21/07/2025
Day 8 – Archie and Matt Europe
Triglav Summit – We Made It 🏔️
After a solid plate of pasta bolognese at the Kredarica Hut the night before, we tried to get some sleep in the dorms – but between people coming and going all night, high winds battering the building, and pre-climb nerves, it wasn’t exactly restful 😅
Up at 4:30am, harnesses and helmets on, and met our guide Mitja at 5am for the final push to the summit. The route is a proper via ferrata – steep, exposed, and roped up the whole way. We’d watched people tackling it the day before, which only made it look more intimidating, so nerves were definitely running high.
We climbed at dawn and caught sunrise partway up, with the rocks glowing orange in the first light – an incredible sight that made the effort feel worth it. By the time we reached the summit of Triglav (2,864m) at 6:20am, we were up in the clouds – couldn’t see a thing from the top! But we were joined by a few other early risers who arrived around the same time, which made it feel like a shared, quietly epic moment.
The ridge was thin, winds fierce, and the exposure very real – but we stuck together, kept steady, and it all came together. Back at the hut for breakfast by 8am, buzzing but a bit dazed.
After that, we hobbled back down the same route we’d climbed up — a solid 3.5-hour descent with sore legs and wobbly knees all the way. Couldn’t have timed it better though — just as we were getting back to the car, a few cracks of thunder rumbled back up ant the summit and the first drops of rain started to fall. Triglav letting us know we’d just made the weather window.
Then a 2-hour drive to Zagreb to get ready for the flight home tomorrow.
Feet are done. Legs are jelly. But what a way to finish the trip - so proud of Archie for completing this challenge with ease!!
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