 Most viewed - September 2009
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Another ibex.651 views
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Heading towards the Planja saddle.651 views
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Above Pastirci the weather still looked promising.651 views
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We climbed all sorts of rocks just to pose ... ekhm, to get a better angle for a photo. ;)651 views
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Red and green carpet.651 views
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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.651 views
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The clouds and fog only came from the south.650 views
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Every now and then the fog cleared a bit.650 views
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The shady woods didn't offer much relief from the heat because the air was so sultry.649 views
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As we climbed Turska gora, the sun greeted us from behind Planjava.649 views
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The trail follows the ridge.649 views
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Down the grassy slopes.648 views
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Jaka braving his pain.648 views
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The path is winding and steep.648 views
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Light coming from behind Ojstrica.648 views
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Everybody at the hut enjoyed the wonderful late afternoon light.647 views
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Looking back towards the hut and Mt. Pihavec.647 views
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Our knees were quite sore by then.647 views
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A detail.646 views
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I just barely caught the last sun rays.645 views
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Cloudy.645 views
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We slowly made our way up and down towards our next goal, Skuta.645 views
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Grintovec.645 views
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Prehodavci.644 views
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An ibex at breakfast.644 views
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Sandi and I at the top of Skuta (2532m).643 views
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Jezersko valley to the right.643 views
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A chunk of the mountain crashed down a couple of years ago.642 views
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The last, relatively gentle slope to the summit.642 views
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Planjava and the Kamnik hut.642 views
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Kotliči col looked dramatic.642 views
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The larches are still green.641 views
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From the top of Turska gora the views to the west opened up: Kalški greben, Grintovec, Skuta.641 views
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Last look of Mt. Triglav before descening to the other side.640 views
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Karst landscape.640 views
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After an hour of being alone at the top we slowly headed down to the Kokra Saddle.640 views
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It was getting dark fast.639 views
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Velika planina.639 views
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We had lunch below the Razor rockface. Yes, we came down this way. :)638 views
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Sandi and Štruca.638 views
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Soon, we stood at the top of Grintovec (2558m).638 views
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The top of Brana at 2253 meters.637 views
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We had to cross one more scree before entering the rock face.637 views
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At the top of Dolgi hrbet, Grintovec in the background.637 views
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Kalška gora and Kalški greben, our destinations for the following day.637 views
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At the saddle we had to make a sad, but reasonable decision: due to Jaka's injured knee we would have to skip Razor and head straight down towards Vrsic.636 views
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One delicate, overhanging spot in the ridge provided us with some adrenalin rush.636 views
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But there was more climbing ahead of us - going down.634 views
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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.634 views
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Smarna gora in the distance.633 views
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Kamnik Saddle and fog.633 views
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The trail goes below the summit and offers great views of Mt. Prisojnik.632 views
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Sandi and Kalški greben.632 views
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At the top. It was probably raining on Krvavec.630 views
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On the scree below Skuta.630 views
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Dolgi hrbet is a precipitous ridge, a heaven for climbers.630 views
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First sun rays from behind Mt. Razor.629 views
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The trail was a bit slippery from the rain in the past days.629 views
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Our next goal, Dolgi hrbet, was enveloped in fog.629 views
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Mists coming in from the west.629 views
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A quick snap with my small camera propped on a bench before I raced down.628 views
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The ideal conclusion of every hike: jota with sausage! :)627 views
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Panorama.626 views
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Looking back towards Kamnisko sedlo.626 views
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After about 20 minutes I reached the meadows below the steep slopes of Kamniski vrh.625 views
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At the hut we were greeted by the hutkeeper's golden retriever.625 views
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The trail to Vrsic on the southern flanks of Prisojnik. Mt. Bavski Grintavec and Jalovec in the background.624 views
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Pre-dawn purple light at the Kamnik Saddle.624 views
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It was scorching hot.621 views
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Bivouac below Grintovec.621 views
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Signs on a rock.621 views
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Another summit we had to leave out - Mt. Prisojnik. But there will always be other opportunities, so no worries. :)620 views
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From the steep trail the view back was wonderful. The meadows were bathing in the late afternoon sun.620 views
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Last traces of orange in the sky.618 views
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Brana and Kotliči.618 views
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A short ascent before reaching the Gladki rob ridge.617 views
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Fiery Rinke.614 views
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End of day.613 views
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Looking back at Skuta.613 views
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They didn't follow a marked trail, obviously. ;)612 views
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Sunset.612 views
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Some more climbing before reaching the top.611 views
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First sun rays on Turska gora and Rinke.610 views
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Layers of light to the east.610 views
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Štruca to the left, Grintovec and Dolgi hrbet to the right and Veliki podi in between.608 views
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Can you see the hut all the way down there?608 views
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We started our descent to the Mlinar Saddle.607 views
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Tired Sandi. :)607 views
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Last Sunday I decided I needed to stretch my legs again. This time it didn't look good and I was praying not to get soaked.604 views
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We could see the trail up Planjava that we were going to take later.601 views
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The Cojz hut at the Kokra Saddle.596 views
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We couldn't stop taking photos of the wonderfully lit mountains.592 views
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