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  • Greenville

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    During my travels through Sierra mountains I found an interesting place. The town is called Greenville and it has a gas station, church, bar, a hotel and a sheriff’s office which is located in the centre so policemen could keep an aye on everybody. And beware, because they have a jail there. You can take a virtual…

  • How (not) to deal with Government Shutdown

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    “There can be nothing in the world more beautiful than the Yosemite, the groves of the giant sequoias and redwoods, the Canyon of the Colorado, the Canyon of the Yellowstone, the Three Tetons; and our people should see to it that they are preserved for their children and their children’s children forever, with their majestic…

  • John „Captain Crunch” Draper: interview

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    Cover photo: checking in on Foursquare Some of you may remember that I started my US trip with a huge blast, which is meeting John „Captain Crunch” Draper, a well known figure of Silicon Valley history, creator of blue box. You can find many „Crunchman stories” on the internet, most of them cover technology and…

  • Burning Man: Few more pictures

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    Wojtek

    Let’s start with this guy waiting to be picked up by an art car. There are many beautiful, huge, amazing, weird, flashy and loud cars that you can hop on. Most of them have decent sound systems, so basically they are parties on wheels. I didn’t even try to get a ride on any art…

  • Yosemite closure & Summit Pictures

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    Did you hear news about „government shutdown” in the US? As a result they are going to close all national parks, including Yosemite. From what I know tourists will have to leave the park before Thursdays afternoon. There is one exception: climbers doing some big wall routes (ones that involve more than one day to…

  • Burning Man: Arriving to Black Rock City

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    Wojtek

    It is high time to go through my pictures from last months and post what is missing. Let’s start with Burning Man. In the morning of 26th August we left Reno. Due to huge fire in Yosemite we got lots of smoke in Nevada. You don’t see red rising sun very often… It is hard…

  • Yosemite Valley

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    I am in Yosemite Valley, world class climbing destination. I had this thing on my mind for a long time so I brought some essential climbing gear and I am basically ready to call it home for the next couple of weeks. On Monday I moved into Camp 4, which is famous campsite inhabited mostly…

  • One good ride

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    Northern California. I was just dropped off on Highway 101 and I am trying to hitch a ride. It’s little bit late and I hope that I will catch something that will take me further. I am on the road for three days now. I didn’t have proper shower since the beginning, didn’t shave as…

  • Highway 101

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    Everytime I travel to San Francisco I cannot get rid of Scott McKenzie out of my mind. And when I finally get there it feels like home. After short and not so fascinating stay in Seattle I hit the road again. I picked famous Highway 101, the road that goes all the way Los Angeles…

  • Popculture trip

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    It is been a long time since last blog update. Despite I had only one official adventure on my mind (which is going to Washington state and going back to San Francisco), many things happend. I believe I left you somewhere in Portland so let me tell you what I was up to since then.…