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| | 28. 10. 2024, CLOSED TRAILS | hiking and mountain biking trails to the hut Dom na Peci | | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | Mountain trail form Jakobe (parkside) to mountain hut Dom na Peci is closed due to windblown trees. | | | | | 2. 10. 2024, Slovenian Women Climb Four New Routes in Indian Himalayas | report of the expedition | | | | Slovenian alpinists Anja Petek, Patricija Verdev, Ana Baumgartner, and Urša Kešar, members of the 2024 Lalung Women’s Expedition, opened four new routes in the remote mountains above the Lalung Valley in the Indian Himalayas. The longest and most complex new line of their expedition is the 2000-meter route Here comes the sun (ED, M6+, AI5+, 5 climbing days), which follows the eastern ridge of the previously unclimbed six-thousand-meter peak Lalung I (6,243m). | | | | | 7. 9. 2024, Olympic champions Janja Garnbret and Toby Roberts do it again in Koper | | | | Climbing in front of the President of Slovenia, Nataša Pirc Musar, the two-time Olympic champion Janja Garnbret continued her winning ways with Lead gold at the IFSC World Cup Koper 2024, as did the men’s champion, Great Britain’s Toby Roberts. | | | | | 4. 9. 2024, Olympic atmosphere at the IFSC World Cup Koper 2024 | | | | The International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) World Cup Series 2024 is set to return in Koper, Slovenia, with this season’s fifth round of Lead competition, the first one after Paris Olympic Games. Some 134 athletes are registered to compete in Koper: 66 men and 68 women, representing 29 nations and four continents. | | | | | 2. 9. 2024, CLOSED TRAIL | Hudajužna-Porezen | | | | The marked trail from village Hudajužna at Baška grapa Valley to Porezen is CLOSED due to forest fire! | | | | | 24. 8. 2024, Rosa Rekar and Jennifer Buckley 2024 Youth world champions | | | | The first 2024 IFSC Youth world champions were crowned on 24 August in Guiyang, China as Japan ruled the men’s Lead and Slovenia the women’s. Rosa Rekar and Jennifer Buckley became Youth world champions in Lead, and 3 days later, Jenny Buckley became a double 2024 Youth Worlds champion after taking the U18 Boulder title in Guiyang. | | | | | 18. 8. 2024, Livingstone and Česen make first ascent of West Ridge of Gasherbrum III | | | | Slovenian and British climbing partners Aleš Česen and Tom Livingstone have made the first ascent of the West Ridge of Gasherbrum III, a rarely climbed sub-8k peak in Pakistan’s Karakoram. | | | | | 13. 8. 2024, CLOSED TRAIL | Gradiška Tura above Vipava | | | | | | | | | 10. 8. 2024, Janja Garnbret won second Olympic gold in Paris | | | | Slovenia’s Janja Garnbret became a two-time Olympic Games gold medallist after winning the women’s Boulder & Lead competition despite a mid-session injury scare. Garnbret made the top step ahead of close friend and silver medallist Brooke Raboutou of the USA and bronze medallist Jessica Pilz of Austria. Garnbret's gold also made her the first Slovenian to win two gold medals at a summer Olympic Games. | | | | | 5. 8. 2024, Slovenian disabled hikers climb a four-thousander Breithorn | | | | On 29 July Slovenian hikers with disabilities climbed to the top of the Breithorn, a 4,164 metre peak in Switzerland, showing that persistence, endurance and mutual support can go a long way. Accompanied by a team of mountain guides and assistants, the hikers were able to solve all problems on the go, heard a press conference about the feat held by the Alpine Association of Slovenia on 5 August. | | |

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