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This Saturday we decided to go hiking. Actually "mountaining" might be a better word as we just wanted to go to a mountain somewhere (anywhere) and do mountain stuff on it. To make things more clear and prevent you from getting the usual funny ideas by "mountain stuff" I mean hiking, camping, singing by the campfire.
Anyway...
We went by car to the Cuibu Dorului chalet. After some quick preparations we started hiking on the 18 km road leading up to the Bucegi Plateau and then onward to the Bolboci chalet (in Romanian Bolboci means "bubbles" or something like that). At a crossroad we were directed by a helpful fellow hiker to take a detour that took us through some pretty magnificent scenery but also extended the hike by 4-5 km.
After grabbing some 5 o'clock lunch at Bolboci we started back up towards the plateau, this time on the normal road, just 7-8 km long. At the crossroad atop the plateau Bogdan and my Mother were waiting for us with our bikes. Yes, we raced our way back down to Cuibu Dorului on our mountain bikes. It really was one of our most exciting descents and by far the most off-road of them all. In fact we liked it so much we didn't even stop at Cuibu Dorului and decided to descend on our bikes all the way down to Sinaia.
To sum things up what started from "let's go to the mountains" ended up becoming a 30 km walk followed by a 20 km downhill mountain bike race. Congratulations go to Red for stamina, endurance, bravery and the right amount of insanity. A big thanks to Bogdan and my Mother for actually following through with my crazy bike transportation plan.
And finally a big fat recommendation to all living breathing people on this planet: Go see the Bucegi Plateau and go look upon the Bolboci Lake from the plateau. If you're a lazy SOB at least drive up there but go see these places as they are some of the most beautiful on Earth.
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