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  The Romanian Mountains Page
It is one of the most frequented mountain resort in Romania, largely because of its modern sports infrastructure, including artificial skating ring, riding center, two 80 m high ski-jumps, and 12 downhill and slalom courses - one of them with artificial snow.
The sub alpine climate with pure, ozone-rich air attracts hikers and skiers alike, the latter descending slopes from 1100 m to 850 m.
Numerous marked trails lead to the Fantanele, Dochia and Izvoru Muntelui chalets, the Bicaz reservoir and the bizarre shapes of the eroded crags of Ceahlau, mysterious geological formations called megaliths which inspired the ancient Dacians to whom the mountain was their "Mount Olympus", abode of their supreme deity, "Zamolxis".
www.pages.drexel.edu /~bm39/INFO652/Project/mountains.htm   (1009 words)

  
 Perfect Tour  >> MOLDAVIA'S MONASTERIES TOUR   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Moldavia is the historic province situated in the east of Romania.
At the foot of Ceahlau, the present church of the monastery Durau was built in 1853.
In 1993 right on the mountain Ceahlau, the monastery bearing his name was sanctified.
www.perfect-tour.ro /en/int_tour/mold_monast.html   (871 words)

  
 Untitled   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
The Prince ("Voevod") of Moldavia's mountains, Mount CEAHLAU of venerable name stands apart among all Carpathian ranges for its fairly tales.
Climbing it means to climb the stairs to paradise and once on its top the visitor is overcome by its heavenly perspective.
Moreover in Ceahlau still lives the lynx(Lynx) which become scarcer in Europe.
www.ici.ro /romania/en/traditii/ceahlau.html   (243 words)

  
 Ceahlau   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
The well marked hike trail to the top of the mountain will take you to some of the rustic cabins that can offer you shelter - Fintinele, Dochia or Izvorul Muntelui.
It is not only the legend that says that in a sunny day one can see the mighty Danube from the Ceahlau top, more than 350 km away.
On your way to the top, don't miss the Duruitoarea waterfall that offers a great treat with its impressive height of 25 m.
students.missouri.edu /~romsa/destinations/html/ceahlau.html   (176 words)

  
 Best Tours of Transylvania - Magic Mountain Tour
The magic quality of this Mountain has been known from before Christianity, and preserved encoded into a yearly folk event, always in August: “The Celebration of Mount Ceahlau”.
Prince Dimitrie Cantemir of Moldova, a scholar of European repute called Ceahlau, in his “Descriptio Moldaviae”, “a monastery in the guise of a mountain” – for its many hermitries and monasteries.
Said Cantemir: “had the antique historians known of the legends of Ceahlau, it would have been more famous than the Olympus”.
www.transylvaniatour.com /magic-mountain-tour.htm   (734 words)

  
 Radio TRINITAS - The Celebration of the Mount
It is the celebration of the mount (in the popular calendar), but in the Christian calendar we find the celebration of the Transfiguration, the dedication day of the monastery on the Ceahlau Mount.
Monday, August 6, 2001, on the day of the Transfiguration, His Eminence Daniel, Metropolitan of Moldavia and Bukovina, His Excellency Casian, Bishop of Dunarea de Jos served the Holy Liturgy at the Monastery on the Ceahlau Mount whose dedication day is the Transfiguration.
Tuesday, August 7, 2001, on the celebration of St. Teodora of Sihla, His Eminence Daniel, Metropolitan of Moldavia and Bukovina and His Excellency Casian of the Bishopric of Dunarea de Jos, served the Holy Liturgy at the Sihastria Monastery, in the church dedicated to St. Teodora of Sihla.
www.trinitas.ro /radio/stiri/admin/news.php?data=2001080802   (292 words)

  
 Silvermoon || Shadows Over the Ceahlau Massif   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
They let him feed them, treat their injuries, and even occasionally mount them to soar over the canyon and ravines.
Although he had not substantial evidence, he couldn't shake the feeling that his dream was somehow related, as was the reason for Peter and Angela's trip to Romania.
Although Durau wasn't far, the entire trip was uphill, and as they circled the serpentine Lake Bicaz, the Ceahlau massif just beyond, the rain only fell harder.
www.helenvader.net /silvermoon/stories/ceahlau.php   (9195 words)

  
 Discover Romania - Moldova   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Durau, Ceahlau, sunt zone pe care cei ce le viziteaza sunt mistuiti de dorinta de a le revedea.
Doar in Muntii Ceahlau, te simti mai aproape de Dumnezeu si ti-e teama de Batrana Dochia sa nu te trezeasca din reverie, aparand aievea printre razele soarelui care razbat printre crengile falnicilor stejari ai lui Stefan.
On beautiful, clear days there are several places in Iasi from where you can see the Ceahlau Mount, the most renowned in Moldova, which, according to legends, was the home of Zamolxe, the supreme god of the dacians.
www.valcea-turism.ro /VLTur/Turism/docs/d_moldova.htm   (880 words)

  
 Magic Mountain
Ceahlau is an isolated mountain on the Moldavian side of the
Dinner at the monastery of Durau followed by a bonfire and recitals of the legends of Mt. Ceahlau.
The fauna is particularly rich with Carpathian stags, brown bear, wild boar, chamois and capercailie making it a paradise for lovers of nature.
www.beyondtheforest.com /Pages/DRAC7.html   (958 words)

  
 EER TOURISM
In the same area of the southern Carpathians there are Sinaia, established as a winter resort in the 1870s, with ski slopes and a bobsleigh run; Predeal with 15 pistes and Busteni, also a centre of alpinism in summer.
During the warm summer the cable-railways in the winter resorts are put to work for hikers, while other activities, like riding, tennis, fishing and canoeing, are at home.
Nearby Mount Domogled is a 60,000 ha protected area, while the Semenic Mountains have a few small ski resorts.
www.eertourismro.8k.com /custom.html   (1704 words)

  
 Geography - BUCOVINE.com
Many work were to realize in order to avoid the floods, dams on 363 km; It is the direction of Water SIRET based with Bacau which deals with its catchment area, most important is in north of the country.
The source of the river of Bistrita (called Bistrita Gilded or Moldavian to make the difference with the other Bistrita river which is an affluent of the Naps, it course the department of Bistrita Nasaud) is in the Rodnei mounts, located in the North-East of Carpates Eastern, in the department of Bistrita-Nasaud.
It traverses the Calimani Mounts, the Ceahlau mount, with its megalithic stones and its plates, the Mount Rarau and Haghimas, with clusters of rocks, the Tarcau Mount with its notched peaks.
www.bucovine.com /en/pages/geography.shtml   (767 words)

  
 AIBF NET InfoNetwork - Carpathian Mountains - Alps of Romania   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Its placement is picturesque, the hotel facilities are a little bit older, the ski-tracks are provided with a chair-lift and have a long lasting snow layer; its clients are those loving nature's beauty and deep quietness.
At the foot of the legendary Mount Ceahlau, near the waterfall "Duruitoarele" and next to an old small and secluded convent, the resort Durau developed in the 80's as the newest mountain resort in Romania.
Alexandre Dumas once wrote "The Ghosts of the Carpathians", being deceived by the obsession of the noise of the waterfall Duruitoarele.
aibf-net.go.ro /romania/carpati.htm   (598 words)

  
 SUMMER FESTIVALS, Romania Tourist Information and Travel Guide at InfoHub.com
On the second Sunday of June, folk from some thirty Banat settlements attend the Nedeia of Talcalsele at Avram Iancu ; and another village with the same name is the base for the famous Girl Fair of Mount Gaina, held on the Sunday before July 20.
The highlanders of Oltenia gather for the similar Polovragi Fair on July 15 or 20.
On the first Sunday people from Maramures, Transylvania and Moldavia meet for the great Hora at the Prislop Pass to socialize, feast and dance in their finest costumes; a week later, the Festival of the Ceahlau Mountain is held at Durau near the shores of Lake Bicaz.
www.infohub.com /destinations/Europe-&-Russia/Romania/92746.htm   (665 words)

  
 Search and Rescue :: Emergency Services   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Search and rescue (acronym SAR) is an operation mounted by emergency services, often well-trained volunteers, to find someone believed to be in distress, lost, sick or injured either in a remote or difficult to access area, such as mountains, desert or forest ("Wilderness search and rescue"), or at sea, whether close to shore or not.
The term can also be applied in urban situations when young children or senile people wander away from their homes and cannot be found.
Rescue: We are a mounted horse unit trained in first aid, CPR, land navigation, personal and equine survival and other outdoor skills.
www.gourt.com /Health/Public-Health-and-Safety/Emergency-Services/Search-and-Rescue.html   (3410 words)

  
 Travel-Tourism Gallery   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
The mountains cover a third of Romania, and their spectacular crags - peppered with Gothic citadels and isolated hamlets - offer a tantalising glimpse back in time.
Among the highlights are the precipitous gorge at Turda and the stunning Prahova valley in the eastern Carpathians; the extraordinary rock formations of Mount Ceahlau and the Valley of Hell in the western Apuseni mountains; and the Babele Sphinx, with its wind-carved grin, in the southern Bucegi range.
Some of the best walking is to be found in the Fagaras mountains, 50km west of the city of Brasov.
www.artukraine.com /travel/carp_guide.htm   (2214 words)

  
 Romania Highlights - Churches & Monasteries
After Tudor Vladimirescu’s Revolution, it became an important centre of the fights sustained by the Greek people against the Ottomans.
The Art Museum houses a collection of embroidery, carpets, religious objects, a wooden cross brought from Mount Athos, manuscripts, printings, including the Homily of Bishop Varlaam, the first book printed in Moldavia.
Location: in Ceahlau village, at the feet of Ceahlau Mountain, one hour away from Duruitoarea waterfall.
www.romaniahighlights.ro /monasteries_full_moldova.htm   (2601 words)

  
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 The Sugar Quill
He hadn't rested comfortably in two days, his journey had been interrupted by too many worries to count, and the more he neared the Ceahlau massif, the more his anxieties grew.
The number of questions multiplied, and where Charlie thought he has stumbled upon answers, he found only empty speculation.  As his uncertainties mounted, his head began to throb, so Charlie turned his thoughts in another direction, one in which he had more confidence.
I was obviously mistaken, to think that he was a miner.
www.sugarquill.net /read.php?storyid=1404&chapno=1   (9491 words)

  
 Web Resources Directory - Search and Rescue
Mount Desert Island search and rescue teams with capabilities ranging from ground based searches with people and dogs to high angle technical rescues.
An organized group of volunteer professionals in Eastern Massachusetts who conduct emergency suburban searches.
Overview of Romainian mountain rescue service, as well as information, maps, and pictures of Ceahlau National Park.
www.medications.com /go/dir/274611   (1283 words)

  
 RomaniaGuidebook - Activities
Popular areas are Bucovina, Ceahlau and Bicaz Gorge, the Apuseni mountains and the Banat Mountains.
The Danube Delta is home to hundreds of species of birds from late Spring until mid-Fall, including fl pelican colonies, purple herons, spoonbills, ospreys, cranes and cormorants.
The Piatra Craiului Mountains have the greatest bio-diversity and their white peaks present a gorgeous Carpathian picture.
romaniaguide.tripod.com /activities2.html   (1472 words)

  
 Mirago : Health: Public Health and Safety: Emergency Services: Search and Rescue
Jefferson County Mounted Search & Rescuescue - We are a mounted horse unit trained in first aid, CPR, land navigation, personal and equine survival and other outdoor skills.
We use well-trained horses capable of searching to locate downed aircraft, hunters or hikers lost in the woods, or respond to other emergency situations.
Mount Desert Island Search and Rescue - Includes mission statement, meetings, and training for volunteer team in Maine.
www.mirago.com /scripts/dir.aspx?cat=Top/Health/Public_Health_and_Safety/Emergency_Services/Search_and_Rescue   (2650 words)

  
 Bicaz colegialas Bicaz   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Bicaz is a town in Neamţ; county, Romania situated near the confluence of the Bicaz and Bistriţa and near the Lake Bicaz, an artificial lake formed by a dam on the Bistriţa.
The town is also a tourist resort, and a point of departure toward the Mount Ceahlau or Cheile Bicazului, two important touristic destinations in Romania.
Beside the tourism, Bicaz is the site of one of the biggest cement plants in Romania, Carpat Cement owned today by the german company Heidelberg Cement.
www.find-ask.com /Encyclopedia/Bicaz/Bicaz.html   (315 words)

  
 Radio TRINITAS - From the working agenda of His Eminence Daniel, Metropolitan of Moldavia and Bukovina
Sunday, August 5, 2001, His Eminence Daniel, Metropolitan of Moldavia and Bukovina will serve the Holy Liturgy at the Durau Monastery and the service of vigils at St. Anthony's Skete, at Stanile, near Ceahlau.
Monday, August 6, 2001, His Eminence Daniel, Metropolitan of Moldavia and Bukovina will serve the Holy Liturgy of the Transfiguration at the monastery on the Ceahlau Mount, a monastery that is dedicated to this celebration (Transfiguration).
Tuesday, August 7, 2001, on the celebration of St. Teodora of Sihla, His Eminence Daniel, Metropolitan of Moldavia and Bukovina will serve the Holy Liturgy at the Sihastria Monastery in the church that is dedicated to St. Teodora of Sihla.
www.trinitas.ro /radio/stiri/admin/news.php?data=2001080301   (164 words)

  
 Fireworks UK: sales, safety,parties,show diary,photographs etc
Jefferson County Mounted Search and Rescue - - We are a mounted horse unit trained in first aid, CPR, land navigation, personal and equine survival and other outdoor skills.
New York Search and Rescue - - Includes history, services, schedule, contacts and links for this volunteer search and rescue team serving the lower Hudson Valley of New York State and surrounding areas.
San Mateo County Sheriff's Mounted Search and Rescue - - Volunteer equestrian search and rescue team in California.
www.fireworks.co.uk /links/worldwide-links/index.php?browse=/Health/Public_Health_and_Safety/Emergency_Services/Search_and_Rescue   (2593 words)

  
 JOHN NOBLES GOES TO THE CRIMEA. (Page 61)
GERMANY Always used to look forward to their autobahns, but mounted on a huge trail bike they are best described as death traps.
The country was smashing, smiley people, green forests, fertile plains land, clean rivers and no problem with petrol.
Come lunchtime, south of Mount Ceahlau I left the deserted and baking road, crossed a small stream and climbed a small hill into the shade of a forest.
users.rio.com /tynda/Page61.html   (3665 words)

  
 Health/Public Health and Safety/Emergency Services/Search and Rescue -- The Doctors Lounge(TM)
We are a mounted horse unit trained in first aid, CPR, land navigation, personal and equine survival and other outdoor skills.
Overview of Romanian mountain rescue service, as well as information, maps, and pictures of Ceahlau National Park.
Provides search and rescue services for the Mount Baldy area.
www.thedoctorslounge.net /dir/Health/Public_Health_and_Safety/Emergency_Services/Search_and_Rescue/index.cgi   (1689 words)

  
 Counsels from Contemporary Romanian Elders: To Laypeople, Monastics, and Clergy
Those who lived from the time of Adam until the giving of the law on Mount Sinai will be judged by Christ by the law of the conscience, which is given to man at his birth, and which is called the natural moral law.
The third law, by which the Hebrews alone will be judged, is the written law of Moses, which was given to him on Mount Sinai.
The fourth is the law of Grace, or of the Gospel, given to us by Christ, by which all Christians will be judged.
www.orthodoxinfo.com /praxis/counselromanianelders.aspx   (10209 words)

  
 In One Search - Start your search here
We are a multi-faceted SAR team based in the Southeastern US.
We field fully capable ground searchers as well as several dog teams and mounted teams.
A multi-discipline volunteer search and rescue group in Iowa.
www.inonesearch.com /directory.php?cid=274611   (1283 words)

  
 LavaCUBED \Health\Public_Health_and_Safety\Emergency_Services\Search_and_Rescue   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Includes description, missions, corps news, photo gallery, and how to help.
Jefferson County Mounted Search and Rescue - We are a mounted horse unit trained in first aid, CPR, land navigation, personal and equine survival and other outdoor skills.
San Bernardino County West Valley Search and Rescue - Provides search and rescue services for the Mount Baldy area.
www.lavacubed.com /new.cats.php?path=/Health/Public_Health_and_Safety/Emergency_Services/Search_and_Rescue   (2412 words)

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