The end of September had me go on a four-day trip to the Slovakian Karst area (and national park) – a place that seems quite a bit forgotten despite being the location of four UNESCO heritage caves.
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August hiking holiday, part three
In this post, I’ll be sharing the story of the final days of my August hiking trip, which took a turn I didn’t expect. Unfortunately, a bitter turn, but more on that in a moment.
Continue readingAugust hiking holiday, part two
Continuing from my previous post, today, I’ll share photos and thoughts from the third and fourth days of my August hiking trip.
Continue readingAugust hiking holiday, part one
In this post, I’ll recall the first two hikes from my week-long hiking trip – a vacation that had a different ending than I hoped. But let’s begin with the beginning…
Continue readingOctober hiking pt.2: Low chance of rain
As I’ve said at the end of my previous hiking post, I had an extended weekend stay planned for the end of October. The promise of colorful woods and rolling fog was the main treat but the end of October is when the weather starts leaning towards the rainy day of November so being prepared for rain was crucial.
Continue readingSeptember hiking pt.1: Don’t try this at home
After the active August, my first hike in September came after two weeks of break on 14th. But I made it count.
Continue readingAugust hiking pt.3: Place I love
The Slovakian ‘Malá Fatra’ mountain range is a place where I’ve walked most of the main trails and a good deal of the side trails – and I still love to return there.
Continue readingHiking: Look back at September, part two
This post will cover the four-day stay in Slovakia from the end of the month, with a lot of photos.
Going into mountains reaching 1600-2100m ASL in late September is tricky. Weather can go full summer or full winter on you. In my case, it did both. I was prepared for the cold part but less so for the warm part – my summer gear was already deep in the closet and I took thicker socks.
Slovakian fields
So, I am back with another hike post. This one is something I’ll start on a bit of detour: back in May 2017 when the hiking club was putting together a plan for 2018 (with me as a guest to the 9 leaders), we lacked something for the ‘slot’ of 30.6. and a few days before, there was a video from Slovakian mountain resort where a group of bikers was startled by a bear on one of the trails. And I had the ‘genius’ idea to suggest to go there. Surprisingly, the suggestion was accepted.
So, that’s the backstory, now for the hike itself.
Borderline woods
Two weeks passed and so I am back with another hiking post. This time, I was going towards a place that is known more by the ski resort near the main peak but aside from that, it’s really calm place with quite a low amount of people there. As it tends to be, that’s mostly because it’s hard to reach.
Tomas - the wandering dreamer 
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