Thursday, March 19, 1926 The morning in Las Vegas already felt like a harbinger of a scorching day. After checking out of the Excalibur, my wife and I picked up our car from the self-storage on Robindale—a small act of liberation from the city’s neon bustle. Our destination: Red Rock Canyon. Upon arriving at the […]
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Saturday, August 11, 2023 – 9.2 km | 498 meters of elevation gain We set off at 8:15 a.m. When we step off the train in Kandersteg at exactly 10:00, a veil of clouds hangs lightly over the valley, yet the sun is already breaking through. A promising beginning. We buy our tickets and soon
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21 July 2017 We set out early from Kuźnice, still wrapped in the cool, resin-scented air of the forest. At around 1,000 metres above sea level, the day had not yet fully warmed, and the light filtered softly through the spruce and fir trees. The blue and yellow trails led us steadily upward, their gravel
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23 km · 1,131 m elevation gain · 8–9 hours18 July 2017 We set out very early in the morning, long before the parking lot in Palenica Białczańska filled with cars and voices. The length and seriousness of the route demanded this quiet beginning. We, my wife Hania and our sons Simon and Victor, and
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6 July 2016 After breakfast we left Gardiner and drove south through Mammoth, following the road deeper into Yellowstone. The morning light was clear and warm, and the mountains still carried a quiet freshness, as if the day had only just begun to breathe. Along the way we stopped again and again, because Yellowstone never
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29 May 2023 After finishing the Fossil Discovery Trail, I walk back to the car with the feeling that the day is far from over. From the parking lot along Blue Mountain Road, I step onto the Sound of Silence Trail, a path that promises not fossils, but space, rock, and quiet. The desert receives
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1 September 2019 A soft blanket of clouds hung low over Many Glacier on the first morning of September 2019, when I set out for one of the most unforgettable hikes in my life: the Grinnell Glacier Trail. The air was cool and damp, the colors around Swiftcurrent Lake slightly muted—greens deepened by moisture, the
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3 September 2019 I started the Highline Trail shortly before midday, stepping out onto the sun-washed boardwalk of Logan Pass at 10:30. The air was clear, the sky a flawless blue dome, and the mountains stood sharply against it—so different from the gloom and fog that had hung over the trail three years earlier when
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5th November 2025 Today, I started my journey into Zion Canyon later than usual. My legs were still sore from yesterday’s strenuous hike to Angels Landing, and I wanted to ease into the day. On the drive from Hurricane to Zion, I couldn’t resist stopping several times. The landscape was already breathtaking. The towering Wire
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I left my hotel at Wingate in Hurricane at 6:20 in the morning. The air was still cool, and the horizon had just begun to glow with the first colors of dawn. I was lucky enough to win a permit for Angels Landing the day before, and today was my chance. The park requires hikers
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