Monday, 21.10.2024 Koliba Príslop – Podšíp → 24,9 km ↑ 1402 m ↓ 1568 m – total 91,9 km At 3am I wake up because I’m warm, so I take off the down layers. But then I need to pee, so I go outside, where the moon’s shining completely clear, and I wake Jozef in…
Sunday, 20.10.2024 Salaš pod Chyžkami – Koliba Príslop → 24,2 km ↑ 1501 m ↓ 1859 m – total 67 km Alarm’s at 6am, but it’s still dark outside, so we push it back 30 minutes. Then it starts getting light. I photograph the colored sky from the tent. I scrape the frozen condensation off…
Cabanka – Salaš pod Chyžkami Saturday, 19.10.2024 → 33,3 km ↑ 1364 m ↓ 1227 m – total 42,8 km After 10 hours of sleep we get up at 6:30am. Slept like royalty. Even though it’s only 5°C in the hut, changing feels easier than last night. We pack all our things and go down…
Koruna Turca is a route over 200 km long with more than 11000 meters of elevation gain. The loop runs through the Malá Fatra, Veľká Fatra, Žiar and Kremnické vrchy mountain ranges. We’d had this hike on our radar for a few months, but the right time to actually do it only came now. The…
1.4.2024 Monday Bobek – Korcháň → 31,67 km – total 178,31 km After a solid night’s sleep we’re up at 5:45am, feeling reasonably fresh. My feet are worse though, I have to stretch them a bit before I can even stand. I change, we pack up, and go have breakfast in the shelter. It’s maybe…
31.3.2024 Sunday Lookout tower above Hrabové – Bobek → 42,62 km – total 146,64 km We keep the alarm at the same time, and we definitely feel the time change. On top of that I was tossing and turning all night. Today’s going to be a hard one. Jozef takes a few more photos of…
30.3.2024 Saturday Javorinka pass – Lookout tower above Hrabové → 44,96 km – total 104,02 km The wind blows all night, so the rustling tent walls keep waking me, but I still manage decent sleep overall. We’re up before 6am. Jozef makes coffee, Asian instant noodles, and chia porridge for me. We pack up while…
29.3.2024 Friday Rokoš – Javorinka pass → 35,43 km – total 59,06 km Getting me out of the sleeping bag this morning is a superhuman feat. It’s freezing and I have zero desire to get up. Jozef’s had coffee brewed for ages already, and I finally pull myself together, pack up and climb down. I’ve…
28.3.2024 Thursday Partizánske – Rokoš → 23,63 km This morning I’m still thinking whether we’ll actually go through with the plan that came to us last time we were in Kysuce — walking from Partizánske all the way to Kysuce, on foot. The forecast looks decent, just windy. I start getting our stuff together. It’s…