| ljubitelj gora10. 10. 2011 00:28:33 |
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@nanica
I started four years ago; suddenly mid-mountains interested me, those smaller hills up to 1600 m above sea level, so I went as high as possible by car, just to have less walking (at that time I was still overweight, later I slimmed down), on hribi.net I chose only such hikes that are easy and nowhere dangerous, I circled all easier paths from Debele peči all the way to the main Karavanke mountains, KSA every new year I was more interested, walked easy paths, then one day I agreed with my brother that we would go to Kepa from Dovje, that path is harder than from Belca and I would classify it among demanding paths.
This is the path we took:
http://www.hribi.net/izlet/ravne_kepa_/11/97/2624
Everything nice and fine, at the start a hiking path, then come the cables, pegs and pins, then total panic, maximum fear, shaking, completely terrified, I barely made it to the bottom of those protections, meanwhile telling brother why he brought me here, his encouraging words, some small advice on how and what to do on a secured path, and we were already beyond the secured path, later traversing a steep slope, there I was afraid again but we went cautiously on to the top of Kepa. A year or two passed, meanwhile walked demanding paths, then more tempted me, so I went to Triglav, via Planika to the top is a demanding path, to Kredarica a very demanding path, that was my first even more demanding path, hikers went ahead of me so I followed curiously, I was scared but we quickly reached Kredarica, then only descent to Krma awaited me, same year Prisank, easier up, ridge down in fear and next time I wanted even more, that was partly last year and this year, when I tackled really extreme secured paths (Triglav-Plemenice, Mrzla gora, Via Italina, Via della Vita etc.), the last two are extremely demanding. From my sentences you can see that I started slowly and nicely, as others advised me, today I dare say there is no secured path in Slovenia that I could not climb. If I mention, Via della Vita on Vevnica and traversing Ponca stayed most in my memory but there I went with a group, Via Italiana on Mangart is also about the same. I have mostly overcome the fear of secured paths but not completely; one must know that every secured path requires a safe step, grip and thoughtfulness, basically it's not for "rushing", if someone has all main ascents behind them it's not smart to play "hero".
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