(see here a complete description of the marked trails in the Fagaras range as well as an interactive map)
SUMMER 2010
July 18th: Fagaras. By train, minivan and hitchikking (separately) we managed to assemble
at Piscu negru around 1.30pm. From here we trekked towards
Podeanu-Florea saddle 
- caldarea Berbecilor - Strunga Dracului avoiding trail
- Strunga Doamnei 
- main ridge trail 
(here the sun was setting)
with descent to Negoiu Chalet peste Strunga Ciobanului 
and Piatra Pranzului 
.
My initial estimate of 9 hours with reaching Negoiu chalet around 10-11pm
proved entirelly optimistic, in the end we arrived at
Negoiu chalet at 4.20am next morning, after nearly 15 hours
of walking. After an 8-hour sleep the following day we descended to
Porumbacu .
People: Andreea Soare, Alex Carp, Emil Georgescu.
SUMMER 2005
- September 11th: Fagaras. When descending four days before the Strunga Dracului I decided to visit the
place again, together with Strunga Doamnei. To reach them I've chosen two
path rarely used and the result was a nice day out. After parking the car &
wife at the Piscu Negru Chalet I've climbed the Lespezi Valley
(this marking is not mentioned on older maps) until it crosses
the trail which climbs from Arefu to Negoiu
; from here
I've descending thn climbed the other side of Caldarea Berbecilor ,
until the top of the Strunga Doamnei, which I descended , then I climbed
Strunga Dracului ; finally the return was on the Negoiu-Arefu trail until
the Podeanu-Florea saddle from where I took another trail to Piscu
Negru .
Alone.
SPRING 2004
- May 8th: Fagaras. I was fouled by the small amount of snow in the Iezer range a week before so
I thought one can climb one of the gentle trails which reach the Fagaras
main ridge from south. Mistake, there was plenty of snow there so I had to
come back. Car left at Piscu Negru then walk to Podeanu-Florea saddle ;
here the original plan called for the reach of main ridge next to
Lespezi Peak but it was changed to a climb on a secondary foot of
Podeanu Monutain
up to some 2130m where lots of snow started to appear.
The descent was again by Saua Podeanu-Florea then unmarked thru the forest
towards the Transfagarasan road. I had the luck to find a trail with a
forestry or shepherds' marking and the bad luck to exit the mountain on the
wrong side of Capra River so I had to cross it (a bit dangerous).
Alone.
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