| rozka16. 08. 2017 20:36:44 |
Ah, Dunja...wild, steep, precipitous, but still, it hides a beautiful little valley that takes your breath away when you "crawl" with your eyes over impassable gullies, sheer walls and surprised by some flat spot where there's a bivouac, alpine pasture or "remains" of past life...and, it's no longer such a lonely witness to constant traffic, even at night, checked
We meet at Pecol, leave one car (note: put it in the shade so it's cool when we return tomorrow, ahahahaaa... ) and already hurry to the "hotel" under the stars, which was right next to the starting point. Well, I think it's the parking where path 640 also starts, the largest and most spacious in all Dunja, heheee, so no fear of waking up lower
Dinner, "raspberry drink" and yeah, that evening they forecasted a meteor shower night, well wishes fell like meteors...caught four, yay
Morning, coffee and we're already descending to the stream bed, passing the once-standing bridge (note: pic is in bivouac Fisso, under Strma peč) and since the water rose, we went higher, took off shoes and boldly crossed the "rapids", caught the path and already panting up the forest steepness that doesn't let up. In between you peek out of the forest here and there and somewhat uncertainly await what's behind the next step...bivouac Cividale, which surprised me with its height (read lowness ), really stands on an idyllic clearing, above it rise mighty walls of Montaž, Strme peči and views to Naborjetske mountains on the opposite side. Up to here the path, except the steeeepness, without peculiarities, but soon you start feeling the much-sung otherness and when I already thought there'd be nothing to raise adrenaline, well I was wrong ...paths getting narrower, extremely exposed, the end far below and all this starts happening after you've been walking a while, "fighting" the steepness, then a whole ferrata awaits...for me the longest traverse before the ferrata start was the most annoying, really exposed, then Norina, excellently secured and routed and yeah, very airy, as the breeze on your back constantly reminds you there's nothing behind you, literally nothing, hahaaa, but still I sometimes had the courage to peek around, ufff, those walls, those precipices, you just stop, realize the world around you, especially your smallness and you're really just a visitor here, where rawness, extreme steepness, wilderness and chamois prevail, which are a pleasure to watch
We crawled over the grass to the ridge, where the path from Pecol joins and the last ascent to the top of Strme peči awaited us. Since we were the last climbing to the top, note: we decided not to debate the ascent time , aaahhaa, the summit was just ours. Views fantastic, well-deserved snack (read, almost dinner) and descent followed. At the chamois we lingered, as they were moving more towards the top and really a pleasure to watch so close. Otherwise short secured section on descent required care and focus, as it drops almost vertically to "Hell's Gates", then past overhangs and already on traverse No. 621, which took us past the still visible fire, to Pecol.
Yayyy, the companion at the end successfully traded her helmet for "two beers", the car was more than cooled, but not because of shade, but late descent hour, ahahaaa
Well, the tour...this time these times didn't go our way best, hehe, otherwise we took lots of photos and time wasn't an obstacle, but still, the tour is looong, even descending to Pecol. Needs all caution and focus, especially from bivouac on, then whole ferrata + ascent to top, and descent await, but, it's worth it, to walk and feel Dunja, on these rare accessible paths
Sunday 13.08.017
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