Čez Razdol is a 450 m long climbing route in NW wall of
Krn, graded IV/III. Mark, Badžo and me decided to climb it so we started hiking around 7 a.m. from above
Drežnica. In a good hour we were at the start of the route, so we roped up and started
climbing. First
pitch went according to plans and we started looking how to approach the second pitch. Mark and Badžo looked at some plates left from the original route and they decided to climb there and since I was overvoted, I simply agreed. Mark started to climb, he put a few friends and
pitons in the wall and he was already near the end of the 2nd pitch by the tree, touching for the new grip, when it happened. A huge rock, that he was standing on, collapsed. He started to fall down with the rock. First two pitons didn't hold, so he keep on falling. Since I was belaying him, I instinctively jumped back in order to pick up some rope and finally the third piton saved him from falling further. Badžo and me called him and Mark answered. What a relief after 30 meter fall. We calmed down, Mark hurt his ankle, so we called 112 and asked for the
helicopter. After a while, it arrived, the mountain rescue guy picked up Mark and they flew away. Badžo and me descended back to the path and we returned (
Garmin Connect) to our base in
Kobarid. On our way we also picked up some other members of #
CheraHiking group. What a day!
Previous days of our Summer Chera Hiking camp: Day 1 -
16170.
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| Start of the hiking trail. |
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| More hiking with a little bigger backpacks. |
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| NW wall of Krn and our planned route marked with number 22. |
Tuši, Mark and Badžo started climbing the route called Čez Razdol.
We entered the second pitch. We chose the plates and that didn't go as planned.
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| Help from the air arrived. |
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