"Idź w góry, a otrzymasz ich dobrą nowinę. Pokój Natury popłynie do ciebie tak jak światło słońca płynie ku drzewom. Wiatry wwieją w ciebie swoją świeżość, a burze dadzą ci swoją energię, podczas gdy troski (tego świata) odpadną od ciebie jak jesienne liście." John Muir (1838-1914), szkocko-amerykański naturalista i propagator tworzenia parków narodowych, współzałożyciel organizacji ekologicznej Sierra Club.
niedziela, 6 grudnia 2020
niedziela, 22 listopada 2020
Cross-country in Victoria Golf Club
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.
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.
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…
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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.