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On Saturday it was already all dry. From the saddle onwards you step on snow twice, but you can avoid it.. due to the heat it was also soft. I started at 11 o'clock, shorts and t-shirt all the way to the top. The trough or tap with water at the hut is blocked with a stick, so you need a bit of ingenuity. Nice trip and good luck

Hoka is a bad choice for serious rocks. The sole is so soft that sharp rocks almost cut it in half. Plenty of pics on the net Especially Speedgoat model. Of all models, Mafate has the hardest sole. Runners have 10 pairs of shoes and use the more worn ones (400km+) for hills. Due to thick sole and better cushioning they're also poorly stable and you can easily twist ankle. Especially downhill running.. Cheaper and very quality for me is Nike Zegama 2, has Vibram sole and raised gaiter.. Grips very well on rocks, only can be hot.. Twice a year on official site under 90€. For 10 years I've also used Inov8 shoes. Not so popular here and often discounts online under 100€. Sole is very good, not so cushioned and good ground contact.. But like all sneakers they wear at toe mesh.. So I advise against running shoes just for rocks, only if you plan to use for training on local hills and midweek hikes.. In rocks you'll destroy it before 200 km..

Regards

Hoka is a bad choice for serious rocks. The sole is so soft that sharp rocks almost cut it in half. There are tons of pics on the net Especially the Speedgoat model. Of all models, the Mafate model has the hardest sole. Runners have like 10 pairs of shoes and then use the more worn-out ones for hills (400km plus). Because of the popularity of the thick sole and better cushioning, they are also very unstable and you can easily twist your ankle. Especially when running downhill.. A cheaper and very high-quality version for me is the Nike Zegama 2; it has a Vibram sole and raised gaiter.. They grip very well on rocks; the only issue is they can be hot.. Twice a year you can get them on the official site for less than 90€. For 10 years I've also been using Inov8 shoes. They are not so popular here and often there are sales online for less than 100€. The sole is very good, not so cushioned, and you have good ground contact.. But like all sneakers, they wear out at the mesh by the toes.. So I advise against a running shoe just for rocks, only if you plan to use it for training on local hills and midweek hikes.. On rocks you'll destroy it before 200 km.

Regards

Hoka is a bad choice for serious rocks. The sole is so soft that sharp rocks almost cut it in half. You have plenty of pics on the net Especially the speedgoat model. Of all models the Mafate has the hardest sole. Runners have like 10 pairs of sneakers and then for hills use the more worn ones (400km plus). Because of the popularity of thick soles and better cushioning they are also very unstable and you can easily twist your ankle. Especially downhill running.. For me, a cheaper and very high-quality version is the Nike Zegama 2, has vibram sole and raised ankle or gaiter.. Grips very well on rocks, only they can be hot.. Twice a year you get them on the official site for under 90€. For 10 years I've also been using Inov8 shoes. Not so popular here and often have online deals for under 100€. Sole is very good, not so cushioned and good ground contact.. But like all sneakers they wear out at the toe mesh.. So I advise against running sneaker only for rocks, only if you plan to use it also for training on local hills and weekday hikes.. In rocks you'll destroy it before 200 km..

Regards

Hut officially opens only after June 15. Other weekends and holidays members of local mountaineering club on duty, depending on weather. Access not exactly easy, can't drive up with every car (return to valley daily after 15-16 hours). Not everyone a master chef, so more basic offer (one-pot meals, cracklings). Number of portions as it is, given above, fully understandable to me.

Don't find it controversial if @georgia warned about possibility of "hunger" for later visitors.

For 40e I think you'll hardly get better and higher quality foldable poles. For 80e or whatever the regular price is, definitely On the Veriga website you can also get some spare parts, while with cheaper providers, you usually get nothing (no snow baskets, tips, no clip system etc.).

I don't know up to what height they extend, whether to 135 cm or to 140 cm. Consequently they are a bit heavier, I think more than 600g. Those from Hof or say Lidl are usually only up to 130 cm, so unfortunately too small for me, but a few grams lighter...

Probably already a bit late. You can reach Bormez also from Šentvid. At the top of the first climb past the hut at the cross sign, there is a junction of 3 paths. Left leads to Toško čelo, middle and right later merge and lead above the top of the ski slope "Poseka" all towards Bormez and further to the top of Medanski hrib, above the Medno hotel.

Orientation is quite tricky. There are lots of meadows and paths, but roughly from Poseka onwards you need to keep right along the ridge (some marks on trees), when the path crosses the gravel section, it turns left towards Bormez... For me this is by far the nicest path to Katarina.

For LPP I recommend going one more stop to Lidl. Then the path will lead you on asphalt and gravel past the golf course to the village Dvor. There are red signs and markings, so you'll hardly miss it. After about 20 min of walking, the path branches left... or continue to the Stanežiče fire station and then go left uphill on gravel (which crosses the ridge path from Šentvid).

Count on about 20-25 km and 1500 m, depending on which hills you go to. You can refill water for free behind the cemetery at Katarina, or left of the Dobnikar inn, before the bocce court. They usually open by that time, since it's no longer below zero..

Good luck and I hope for the nicest possible trip.

Could be a new model for the Laško beer sticker, very similar to him, only the horns aren't gold colored

I was there on 28.1. on Friday, at 9 there were 10 cars in the parking, no parking fee... Previous weekend I saw a post that due to nice weather there were tons of people, they were collecting 10€ parking fees...

Me too, checking if there's shots of water or fruit juice with the coffee

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Sorry if I expressed myself a bit wrongly. I wanted to say that no sports watch can compare with smart watches like Huawei, Samsung, Apple etc. Maybe for some ordinary hiker and occasional runner. I don't want to argue about it, but just look at major competitions in running, biathlon, triathlon, ultramarathons etc. All have Suunto, Garmin, Polar, Coros. If those "smart watches" from mobile giants were really that top-notch, more athletes would surely use them.

I need accurate GPS, baro altimeter and as powerful a battery as possible. By that I mean 20+ hours (in the most accurate measurement), so on some ultra race I don't carry cables, power bank etc. with me. Sometimes the map option would be useful when I'm on some unknown terrain. My watch doesn't have that option; I can only load a GPX track from another user and the watch directs me where and how...

Just 4 functions, which are actually hard to get in a package for a moderate price. 500e for some Fenix or Forerunner seems stupid to spend if 80% of the functions I will never need. Either no map, or no baro altimeter, or bad battery autonomy... Pulse is quite unimportant to me as a long-distance runner; on those 15-20 runs where I used the strap, I quite accurately learned what my pulse rate is at times and I can feel myself when I'm in the "red".

Franc60 needs a watch with a good pulse meter; other functions are not so important to him. I think for about 150e he could get a more than excellent aid.

Otherwise, when buying a watch, we first ask ourselves why we need it, for what activities, how much time per week we will use it etc. For 80% of people, the mobile phone is probably enough and use of apps like former Endomondo, Sport Tracker, today Strava etc.

For "real" sports enthusiasts I think sports watches are more suitable.

For me only sports watches exist. Smart watches are for makeup wearers, for some serious and semi-amateur sports engagement they are ballast compared to serious sports watch brands. Suunto ambit 3 peak is a top watch, has all the functions a sportsman needs. For your needs already too much, if you say you don't need calorie data, GPS, altimeter etc. HR pulse measurement is nevertheless very bad at Suunto, throughout history bad experiences with their straps keep appearing. The problem is showing too high pulse, it detects it only after a few km... I have more than 10 colleagues (from running circles), all had bad experiences and kept dealing with service for strap replacement. They did replace them, but the story repeated quickly. I use Vertical model and I don't know if I ran 15 times with the strap before it started crapping.

Similar with other brands. Polar really used to celebrate the most accurate measurement, but today all brands (Garmin, Polar, Suunto, Coros) are about the same. Additionally you can buy a new strap from another manufacturer, connect it to the watch via bluetooth (some are then more satisfied, costs another about 50e).

Wrist measurement is completely off. Weather, moisture, tattoos, arm hairiness affect it... Think if HR pulse is really the most important for you when buying a watch (some health limitations in recreation, or just curiosity). Definitely decide for a watch with strap measurement, definitely better decision than wrist one.

Go to some somewhat more specialized store and tell them exactly what you're looking for in a watch (agp pro, extrem vital), because they'll advise you better there than in some Intersport, Hervis etc.

In the alpinism school they certainly won't become child educators. At most some climbing club, so the initial comparison doesn't seem the most appropriate to me. For an alpinist you need at least three years' experience and age 18...

I understand what you want to say, even though you didn't write it directly. AO societies have different prices, e.g. up to 25 years 200€, up to 40 250 and over 50 350. It was like that about 10 years ago when I enrolled. Why is known. Sections look for local youngsters who would then contribute to the section in the next 20-30 years (going to camps, educating new members, going to GRS, doing work actions, care for crags).
Many people just want to learn belaying technique, abseil and some winter basics, to go themselves via Slovenska route on Triglav, or to Rokavi, Široka peč and similar peaks. You learn these basics quickly and then many leave AO, since they've learned what they thought. Not saying there's anything wrong, understand school leaders too. Every year voluntarily and free educate cadres, from whom you get nothing later. When you ask on forum if someone helps drive course folks to crag, no one responds...
Can you say what price difference in your case? For me 2013 price for me (under 20) think 200€, smaller town 10k inhabitants. Older had 50€ more. In Ljubljana area enrollments 300€ then, today's prices don't know...

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Last year on July 31 I went from Bohinjska B to Črna Prst and onwards towards Vogel. Plan was to go all the way to Bogatinsko sedlo, past Komna to the lake, and bus back to BB. At Vogel (20km) I was already pretty weak, very dehydrated, and it got a bit dark (later there were some thunderstorms), so I turned directly to Komna and down to the valley. Ended up with 37km and 2600m. I have the track on Strava, can send it if anyone needs.