| lijaneja23. 01. 2026 11:19:22 |
Yesterday the time came to retake my Jalovec makeup exam.
Already in the morning the prospects weren't the best, as at 6:40am, before leaving the car in Planica, a strange figure -16 lights up. Already in the car I gear up like for Siberia, five onion layers, two pairs of gloves, best hat, mask, 'long johns' I already had on from home. Just before start two young guys park next to me, heading to climb the Central icefall. I cross the mirrored icy road without slipping, don't stop at the hut, from there take the left path towards the icefalls mentioned earlier, which are truly magnificent. From there I hoped for some trodden connection to the path to Jalovec, but had to make it myself in full blizzard . No big deal, those half hour went wrong, but the day is quite long. Luckily higher up I hit a ski track and advance high up on it, didn't break through once. Higher it unfortunately disappears, hard in some places, otherwise wind-packed snow, tough to ascend. Below the couloir I switch on the skins, which rattle evenly all the way to the exit. On the saddle I meet the only visitor of the day, already returning from the summit. He mentioned fog on top, well, I avoided it thanks to relatively late start and detour to the icefalls
From here on poetry, fog retreats, path visible everywhere and nicely trodden all the way to the top, where unfortunately it was quite windy. At the summit I stay only good ten minutes, because I was afraid for my fingers, don't even open the thermos, let alone bite into the sandwich. All the time northwest wind was blowing, so on the way back along the ridge, where the path veers a bit off it, I stopped in sunny calm. Luckily the sun wasn't that strong to melt the snow and send rock and ice projectiles into the couloir, as I have a vivid experience from many years ago.
At least half the couloir I descend backwards, my spine still reminds me today. In Tamar I first test what sandwich I made, interesting were the visitors with a baby stroller At the parking lot I get rid of four euros, also stop at Dani's, where with tea (1.60€) and sandwich I cheer for our eagles.
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