{"id":4258,"date":"2016-07-21T20:13:00","date_gmt":"2016-07-21T18:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/potulnauniverzita.cz\/2016\/07\/21\/pout-krkonosska-2\/"},"modified":"2022-07-06T17:26:19","modified_gmt":"2022-07-06T15:26:19","slug":"pout-krkonosska-2","status":"publish","type":"aktivity","link":"https:\/\/potulnauniverzita.cz\/en\/aktivity\/pout-krkonosska-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Krkono\u0161e pilgrimage: journey from Prague to Sn\u011b\u017eka"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Summer wanderings<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Krkono\u0161e pilgrimage: journey from Prague to Sn\u011b\u017eka<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

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hiking from Prague to Sn\u011b\u017eka \u2013 via M\u011bln\u00edk, Koko\u0159\u00edn, Bezd\u011bz, Pojize\u0159\u00ed and Bohemian Paradise<\/p>\n\n\n\n

dedicated this time to the poets Kamil Bedn\u00e1\u0159 and Robinson Jeffers<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

August 19-29, 2016<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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"How many winds have blown through the century? Hope always burns, but the smoke! ...No, holy fools, don't waste your time with your love of life There is something more than smoke A mustard seed of love A universe without a fence"\n\u2014<\/strong> Kamil Bedn\u00e1\u0159, Holy Fools<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
We see this year's great M\u00e1chov pilgrimage from Prague to Sn\u011b\u017eka as a tribute to poets Kamil Bedn\u00e1\u0159<\/strong> (1912-1972) and Robinson Jeffers <\/strong>(1887-1962). Both were sensitive to the upheavals of the 20th century and warned of the possible decline of civilization, which they saw in the disconnection of humanity from nature and the cosmos. Robinson Jeffers programmatically sought his poetry outside himself, searching for something permanent, "to lean on." On the California coast at Cape Big Sur, where he lived, he found the natural beauty of stones, rocks, the ocean, the sky and stars, which spoke to him in the language of poetry; he perceived wild nature as his partner and true speaker in dialogue; the natural beauty of things represented for him "the basic work of poetry." He discovered the soulful nature of the living earth and realized that it was an integral part of it. Kamil Bedn\u00e1\u0159, who congenially translated Jeffers's poetic work into Czech, also became a "poet of the earth" at the end of his life: in his garden in M\u011bln\u00edk, where he found a creative refuge, he concentrated on a conversation with flowers and birds, with Mount \u0158\u00edp, with the sun and the moon. We will get to know the friendship of the two poets and read some of their poems - first in Prague on Kampa, then in M\u011bln\u00edk in Kamil Bedn\u00e1\u0159's former garden, in the beech forest on Houska and in the Gothic chapel at Bezd\u011bz Castle. \u2014 I believe that poetry offers us a wonderful way to establish an intimate relationship with the world of nature. It seems like the time has come to fall in love with the outdoors, listen to the earth, poeticize it, and discover a new \u201clanguage of relationships\u201d in our daily lives.  <\/p>\n\n\n
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\u201c\u2026 love the beauty of the universe, not man separated from it, otherwise you will share in the pitiful confusions of man, or you will drown in despair when man\u2019s days become dark.\u201d\n\u2014<\/strong> Robinson Jeffers<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
On Friday, August 19:<\/strong> We will meet at 10 am at Charles Square <\/em>at the lower fountain, near the house where the poet Karel Hynek M\u00e1cha lived. From here we will set off on the planned route of the Prague poets' journey to Vy\u0161ehrad, then along the embankment along the Vltava River to the National Theatre and further across the Legion Bridge to Kampa to the house where the poet Vladim\u00edr Holan lived. Here, under the "Holan plane tree", we will remember the forgotten poet and excellent translator Kamila Bedn\u00e1\u0159e<\/strong>Let's read some poems from his early poetry collections (History of the heart<\/em>etc.), or his poems dedicated to Prague. From Kampa we will go up the slope of Pet\u0159\u00edn to the statue of Jaroslav Vrchlick\u00fd and further through Prague Castle, Chotkovy sady to Letn\u00e1. We will end our journey at the Alchymista caf\u00e9 in Letn\u00e1, where we will hold an impromptu lecture around 2 pm. Poets of the Earth Robinson Jeffers and Thomas Berry <\/strong><\/em>(SW). The event is expected to end at 4 p.m.  <\/p>\n\n\n
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"For a long time here from M\u011bln\u00edk, my \u0158\u00edp, I have been looking at you until I myself become you. And suddenly, strengthened by the wine of destruction, I straighten up and stand up and like \u0158\u00edp, I climb up to the sky..."\n\u2014<\/strong> Kamil Bedn\u00e1\u0159, \u0158\u00edp and I<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Pilgrimage of the Giant Mountains<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
We will embark on our own journey on Saturday, August 20th at 8 am from the observatory in L\u00e1dv\u00ed<\/strong>. The best way to get here from the center of Prague is by metro to L\u00e1dv\u00ed station, from there on foot to the L\u00e1dv\u00ed observatory on a beautiful rocky promontory with an iron cross. From L\u00e1dv\u00ed we will follow the yellow sign to \u010e\u00e1blice and from there along a dirt road to Zdib. Further to Zdibsko, Sedlec and through the forest to Panensk\u00e9 B\u0159e\u017eany, where we will see the beautiful Baroque chapel of St. Anne by architect Jan Bla\u017eej Santini. From there we will head to \u010cenkov and through the charming natural monument Kope\u010d and Net\u0159ebsk\u00e1 slaniska we will reach Ob\u0159\u00edstv\u00ed on the banks of the Elbe. Here we will have lunch and then cross the Art Nouveau bridge at \u0160t\u011bp\u00e1n and along its course we will reach the confluence of the Elbe with the Vltava under the chateau in M\u011bln\u00edk. We will spend the night under a broad canopy on the other bank of the Elbe in the Ho\u0159\u00ednsk\u00fd park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sunday, August 21st <\/strong>We will meet at 8 a.m. at the viewpoint above the confluence of the Vltava and Elbe rivers at the M\u011bln\u00edk castle. From there, we will follow the red M\u00e1cha path sign towards Chloumek and, at the site of the gardening colony, we will visit the former the garden of Kamil and Emilie Bedn\u00e1\u0159.<\/strong> We will remember their stay here and the experiences of Kamil Bedn\u00e1\u0159 in M\u011bln\u00edk, which he depicted in his charming book. A friend's garden.<\/em> We will read Bedn\u0159's poems and his translations of Jeffers' poems. We will then travel through Chloumek to Lhotka, to Harasov, Koko\u0159\u00edn and S\u00e1l via Vojt\u011bchov, Ole\u0161no and R\u00e1j to Houska. We will visit the beech grove behind Houska Castle, the Na konci sil pub and go down to Hostince pod Houskou. We will spend the night under a big tree or in an inn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Monday, August 22 <\/strong>we will go through Borejov (<\/em>where we will visit the Church of St. James the Elder with a modern altarpiece of the pilgrim St. James the Greater), \u017dd\u00edrec and Okna na hrad Bezdez;<\/em> we will visit the beautiful Gothic chapel here, where we will read Kamil Bedn\u00e1\u0159's poem "Song for Two Voices".<\/strong> Then we head to B\u011bl\u00e1 pod Bezd\u011bzem and from there follow the blue trail through Bitouchov to the ruins of Zv\u00ed\u0159etice Castle, where we spend the night. <\/p>\n\n\n
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\u201cThe tides still pulse in our blood, the stars still reflect in us, this life is your offspring. But I sense something older, more permanent, more complete within me: The power of the Eye that surveyed all long before the ocean was formed.\u201d \u2014 Robinson Jeffers: At the Continent\u2019s End<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Tuesday, August 23 <\/strong>we will set off along the Jizera River to Mal\u00e1 B\u011bl\u00e1 and then through Nov\u00e1 Ves to the Ra\u010dov National Nature Monument with moorland meadows and wetland alders, around the St. Prokop spring through the Kloko\u010dka field to the Hradi\u0161t\u011b nad Jizerou Monastery and to Mnichovo Hradi\u0161t\u011b. From there we will continue along the red trail to the Bohemian Paradise, first to M\u00e1cha's favorite rock castle Vale\u010dov and then along the green trail to the Kom\u00e1rovsk\u00fd pond, where we will swim. We will then set off along the green trail and then along the red trail to the Kost Castle, from there along the blue trail through Dob\u0161ice to Vyske\u0159, in front of which we will spend the night in a meadow by the forest. If it is clear, it will be possible to observe the starry sky without light pollution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wednesday, August 24 <\/strong>We will ascend the Stations of the Cross to the chapel on Vyske\u0159 (466 m above sea level) and from there we will continue along the blue trail to Hrub\u00e1 sk\u00e1la and then along the red trail to Trosky. From Trosky along the green trail and then along the red trail through Mlad\u011bjov to the rock castle of Pa\u0159ez, near which we will spend the night in a rocky overhang.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thursday, August 25 <\/strong>we will follow the green trail through the Prachov Rocks to Prachov and from there follow the blue trail through P\u0159iv\u00fd\u0161ina, Brad and Kbelnice to Ji\u010d\u00edn, where we will have lunch. We will visit the Wallenstein Loggia and Zeb\u00edn. In the evening we will follow the green trail to \u017deleznice and further through Bradleck\u00e1 Lhota and the ruins of Bradlec Castle to the ruins of Kumburk Castle, where we will spend the night.  <\/p>\n\n\n
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"With the beauty of things we ascend to the heavens and with the contradiction of our years we fall to where Dante awaits paradise and man \u2014 the cosmic center." \u2014 Kamil Bedn\u00e1\u0159, \u010cervnov\u00e1 zahrada<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Friday, August 26 <\/strong>\u2013 we will hike along the red trail to Nov\u00e1 Paka and then continue along the red trail through Radkyn\u011b to Pecky. From there, follow the yellow trail under Jelen\u00ed h\u0159bet to Borovnice and further under \u010cisteck\u00e1 h\u016fra (586 m above sea level), where we will spend the night at the edge of the forest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Saturday, August 27th <\/strong>we will follow the yellow path over \u010cisteck\u00e1 h\u016fra to \u010cist\u00e1 and from there we will continue along the dirt road to Bukovina u Studenec and further along the road to Studenec; from there we will follow the red path to Str\u00e1\u017en\u00edk hill (630 m above sea level). From Str\u00e1\u017en\u00edk, follow the blue path to Martinice v Krkono\u0161e and to Horn\u00ed Bran\u00e1. We will pass Horn\u00ed Bran\u00e1 to Valte\u0159ice and from there we will follow the blue path to the foot of the Krkono\u0161e, where we will spend the night in the meadows under the forest (we will possibly sleep in our makeshift hayloft).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sunday, August 28 <\/strong>We will follow the blue trail to the K\u0159\u00ed\u017eovka crossroads on the border of the Krkono\u0161e National Park and from there the yellow trail to P\u0159edn\u00ed \u017dal\u00fd (1018 m asl). We will continue along the ridge along the red trail to \u010cern\u00e1 sk\u00e1la (1038 m asl) and further to Mechovinec (1074 m asl) and Horn\u00ed M\u00edse\u010dky, from where we will descend along the red trail to \u0160pindler\u016fv Ml\u00fdn, where we will have lunch. From \u0160pindler\u016fv Ml\u00fdn we will set off along the yellow trail through the B\u00edl\u00e9 Labe Valley to Lu\u010dn\u00ed bouda. We will spend the night at the Lu\u010dn\u00ed bouda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Monday, August 29 <\/strong>We will climb to the sunrise on Sn\u011b\u017eka (1602 m above sea level). From the top of Sn\u011b\u017eka we will descend via Ob\u0159\u00ed D\u016fl to Pec pod Sn\u011b\u017ekou and from there we will return by bus to Prague. Or we will take the road via Horn\u00ed M\u00edse\u010dky to Horn\u00ed Mar\u0161ov and from there by bus to Prague.  <\/p>\n\n\n
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\u201cIt flows from mystery to mystery\u2014there is no beginning, and how could there be? Nor an end\u2014how could there be? The stars sparkle in the sky like a shower of waves that fly to nonexistent shores, and the unknown music sounds forever, \u2026\u201d \u2014 Robinson Jeffers, How Beautiful It Is<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
NOTICE<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
If you do not go with us for the entire journey, you can join us anywhere, preferably at the main points of the route (M\u011blnik, Houska, Mnichovo Hradi\u0161t\u011b, Ji\u010d\u00edn, Pecka, \u0160pindler\u016fv Ml\u00fdn, etc.) and go with us for as long as you want. We do not provide accommodation in advance. We sleep under the stars. If you want to insure your accommodation, please book it yourself. We recommend that you bring blister plasters with you. Everyone is free to travel and is responsible for themselves. We only ask for tolerance towards other pilgrims.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bus service on August 29 from Pec to Prague<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Pec pod Sn\u011b\u017ekou \/ departure: 13:20 \u2013 Prague, \u010cern\u00fd most \/ arrival: 16:33 departure: 14:37 (transfer Vrchlab\u00ed) \u2013 Prague, \u010cern\u00fd most \/ arrival 18:35 departure: 15:37 (transfer Svoboda nad \u00dapou, Trutnov) \u2013 Prague, \u010cern\u00fd most \/ arrival 19:43<\/p>\n\n\n\n
CONTACT<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
  • Ji\u0159\u00ed Zem\u00e1nek, sarvanga@centrum.cz, mobile: 777 117 466<\/li>
  • Vladimir Dr\u00e1bek, drabekvladimir00@gmail.com, mobile: 602 646 665<\/li>
  • Tom\u00e1\u0161 Hr\u016fza, tomashruza@gmail.com, mobile: 775 052 607<\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"featured_media":5057,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[10],"class_list":["post-4258","aktivity","type-aktivity","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-velke-machovske-putovani","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/potulnauniverzita.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/aktivity\/4258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/potulnauniverzita.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/aktivity"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/potulnauniverzita.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/aktivity"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/potulnauniverzita.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/potulnauniverzita.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/potulnauniverzita.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}