Spent most of the day re-organizing my backpack and trying to reduce its weight as much as possible. Ultimately, I ended up with an 18kg pack (without any water), which was still rather heavy in my opinion. Miron helped quite a lot with this endeavor. Also, I had my boots repaired a bit (i.e. stiched), since each boot had a hole and there was not time to get new ones... At 20:45 I got on the train. I had a sleeping cart.
A few words about the intended route:
My plan was to do three mountain ridges from west to east: Retezat, Fagarasi, and Piatra Craiului. The second contains the tallest peak in Romania (2544m). The idea was to get from Bucharest to the first using trains (about 400km or so north west), then once done with that go off with trains to Fagarasi. The Fagarasi mountains connect to the third ridge and so I intended to connect using my legs. Ultimately that didn’t happen due to not having sufficient time (rain delays) . This wasn’t too bad as I learned that the nicest parts of Fagarasi or on the west to center part, which I ultimately have done.
Layout:
In order to do Retezat properly, one needs a tent as there is no cabin in the very center. Thus this began as a tent oriented hike. Fagarasi and Piatra Craiului can be done using cabins that are laid in “strategic” locations along the way.
Dates:
My return date to Bucharest is Sep 11th (no connection to America…) at which point I am to meet parents and brother, whom I have not seen in 17 and 7 months, respectively. It sort of feels like “The Simpsons” as my brother would be arriving from the US, parents from Israel, and your truly from some god forsaken mountain. Bro will be arriving on early 10th, parents on early 11th, and I sometimes during the day.
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