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More than a month ago I was on this amazing 8-9 hours hike to some old and new places around the mountains. I was with a friend who was pretty tired because the previous day he had been hiking for many hours to one high and difficult to access peak.He wanted a short hike in order to just spend some time outside. And I was feeling great and ready for an adventure.
So at the end we decided just to start and to see how we both feel and to choose our final destination later, but still it definitely « had to » be a light one. But guess what happens when two People in love with the mountain go on a hike together? Yes I already told you - 8-9 hours hike around some pretty difficult to access places around Rila Mountains, that we both hadn’t visited yet. My friend has a fear of high altitude so he completely disagreed with me when I offered him to continue higher after the first peak that we reached and to make a round hike that passes by the most distinctive peaks of the mountain- the three “Kupeni” peaks. You’ve seen them many times on my photos. But it was so beautiful that after a little hesitation and many talks with other mountaineers(one of them also with the same fear) he agreed to go further.
The terrain was truly tough and a little dangerous that’s why the people were serious and tough too, so he trusted them. I saw with my own eyes how a giant stone almost fell on one other guy that was walking with us, but he managed to jump aside. Nevertheless, the views were just incredibly beautiful! This is the alpine part of the mountain and the shapes of the peaks are truly impressive and they make one feels like being in one of the “Lord of the rings” movies or like on another planet.
I expected a light hike, so I didn’t have appropriate shoes, only the lightest possible five-toes and I walked most of the time with them in my hands.
And guess what? I finally visited The Scary Lake again. It has that name because of the way the thunders sound there because of the echo. After that the enthusiasm that we had started fading away and we felt tired and hungry (we didn’t have any food) but we were happy because it was awesome! It is just an amazing hike for relatively prepared people and not many people visit it, that’s why I would definitely recommend it to anyone who would handle it!
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Greetings from Rila Mountain, Bulgaria!
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I’m a trail runner, I love mountains and these ones are fabulous!
Good post.
Very nice blog again Daniela! I think scary lake should be called beautiful lake when there is no thunder in the sky ;-)
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...could you swim in this lake or is it just too cold?
It is forbidden, but because it is high in the mountains(and there are many many lakes around here) you can always go when there is no one else around, but it is so cold that there are few willing to try :D I hope to do it some day
five toes shoes -> you mean you're wearing Vibram Fivefingers? 😍
OMG, i loved the first photo :)
looks wonderful
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This is a truly amazing hike! I was doing such difficult ones a few years ago.. Now I can't wake up early enough to manage it in one day :D
Beautiful views! I actually love tough routes.. even the ones where you have to use ladders or chains to help you. So much adrenaline!
Some daring there! But i guess that is the excitement. And then, well. Such a beautiful mountain and 'scary' lake.
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Awesome hike and photos, the Scary lake looks beautiful up close.
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I thought only Hobbits walked around in the mountains barefoot. I'm pretty sure you're not a Hobbit so I am obviously mistaken.
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Oh, very beautiful mountain pictures once again.
Thank you very much, Florian!