60.04 Slovakia: High Tatras: Solisko Peak as we struggle with weather and are rewarded with fascinating sights.
Solisko Peak is partly covered in cloud, the middle mountain. We are at lake level obviously having just begun the hike. Should a person allege that I love reflections then I would not hesitate to plead guilty. The mountain on the right is the subject of the previous blog. At first glance, it appears we are focusing on one region at a time. On our return to the lake, we find the 'pleasure cruisers'. From the peak, we look toward the village of Strba, our location for the High Tatras. (This is for Maude and Theo Alge of Johannesburg who love clouds as well as to thank them for sending 'replacement luggage'. Pity! Maude got the color wrong.) The trails in the High Tatras form, inter alia, the Triple ‘S’. Simply expressed, they are strenuous, steep and stony. Other than that, they are quite a challenge, too. We should have remembered from previous trips to Slovakia and headed off to the Netherlands. Why you might ask? Firstly, unlike the Slovaks who strug...