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Planjava, buy a bear bell that you can clip to your leg or carry in your hand. They say they are sold in a larger sports store that starts with the letter D... (no advertising). I got mine as a gift, because I spend a lot of time on forest paths. It jingles nicely and the bear will definitely hear it. Better that he hears you than that you see him. Onward courageously.

Today I was on Slavnik for the first time. In the morning (at 7.30) two guys from Dolenjska started from Podgorje. Steep up, gentle down. The wind already at the start showed it would demonstrate its power at the top. Since neither of us has excessive weight, we both could, right at the top, at least partly feel how Peter Prevc and colleagues feel. Without trouble we leaned on the air cushion

Today with my brother, according to the forecast that clouds might wrap around the peaks later, from the parking below Dolge Njive, where we arrived first today, we started a bit before seven in the morning. Fog stayed in the Ljubljana basin and above us there was only clear sky. Soon the southern slopes of Košuta were also illuminated by the sun . We decided to tackle Košutnikov Turn from the western side, which turned out to be a super move, as later, when we descended via the eastern path to Zgornje Dolge Njive, we also tackled Tolsta Košuta. No peculiarities on the path, just in the lower half more dew on the ground and we had to adjust our step to it. On the path itself we met only a handful of hikers, and those only after noon, when we were already returning from Tolsta Košuta too. Then clouds started to take the peaks. Interestingly, a cyclist and a female cyclist looked to us, who with bikes on their shoulders were rushing towards the summit of Košutnikov Turn from the east, intending to descend into the valley with them on the west side. Maybe they even did the ridge to the west. I hope they made it safely to the valley, like us. Around one p.m. we pleasantly tired sat into our iron horses and together concluded that another nice mountain trip was behind us.

Today, my brother and I set off in the dark on the hunting path from Planina Blato towards Krstenica. For guidance, we had the description of that path on hribi.net and the map of the eastern Julians. Everything went smoothly, just occasionally the path was quite covered with leaves (it's autumn) and snow that must have fallen a day or two ago (little powder). On Krstenica the sun was already felt, which in full shine provided all the beauty of nature only on Planina Jezerce or a bit above it. There was just enough powder on the frozen ground, like walking on a carpet. From Planina Jezerce we headed to Jezerski Preval and then right to the top of Jezerski Stog. The trail was all wet (pomokana) and occasionally slightly slippery, as the snow had partially thawed the previous day and refrozen at night. But no major problems, with the necessary caution, all the way to the top. Along the ridge to the top and on the saddle moderate wind (with occasional stronger gusts), but it didn't disturb the enthusiasm for the views. In the summit structure of Jezerski Stog even greater caution is needed than on other sections of the path, due to the slightly snowy trail and occasionally icy rocks. From the top of Jezerski Stog we returned to Planina Jezerce, where under the Ograd wall we turned right to the path leading under Adam up the valley. We saw two tracks, which didn't look today's (at least one). Only at home I noticed that on one of the photos someone appears on the top of Eva and one track perhaps belongs to him. Just like one of the tracks in the snow, we also headed to Lazovski Preval. The path was well visible here, but unmarked until just before the top. Somewhere there, the junction of both paths that we missed, the marked path from Mišeljski Preval joined our path. In the upper part towards the pass the path breaks through dense scrub. On the top again beautiful views, both on the traversed path (Jezerski Stog..) and on Debeli Vrh, Ograde and Vogl ridge. From there only descent. On the way to Planina Laz we spotted two chamois, which nimbly scurried down the scree from Ogradi. They seemed to have no knee problems. From Planina Laz, since we had time, we went to Planina Na Jezeru. There we had a second snack and saw the first three hikers today, who probably came from Planina Dedno Polje and continued without stop towards Planina Blato. There, when the sun had already hidden behind the nearby hill, full of beautiful impressions from wandering the Fužinske Planine, soon after them, we also headed.

Yesterday my brother and I were at Debela peč. We started from hotel Šport and went past planina Javornik (Zajavornik?) towards Blejska koča na Lipanci. There a friendly caretaker served us and after a half-hour break and a short chat with a younger couple who stayed overnight in the hut, we headed to the summit. According to the logbook, we were the first yesterday at the top of Debela peč. On the descent we then met quite a few hikers (a few dozen). Views along the whole path were fantastic, snow was only in patches, just a sample, the wind generally blew a bit stronger, as our meteorologists predicted. If there hadn't been wind, the day could be called kitschy.