Articles tagged as "2008"
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{% load ucastnici %} {% ucastnici_en exp.ucastnici.all %}New expedition begins
{% load imgs %} {% load micawber_tags %} {% img "images/expedice/over_2008/denik/01/1_Odjezd.jpg" "Poslední kontrola zavazadel na letišti Ruzyně a letíme směr Jižní Amerika-Argentina, Praha, 5.ledna 2008" "224x350" "crop" "right" %} After ...Burning Mendoza
{% load imgs %} {% load micawber_tags %} We landed smoothly in Buenos Aires according to schedule at 9 p.m. No problems with customs at all. We chose this destination ...Cordón del Plata (Part I)
{% load imgs %} {% load micawber_tags %} Before leaving Mendoza on Wednesday 9 January we could hardly wait to see the sunrise. We left several kilos of unnecessary equipment ...Cordón del Plata (Part II)
{% load imgs %} {% load micawber_tags %} Hoyada After the previous climb by nearly 700 metres, we have put in rather a milder dose for Sunday (January 13). From ...Before Leaving for Aconcagua
{% load imgs %} {% load micawber_tags %} Back from acclimatization in Cordón del Plata we’ve got just one day to get everything ready. We have to buy entry permits ...Aconcagua - 6962 m (Part I)
{% load imgs %} {% load micawber_tags %} Not a bad start As already mentioned, the departure for Aconcagua on Friday 18 January 2008 was a bit hectic. No sleep, ...Aconcagua - 6962 m (Part II)
{% load imgs %} {% load micawber_tags %} Mr. K2 Morning in the Camp 1 feels fine. The weather got better, the sun appeared and the clouds stay somewhere down ...Spidermen and other madmen
{% load imgs %} {% load micawber_tags %} Back in Mendoza we checked our weight again in a nearby pharmacy. It turned out that we have lost the most during ...Viajar à la Alemán
{% load imgs %} {% load micawber_tags %} When leaving Aconcagua, we had only one thing in mind - steaks. Preferably asado al horno, which means a fair pound of ...Aconcagua (false polacos route)
First, one should say that we spent an excellent acclimatization in the Cordón del Plata region. We slept a couple of days in altitudes above 4000m and made it to ...Córdoba
{% load imgs %} {% load micawber_tags %} After four weeks of roaming in the backcountry and discovering the natural beauty of Argentina we switched to a bit of urban ...Cataratas del Iguazú
{% load imgs %} {% load micawber_tags %} Visit to the Iguazu National Park is first of all a visual experience. That’s why so many pictures in this article. {% ...Buenos Aires
{% load imgs %} {% load micawber_tags %} The plane of Aerolineas Argentinas (Austral) took off and we had a bad luck. We were on the other side of the ...Cordón del Plata
{% load micawber_tags %} Short version of article was published in the magazine Lidé & Hory č. 1/2009. A lot of articles about the importance of acclimatisation were and will ...Expeditions tagged as "2008"
Over the Top 2008
Our first attempt to climb the highest mountain in the Americas in 2006 failed. But Aconcagua (6962m) cast such a spell on us that right from then on we were ...Peru 2008
It was a girls´ ride (Eva and Milena). In addition to the traditional tourist attractions of Machu Picchu, the Nazca geoglyphs and the like, we wanted to look into the ...Support Us
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