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The Triglav is the highest point of Slovenia and of all
Ex-Yugoslavia. An elite group of salsa dancers (Réka and
Attila) decided to go to see it on a long week-end in
August 2001. As it happened, I knew Réka and Attila from
the salsa group and they asked me if they want to join
the tour. The organisation was very spontaneous ("we'll
drive down on an afternoon and drive back three days later
in the evening") but as I like spontaneous things
I said yes. I knew that Slovenia was just the next country
but I did not think that it is so easy to reach the Slovenian
Alps in just some 5 to 6 hours - an ideal program for
a long week-end.
Our destination was Bohinj a small town next to a beautiful
lake in middle of the mountains where we had our accommodation.
We reached Bohinj on time, we had a comfortable sleep
and the next day we left for to the Triglav hut that is
the starting point for climbing Triglav. As the peak is
not even 3000m high the climbing can be done in 2 days
and it is lacks snowy and icy sights unlike tours to higher
peaks of the alps (e.g. in Switzerland). Never the less,
it is a 2 days intensive walk passing through gorgeous
landscapes. As the weather was very hot we started to
sweat as soon as we started climbing the first hillside.
Fortunately this climbing lead along the falls of a small
river that that created small basins and we could not
resist. After I took a bath Attila and Hofi folloed too:
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| After some more nice places, without bathing though, we
reached the Triglav hut and spent there another comfortable
night. The hut is a rather big house and is situated directly
under the face of Triglav. The peak does not seem to be
further than a 2 hours' walk on a rocky hillside with huge
signs showing the right way. It is impossible to miss the
way, still there are several memorials of different accidents
all the way up. |
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Even with a break... |
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| ...the 2 hours estimation seemed to be right and we reached
the peak before noon. The centre of interest on the peak
is the metallic cabin for climbers who may not be able to
descend on time and be caught in a storm on the top of the
mountain. In the meantime people have decorated it so much
that now it more resembles to an advertising column on a
street and would in no way be able to accommodate those
hundreds of climbers who visit it on a sunny week-end. Fortunately
the peak is rather spacey and flat allowing climbers to
have a rest, eat and take photos of each other. I did so
too. |
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| Hofi showed a profile suitable to be the cover of his
new solo album (when he will have one sometime). |
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| When we started our descending I was the last one from
the group to leave the peak so I could take pictures of
the others walking in the skies. The way down lead through
the valley of the seven lakes that is said to be one of
the nicest places of Slovenia. |
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| As I am just setting up my website, I don't have the pictures
of the end of our tour yet, but if you are excited to see
them, come to visit my site regularly :-) |
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