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Traverse of KSA

lijaneja29. 06. 2012 13:32:52

Yesterday it was time for the third repetition. The day is the longest these days, snow on the paths has melted, and the day wasn't expected to be too hot.
On Wednesday afternoon I start unloaded from the cargo cableway, via Kokrsko sedlo, to the bivouac in Koča. I set the alarm for 4:10 to start walking at 4:40. In the morning the alarm fails, I wake up three minutes to five, so already at the start I lost three quarters of an hour, because I had the walking plan precisely studied to finish the tour at 21:00 ¨Pred Belo¨, which I succeeded a bit later.
In good 16 hours I visited 15 two-thousanders stretching west-east. I skipped only the Mrzle gore group and Kalski greben, which are outside the mentioned direction.

Traverse of KSA Bivouac in the new srajčka already awaits me. Krvavec in the background in the setting sun.

Traverse of KSA Next day in the morning, three quarters of an hour late. In the middle in the back Kokrska Kočna

Traverse of KSA Kokrska Kočna 2520. Triglav, Dobrča and Storžič. In front point 2467 and Na Križu

Traverse of KSA Bivouac still in the shade

Traverse of KSA View towards Jezerska Kočna

Traverse of KSA Jezerska Kočna 2540. View back towards K. Kočna and Na Križu.

Traverse of KSA Grintovec 2558. View towards Kočne

Traverse of KSA Tele skalce await me in the next hours. The highest is Skuta.

Traverse of KSA Mali Grintovec 2447. This is how Grinta looks from the frog's perspective.

Traverse of KSA Ugh, Ojstrica is still so far away.

Traverse of KSA In the east of Dolgi hrbet I always meet them.

Traverse of KSA Dolgi hrbet 2473. The three highest are already behind me.

Traverse of KSA Skuta is approaching quite quickly.

Traverse of KSA Vel. Baba and Ledinski vrh, behind them Matkova kopa and Mrzla gora. Right at the bottom Kranjska koča na Ledinah.

Traverse of KSA Štruca 2457. Grinta, Kočna, Dolgi hrbet

Traverse of KSA Skuta within arm's reach

Traverse of KSA Skuta 2532. Mists are already gathering.

Traverse of KSA Next is the bouquet of Rinks...

Traverse of KSA To show who is the master here.

Traverse of KSA Kranjska Rinka 2453. Finally a view of Skuta also from the east side.

Traverse of KSA Koroška and Štajerska Rinka, between them Mrzla gora. Behind Olševa and Peca

Traverse of KSA Koroška Rinka 2433. Kranjska Rinka and Skuta

Traverse of KSA Ojstrica already has clearer outlines.

Traverse of KSA Štajerska Rinka 2374. View of Mala Rinka.

Traverse of KSA Mala Rinka 2289. Koroška and Štajerska Rinka

Traverse of KSA Turska gora 2251. Mrzli vrh and Mrzla gora.

Traverse of KSA Brana 2253. The fog has arrived thick.

Traverse of KSA Planjava 2392. On Planjava it got young.

Traverse of KSA Ojstrica 2350. On the last hill the sun mockingly reappeared to me. Kočna is only 9 km away from here.

Traverse of KSA On Korošica there was no rain - but I enjoyed excellent coffee. The moon is ready to light my way into the valley if I linger too long. Fortunately I didn't need its services this time.

Traverse of KSA Deska and Lastovec from the path to Presedljaj.

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tomko29. 06. 2012 13:54:51

wow.
Congrats.
Describe a bit more precisely nasmeh

urbancek29. 06. 2012 14:08:13

Congrats from me too!

P.S: Top three highest are Grintovec, J. Kočna and Skuta, as you mentioned something similar by one photo, that they're behind you... jezik

Jovan Cukut29. 06. 2012 14:33:36

Did you go along the ridge and over the ''horse'' from Skuta to Kranjska Rinka?

lijaneja29. 06. 2012 14:51:20

You're well-informed, Urbanček. At such dimensions 12m is negligible.

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lijaneja29. 06. 2012 14:59:00

Yes, Jovan, it would be nice if it were. My limits are somewhere up to III. But according to descriptions it's more demanding. Those 240m I had in reserve. And with the ¨wardrobe¨ on my back it would be even harder.

lijaneja29. 06. 2012 15:00:27

Tomko, what specifically interests you?

Becar29. 06. 2012 15:13:00

Very very nice. Congratulations. Some of us will try to conquer the same peaks individually mežikanje

CarpeDiem24729. 06. 2012 15:21:20

That's what you call fast-paced and efficient! nasmeh

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dprapr29. 06. 2012 15:51:34

You sure have the will, congrats!

otiv29. 06. 2012 15:55:45

Bravo and how much liquid did you pack away? nasmeh

lijaneja29. 06. 2012 17:18:37

Five and a half liters, not counting the coffee at Korošica.

Janiel7429. 06. 2012 18:56:22

Tough tour. Congrats. So I can learn where each peak is nasmeh

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Flora129. 06. 2012 19:46:27

Bravo, Lijaneja. Super!!!

palček plezalček6. 08. 2015 16:07:26

Yesterday traverse of main ridge KSA. Weather not too clear, so not too hot either :-) Start at parking lot on Ravenska Kočna and past Češka koča to Jezersko and Kokrsko Kočna, from there to Grintovec and all the way to Ojstrica. At end descent to Korošica and on to planina Podvežak. Lijaneja decided more wisely in 2012 when started at bivouac under Kočna and didn't need to traverse path to both Kočnas twice, but since I wanted via Kremžarjeva gora, I couldn't avoid it.
New acquaintance from Kamniško sedlo relieved me of 'primitive' self-belaying (climbing rope which you tie around the waist with nylon knot, at the end clip main carabiner and first aid ready for cables ;-)
Conditions on all paths OK. Between Jezersko and Kokrsko Kočna some pegs pulled out (2 or 3) and cable slack there. Some missing on Dolgi hrbet too, but this nowhere causes problems.

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Rutil6. 08. 2015 16:13:48

@pp: quality nasmeh

how much time did you need from Skuta to Ojstrica and did you go through kotliči?

palček plezalček6. 08. 2015 20:03:18

Hard to say exactly, because I noted the time only here and there when I stopped. At the logbook box on Dolgi hrbet 11:30, break 10 min (I wasn't at Štruca because it was so foggy that I couldn't see even 5m in front of my nose, at Skuta I stopped only for the book entry and I don't know what time it was), Mali podi 13:40, Brana 16:00, Kamniško sedlo around 16:35-17:15, Planjava 18:20, Ojstrica 19:57, Podvežak around 22:00. Well, it got slower and slower, the altitude took its toll zadrega

Kotliči - yes, I went by the marks. Unfortunately I don't know any other path there. I know that in an emergency you can take the scree down to the north in Kotliči, but I don't know any shortcut to Brana mrk pogled