Pre-dawn purple light at the Kamnik Saddle.
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Planjava and the Kamnik hut.
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Brana in pink.
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First sun rays on Turska gora and Rinke.
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Fiery Rinke.
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Layers of light to the east.
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Light coming from behind Ojstrica.
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The Logarska valley with Mrzla gora.
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More layers.
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There was a bit of climbing around the Kotliči col.
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As we climbed Turska gora, the sun greeted us from behind Planjava.
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Brana and Kotliči.
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Red and green carpet.
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"Sod brez dna" or "The Bottomless Barrel".
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From the top of Turska gora the views to the west opened up: Kalški greben, Grintovec, Skuta.
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Skuta and the three Rinke.
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By then the Kamnik Saddle was out of the shade, too.
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We slowly made our way up and down towards our next goal, Skuta.
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Up in the scree we saw a herd of ibex.
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Karst phenomenon and Sandi.
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Karst landscape.
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On the scree below Skuta.
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Skuta.
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We had to cross one more scree before entering the rock face.
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Then the fun began: more climbing, yay! :)
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On the ridge connecting Skuta and Rinka, there were two climbers.
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They didn't follow a marked trail, obviously. ;)
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The Streža ridge is quite airy with precipices on both sides. The fog, however, prevented us from seeing the abyss to the left.
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Some more climbing before reaching the top.
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Exhilarating!
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At the top of Skuta, looking back towards Rinke.
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Sandi and I at the top of Skuta (2532m).
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Our next goal, Dolgi hrbet, was enveloped in fog.
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Dolgi hrbet is a precipitous ridge, a heaven for climbers.
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Looking back at Skuta.
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Štruca to the left, Grintovec and Dolgi hrbet to the right and Veliki podi in between.
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One delicate, overhanging spot in the ridge provided us with some adrenalin rush.
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Sandi and Štruca.
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At the top of Dolgi hrbet, Grintovec in the background.
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Skuta.
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We started our descent to the Mlinar Saddle.
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Jezersko valley to the right.
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Crossing an almost vertical wall.
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The views from the Mlinar Saddle were fantastic. On the spur of the moment we decided to climb Grintovec as well, even though that wasn't in our original plan.
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Soon, we stood at the top of Grintovec (2558m).
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Fantastic!
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Kočna.
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We had come a long way.
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After an hour of being alone at the top we slowly headed down to the Kokra Saddle.
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The Streha slope.
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Can you see the hut all the way down there?
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Kotliči col looked dramatic.
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Skuta.
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The Kočna bivouac in backlight.
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Our knees were quite sore by then.
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Kalška gora and Kalški greben, our destinations for the following day.
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Mists coming in from the west.
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We couldn't stop taking photos of the wonderfully lit mountains.
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Signs on a rock.
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Sandi and Kalški greben.
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The Cojz hut at the Kokra Saddle.
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The light was becoming sweeter by the minute.
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Sunset.
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At the hut we were greeted by the hutkeeper's golden retriever.
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