I’m back from the 2019 Transylvania field recording expedition. 10 days in the Romanian wilderness passed incredibly fast in excellent company. Field recording, hiking, bear tracking, bear avoiding were on every day’s menu along with rain, frost, sunshine and an incredible amount of wildlife. (Speaking of menu, the food was another one of the trip’s highlights.)

Setbacks

It’s not all perfect though. Before the official start of the expedition I do a short recce trip to one of the locations we were supposed to visit and am dismayed to find that there’s extensive logging going on. A forest that was very dear to me, harboring several species of owl, bison, deer, eagles and other fascinating wildlife had now become unrecognizable. There are huge piles of logs everywhere, with small trees having been cut and strewn on the slippery road so as to provide traction for large vehicles.