An interesting sound floats over the meadows, dotted by violet flowers. It is strong as a roar and melodic asa song.Yodelling.So the shepherd´s boys called their herds down from the pasture and passed messages to the neighbouringvalleys. Or maybe even to the Alps.Midway to the Alps, where Upper Austria rubs shoulders with the Steiermark, is a mountain …

Deep in the Liptov region: Prosiecka and Kvačianska dolina valleys Read More »

The tower of Vlasta. The Needle of Mount Patria.It is hidden in the massif of Mount Patria in the High Tatras. It rises to heaven, a lonely rocky tower in aforgotten rocky town.On the 9th September 1929, she climbed, together with Alexander Škarvan, to this unique needle of MountPatria, later named for here, Vlasta´s tower.The “Štáflovka”, a climbing …

Mountains calling: Sivý vrch and Babky Read More »

Suddenly it thundered.  Once, and then again. The heavens were ripped by a bolt of lightning.  We were almost in the sky. At the height of 2,000 m. We put on our raincoats and kept walking. We passed the Račkové plesá mountain lakes, where a playful chamois accompanied us for a while.  And then it thundered …

Between the world and us: Klin Read More »