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Slovenia: 7 Day Hiking Challenge, Part 4: Ledinski vrh

Sometime last year, an idea popped up, while we were drinking beer. "Let's conquer a 2000 meter high peak every consecutive day in a week with at least 1000 vertical meters of hiking". Stupid or not, we added this to our future plans.

We started with realisation this week and on Thursday our chosen peak was Ledinski vrh, 2108 m.
Attendees: Lovro, Rok and Tuši

This one we attacked in the morning before work. For ascent we chose more demanding Slovenian way past Kranjska koča na Ledinah mountain hut and on our way back we chose the hunter's way.

View down to the valley, from where we started

Rok, Lovro and Tuši

View from the top

Less than 12 hours since the last hike and we continued

7 Day Hiking Challenge, Part 4: Ledinski vrh

Previous days of the challenge: Day1, Day2, Day3.

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Slovenia: 7 Day Hiking Challenge, Part 3: Vajnež

Sometime last year, an idea popped up, while we were drinking beer. "Let's conquer a 2000 meter high peak every consecutive day in a week with at least 1000 vertical meters of hiking". Stupid or not, we added this to our future plans.

We started with realisation this week and on Wednesday our chosen peak was Vajnež, 2104 m.
Attendees: Rok, Vlado, Saška, Lovro, Alenka, Aleš and Tuši

On our way we also conquered Potoški Stol, 2014 m and on a descend we passed by Bivouac on Belšica, 1750 m, an example of stinky deserted building.

View from our first point, Prižnica

Stol, the highest peak of the Karawanks, from Potoški Stol

Neighbouring peaks in Koroška, Ovčji vrh (Kozjak) and Svačica with Klagenfurter Hutte/Celovška koča between them

Our destination, Vajnež and Hera

Another one conquered

 

Posing on the top 

Shepherd Vlado

With the wind

7 Day Hiking Challenge, Part 3: Vajnež

Previous days of the challenge: Day1, Day2.

GeoCaches found:
- Svoboden kot ptica, GC382FE
- Valvasorjev dom pod Stolom, GC4K6K1, where I retreived the trackable item "Fiery Nomad", TB33Y3V

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Slovenia: 7 Day Hiking Challenge, Part 2: Zelenjak

Sometime last year, an idea popped up, while we were drinking beer. "Let's conquer a 2000 meter high peak every consecutive day in a week with at least 1000 vertical meters of hiking". Stupid or not, we added this to our future plans.

We started with realisation this week and on Tuesday our chosen peak was Zelenjak, 2024 m.
Attendees: Rok, Maruša and Tuši

Since we were missing a few vertical meters, we conquered Vrh Ljubeljščice, 1704 m, on our way back to the valley.

Ascent on an ex ski-resort, Zelenica

Looking back from the track to one of our next destinations of this challenge, Begunjščica

From our peak to the East, with Palec being the first neighbouring mountain

Signed in

Maruša, Rok and Tuši

7 Day Hiking Challenge, Part 2: Zelenjak

Previous days of the challenge: Day1.

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Slovenia: 7 Day Hiking Challenge, Part 1: Kladivo

Sometime last year, an idea popped up, while we were drinking beer. "Let's conquer a 2000 meter high peak every consecutive day in a week with at least 1000 vertical meters of hiking". Stupid or not, we added this to our future plans.

We started with realisation this week and on Monday our chosen peak was Veliko Kladivo, 2094 m.
Attendees: Vlado, Saška, Rok, Nada and Tuši

On our way we also conquered 2 side peaks, Malo Kladivo, 2036 m, and Kofce Gora, 1967 m.

All 3 peaks for today are here. We started from the right one, towards the left

Sign that points straight to the peak

Rdeča murka - Nigritella miniata - protected in Slovenia since 1922

Signed

View from the top

Saška, Vlado, Tuši, Rok and Nada

 

Horses and cows on Kofce pasture

7 Day Hiking Challenge, Part 1: Kladivo

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Austria: Glacier Mountaineering Course: Day 2

First day of Glacier Mountaineering Course was behind us (13553) and we were ready to conquer the highest mountain of North Tyrol and 2nd of Austria, Wildspitze, 3770 m. Early self service breakfast in Breslauer Hütte and a liitle past 5 a.m. we were already walking. After first dry meters we started to walk on the snow. We passed the almost extinct glacier Mitterkarferner to Mitterkarjoch, a pass on altitude of 3470 meters. From there we descended to Taschachferner, a nice glacier, where we formed glacial formations. Some lightweight juniors were lucky and they could easily walk on top of new snow, while the snow skin was too thin for others, still we all made it to the end of the glacier and by that time, we were just 10 minutes away from the top of Wildspitze.

We all gathered at the cross at the top of the mountain and after a photo session we started to return back. We stopped for an hour on the glacier, near some cracks, and there we practiced the rescue maneuvers. All filled up with new knowledge, we returned back to the hut, where we packed our backpacks, drank all the remaining liquids, that were safely deposited in the snow and returned back to Vent, where the vans were waiting for us.

Our plan, to stay one more day somewhere around fell into the water, since it started to rain and the forecast was really bad, so we just returned back home. This year we also didn't forget about our fellow Austrian police officers. For speeding we gave them 40€.

 

A little past 5 a.m. we were already on our way 

Glacial lake near the hut

Towards the Mitterkarjoch saddle

Great views were surrounding us

Panorama from the top

Tyrol mountains

We all successfully reached the top of Wildspitze, 3770 m

Glacial formations of 2 and 3

 

Training on the glacier 

Back towards the hut

AO Tržič rocks

We all had great time again

Conquered Wildspitze, 3770 m

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Austria: Glacier Mountaineering Course: Day 1

Our mountaineering section organised a Glacier Mountaineering Course and I joined them. 13 of us gathered in Bistrica pri Tržiču and together we drove over Austria, Germany, back to Austria to Ötztal. We parked our vans in Vent and on our first day we walked to Breslauer Hütte, 2844 m. We hydrated for a while and then our instructor Miha demonstrated, how to properly move on the glacier, how to use the ropes and how to rescue someone if he falls into the crack.

Group of 13 in Vent: Upper row: Tuši, Rok, Žiga, Matic, Jernej, Beno, Matic, Nejc, Metod, Lower row: Johnny, Slavc, Miha, Klara

11 of us continued on foot, 2 of them used the chair lift for 9€, to gain an hour

Sunny day, so even cows were resting

View to the South (Ramolkogel, Spiegelkogel, Talleitspitze and others)

Rofental, a valley that continues from Vent to the West

Our Breslauer Hütte, where we spent the night

Beer at the top

Dry run for tomorrow, where Miha explained the basics for us

Glacier Mountaineering Course: Day 1 - Vent - Bresslauer Hütte

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Slovenia: Cycling Afternoon

Grega, Klemen and me decided a while ago, to cycle the Marathon Alpe trail - http://maraton-alpe.si/. We changed it a bit and we cycled counter-clockwise, with a small shortcut, still we cycled 130 kilometres with a little more than 2000 m of height difference. On the way, my schoolmate Boštjan also joined us, and together we successfully reached all the designated mountain passes, Kranjski Rak, 1029 m, Pavlič pass, 1338 m, and Jezerski vrh, 1218 m. In Zgornje Jezersko Nada joined us and escorted us back to the valley.

Boštjan, Tuši, Klemen and Grega

It just calls to repeat it. We scheduled it for next month, this time clockwise.

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Slovenia: Free Weekend for 3 Men, Day 2

Boštjan, Borut and me were free for the weekend and we decided to go on a bicycle trip with extra hydration stops. Well, 2nd day was more about hiking.

On Sunday, after breakfast Borut and me waited for Boštjan to came out of the valley and then we continued with our men day. Again, we had many stages.
- Stage 1, hike from Dom na Zelenici mountain hut, 1536 m, to Roblekov dom na Begunjščici mountain hut, 1657 m
- Stage 2, that was achieved, was to conquer Begunjčica, 2060 m, and come back to Dom na Zelenici mountain hut
- Beer helped us with our next decision, so we added an extra milestone, Koča na Ljubelju mountain hut, 1370 m. Boštjan was a pedestrian, so he walked there, while Borut and me cycled there. Well, Borut did, but I had a flat tyre, so I left the bicycle on parking lot on Ljubelj and I also continued on foot.
- Last stage... to come home

View from Roblekov dom na Begunjščici mountain hut

We conquered Begunjščica, 2060 m

How to park your bike

Here and there, beer everywhere