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At 4 am on 26th july 1997 the most people had already been sleeping. Two boys from Szolnok ...
An adventurous bicycletour to the Tatra (1997)
Gyorgyigabor2004-02-05 20:06:24
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a fürdés. Estére az évek során hagyományossá vált táborhelyünkre, a fenyõink alá tóltuk fel kerékpárjainkat.
Towards the lake Dedinky where we planned to meet in the afternoon the boys chose – as two years ago – the calm, friendly ascent to the 909m high Sulova saddle. My climb seemed to be hard and steep, and I could realize it; that was really serious. It was 8km long with a ssteepness of about 8-10%. The road was almost empty, so I could really enjoy the nature. The top was at the height of 1030m. On the top I met with a man who carried the women there to gather barries. After the first descent I was bicycling on a light and then middle steep ascent to the 1069m high Grajnar pass. The well surfaced road was athomspheric as it went through the fir tree forest and I could see some flowers and sometimes nice views to the mountains. I arrived at the lake Dedinky a little bit later then I liked it. After the sweltering ascents I enjoyed to swim in the lake, although it was cold. For the night we biked to the edge of the forest in the next valley; that was a traditional free camping site of us during the tour. Our fourth morning started earlier because towards our accomodation in Nova Lesna, at the feet of the High Tatra we planned a lay-by: to visit the large fortress of Spisska. We tried to leave the place under the trees almost untouched, because I never forget the sentence I had read in a village 20kms from my home: „The nature is for us; don’t misuse its trust.” We filled our flasks from a spring. We climbed up to the Grajnar pass through nice forests, on a pleasant sloping road. After having rest in Spisska Nova Ves and Levoca we turned right, towards the fortress of Spisska. Because of the hilly road when we get sight of the castle the boys decided to turn back: „We would have some climbs to Poprad, we shouldn’t cycle more towards the castle. We could visit it by car, when my family would arrive on the following day.”-
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