Low Tatras - crest, 22 - 23 Dec ´2007
Ha- ha-ha - sounded out of someone´s mouth after an suggestion to try the crest of Low Tatras again. Not that the date was unsuitable for us,
or the snow or some minus celsius made us tremble. But .., we´d tried it three weeks ago in first snow and besides as first. We´ve called the try - Snow fiasco.
Unpretentions 2 and a half hour ascent turned to a 5 hour fight with snow, bowls high. We give in right bellow Prašivá. The 22nd Dec was written and we were waking
up at about 4 am. Two days, we had already know about our squad. This time, Krto The Uptoteethequiped joined us, Dudo The Exhaustedbefore, Ivka The Little and me,
Miro The Writing.
We met - a comfortable transport by my father (thanks) by a car of make of Fabia All get damaged - Spa Korytnica- 6 am.
At dark, we skidded up to those huts there and at light up to the saddle of Hiadeľ. There we took an inevitable photos, ate Ivka´s
cakes (brilliant again) and went up to Prašivá and Chochulas. Right the first touch with snow indicated clearly that the objectives wouldn´t be
untouched this time. The first day it should have been the shelter under Chabenec, rather called Ďurková and the other day Chopok itsesf. The total of
50 km on our own foot. At about 900 above sea level we crept out of the inversion fog, which is hardly to be described form above - see photos. Basicly,
we had a permanent sight of a cloudy sea to the south and pure vistas of Little Fatra and Tatras. We, me and Ivka, headed for most time and got together
with the brothers at some places. With the Sun going down our energy level dropped down, too, and so the last 45 minute walk to Ďurková was quite a demanding one.
At the time we reached the chalet, the keeper had awaited us sittinf in an armchair 1 and half meter behind the front door with words: " You called me? No,
our mate was. The supper is on the cooker already." Dudo with his brother, Krto, came just after the twilight. At dark, our ski-fellows, Aďo a Janko, arrived.
Even their legs enjoyed it. We swallowed the titbit, heard keeper´s experiences and went to our sleeping bags on the loft. Next morning we started at light with
awareness of doing the rest at ease. On the first day, we had a length with powder snow, about 1 km long, the other day a not-so-inclined as frozen slope awaited
us - Hurraaa, Dudo could use his tomahawk at last. Before Dereše we ran across a herd of pert chamoises - 15 in figure and we pictured them from two sides with
some ski -alpiners coming from the opposite direction. And then, a surprise! Maco....! What do you do here? (they should have been in High Tatras). Oh those
cars... ! What ´s more, our friend Peťo Otep was, allegedly, rushing against us (we thought), who we met only near Chopok. He intended to reach
Chabenec and go down to a train (it was 13:00 at least). Wonder, he did it - as we got to know later. We dropped in Koska for a short time, where,
today also our friend, poured liquor specialities with fruits right in tots and so we descende in a special way. Some on their buttocks.
What to add - the beauty of panoramas and the awareness that those ´down´ don´t even surmise that beauty will probably allure us again.
I only hope it will be in the opposite direction.