Tuesday, 22.4.2025 Sedlo Hliny – Oravská Polhora → 33,5 km ↑ 1811 m ↓ 1945 m – total 131,5 km Last night we’d talked about whether we’d try to make today’s last bus from Oravská Polhora to Kysuce. We had the ambition, but I forgot to set the alarm, so we get up at 6:40am…
Monday, 21.4.2025 Sedlo Príslop – Sedlo Hliny → 39,5 km ↑ 1869 m ↓ 2016 m – total 98 km I slept like a rock the whole night. We wake up at 6:15am with no alarm. We’ve got a long day ahead of us today, so we get straight up. I walk barefoot on the…
Sunday, 20.4.2025 Vojty Lazy settlement – Sedlo Príslop → 35 km ↑ 1619 m ↓ 1418 m – total 58,5 km The first rays of sun wake us before 6am, but it’s nice and warm in the sleeping bags and we really don’t feel like getting up, so we doze off for another hour and…
Easter’s here, and once again we’ve planned a multi-day hike around Slovakia. Even though the snow’s already melted even in the high mountains, we decided to head into unfamiliar territory, from Korcháň to Babia hora. Because of the weather we start on Holy Saturday. The plan is to cover almost 130 km in 5 days….
9 days, over 230 km and 12 500 meters of elevation Malá Fatra, Veľká Fatra Kremnické Vrchy a Žiar 3 nights in a tent, 4 nights in a shelter, 1 night in a hut Well, this hike really went well for us! We started off unsure whether we’d even finish it, but the further we…
Sobota, 26.10.2024 Saturday, 26.10.2024 → 19,7 km ↑ 749 m ↓ 629 m – total 236,1 km We get up at 6:30am again. It’s fairly warm in the shelter. I catch up on the blog while eating on rolls with ham, Jozef has with bacon. To drink we have black tea and coffee too. There’s…
Friday, 25.10.2024 Útulňa Javorina pod Kľakom – Útulňa SNP Sklené → 40,5 km ↑ 1420 m ↓ 1761 m – total 216,4 km We get up at 6:30am. Slept nicely, warm in our sleeping bags. I lie there and finish writing the blog. Jozef gets breakfast ready. First he hands me bread with Pali pâté,…
Thursday, 24.10.2024 Chata Javorina – Útulňa Javorina pod Kľakom → 28,6 km ↑ 1663 m ↓ 1913 m – total 175,9 km Alarm’s at 6:30am. Jozef got up before it went off and started waking me. Didn’t exactly put me in a good mood, I hadn’t slept that well. We pack our things and go…
Wednesday, 23.10.2024 Chata pod Chlebom – Chata Javorina → 35,4 km ↑ 2167 m ↓ 2159 m – total 147,3 km We actually manage to get up at 6am. It was fairly warm overnight with occasional gusts. The tent’s completely soaked with condensation and all our things are damp. We change straight away, Jozef gets…
Tuesday, 22.10.2024 Podšíp – Chata pod Chlebom → 20 km ↑ 1815 m ↓ 1136 m – total 111,9 km Again we both go pee around 3am and get up at 6:30am. We pack fairly fast and have bread with salami for breakfast. It’s noticeably colder this morning because of the humidity, so I have…