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DAY 2-3: 04-05-2013, Tochal (3962m) |
Second day: lets go to Tochal (by Telecabin) and lets have some acclimatization.
That was a plan. But when a man plans the devil smiles. So what happened this time? This time Telecabin was... CLOSED! Closed for 2 weeks.
So how to get acclimatization? Yeap, on feet. So we did not have much choice. We took a taxi to Darband and then we started climbing.
First 10 minutes it was even funny. And then what? Then Macka started complaining about... EVERYTHING!
1-mountains are uphill
2-there are steps
3-the scarf is too hot
4-there are too many people on the path
5...
6...
Enough is enough.
We reached Shirpala Hut in 4,5h (usually it takes 2h) and then we decided to stay there for the night.
We got "private room" and we had a lot of fun (if you know what I mean).
Next day we started climbing towards Amiri Shelter.
You cannot believe - it was completely NEW Macka!
Finally: she did reach the Tochal Peak (3962m) in completely normal time.
I can only say: CONGRATULATIONS my love!
We wanted to sleep in the Tochal Hotel but ... planning here is impossible - everything was closed.
So, to avoid coming back the same way we chose to descend to the 5th Tochal station.
Buhahaha - we were so naive that it would be open. Everything closed!
So we descended to Valenjak.
21,5km, almost 13h on the feet.
Next day we rested - actually more than that ;-)
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