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Meh, the poles aren't important. It's totally pointless that we keep telling kids that in serious mountains there are cool people who don't just look out for themselves. Then the kid at seven already figures out it's not quite true. Apparently only rope and somewhere where drone nuts and opportunistic hiking pole collectors don't dare remain real…

Thanks to the one who stole the wife's poles at the ridge path entrance today. The little one is only gaining trust in mountain visitors with this, which I'd like to instill in her.

Yesterday we found black Sergio Tacchini sunglasses in scree at exit from Nova centralna into Baba. If anyone misses them send pm...

Our Saturday experiences from the southern ridge of Kočna.
We started around 8 from Suhadolnik, on the path to about 1400 m and then straight up through the forest. Across the grassy and wet clearing to the jump and right into the grassy gully. When it became too wet and steep, we turned left into the forest and went alongside the gully more or less straight up. At the forest exit, sadness. About 100 m above us, just where the ridge starts nicely, dense fog, in which finding passages is practically impossible. For about an hour we dried our soaked feet and waited for the sun, which every 20 min peeks from behind the cloud , then we gave up. We dropped the idea of traversing under the wall to Malih vratc and ascent via the SW ridge, as fog starts there too immediately above the second plateau. Even if I had been there, I wouldn't search for the path in such cloud. We descended to the gully of Skedoven potoka and along it to the valley - if anyone wants to pick really top-quality wild thyme, there is unlimited amount above that big rocky barrier

Yesterday on Skuta from Mali Podi. Since we slept really well in the bivouac in the morning, we had sun only on the ascent - hot like in an oven, snow quite rotten. At the top dense fog so we got lost on descent into a nice gully (following skis and footsteps of ŠpehM from TK Gora ) but quickly realized it's not the right one and then nicely to Velike Podi. Descent through Gamsov skret...

Yesterday to Slatna via gully between Slatna and Kreda. Weather gorgeous, in the gully still just enough snow so no need to scratch on rock... But up there quite a few deposits that will probably go down in such weather...

Yesterday through Turski Zleb to Mala Rinke. Road slippery roughly halfway between Dom Planincev and hut below Rinka waterfall. Start at 3am, ascent conditions ideal. Quite well trodden (doesn't sink too much), in places with a little wind-blown snow in the gully, had to make own track. Up to Rinke summit hard. Due to cloudy weather ski descent from Rinke top to gully on extremely hard base. First part of gully also hard and icy in places, but easy to pass by sliding, otherwise, lower half and below gully pure poetry.

3.1. didn't need neither crampons nor ice axe... above Planina Rzenik (over scree) was sinking quite a bit, now track anyway, unless really lots of snow fell Sunday... Dolski graben (was slippery - wet leaves) and path between Planini Dol and Rzenik (little snow on rocks) of course a bit slippery...

cheers

Yes, raised wipers would be cool, provided I parked weirdly. But I didn't, we arrived when there were less than 10 cars on the parking lot and I just parked next to one, quite normally...

Don't know, I now have the key right in the trunk on top, and I'll check the wheels every time I return from a tour. One packs the gear, the other checks wheels - logical end of climbing tour.

Almost sure not theft - rims not original Saab and worth under 100€/pc. So no security bolt you supposedly unscrew only with attached key. Have 5 same bolts and 4 loose by 3-4 turns, one fully tight. Luckily rattled enough we checked + colleague I called knew by sound right away.

Anyway some patients obviously do this, no other explanation. Happened in Ljubljana already (me not yet), reasons dunno, know couple cases from garage houses. Wouldn't think this can happen middle of Logarska. Maybe someone finds "to death" funny if front tire goes on its own...

Hi,

don't want to scare but still. On Sunday we climbed in Mala Rinka and someone loosened 4 bolts on front left wheel of the car. Luckily we noticed before the last one came off, which stayed tight. Obviously this "phenomenon" moves from Ljubljana to more "peaceful" areas too...

just for info...

here's ledo... a bit of snow...

No problems from this direction. For Dolgi hrbet I don't know firsthand, as it rained me out before, but I assume it's been ok for a while.

Yesterday during a shower we took shelter in the bivouac from below Štruca. The door was wide open, obviously someone didn't close it properly, so the bivouac inside was quite wet. We wiped everything and aired it as much as possible, but still recommend checking the door when leaving the bivouac (maybe it needs to be closed a bit "harder").

regards

To everyone who didn't go to Planjava because of my comment, I apologize, although I stand by what I wrote...

@MarkoS: If those snow patches, where you'll gain such speed sliding on your ass that rocks won't stop you anymore, seem unexposed to you, I apologize to you personally too, because I disagree with you.

But someone once wrote that no one has died yet because they carried an ice axe...