Mountains revisited: theory in field practice

Month: February 2022

  • The Way the Mountains Feel

    I would say I have a good relationship with the mountains, even though I am not a hiker. I like them mostly for the atmosphere there always is and the pristine nature. When I am in the mountains i feel like I am somewhere else, where are only rules of the nature and one has…

  • Call of the Mountains

    Mountains mean stability. Everything in our lives can change, but mountains will always be there. I believe that is why they play such an important role in our history. Since ancient times humans look for a little piece of magic in things they cannot control, my favourite example would be formatting star constellations. Although, unlike…

  • Peaceful Hills

    Being an inhabitant of a small town on the foothills of Orlické hory, I’ve had mountains watching over me ever since I was born. In this short blogpost, I would like to contemplate the meaning that mountains have to me and what role they play in my life. Thanks to my parents and their love…

  • Mountains, escape and challenge

    Since my childhood I always preferred to play outside in the woods rather than to play football, I always wanted to make a tree fortress and I also managed to make one. It was not necessary in the mountains, however, I always enjoyed hiking, walking and nature in general and I never really cared, where…

  • Mountains, memories, and freedom

    From dawn until dusk, I was surrounded by green landscapes, soft sounds, and colourful flowers while growing up. I started climbing trees as soon as I was tall enough to grab a branch and reached the top. The smell of wet earth reminds me of rolling on the grass under the pouring rain with my…

  • Mountaining connections

    When I’m asked about my relationship with mountains, what I think of first have to be my earliest memories. My parents took me and my brother to the Alps when I was about three years old, we were hiking, cycling, and exploring and I was ecstatic as I could be. What I liked the most…

  • guided

    Inhale. Exhale. The warm feeling of the first rays of the spring on the eyelids. The crunch of snow underfoot.  Alone, yet not lonely.  Clear sky, clear air, clear soul. I am here. At this moment. Reconnected.  Closer I am to the top, the more surrealistic it feels. As my muscles filled with blood get…

  • A Place of Focus

    For as long as I can remember, I have mostly associated mountains with beauty and mystery. The ability to go off the trail and discover a new place, perhaps one that has not been touched by any other human before, is exhilarating. Yet there is one particular feeling which is very close to me when…

  • Mountains

    I have never been that type of person who got crazily enthusiastic about anything and I still think I am not. I grew up in the countryside sorrounded by mountains and I was in contact with them on daily basis, that is maybe why I took them for granted. Now, I live in the city…

  • What it feels like to conquer a mountain

    I think I’ve always had a great ‘relationship’ with mountains. Because I was born and have lived all my life in Šumava, nature and mountains in particular are constantly part of my life. However, what might be slightly surprising is the fact that although I live just a couple of miles from a great ski…