YO/ON4KCY/P
SOTA ACTIVATION IN BUCEGI MOUNTAINS, Romania
August 2019
I initially planned the activation of YO/MC-007 followed by YO/MC-217. Due to changing weather conditions with a forecast of thunderstorms in the afternoon, I decide to review the hike to be able to find some shelter during the descent following the valley.
I finally activated YO/MC-217 Colton Obârsiei 2485m and YO/MC-006 Omu 2508m.
The parking of Pestera is a pretty starting point for this beautiful hike.
A steep start with about 30% ascent for the first km bring us to the cable car of Babele @2000m.
From Babele, just follow the path in the direction to Omu.
A quick visit to the Sfinx and to the Babele monument was a must.
The hike to the summits goes on the plateau up to 2500m is easy.
Unfortunately, a lot of fog limits the view to sometimes around 20m.
Almost arrived in YO/MC-217, we had drizzle. At the summit, quite a lot of wind is blowing and the visibility improved a little.
I start the activation in CW. No RBNhole on sotawatch are coming.... my mistake, I forgot YO is in time zone UTC+3 when uploading the alert !But all came good after the first spot and the activation ended successful.
The hike to the next summit took just one hour without other difficulty than a descent followed by a next ascent on a good indicated walking path.
In YO/MC-006 Omu, the temperature is dropped to some 4°C with a cold wind and some drizzle.
Also there, I had a FB activation.
The descent along a deep valley was beautiful and once below +/-2000m, the visibility improves.
Back to the parking Pestera as planned at 1800 Local time.Thanks chasers for making this double activation successful.
CU to the next SOTA
Yves, YO/ON4KCY/P
