| Last years have seen lots of work
on the cave's routes. New variants were added, loose holds were removed
or fixed, quickdraws are changed frequently. We have some plans of further
expansion before we can call the site exhausted. I hope that won't happen
before we run out of energy. . |
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Climbing M10 and M11 routes up and down, deliberatlely making the climbing
hard and playing all sorts of games with a single purpose: when it comes
to real business, there are power reserves, there's some fuel left and we
are not left without an idea about how to deal with that nasty crux... |
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In year 2000 we started to work on a new climbing site which became the
first that was specifically designed for drytooling. Thus we brought winter
even closer to the summer. With Klemen we set up the first routes, some
ideas were also contributed by Bubu and other monsters of mixed. |
| Since all the routes are preequipped with bolts and quickdraws,
it is possible to focus on training and climbing to the limits of your abilities. |
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Sometime we start climbing here in the cave in the summer, when it is
still very hot. A bit crazy I admit. |
| There are currently 6 routes, with grade span between
M7 and M10-11
The site is located just under Ljubelj/Loibl Pass.
It's a 2 hour drive from Salzburg, Trieste, Maribor or Graz. And it's
open to visitors - so come around. |
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| Klemen doing his time on Poch (the crack) M9 |
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The roof M9-M10 is getting harder and harder. (the last of holds that
broke off recently, managed to land on my nose) |
| And this is how it all started. 1n 1998, in our local climbing
site, Klemen and myself risked to become outlaws when we did the first ascents
on normal rock routes. Fortunately for everyone, we have grown over M8 business
pretty fast and we had to find a new and more suitable place for training.
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