (until now I had activated it by either hiking from Törcsvár or from Măgura with going back the same route), so a much longer but no less pleasant hiking.<br />
Too bad for the heavy wind. I couldn't even manage to keep the antenna in a vertical position, but was good enough for a small pileup. And of course best contact of the day a summit to summit with Petronel, YO8SEP/P activating Nagy-Hagymás (I also intend to go there next weekend).<br />
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But here is the tracklog for anyone interested, about 15km hike, with a few steep portions but overall a very nice hike with splendid panorama.<br />
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<br />YO6PIBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09094677692814430228noreply@blogger.com0YO/MC-03145.524018527163861 25.32348325366206245.518456027163857 25.313398253662061 45.529581027163864 25.333568253662062tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296104073519351819.post-41786796924930443212015-02-15T21:47:00.000+02:002015-02-24T11:17:14.851+02:00A weekend of snow and sunshineExcellent weather forecasts for the weekend also meant SOTA activation. Based on the weather in the city and no trail of snow left in there I was expecting also in the lower regions the snow already melted so was going for some summits in the old Miklósvárszék. Of course I coulnd't be more wrong but a bit later about this.<br />
This time only YO6HXO joined so we set out early in the morning towards north. I was looking at YO/EC-374 and YO/EC-413, two smaller hills (in the range of 900m) facing each other on the two sides of the Olt river. EC-374 (Fekete-hegy) is a bit higher and also the closer to Brassó, so it was our first destination.<br />
For starting point a good option is the village of Ürmös (Ormeniș). Actually there are some forest roads branching off the main road just before the the village which probably could take us closer to the summit, as we approached the area we had to realize that I was too optimistic about the snow conditions and even if next to the road it was indeed melted, a bit higher it was still present and the forest roads didn't really promised a good opportunity to safely get back from them without sinking somewhere in the middle.<br />
So we left the car in the center of the village and set out on foot to conquer the village. This meant a hike of about 6km to the summit with about the first 4km out in the plains (well actually more like highlands, there was a bit climbing just at the exit of the village, but after that a long and flat hike (with a lot of snow):<br />
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Yeah it is quite boring just going and going, and the mountains looking ever further away, but eventually we got into the forest and wasn't even that late:<br />
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The problem was that the road we were following (and a very good road) started to act like a labyrinth just after entering the forest, with many crossroads and turns (it just seemed to be a portion of recently planted woods with a somewhat regular net of roads) but they were not really circulated in the winter, only a couple of them having tracks. Having no idea which one is the good one, we followed the one which had the most tracks. This turned out to be not the optimal solution as the road ended quite abruptly in a valley with some fallen trees closing the way and all the tracks just turned back at that point. We definitely found the spot where the locals were gathering wood, but that was much down from the summit.<br />
Having nothing else to do, just took the most direct approach upwards following the steepest ridge:<br />
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Obviously no trails whatsoever in the area (except for the occasional animal footsteps, but only minor ones), but fortunately the snow wasn't that big either so it was a bit breaking but slowly we were gaining altitude. Eventually we came across another road coming from the right which turned out to be the one which we should have taken from down and it really took us up to the summit.<br />
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About 20cm of snow welcomed as at the summit, with the summit stone rising out of it and also a small glade perfect to erect the antenna<br />
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Of course I always forget to take photos of the antenna and the station after setting it up, but I'm just to eager to get down to business and sink into the pileup. And there was pileup, I could manage to get some weak data signal enough to spot myself, which of course instantly brings in a flood of callsign fragments and bits of human voice from which I always trying hard to catch one or two letters. Well this is the fun part anyway and the SOTA community is very gentlemanish in this regards.<br />
The pileup went quiet after about a half an hour including DL1DVE/P breaking through it for a nice s2s. After the band went quiet I also decided to get going for the next summit, not before checking out for other possible s2s, so after some trying (and this time on the wrong end of the pileup for my QRP signal) managed a contact also with EC2AG/P. With nothing else for me to hear, we brought down the station, and headed back down the road. This time we followed the road down all the way also finding the place where we should have made the right turn. Next time I'll be careful on that (tracklog at the end of this post).<br />
Going down was much easier, but then out in the open the same boring flat walk, this time with our next target in front of us. This helped a bit, so a little over 4 hours after leaving the car we were back to it.<br />
Next target was YO/EC-413, Bükkfej with the starting point at the village of Köpec (Căpeni). To get there however the Olt must be crossed and the closest bridge is in Ágostonfalva, the next village to the north. To our surprise it turned out that the national road on which we came up till now and which continues to Ágostonfalva actually turns into an unpaved dirt road at the exit from Ürmös and keeps that way a few kilometers. No other choice, we had to follow it, a bit muddy, but overall not that bad. Before entering Ágostonfalva again the road become paved, and no other surprise followed until Köpec (except maybe that from this point on the asphalt was in remarkably good shape especially for this region of the country).<br />
Again stopped at the center of the village, and from here a very good marked trail (red triangle) goes up to the summit. Actually there are couple of marked trails to the summit from all neighboring villages, but I think Köpec is the closest one.<br />
Again there is a couple of kilometers in the plains before entering the forest and starting the climb on a very large and apparently circulated forest road:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some fresh tracks in the snow</td></tr>
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Another two kilometers of hiking in the woods following the trail, except for a small portion where we decided on a shortcut, because it took us on clean snow, while the road was quite muddy, and we were up on the plateau which is quite large and completely bare. On the other hand it offers freat panorama around.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Breaking a track to the highest point of the plateau</td></tr>
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Right were the highest point is are some remnants of some trenches from the World War, and a good place to sit down and build a nice shack.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Digging into the snow</td></tr>
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This time much better mobile signal, so I could start right away with a summit to summit, (ok, with a little patience and trying), and after that the same big pileup. Not to forget, thanks all the chasers contacting me on either or both summits.<br />
While the pileup was going down the same was true for the sun also, so not long on the summit we gathered again to get back down before dark.<br />
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Same route back down, we got out of the forest to catch the sun hovering right over our morning summit an to admire a wonderful perspective of the hills we were hiking to<br />
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from this point on the sun quickly fell beyond the mountains<br />
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leaving us just enough time to get back to the car in the twilight<br />
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And of course here is the track of the two hikes, red is the first, yellow is the second one (this latter is superimposed on the red triangle trail, so maybe not as easy to see, but at least at one point where we made a shortcut it gets away from the trail):<br />
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Well, this is the end of story, or maybe not, as the excellent weather kept on for Sunday also, so there was no way I can postpone any more activating YO/EC-477, Fej, the closest summit to my home QTH, which was already growing on me on why left unactivated for so long.<br />
The sun was shining and this time by myself only I set out to the summit. Based on mapping two approaches are apparent to this summit, one from Szárazpatak and the other one from Katrosa. The former is probably the most used road by local shepherds so good easy trail, while the latter is the shorter one but also more steeper. However learnt from yesterday experience I was expecting a lot of snow, and of course this time of the year shepherds don't go up the mountain, so I decided for the Katrosa route, to have a shorter path to break through the snow.<br />
The trail starts with a forest road to the left from the main road, just before the large bridge at the entry to Katrosa and follows the creek for about 3km, after which a big clearing to the left shows the steep wall that has to be climbed to the summit.<br />
Along the road in the valley there were some tracks (probably from woodcutters) so it was an easy go, but after leaving the creek no more track. From satellite imagery the trail should be obvious, however everything was covered with snow, so I started following a clearing in the forest what looked almost like a road<br />
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This turned out be a not wise decision as soon it was imminent that I'm on the wrong foothill, covered with woods instead of the clear one seen on the satellite.<br />
Also the road I was following vanished quite abruptly, so I was there in the middle of the forest, with somewhat deep forest and very steep climb in front of me. However going back down and taking the good path wasn't pretty attractive either, so I continued going upwards on a unending climb in the snow slaloming around the trees.<br />
Finally I saw the light ahead of me, as I arrived to the bare plateau, with about 800m away from the summit. Absolutely no trails whatsoever, only snow everywhere I could see, but still an easy hike after the climbing. Oh and a nice panorama to the Háromszék basin<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My tracks snacking on the plateau</td></tr>
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Quick setup of the radio followed, again digging into the snow, but I'm already getting used to, and as turn on the radio I hear SV3GLI/P calling CQ SOTA, it took some time to break his pileup, but in the end a good start with s2s contact. And to be better after checking Sotawatch (good mobile net signal on the summit) run into GW6WRW/P for another s2s. After that a selfspot and the usual pileup for me as well. Another highlight was DB7MM/P breaking through my pileup for the third s2s.<br />
After the pileup dying out and bringing down the station, I was heading this time the correct route intended from start, which was quite clear where to descend from the summit<br />
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This route is much easier (especially downhill, less then 20 minutes I was down to the creek), so I just put here the tracklog of this route, it is also a good approach for climbing in the summer, as except for the 100m portion at the base it is clear of the woods.<br />
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That's about it, wonderful and tiring weekend, overall a big fun.YO6PIBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09094677692814430228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296104073519351819.post-46661047226436319422015-01-18T22:45:00.000+02:002015-02-21T22:49:32.384+02:00Mid-January in Persány mountainsWell it has been quite a while now since my more serious activities, and also last week we failed to activate a summit, so it was time to get back to there, YO/EC-369 and while at it also a detour to YO/MC-160 on the way back. Ok quite a big detour of at least 12km, but hey, that's SOTA :)<br />
So the first one is called Ciuta and best approached from the village of New Sinka on the western side of the Persány mountains. Not an easy ride, as last week showed, when we had to turn back without even getting close to it, due to snow conditions. This time was much better, with the forest road leading to the ridgeline being somewhat circulated and from there a not too deep snow crunching.<br />
After getting back, as I said a detour to YO/MC-160, already described it last year.<br />
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Bineînțeles n-am fost cu parapanta, dar sunt și eu unul din mii de turiști, și măcar eu am urcat de bune și nu cu cabina, iar motivul era YO/MC-086 Vânturișul și YO/MC-009 Coștila. O zi absolut superbă și nu mai puțin de 15 legături vârf la vârf, e record personal. Nici DX-ul zilei tocmai din Australia nu era de neglijat cu doar 5W.
Din păcate fără poze că telefonul mi-a luat razna și s-a descărcat deja la urcare deși era reîncărcat în noaptea de dinainte.YO6PIBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09094677692814430228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296104073519351819.post-833316129708268342014-11-09T11:06:00.000+02:002015-02-21T21:06:38.453+02:00The hills nearbyHere's a couple of photos this time from the last outing in the nearby hills, YO/EC-327 and YO/EC-288, again in four, together with Mihai, Sorin and Barbu and a quite nice late autumn day with climbing up in a forest, some ridges and a nice sunset.<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The shack on YO/EC-327</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A very nice ridge up to YO/EC-327</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Going back, Mihai and Barbu left behind for picking some mushrooms, so we marked for them were to leave the ridgeline</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">While I was QSOing, the guys were playing chess. I don't know who won</td></tr>
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YO6PIBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09094677692814430228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296104073519351819.post-4485421318952478352014-10-26T20:51:00.000+02:002015-03-14T22:58:55.795+02:00Between Prahova and Doftana valleysAfter last year expedition, it was time for another one around the village of Secăria, this time, the weather not to nice, but, then again it was a good opportunity to visit Mihai's holiday house, with about the same route as last year, this time though also activating YO/EC-480, a new addition to SOTA since last year.<br />
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The hiking starts from Secăria, and of course the weather wasn't too kind, so lot of bog on the road<br />
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but still a quite nice road and well used do pretty good shape gently going upwards about 4km, with some good panoramas around<br />
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Too bad for the wet terrain tough, but some old logs proved to be a good dry enough shack so it turned out quite well after all for staying there. Not too much on the propagation side tough, barely could manage a few contacts (6 more exactly), QRN was quite bad and of course big contest weekend wasn't helping either.<br />
But that's it, enough to claim the summit, and also got some curious quests around:<br />
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but he also took a back turn quite fast<br />
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Same amount of bog going down, nothing new here, but still in time to hike to the other side of Secăria village, to YO/EC-312 (same as last year) with a bit better propagation but weather getting worse<br />
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The clouds were getting more menacing and it was also getting late, so even though we followed the last year's itinerary, we didn't manage for a third summit, but at least consoled with a nice big barbecue in the evening.</div>
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YO6PIBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09094677692814430228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296104073519351819.post-87565540659149181632014-10-11T20:10:00.000+03:002015-02-21T20:33:02.430+02:00YO/MC-017The King's Rock, a true jewel in the South-Eastern Transylvania, an impressive limestone formation with a north-south orientation wedged into the normally west-east oriented Charpatians chain<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It was a very good choice for this sunny autumn day, quite warm for the period, no snow anywhere (and the summit is above 2200m so very prone to snow) so together with Sorin, Barbu and Mihai, went of to a quick one-day hike up and down those impressive walls.<br />
Set out of Peștera village with a surprisingly new and very good asphalt road almost to the top of the village a near one of the usual starting place for conquering the King, the Folea hut. On the way one can admire a very nice mountain village with houses dispersed around the ridgetops, near impressive cliffs:<br />
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and autumn colored vegetation:<br />
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Fall colors followed us on the first part of the hike, a very long quite flat journey until the base of the mountain<br />
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After about 2 hours of hiking through a the woods, we were finally just below the magnificent ridgeline, still towering above us by about 1000m<br />
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Yeah, the summit is the highest one on bit right side of the above picture, with the climbing route taking the almost direct approach towards it. Something like this:<br />
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So a nice challenge with almost the same amount of time needed as the very long approach before. Finally up on the highest point this time admiring the ridge this time looking down<br />
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Of course not too much time for looking around, as the time was getting late, and the same amount expected also for the way back, so quick erecting the antenna (fortunately it can be strapped to the pole indicating the summit) and go for the pileup. A lot of station as usual and even W1OW bringing a nice DX as well.<br />
Not too much time tough, so we could get down on the last rays of the sun back to the car, not before admiring some other good SOTA spots nearby (YO/MC-031):<br />
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YO6PIBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09094677692814430228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296104073519351819.post-32396641154238833702014-09-21T13:44:00.000+03:002014-12-01T13:45:15.502+02:00Grohotiș mountainsAnother fine Saturday, with two summits bagged in the Grohotiș mountains. This is a smaller mountain range south of the Csukás mountains. It is an easy trail along the main ridgeline starting from Bratocsa pass on the DN1A national road. A single day is well enough for both YO/EC-085 and YO/EC-072. The latter is the highest summit in the range and pretty good and well marked (at the beginning) road takes to the summit. The marking is a red stripe marking also the main ridge of the Carpathians, but that ridge takes a right turn before reaching the summit, so only the beginning portion is marked, but the actual road goes to the summit. We even failed to find where the red stripe breaks off.<br />
First target of the day is the closer summit, YO/EC-085, Fața lui Gherghel (the Face of Gregory) which is to the left of the road, rising above it with about 200m as a steep wall, and with some rock formations probably giving it's name:<br />
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The summit is on a horseshoe shaped ridge, with the hiking trail on the outer rim, a steep climb on a funny moss-grown terrain:<br />
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it is very soft to step on, and without even noticing we were on the ridge, which is in contrast only a barren soil (probably very muddy when raining)<br />
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Nice panorama though and very clean takeoff for TX, I was very surprised to hear a very strong ZL station in a QSO with a LA one (which I barely could hear), very good propagation, and real amazement when ZL4IV returned to my call after finishing his QSO with the LA station, I bet my signals wasn't as easy copy then his.<br />
After this QSO which already made my day, I started a more usual SOTA pileup of European stations, and I just stopped (about an hour and half later) when there were no more takers and was already time to catch the next summit as well.<br />
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Descending was much harder, as we wanted to shortcut a bit and got towards the cliffs, but it was still manageable. Although a bit more than usual care was necessary as we stumbled upon a very angry adder taking a sunbath on one of the rocks.<br />
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Back to the road, it continues again somewhat upwards finally leading to a very large and boring plateau:<br />
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with Grohotișu peak (YO/EC-072) showing up in the distant:<br />
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To be more annoying it showed ever further away as we approached, and only when I started thinking we will never reach it, finally gave in for another big SOTA pileup.<br />
Even some bugs were curious of it, or maybe just enjoyed a rock painted in yellow:<br />
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By the way, as I mentioned the red stripe is available only at the beginning, but the full track was marked with this reflective yellow painting, probably for the Trail-running marathon the week before, and I guess the painting (especially on the rocks) will stay for a while. So it's a very easy to find track to the summit, but in all cases here is the track:<br />
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Overall 67 QSOs, with 3 s2s and the best DX to day, very fruitful day I say.YO6PIBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09094677692814430228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296104073519351819.post-11809813415764962312014-09-08T11:34:00.000+03:002014-12-01T11:42:28.072+02:00A weekend in the Căpățână mountainsThis time we had a full weekend of hiking in the south, near Horezu city with some small hills and big mountains. The idea came from Mihai, YO6HXO, to visit his uncle living in a small village near Horezu, and couple it with some hiking in the Buila-Vânturarița National Park and the Căpățânii mountains.<br />
So we left early from work friday afternoon to take a 4 hour drive through the valley of the Olt and then in the Sub-Carpathians<br />
In the way we stopped to admire the trovants, these strange rock formations which have a dedicated museum in Costești:<br />
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and of course to take some photos of them<br />
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If your are wondering what Mihai was photographing, well here it is:<br />
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Anyway after a lot of driving and admiring places it was time for some SOTA fun as we arrived to the edge of the Buila-Vânturarița National Park. Of course there was plans for visiting it more thoroughly in the weekend, but for starters we had this smaller rock on the southern side called Arnota which is quite easily accessible, taking a right turn in Costești and then through Bistrița, finally going by the quarry on an impressively good service road, which after the quarry it even turns into an asphalt road leading to Arnota monastery. From the monastery comes the hiking part, about 1 hour to the summit, mostly because the track is quite non-existent, we did find from time to time some old markings but not enough to follow them so we had to find our road. The fog wasn't helping either<br />
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and of course it hindered our attempts to make good photos.<br />
But at least here is the track from the monastery to the summit:<br />
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As you can see we didn't really managed to find the hiking trail (the red line on the map) even though it was also on the map, but nevertheless the terrain is quite simple, and we even managed to get down without a hitch in the dark.<br />
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Next day was time for something bigger, highest point of Căpățână mountains, the Ursu peak with an altitude of 2142m promised a good hike for the day.<br />
Actually we were waiting for a more serius hike, but as it turned outm there is a quite good road (recently renovated from EU funds as sign at the entrance says) up to Roman monastery at about 1700m level. Starting from Horezu, the road is well indicated, first to Romanii de Jos, and then at every intersection you can find directions toward Roman monastery. A good gravel road takes to the plateau, where a lot of activity waits, recently built weekend houses, rescue stations, hotel/restaurants hint at a rising tourism activity in the area. I wouldn't be surprised if a ski resort would open soon there.<br />
Anyway once on the plateau, the road continues towards the main ridgeline, so we also followed it to about 1800m ASL, when a big bog on the road stopped us. It looked quite deep, so I didn't want to try it with my car<br />
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so from there we continued on foot.<br />
Obviously not everyone was so worried as myself, we met quite a lot of traffic:<br />
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And also quite soon we found out why the good road up the mountain:<br />
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I don't want to insinuate anything, but we didn't so any tree at this altitude and anywhere above us.<br />
But beside these, a much more peaceful sight waited in the alpine region:<br />
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and of course a lot of cowberries for us to graze :)<br />
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After arriving to the main ridgeline of the mountain, the road we were following so far turned to the right, while the summit was to the left, so we had to switch to a much less used road<br />
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taking us close to the summit. That road also takes a bit below the summit, so the last 50m is plain climbing between rocks<br />
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The summit has a summit-stone and some big rocks piled up, so it's a good place to put up the antenna. However my antenna which was mildly underperforming the day before, gave up this time, and the backup antenna wasn't in good shape either, not to mention the propagation, so after a few QSOs (barely enough to qualify the summit) I had to give up.<br />
Especially that we wanted to bag another summit for the day, so continued our hike towards the next peak to the west: Nedeia. However after about an hour of hike we met an indicator saying Nedeia is another 3 hour hike, and we could also see in the far distant, that it is indeed a serious hike to there<br />
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so we decided to turn back, and get down from the mountain in the daylight. Already in the autumn the day is short so we couldn't get back in light if tried for Nedeia. Perhaps in the summer.<br />
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But to not end the day without a second summit, after getting down to Horezu, we have stopped to activate the small hill of Slatiaru, which we thought would be easy enough even in the dark. Well as it turned out, it was much harder than the 2000 m summit before. It was only about 180m climb on a hill covered with forest, but the slope was sometimes near vertical, with some cliff on either side, so it was a sweaty peak, and of course in the dark. But at least some points bagged in here also.<br />
And the last points for this area, as tired from the day hike, and also road home ahead of us, we decided to postpone the summiting of the Buila-Vânturarița for some other time, with longer daylight and better WX conditions.<br />
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<br />YO6PIBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09094677692814430228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296104073519351819.post-8604063229438609222014-08-18T11:13:00.000+03:002014-11-30T11:21:29.290+02:00Sidenote to the YO SOTA marathon 2014The last week took place a very nice initiative of Sorin, YO2MSB, the YO SOTA Marathon, a full week of SOTA trip in the highest mountain ranges of Romania. Many amateurs responded to Sorin's call so a team of YO2BP, YO9IRF and YO8SEP joined him on this tour. Unfortunately I already had may two week vacation before, and had to be at work so I had to skip the tour (will not make this mistake next year) and I could only join the guys for the last day of the trip.<br />
But before going on with the events of that last day, if you are interested by the full story, here are some links:<br />
<a href="http://yo9irf.blogspot.ro/2014/08/sota-tour-yo-2014-part-i.html">http://yo9irf.blogspot.ro/2014/08/sota-tour-yo-2014-part-i.html</a><br />
<a href="http://yo9irf.blogspot.ro/2014/08/sota-tour-yo-2014-part-ii.html">http://yo9irf.blogspot.ro/2014/08/sota-tour-yo-2014-part-ii.html</a><br />
<a href="http://yo9irf.blogspot.ro/2014/08/sota-tour-yo-2014-part-iii.html">http://yo9irf.blogspot.ro/2014/08/sota-tour-yo-2014-part-iii.html</a><br />
<a href="http://radioclubulromaniei.ro/maratonul-sota-2014-2/">http://radioclubulromaniei.ro/maratonul-sota-2014-2/</a> (in Romanian)<br />
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So back to my journey. The marathon as planned by Sorin ended on Friday with 2 summits near Brassó, YO/EC-011 and YO/EC-428, both being already activated by me, they are sort of local summits. I managed to get off for the day, so I had two options: join the team on their activation or go to another nearby summit and have some s2s with them. After some thinking I decided to have both: so while they are activating YO/EC-011, I go to another nearby summit, Hoapecu, YO/EC-367 (which wasn't so far activated) and then join the team on YO/EC-428.<br />
So early morning I set out to the village of Holbav, west of Brassó, just under Hoapecu. Parked the car near a playground just after entering Holbav, to the left of the main road. A forest road starts from that intersection, which as it turned out takes right to the Hoapecu peak. Unfortunately mapping is close to nonexistent in the area, so here is my track to the peak and back:<br />
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As you know me, I like to explore the area I'm activating, hence the two trails to the summit, the purple one is I took going up to the summit, as I said it starts next to the entry into the village (eastern part) and follows a forest road, actually a quite good road, used by horse carriages and perhaps 4x4 vehicles. The slope is quite gentle, it goes by on a ridgeline with a small portion of about 2 serpent curves in the middle of the forest.</div>
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The summit is about 40 minutes of walk, mostly in forest, but the last part is a large clearing with a great panorama to the south, with cottages spread out on the hills around:</div>
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It is a nice quiet place to retreat from the rush of the 21st century.</div>
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The summit is again covered with forest, but just next to the road, there is a narrow clearing, enough to erect an antenna and to have some clean takeoff angle:</div>
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So I quickly set up, made myself comfortable and started to look out for the guys on the SOTA trip to check whether they arrived to the summit or not. Well after some shouting on 2m FM, finally managed to have a chat with them, and it turned out they just barely woke up from last night's party, so it was still lot of time to waste until they will get to their summit. Well at least the weather even though looking ugly was still acceptable, no immediate sign of rain, so I started CQing for SOTA, and this time had a lot of time to answer any calls (remember my last two weeks of rushing through summits and complaining about not able to work everyone waiting for me, well this time I made up for that).<br />
I operated about 3 hours on the summit with great success, and finally I made also s2s contact with YO2MSB and YO9IRF (it turned out that YO8SEP took off earlier, and did not join them for the last day), after that left them with my operating frequency and started to pack, to have enough time to meet them outside Brassó for the last summit of the day.<br />
For going back I took another route, it was actually following the road I was coming up, which continued the other side of the summit (marked with green on the map above). This route offered a nice view of the village Holbav:<br />
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you can see the upper part of the village, where I left the car and the lower part, where my route entered. This also meant that after descending a lot more then the route up, I also had to climb back to the car. Overall this route is the harder I think, there is also a very large portion of a steep slope and the total height difference is bigger also. Even if it looks a bit shorter it took more time to descend than it took the climbing.<br />
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After getting to the car, I rushed back to the city to meet the marathon team. They also finished in the meantime their activation and was en-route to YO/EC-428. I met them in Szentpéter village, north of Brassó. We had a small chat there, after that YO9IRF, who was already tired of the whole week activation took off towards home, and left me and Sorin to climb the summit and activate it.<br />
A nice short hiking followed, it was already a familiar place for me, but Sorin was very excited on the area, after a full week of bare alpine adventure, a nice clean forest reservation must have been a real refreshing experience.<br />
Here is YO2MSB at the mike:<br />
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Overall a nice experience I think, and I definitely have to join them next year.</div>
YO6PIBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09094677692814430228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296104073519351819.post-62232891929283112852014-08-11T19:57:00.000+03:002014-11-29T19:58:42.932+02:00Away for a while<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Just got back from 2 very long weeks in hiking camps around Transylvania, not much to say SOTA related, we were on organized hikes, but whenever we touched a summit, I did manage a few minutes for some QSOs as well. I'm not really fond of doing quick activations with just a few QSO to qualify and then fleeing the summit, but sometimes the circumstances are just that, weather is capricious, technology can play jokes sometimes (already happened to me as well) and if hiking in large group they tend to become anxious after a while. I did try to make as many QSO as possible in the given timeframe, but I must apologize to anyone left without a contact. There will be another chance and hopefully much better circumstance.</div>
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This time I will not write a journal of every activation I made, just some photo albums of those two weeks at the usual place <a href="https://plus.google.com/photos/113978481644395095387/albums/6046984023208915633">here</a> and <a href="https://plus.google.com/photos/113978481644395095387/albums/6047067806579805393">here</a>.</div>
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One summit I must still emphasize as it is very special to me and my people as it is actually named the Székely Rock, near Torockó, and is one of those mountains which does need to be climbed at some point in our life. So I also made arrangements to climb it myself, outside the usual program so I did have several hours on top for QSOs.</div>
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Again the usual photos on the link above, but here is one more time the mountain:</div>
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from sideways it does look like a sleeping giant Székely warrior, who after freeing the people of Torockó from the tartars, had laid down beside the city protecting them from further invasion.</div>
YO6PIBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09094677692814430228noreply@blogger.com0Torockó 517610, Románia46.4534701094454 23.567690849304246.4507351094454 23.5626483493042 46.4562051094454 23.572733349304198tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296104073519351819.post-45004408048637236752014-06-29T22:07:00.000+03:002014-11-29T12:01:00.212+02:00Another route to Gropșoare<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
After Răzvan, YO9IRF successfully activated YO/EC-057 having also a <a href="http://yo9irf.blogspot.ro/2014/04/a-good-day-for-sota-yoec-057-activated.html">very nice report about it</a>, it was time for me to do a little climbing exercise and conquer the summit.</div>
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So in what looked a nice Sunday, together with friends Mihai and Sorin, we set out for a little hike to Gropșoare. To make things little more interesting we didn't used the easier track via Muntele Roșu as described by Răzvan, but decided to take from the other side of the mountain, from Poiana Valea Stânii, a small resort in the Telejenel valley.</div>
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Valea Stânii is accessible by car from the DN1A road from just outside the city of Cheia, the road is not excellent but doable in a bit more solid cars, in the first part it serpent in the forest climbing a small hill before descending to the Telejenel valley. This portion has some breaks along it due to torrents, so care should be taken. After meeting the Telejenel, the road becomes much better in shape, and also some weekend houses start to turn up. Finally at a large glade we arrive to the starting point of the track, actually it is a meeting point of at least 4 marked tracks, so the place is quite large and well indicated.</div>
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Even some horses were there waiting to make friends with them:</div>
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Across the glade the Gropșoare - Zăganu massif is rising above us:</div>
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unfortunately that is not the peak we are target, it only shows the valley (Sterp) we will follow to reach the ridgeline, the summit is much behind those in front. The valley is in the crack between the two peaks in the photo.</div>
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The trail is very well marked with blue triangle on almost every other tree along the path, it must have been repainted very recently:</div>
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In the first part it goes in a dense forest, starting slowly<br />
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but soon it turns very steep, and keeps on for a good while, so we already spit out our lungs when finally reached the alpine region:<br />
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from here the trail joins in with the red cross coming along the ridgeline from Cheia. Of course some more climbing (this time on exposed rocks) awaits:<br />
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but after climbing the first peak, we can have a glance on the Gropșoare peak, it's the one on the background:<br />
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So some more hiking is needed, and we didn't got rid of rockclimbing yet, there is some portion of the trail where some via ferrata is also needed<br />
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not to soliciting though so in a little more than half an hour since reaching the ridgeline (and after about 3 hours hiking from down the glade) we were finally up on the peak, admiring... well admiring nothing because of the big cloud all around us.<br />
Time for a little SOTA<br />
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however propagation was also quite terrible, and after about 9 QSOs in 45 minutes, and the team already getting cold it was time move along.<br />
We continued the path along the ridge so that we can get down in the Alb valley (yellow triangle) on the northern side of the mountain (it also gets to Valea Stânii, which is as I mentioned earlier is an intersection of multiple trails).<br />
After descending about 15 minutes, before leaving the ridgeline, the cloud cover already raised so that we could have a beautiful view towards the Ciucaș peak<br />
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another SOTA summit I really need to do sometimes soon.<br />
Of course when we arrived down to the car, all the clouds were gone, and we had a beautiful sunshine afternoon, this is the usual luck.YO6PIBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09094677692814430228noreply@blogger.com0YO/EC-05745.492991408213314 25.97528457641601645.487425908213311 25.965199576416016 45.498556908213317 25.985369576416016tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296104073519351819.post-9852022836921947412014-06-14T20:20:00.000+03:002014-10-30T18:43:43.779+02:00YO/EC-107Another summit without any trail on the last ascent, Tesla (no connection to the great inventor, although probably the name has some Slavic origin) is one eye-catching hill emerging from the lowland west of the Csukás mountains. Having a shape of a dome it is an easily recognizable feature even from the distant road below:<br />
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Being near the Csukás mountain, it is also a popular tourist destination, either in the way up to Csukás or just by itself, most easily accesible from Babarunca resort following the red stripe trail.<br />
Together with YO6HXO we started out the conquer this piece of nature wonder in a nice sunny morning:<br />
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Unfortunately the right after this nice clear path section we just missed somehow the sign, which at a hardly visible point goes to the left, and the big clear path continues forward a few hundred meters, however after that it brutally ends, and we found ourselves in the middle of the forest without any path in forth. Now the wise choice would have been to turn back and find the marked trail, however, the forest didn't look that bad and we decided to go forward uphill, and at some point we will certainly cross the trail again. Big mistake. Unfortunately in the upper region was some serious wood-cutting, and although it was not a clearcutting, but a well arranged rarefaction, they left all the small branches and thin trunks on the ground, making the movement ahead a pain in the ass. It took us at least an hour wasted until we made it trough and back to the marked trail. So be careful and watch those markings.<br />
After reaching the ridge, the trail joins with the red cross marking coming from the left and continuing towards the Tesla Glade, a very large clearing between the Tesla and a Csukás mountain, with beautiful view to both. From the clearing the dome of Tesla is rising out with menacing looking rocks:<br />
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The thing is that as I mentioned earlier, Tesla is also a popular tourist destination, 3 more marked trails are meeting us here coming from all other directions, however, actual the glade is the tourist destination, where everybody can admire the magnificent wall, but that's it. There is no trail up to the summit, nothing. But well, SOTA is SOTA, it's about going to summits, so we did go looking for a way up there. And found a possible entry: at the northern face, following the blue cross trail, near the end of the Glade, there is a smaller narrow clearing to the left leading to a pretty clear forest covering the northern face of Tesla. The terrain there is not so rocky, and we were able to follow some animal trails between the ravines up to the higher regions. They were left definitely by some larger animals, but fortunately we didn't met them, and smaller and nicer creatures:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">A scared hedgehog, wasn't really used to humans in this area</td></tr>
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After a heavy ascent (it isn't cliffhanging but still it is very steep) arrived on the flatter portion of the summit, and well in the activation zone, we could started looking out for a good place for the shack. It actually didn't need too much looking, there where plenty of fallen logs to sit down:<br />
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and also smaller tree trunks to fix the antenna to:<br />
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After about an hour of operating it was time to bring down the equipment and head down in the hope to also activate YO/EC-153. Unfortunately back down in glade, exiting the forest we realized that the very nice weather we left, turned into a very ugly covered sky, with a thunderstorm closing in. We still continued a bit our hike along the blue cross, however not long after the thunderstorm was very clearly near us, above the Csukás:<br />
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and the lightnings around us led to the decision to postpone the activation of YO/EC-153 and get down fast from the mountain. So maybe next time we will have better luck.<br />
Here is the track with red marking the way up to Tesla (including the bushwalking everyone should avoid, and the the path up to the summit from the edge of the glade) and magenta the road down we took after realizing that the weather is not on our side:<br />
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<br />YO6PIBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09094677692814430228noreply@blogger.com0Sacele, Románia45.529440815256663 25.8810424804687545.507190315256665 25.840701980468751 45.551691315256662 25.921382980468749tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296104073519351819.post-85615030470873673292014-06-09T22:40:00.000+03:002014-08-20T17:45:54.922+03:00YO/EC-349 Nagy-SomlyóPünkösd előtti napon, a Nagy-Somlyó és a Kis-Somlyó közötti nyeregben, több-százezer hívő, mi lehet az? Természetesen a csíksomlyói búcsú, amibe most azért annyira nem mennék bele, viszont pünkösd másnapján ugyanolyan szabadnap viszont sokkal nyugisabb a helyzet és kiváló alkalom a Nagy-Somlyó aktiválására.<br />
A csúcs a maga 1033m-ével messziről kivehetően magasodik Csíkszereda felé, hívogatva az embert egy kis rádiózásra.<br />
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A túrát a legcélszerűbb a csíksomlyói templom előtti parkolóban kezdeni, fel lehet ugyan menni autóval is a nyeregbe, de az azért mégsem olyan szép. A nyeregig a rengeteg kitaposott út (főleg a búcsú után) közül választhatunk, nekem persze mint világ lustájának a legkényemelmesebb kerülő jön be egészen a nyeregig. A nyereg előtt letér róle egy piros pont jelzés ami szintén a csúcsra megy, de jó nagy kerülővel, gyakorlatilag átmegy a hegy háta mögé, na az viszont már sok.<br />
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Úgyhogy fel a nyeregbe, ahogy sokan mások is, meg lehet csodálni a kápolnát:<br />
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aztán onnan toronyiránt neki a csúcsnak. Ez az út is jól ki van taposva végig széles ösvény visz majdnem egyenesen felfelé, persze azért az emberből kiveszi egy cseppet a szuszt, mert azért szintkülönbség van elég.<br />
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Fenn a csúcson egy hatalmas kilátó-torony fogad, amire a ráakasztott tábla szerint tilos felmászni, de egyébként is elég durva érzés azért. Meg persze utoljára úgy volt megtákolva, hogy én már a szupervékony alakommal nemigen férek át az utolsó fellépőn. Na de ez van.<br />
Rádiózni viszont elég körülményes, mert ugyan a kilátó az jól kilóg az erdőből, de az alja biza nagyon be van nőve, és hatalmas csihány-bozótok terülnek el körülötte. Szerencsére azért az ösvény környékén van annyi hely, hogy egy antennát kihúzzunk és kényelmesen rádiózgassunk, csak épp ügyelni kell a látogatókra, nehogy belefussanak az antennába.<br />
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Sajnos jó szokásom szerint úgy belemerültem a rádiózásba, illetve amikor az idő hirtelen rosszra fordult (ez utóbbi vajon miért nem lep meg) a bontásba és seprésbe lefelé, hogy megint elfelejtettem csúcsfotókat készíteni. De legalább itt van az útvonal fel a csúcsig (sötétzölddel van az általam bejárt útvonal a parkolótól a csúcsig, pirossal még látható a jelzett ösvény is, illetve a nyeregig tartó megannyi ösvény is fel van tüntetve a térképen):<br />
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<br />YO6PIBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09094677692814430228noreply@blogger.com0Csíksomlyó, Románia46.374143341557286 25.8422729245116946.363187841557284 25.82210292451169 46.385098841557287 25.86244292451169tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296104073519351819.post-63914818248708092742014-05-25T15:32:00.000+03:002014-08-20T10:27:05.568+03:00HEKE tábor KatrosánEzen a hétvégén került sor a háromszéki EKE idei megyei táborára, ezúttal a GÁMOK <a href="http://www.gaboraron.ro/oldalak/katrosa.html">EVITA</a> nevű táborában. Persze nagyon jó móka volt, <a href="https://plus.google.com/photos/+CsabaZolt%C3%A1nKert%C3%A9sz/albums/6020012036468337537">van is itt néhány kép</a>. Volt benne túrázás, tokányolás, jó kedv, jó idő, rossz idő minden ami kell.<br />
De most nem is nagyon térek ki erre, hanem a túráról szólnék néhány szót mert hát a rádiózás sem maradhatott el. Két túra volt a táborból: egyik a Gombás-bércre, másik a borvíz-forrásokhoz, és hát bármennyire is szeretem a borvizet, a Gombás-bérc az SOTA csúcs (na jó némi nyakatekeréssel, de erről majd később) így hát egyértelmű volt a választás.<br />
Persze nem lett volna EKE-túra, ha a legkönnyebb útvonalon megyünk, ezért egy alternatív útvonalat javasolt a túravezetőnk ami nagyjából a főutat elhagyva (azért volt 3 kilométer gyaloglás az aszfalton is) a gerincen ment végig a megyehatárt követve. Bár az eleje egy kicsit zűrös, főleg az erdőben amíg kiér a gerincre, de aztán fenn a gerincen nagyon látványos az egész.<br />
Végig a gerincen egy jól követhető szekérút is végigvonul, így jelzés hiányában is egyszerű a tájékozodás, később pedig a Katrosából (a kocsma mellől) induló kék pont (nagyon hiányos) is csatlakozik de szinte feleslegesen.<br />
Mindenesetre egy eleg hosszú evickélés után értünk el a csúcsig, vagyis hát majdnem. Mert van egy kis bibi a Gombás-bérccel és a SOTA-val. Maga az egész bérc egy elég hosszú gerincet képez, aminek majdnek a közepén egy kisebb nyeregben halad át az eddig követett szekérút, hogy aztán leereszkedjen Csángótelepre. Ettől délre van egy csúcs tetején egy kereszttel ami egyes térképeken úgy szerepel hogy Gombás-bérc 1199m magassággal (más térképek Pólya tetőnek is hívják) és általában minden turistaút ezt tekinti célpontnak főleg a kereszt miatt. Igen ám de észak felé a gerinc jobban emelkedik és a legmagasabb pontja (megint más térképek szerinti Gombás-bérc) 1214m magasságal egyértelműen a magasabbik és így természetesen a SOTA célpont is. Máskülönben viszont csak egy csupasz nagy kiterjedésű legelő, úgyhogy a kutya se jár arra. Természetesen a csoportunk is a keresztet vette célba és ott állt meg ebédelni, így én még egy kilométert kellett arrébb sétáljak, hogy rádiózhassak (a nyereg jó 40m-t esik, tehát az előbb-utóbb uniformizálódó 25m-es szabály szerint a kereszt kiesik az aktiválási zónából).<br />
Hogy mégjobb legyen a telefonom is vacakolni kezdett, úgyhogy self-spot híjján biza nagyon megszenvedtem a minimális 4 QSOért. A többiek már rég elindultak visszafelé, mire meglett, így aztán rohamtempóban csomagoltam és vettettem utánuk magamat, de szerencsére még mielőtt a jelzés letért volna a gerincről utolértem őket. Pláne, hogy a csapat úgy döntött, jobb minél előbb a sört szopogatni a kocsmában, úgyhogy visszafelé a gerinc helyett a legrövidebb utat választottuk a jelzés mentén.<br />
Végülis elég jól jött ki a dolog és egy fárasztó, de nagyon jó túrával a hátunk mögött zárhattuk a napot. Íme az útvonal:<br />
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<br />YO6PIBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09094677692814430228noreply@blogger.com0Katrosa, Románia46.153287128529037 26.09122760773470946.152943628529037 26.090597107734709 46.153630628529037 26.091858107734708tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296104073519351819.post-73170524569966323202014-04-14T17:39:00.000+03:002014-04-16T09:03:20.445+03:00Vártúra a háromszéki EKÉ-velVasárnap került sor a háromszéki EKE idei első vártúrájára Jártó Gábor vezetésével (az előző sajnos elmaradt), ezúttal Krizba várához. Mivel a túra érintette a Várhegy csúcsot is ami egyben SOTA csúcs is (YO/EC-326) ezért aztán én is csatlakoztam a túrához. Természetesen a nyilvánvaló hátsó szándékkal: bezsebelni a 6 pontot illetve odabiggyeszteni a nevemet a csúcshoz mint első aktivátor.<br />
Az időjárás viszont nem nagyon akart most a kedvünkbe járni, szombaton havazott illetve később átváltott esőbe és a vasárnap is elég rosszul indult, reggel némi szemerkélő eső, teljesen beborult ég vár és biza Krizbához érkezve sem igen lehetett látni a célpontot a felhők miatt:<br />
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Mindenesetre ez nem tántorított el egy maroknyi elszánt háromszéki turistát (és egy nagyon elszánt rádióamatőrt) hogy nekiinduljon a vár felé vezető erdei útnak. A templomnál történt találkozás után Kutastelep irányába folytattuk az utat, meglepő módon betonúton. A falu végén aztán elfogyott a beton és agyagos földútban folytatódott egészen az erdő széléig. Szerencsére nem volt túlságosan vizes így el lehetett járni, de biza esőben valószínűleg nem menne el az átlagos autó. De utána az erdő szélétől viszont már egy nagyon jó állapotban levő kövezett erdei út várt amelyik majdnem a tetőig kanyarog fel a hegyoldalban, hogy aztán egy nagy kerülővel szintén Krizbára érjen vissza. Ezen az úton hajtottunk tovább egészen a várhoz vezető leágazásig (ez utóbbi jól látható sárga festékkel meg is van jelölve):<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Leágazás a vár felé</td></tr>
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Innen gyalog folytattuk az utunkat a szintén kikövezett úton, egészen a piros ponttal jelzett gyalogösvényig ami a várhoz vezet.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Piros pont vezet a várhoz</td></tr>
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Sajnos a köd egyre sűrűbb lett, szerencsére az ösvény könnyen követhető és sűrűn jelzett, úgyhogy hamar megérkeztünk a "várhíd"-hoz:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A vizesárok felett ívelő várhíd</td></tr>
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Hanem a vizes és instabil rönköt nem mertük kipróbálni, úgyhogy maradt a kerülő út le a vizesárokba és a túloldalon fel:<br />
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Kicsit vizes, kicsit csúszós, de mindenki szerencsésen átért a túloldalra, ahol már a zömtorony maradványai vártak:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Várhíd a bástyával a háttérben</td></tr>
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Persze valamiért a köd is egyre sűrűbb lett,<br />
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de azért a vár maradványai egyre jobban kivehetőek lettek:<br />
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Feljebb még egy kút maradványa illetve néhány faldarab ismerhető még fel. Azért még bóklászgattunk egy kicsit a vár körül,<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ez már elméletileg a vár területe</td></tr>
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a vár északi oldalán egy faodúban egy elrejtett kincses-doboz is található, természetesen a túravezetőnk gyorsan meg is találta és bejegyezte az egész csapatot.<br />
Mivel a köd csak nem akart felszállni<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Torony és/vagy köd</td></tr>
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ezért aztán rövid időzés után továbbindultunk a csúcs felé. A kövesút tovább folytatódott (miután visszatértünk a várhoz vezető ösvényről, úgyhogy azon mentünk tovább kerülgetve a nagyon friss medvenyomokat. A csúcsra vezető kék kereszt jelzés is nemsokára csatlakozott hozzánk, illetve miután elértünk a kövesút végéig (egy nagyméretű motorsírülőnél) már csak a kék kereszttel jelzett ösvény maradt ami először elvitt a csúcs alatt és mögötte kiérve a gerincre ráfordult a csúcs irányába.<br />
Nem sokkal később már ott álltunk az 1104 méter magasan levő csúcskőnél:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Vár-hegy, 1104m</td></tr>
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Én persze néhány fotó után már kerestem is a helyet az antennának, kicsit vissza alig néhány méterrel a csúcs alatt egy sokkal nyitottabb részén a gerincnek találtam egy ideális helyet, úgyhogy gyorsan neki is álltam a szerelésnek és aztán már mehetett is a CQ SOTA:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">CQ SOTA de YO6PIB/P from YO/EC-326</td></tr>
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na még egy fotó a háttérben a fák között van a csúcskő:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Aktiválási zóna</td></tr>
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Sajnos a terjedés nem igazán volt velem, bár a köd már felszállt mire felértünk a csúcsra, de azért még mindig csúnya felhők tornyosultak felettünk, és eléggé gyenge riportok érkeztek, erős volt a QSB és néha még erős QRM-mel is meg kellett küzdjek. Így aztán az átlagosnál gyorsabban elfogytak a chaserek, és mivel az idő sem akart javulni, a többiek meg már kezdtek fázni, így aztán negyedóra aktiválás után már bontottam az antennát.<br />
Hanem miután elindultunk visszafelé, meg félúton sem voltunk az autókig kisütött a nap. Persze már senki sem akart megfordulni és visszamenni a csúcsra, így aztán folytattuk az autókig, majd onnan tovább az erdei úton ereszkedtünk a másik oldalon. Az idő meg egyre csak javult, így aztán mikor leértünk az erdő szélére, már kimondottan szép idő fogadott jó lehetőséget teremtve, hogy egy kis szalonnasütéssel koronázzuk meg a napot:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jó élet</td></tr>
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Összességében tehát egy nagyszerű túrával zártuk a napot. Itt van az útvonal is amit bejártunk, autóval a világoskék színű útvonal, gyalog a kék illetve a piros letérő a várhoz (ja és sajnos a Basecamp-ben nincsen szalonna ikon ezért kellett pizzát tegyek, de mindenki természetesen olasz kaja helyett mi a jó hagyományos székely kajákat részesítette előnyben)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Túraútvonal</td></tr>
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YO6PIBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09094677692814430228noreply@blogger.com0Krizba 507081, Románia45.8166667 25.46666670000001945.7945317 25.42632620000002 45.8388017 25.507007200000018tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296104073519351819.post-26554328496335598952014-03-15T20:06:00.000+02:002014-04-18T15:06:04.579+03:00Predeal mountains - continued<a href="http://yo6pib.blogspot.ro/2014/03/predeal-mountains.html">Last time</a> was well half a disaster with depleting the batteries, so now with every battery fully charged it was time to visit the other two summits in the Predeal mountains.<br />
First target was YO/EC-247, the closer one when going from Rosenau to Predeal. The path starts at the last serpentine before Pârâul Rece, with an unmarked forest road which goes up to the saddle between YO/EC-247 and 252 (activated last time) and continues towards 247. The forest road is closed by a barrier at the entry from the national road, but hiking past it is not a problem. Soon after passing the barrier a large pasture opens with nice view of YO/EC-011:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A view from behind of YO/EC-011</td></tr>
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and also the YO/EC-247 ahead of us:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">YO/EC-247 ahead</td></tr>
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The pasture turns soon back into forest, however large clearings are still around the road with the spring already being manifested:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Springtime beauty</td></tr>
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After reaching the col another great panorama opens to the south with the Bucegi plateau dominating the horizon:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bucegi mountains</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bucșoiu (YO/MC-008) to the left</td></tr>
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After the col the the road turns towards the summit, but before reaching the summit however the road takes another right turn, leaving the last portion of the ascent a direct through the forest one. I also made a mistake to take the straight away approach and had some very thick bush to fight through, however on the way down I found a much cleaner way along the ridge (which I also marked on the gps track below).<br />
The summit is also thick woods, just enough room for the vertical antenna, but at least the summit stone offers a good place to sit on. After a good hour of operating packed together and went on towards the next summit. On the way back down, at the pasture it can also be glimpsed towards east:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">YO/EC-241 in the distant</td></tr>
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The hike to the YO/EC-247 was a longer one, it took almost 2 hours for the 5km hike (especially the last part in the bush and also coming back down along the ridge to avoid the bush) so it was kinda late so I decided to approach the summit from the other side, starting out from Predeal. This time fortunately on very good marked trail which goes from Predeal through the summit and going down to Pârâul Rece. It can also be hiked from the latter one, but is a longer trail, and already being late I wanted better of staying longer on summit activating than hiking.<br />
The path is marked with blue cross, and starts right at the DN1 in Predeal first following the road which takes to Trei Brazi resort (it is well marked on the lampposts). After exiting Predeal the trail breaks off the paved road and climbs up to the ridge. The hiking trail starts near a table warning about the bears in the area:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Start of the blue cross trail</td></tr>
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The bear threat should be taken seriously in this parts, as although they do avoid human contact, but they actually like to prey on goats, mountain goats that is. Fortunately I'm not there yet, and unfortunately the trail has too much motorcycle traffic, so no encounters for me this time. The trail is very good and easy hike:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Well marked trail to Leányka-havas</td></tr>
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so about 40 minutes of walking I was up on the summit, which is actually a crossing road of three blue cross marked trails (the third one goes down to Trei Brazi), but the proper summit is not really marked, you just get some tables showing the directions and the hiking times:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On the summit</td></tr>
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Although there is large clear spot at the crossroads, I wouldn't recommend rising the antenna right there, as there are too many riders passing by (with quite speed) and they would definitely bring down any antennas or guy lines spreading across the trail. So I operated a few steps into the woods not interfering with anyone (indeed while I was activating a few motorcycles passed by)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Shack on YO/EC-241</td></tr>
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The decision to go from Predeal proved to be a wise one, getting down back to car just before sunset. This means that a three summit activation of YO/EC-252, 247 and 241 is only feasible in the summer with longer days to have enough time also for activating. (personal note: I do like to stay on activation as long as possible and work every chaser looking for me, instead of doing a 10 minute 4 contact run to accumulate many summits a day).<br />
Finally here is the tracks I hiked:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tracks to YO/EC-247 (red) and YO/EC-241 (blue)</td></tr>
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YO6PIBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09094677692814430228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296104073519351819.post-15722548070688836212014-03-01T19:49:00.000+02:002014-04-18T15:06:17.672+03:00Predeal mountainsA nice multi-activation area close to Brassó can be found in the Predeál mountains where 3 qualifying summits in close proximity waits for the adventurous SOTAer: YO/EC-247, YO/EC-252 and YO/EC-241. They also appear being doable in one day (well in summer day anyway), and although it is still late winter with pretty short days, I targeted these on this weekend.<br />
Best approach is by the 73A road connecting Rozsnyó (Rosenau, Râșnov) with Predeal, where a small mountain resort Hidegpatak (Pârâul Rece) situated right at the col offers a good starting point to all 3 summits.<br />
I was of course beginning with the closest summit, YO/EC-252, Piatra Arsă, which is right next to the resort and also has a quite good forest road up to near the summit. Actually half of the road is also paved and leads to the Forrest Administration's hut, so it might be doable up until there by car, but I think you might need a special permit to access this road by car, at least this is what the panel at the entry of the road suggests:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The starting point of the forrest road</td></tr>
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This road is the easiest approach as it gently ascends along the ridge up to the hut, so it is an easy walk, but starting from well over the exit from Pârâul Rece towards Predeal, some can find it a bit too long away, for those there is a shortcut directly from the center of the resort, pretty much in the middle of the forrest up to the hut, from there the normal road can be taken. I also took the latter approach and stopped right at the col, which can also offer some nice panorama towards north with the Schuler (YO/EC-011) in the background:<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Panorama from Pârâul Rece</td></tr>
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Either way, not far from the Forrest Administration's place there is a logging road splitting out from the paved road mentioned earlier, which takes up to the close vicinity of the summit, with about 50m left cut through the forest up to the summit. Which is well pretty much the same full of tree (one large one right at the summit), except for the other side which is a big ravine. Not too much space for an antenna either, just enough to put up the vertical and guy it to the nearby trees. Here's a game of spot the antenna:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The summit of YO/EC-252</td></tr>
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On the other hand, some rocks on the summit form actually a quite nice shack, albeit still a little cold this time of the year:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Shack on YO/EC-252</td></tr>
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It was quite nice pileup in the morning, with several s2s, so time was flying by very rapidly, and I only noticed this, when to my great surprise (and of course annoyance), the radio went silent, as it turned out to my great embarrassment the battery went flat (both the LiION and the internal ones) so that was it for the activation, and also for the rest of the day, as without batteries it wasn't going to be a next summit.<br />
So that was it for today, but at least I could check out the tracks to the summit, so I can give you two possible approaches as I mentioned before:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Track to the summit YO/EC-252 from the 73A road (blue the forrest road, yellow the shortcut)</td></tr>
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