Borga - Recent messages

Boštjan MK, you know in mountains rules and decrees don't apply... mountains know no borders nor municipal divisions... the summit lets up anyone who is mentally and physically prepared for such an ascent regardless of the time we live in... in mountains you help even the biggest enemy in trouble.... you know in mountains there are no police but penalties for overtaking on the left or without proper gear like helmet, ice axe etc. can be much higher than if a cop stops you riding a motorbike without helmet... I've met lots of people from all Slovenia on summits these days and no one accused anyone because they are not from the same municipality, quite the opposite... nobody was afraid that someone from another municipality would bring them the virus... thank God some have their own sense regardless of penalties if the government doesn't. Fear of the virus seems the biggest enemy for some... but it's also a question where we'll end up if we shut down and lock ourselves for a couple of months for every such new virus; there will be many such viruses in the future... otherwise I fully agree as Primož already wrote.

Boštjan MK, I think you are not right because for a month I go almost every day to the mountains and just now I meet those people who go to the mountains with heart and who are well mentally and physically prepared and equipped for ascents (probably no accidents therefore), among them alpinists from AO sections.... so reality is just different from what's in your head and it's the opposite: just now those who are not worthy of them do not go to the mountains; better they stay home also in the future. Well, I wish you all the best!

It was nice yesterday on Storžič.

Medical staff will soon have a hell of a lot of work (capacities will be completely full) with such individuals like djimuzl @rekar and similar who after the end of the epidemic will fill psychiatric hospital departments...we'll keep fingers crossed they recover as soon as possible so they can start going to the mountains, so GRS won't have that much work rescuing these individuals from psychiatric hospitals.

Over the weekend via Psico to Storzic

Today at the saddle

Today from Ljubelj to the saddle

Today up the gully via hunter's and down... no degrees were to be seen.

Today via Žrelo to Ledine, conditions further to Ledinski vrh top.. otherwise identical except weather as last Sunday... descended via Savinjsko sedlo to Austrian side to Belsko kočno and via Jenkova planina back to Jezersko... but really between the two saddles a small avalanche released....

Yesterday up the Slovenian route to Ledine, frozen snow starts already in Slovenian, from Ledine onwards to Ledinski vrh, snow breaks through heavily in places, last 50m before summit pure concrete so high slip risk...back down along ridge to Belski turn, ascent in these conditions to this peak quite very difficult...returned via Savinjsko sedlo to Belsko Kocna then via Jenkova planina back to start....currently nobody has walked these areas yet...track can't be missed recommend to anyone who wants peace and quiet in winter mountains

Today to Ledinski vrh...conditions worse than on Friday...summit in fog...still nice

Up to the hut not sinking much, snow frozen...further also not as much as expected from last week when snow was heavy and wet...but from hut lots if you step aside almost to waist inside...

Up the gully to Ledine, up Zrelo down Slovenska.

Yesterday first via ferrata to Czech hut, in the upper part of the via ferrata there's still some snow, below wet, no crowds though, on the way back via Slovenian to Ledine....to Ledinski vrh I couldn't make it because of a lot of fairly wet snow, got to the saddle though...back down via hunters' path then a hop to Goli vrh, which is almost clear except the summit.

Yesterday through Žrelo to Ledinski Peak and along the ridge to the top of Storzka.