| ločanka11. 07. 2020 11:12:53 |
Thursday was our lucky day, as we weren't really sure if the planned tour would even succeed. We started at Savica and climbed via Lepa Komna first to Mala vrata, where we took time to admire the surroundings, since on our previous joint attempt a few years ago we saw nothing, just fog . We also checked the possibility of crossing from there via Oslova škrbina to Lanževec. It would go!
We walked along the path that winds to the right of Kal and at the first cairn at the start of the scree turned left up the slope. I can't complain, the cairns nicely guide you through the rocky world towards the top of Kal and we soon reached it. But our goal wasn't just the summit, but also crossing to Velika vrata and then continuing via stone slabs to pl. Lopučnice.
Very soon we realized that the descriptions we had with us didn't help at all, as they mainly describe approaches to Kal from Velika vrata, i.e. from the opposite direction. We stared at the world ahead and it wasn't clear to us where these gates actually are in this world, although both of us had been there once. Well, somehow we figured they must be in the direction between Čelo and Plaski Vogal. Where to start, where to actually direct the first steps? Nothing, we said, we'll stick to that simplest old description from 13 years ago (old PZS records), which says to descend along the old landmarks that silently testify to some old times. And cairns, if we see them, and that's it. We have to try at least, we said.
We circled the eastern summit of Kal (maybe that's Osojni Kal) and descended one level lower, circled a bit more and spotted two landmarks. What luxury, as we knew we were on the right path. Well, not on the path, since there isn't one. Direction is important, the rest is finding passages. Very soon we spotted a gully to descend and of course a cairn directing into it. Happy that maybe we'll succeed after all, we continued hoping to find new landmarks and further cairns. We admired the stone slab we were standing on, marveled at nature's work and watched for the abysses opening up ahead. We jumped over one, but later realized there was no need. Had to go back, but it was a bit harder.
We didn't look much into the distance, had enough to do determining the forward direction. Where is that stone ledge mentioned by Peter2 and funnyboy, we wondered.
In the view, Glava za bajto had incredibly approached us, and with that the feeling that Velika vrata must be nearby. And indeed it was, suddenly we stood above them and a feeling of happiness overwhelmed us. We were saved and the goal achieved, we could already say, the day was perfect!
The descent via equally breathtakingly beautiful stone slabs was still awaiting us, on which we walked more relaxed by then, then the return via pl. Lopučnice and Komna back to Savica. Of course, without beer at Dom na Komni it wouldn't do, how could it, as we had almost 1800 m elevation behind us and walked total around 19 km.
Of course, we met no one in this stone world between Lepa Komna and Lopučnica, with combined forces we managed this loop, and I don't think it was the last time, next time maybe in some other variant.
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