| lijaneja27. 07. 2020 07:09:29 |
The weather again dictated my plans, so I left home already the afternoon before yesterday. To avoid possible afternoon thunderstorms, I slept in the bivouac at Kočna - alone, like a king on Betajnova. At half past six I leisurely head to the scree, legs woke up only at the wall entrance, where all-day enjoyment started. Windless, proper morning freshness, and total silence lured me first to the western, little-known summit Na Križu 2484, then according to the plan I set a few days ago. The walk to the entry to Kokrška Kočna, to Jezerska Kočna, is less than half an hour. Note that the anchor pegs of the cables are pulled out in several spots, but do not hinder progress much. I linger longer on Jezerska Kočna, enjoying solitude there too and watching the Grintovec summit swarming with people. Well, my turn came too, no acquaintances up top, two pics and I continue to Mlinarsko sedlo. Brief stop on Mali Grintovec 2447, as the path goes over it. Scrambling to Dolgi hrbet was the icing on the cake in great conditions on dry rock. Marks are very faded here, but pegs and cables are excellent. The ridge continuation to Štruca drags. The descent to Veliki Podi is wrongly marked on the Grintovci map, as you do not drop from Škrbina 2408 as shown but must continue several tens of meters toward Štruca. At the top of the scree above Podi, I change to shorts on a grassy patch and dash to the bivouac under Grintovec, the sight saddened me again. Upper door destroyed, floor burnt... what scum hangs in our mountains?? Let them go to the Dolomites and wreck property there.
Below the bivouac (five mins) I fill water, in a good half hour I am mixed with the tourist crowd before Cojzova koča. Countless cars in Konec, road excellent, even removed the prohibition sign below...
Yeah, no snow anywhere anymore, except in some hollow.
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