69.01 Bulgaria: Pirin National Forest: An introduction to our latest hike: Too tough to be enjoyable, delightful to rest after and relive the challenge on a sofa...Banderista slopes.

The magnificent set of mountains, including Vihren and Kutelo, as we scramble up Banderista. They are awaiting our return, we hope.
Jen shows her mettle, actually, admirable: A humble husband.
The city/town of Bansko and surrounds magnificent, from height...nice at ground level, too.
Early autumn colors, slopes, trailless and peaks.
A continual search for a path of least-resistance, both up-and-down. Most of the time it was probably just the opposite.
Back on an easy route toward the end.
And suddenly Mount Vihren appeared. 'Hello!'
Main blog follows in a week or so. 

Cheers, 

Jenni and Jeffrey