(see here a complete description of the marked trails in the Fagaras range as well as an interactive map)
SUMMER 2007
- July 14th: Fagaras. 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 .
People: Adriana Feraru, Nicoleta Puscasu, one more person.
SPRING 2004
May 29th: Fagaras. Again we've left the car at Piscu Negru; the intial plan called for us to
reach Caltun Lake then on the main ridge until Capra Saddle then descent
towards Capra Chalet. The nightfall was supposed to get us somewhere ardound
the middle of the itinerary. The first part of the trek, up to
Caltun Lake was uneventful; we did not realise that we should turn back
due to abundant snow so we continued towards Capra . Somewhere in the
middle of the main ridge trail, between Laita and Paltinu peaks, we finally
realised that we cannot go on so we decided to turn back. It was already
3am and the moon disappeared so we took a 2 hour break, until 5am, on
absolute darkness. Even after resuming the march we've had probles;
we decided to descend thru Paltinu Valley 
; here the abundant snow caused
us futher problems. Finally, after lots of adventures, we've reached the car
the second day around 1.30pm (the initial plan called for us to reach it
just after midnight - so we were late by more than 12 hours!)
People: Marian Feticu, Irina Gligor, one more person.
SPRING 2003
- May 25th: Fagaras. Circular trip from Piscu Negru - Caltun Lake - main ridge - Strunga
Doamnei
- Negoiu Peak - Caldarea Berbecilor 
- Lespezi valley 
.
One of the two
dangerous trips of 2003; I lost the path when returning (even having map
and GPS!) so I had to go/climb some boulders 
and for the final part I
got half an hour of heavy rain.
Alone.
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