After a two-year pause here I am again going in the mountains with my
(former) wife;
unfortunately the itinerary chosen by me (with only some 500m elevation
difference when going up - an easy trail as I considered) was considered
to be too difficult by the girls which stated that they no more saw the
beauty of the mountain because of the leg pain :-( . From the southern end
of the Transfagarasan tunnel (2035m) we climbed to the main ridge trail
at Fereastra Balei (2300m) then continued westwards to Saua Paltinu,
Laitel peak up to Caltun refuge ; from here we descended some 200m down
to elevation 1967m ; where these two trails split: I continued alone
to the tunnel in order to retrieve the car while the other four, more
tired, continued down towards Piscu Negru .