Samstag, 31. August 2013

John Muir Trail / California (summer 2013)


Hiking the John-Muir-Trail:
never got so blissed!


 The famous Half-Dome....

 Half-Dome (left) and Nevada-Falls....



 Babcock Lake....


... with the best company!!!






Sunset at Evelyn Lake


 Climbing Amelia Earhard-Ridge


 Happy morning near "our" Evelyn Lake camp.





 Near Donahue Pass.


 Thousand Islands Lake and Mount Banner.








Near Iceberg Lake (Ansel Adams Wilderness).



 Duck Lake (John Muir Wilderness).

Lake Virginia (John Muir Wilderness).

 Rose Lake (John Muir Wilderness), one of my favorites!

 Evolution Lake in the evening light.

Early morning at Evolution Lake (Kings Canyon National Park).

On the JMT east from Helen Lake an Muir Pass (upper Le Conte Canyon).

 Unnamed lake near my camp (east from Helen Lake an Muir Pass).

 Upper Le Conte Canyon.

 Hiking down awesome Le Conte Canyon.

 Sunset at the Palisade Lakes (Kings Canyon NP).



Next morning east Palisade Lake hiking towards Mather Pass (Kings Canyon NP).

 Unnamed lake near Bench Lake junction (one more of my favorites!), in the far left Mather Pass and the Upper Basin, in the middle the trail leads to Taboose Pass (to the right southbound to Pinchot Pass).







I guess I should cut my nails a bit......


 Near camp before hiking Forester Pass.

Unnamed Lakes north-west from Tawny Point; in the far middle Diamond Mesa (third last night on the trail an alreaddy feeling sad).





 Picking up "wag-bag" near Crabtree Ranger Station....

 Camp near Guitar Lake (place and tent got flooded next night in the severe thunder-strom).

 On the top of Mount Whitney.

Flooded carpark at Whitney Portal.

Dienstag, 12. Februar 2013

Schneeschuhtour im Engadin

 

7 Tage durch reichlich Schnee und Kälte.

Am Ende waren 1kg weniger auf den Rippen, mit etwas Fantasie sogar 1,5.......




Unsere Unterkunft "Hotel Piz Tschütta" in Vnà.


Dramatische Schlagzeile der Graubündener Sonntagszeitung: 
Abstimmung über das Sein oder Nichtsein....
WAS ZUM HENKER IST GEMEINT????


Am nächsten Morgen - Kaiserwetter.





Keine Fotomontage.


... duch jungfräulichen Schnee - verdammt anstrengend.




















Kleiner rätischer Sprachlehrpfad in Vnà.


"far las bellinas".... sehr hübsch!


Unterkunft in S-Charl.


Und der Texter mit Vorliebe für markige Schlagzeilen hat wieder zugeschlagen.


In der Nähe des Schweizer Nationalparks.








Morgens gegen 9:00h: -23 Grad.





























Kalte Fresse......


























 Letzer Tag: wir starten in Lü, im Val Münstair.


























 Endstation in Sicht: Münstair im Val Münstair.


Der Innenhof des Klosters in Münstair.