A man and his dog
Carpathian mountains, Romania. The path down from Caraiman (2384m) to Busteni.
Saturday in Bucuresti on a business trip with nothing to do in town....
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Carpathian mountains, Romania. The path down from Caraiman (2384m) to Busteni.
Saturday in Bucuresti on a business trip with nothing to do in town. So took an early train to Sinaia, then the cable car up to 2000m and set off on a 15km hike. The mountain scenery is stunning and I was surprised how many people were up there. I only had rough terrain running shoes with me but was better equipped for the conditions than many I saw. The weather was still good but this was probably the last summery weekend of the year. There was warm sunshine most of the way but clouds were funnelling up the east side of the slopes and the summit was lost in cloud. Everything went well until it came to the descent. I had planned to come down a track beneath another cable car that runs down to the next town of Busteni, but hadn’t realised how difficult it was going to be. It dropped relentlessly from 2300m to 900m on steep rock and loose earth. There were frequent sections with fixed ropes and it took me 4 hours to get down. Very hard on the legs, and I noticed the change in altitude as well. The town you can see in the bottom is more or less where I had to get to. Fab day out!
(Ref. 3003, 09/2014, NEX-7, Tamron 18-200 @ 18, f8, 1/160s, ISO 200)
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Saturday in Bucuresti on a business trip with nothing to do in town. So took an early train to Sinaia, then the cable car up to 2000m and set off on a 15km hike. The mountain scenery is stunning and I was surprised how many people were up there. I only had rough terrain running shoes with me but was better equipped for the conditions than many I saw. The weather was still good but this was probably the last summery weekend of the year. There was warm sunshine most of the way but clouds were funnelling up the east side of the slopes and the summit was lost in cloud. Everything went well until it came to the descent. I had planned to come down a track beneath another cable car that runs down to the next town of Busteni, but hadn’t realised how difficult it was going to be. It dropped relentlessly from 2300m to 900m on steep rock and loose earth. There were frequent sections with fixed ropes and it took me 4 hours to get down. Very hard on the legs, and I noticed the change in altitude as well. The town you can see in the bottom is more or less where I had to get to. Fab day out!
(Ref. 3003, 09/2014, NEX-7, Tamron 18-200 @ 18, f8, 1/160s, ISO 200)
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sarahgreenland
February 24, 2015
I love everything about this photo. The dog and the man standing on the cliff. The curves and depth. Stunning!!!
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HuaweiP30Lite
May 02, 2023
It reminds me of Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog: a painting by Caspar David Friedrich.
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