niedziela, 22 listopada 2020

Cross-country in Victoria Golf Club

 


On invitation from the Vice-President, Mike, a big group of our club members joined him for cross-country skiing in Royal Victoria Golf Course. All the prominent club members were there, namely:

środa, 18 listopada 2020

Foto-Konkurs 2020 Photo Competition

Dear Friends, it is this time of the year when we look at the photos and try to relive all these exciting moments of the 2020 Mountain Season. In other words it is time for our traditional ... Photo-Contest! A few of the sponsors confirmed to me the willingness to award prizes in the categories named after them. Others, didn’t withdraw. The exciting news is that we will have a new category – “Video with a twist” sponsored by Beata and Andrzej Jędrych.

 
It looks the 2020 Photo Contest will happen in the following categories:
 

A – „Ludzie i góry” – Barbara and Witold Krzymień Award – “People and the mountains”

B – „Górskie krajobrazy” – Roman Lipiecki Award – “Mountain landscapes”

C – „Humor górski” – Michał Trzecieski Award – “Mountain humor”

D – „Góry po obróbce” – Michał Kańtoch Award – “Mountains enhanced”

E – “Górskie archiwalia” – Yanek Wójcik Award – “Mountain archives”

F – „Górski selfik” – Elżbieta Tomczyk Award – “Mountain selfie”

G – „(Piękna) Kobieta na tle gór” – Marek Kucmierz Award – “(Pretty) Woman in the mountains”

H – “(Sexy) Mężczyzna na tle gór” – Bożena Maciaszczyk Award – “(Sexy) Man in the mountains”  

J – “Pocztówka z wakacji – Amaze me!” – Jacek Maciaszczyk Award – “Postcard from vacation – Amaze me! 

L – “Wideo z przekrętem!” – Beata and Andrzej Jędrych Award – “Video with a twist”

M – „Górska flora i fauna” – Bożena and Jacek Wojno Award – “Mountain flora and fauna”

K - "Najlepszy komentarz" - Ania Kupnicka Award – “The best commentary”

X - "Najlepsze zdjęcie roku" - Grand Prix Prezesa – “The best picture of the year”

czwartek, 5 listopada 2020

Sirens of the Little Manitou Lake (SK)

 


Toward the end of October, a group of us went for the traditional healing retreat to Little Manitou Lake in Saskatchewan, also known as the Dead Sea of Canada (I mean the lake, not the province). The chemical composition of the water seems to be particularly beneficial for the conditions such as arthritis, which also can be described as the "aching of the bones." After a busy and successful season - yes, lot of the bones seem to be aching, at least in my body. 

The water also appears to beautify women! A few sirens we met were quite attractive and radiating with the joy of life!

poniedziałek, 12 października 2020

Moose Mountain or Swan Lake "balety"

 10 October 2020

Moose Mountain, 2437 m, is a popular mountain in Kananaskis region, southwest from Calgary. It featured in the award winning movie "Brokeback Mountain," which, as you all know, is about a love of one man for another. The trail is 13.8 km long (return, guidebook), or 16 km according to my GPS. The altitude gain is roughly 600 m, which makes this moderately strenuous trail very popular. 


The trail was closed until 30 September for some upgrades to the observation post. That is why, perhaps, when we arrived around 10:00, we barely found a parking spot. Again we were blessed by the participation of some young people - Paulina, Tomek and Minhi, talented doctoral students, took the opportunity to explore our wonderful Canadian mountains. 

 

Jebel Toubkal, Atlas Mtns, Marocco…23-24.10.2019 (by MK)

Wyprawe na Mt. Toubkal wymyslila Basia…

Mając w kieszeni wcześniejsze wejście z Krzysztofem na Kilimanjaro (5895 m n.p.m.), zdobycie szczytu Toubkal (4167 m n.p.m.) najwyzszej gory w Północnej Afryce, w górach Atlas wydawalo sie wiec dziecinna igraszka. Trzeci do grupy “dopisal” się Piotr, który przy najbliższej okazji namowil i mnie. Tak wiec sformowana naprędce czwórka zaczęła pospiesznie planowac wspolny wyjazd…


Szukając dostępnych wycieczek, wybraliśmy dwudniowa wyprawe na Toubkal, 23-24 października, 2019 ze startem w miejscowości Imlil, 60 km na poludnie od Marakeszu.

wtorek, 6 października 2020

Kayaking trip on Coal Lake, AB, or how not to listen to the weather forecast.

We are enjoying a very nice October this year and, so far, it seems to be a fine month. To celebrate our wonderful Canadian fall, we decided to go kayaking to one of the lakes nearby on October 5, considering that it might be one of our last trips this year.
This time we decided to explore Coal Lake. Initially, the plan was to go in a larger group, maybe as many as 10 kayaks and to form a nice flotilla. Alas, some people could not make it and some others declined on account of an "iffy" weather forecast that was calling for showers that day. Oh, boy! were there ever wrong, as it turned out to be a really nice day, after all.

Only three of us Young Poles decided to go in the end, including (forever young) Roman, Piotr and Mike.

    

Roman knew this lake quite well, as he was there several times in the past. For Peter and myself, it was the first time.

Coal Lake is located in a valley between two hills, just south of Leduc and north of Wetaskiwin, which is only about 25 minutes drive from the Airport.  The lake itself is about 11 km long and 500-1000 m wide.

 The lake itself snakes through a beautiful forested valley that looked absolutely spectacular at this time of the year with the golden colours of the season.