Mount Kanjavec in the Slovenian Alps, or Julian Alps was the mountain I climbed. This is one big mountain, probably the biggest I ever attempted to climb. It is the second highest peak in Slovenia at 2,569m or 8,428ft. This is the only photo on my website so far that I did not take myself, but I want to put it here so you can see what the mountain looks like on a nice day. This photo is the reason I wanted to try to climb the mountain. It's not the mountain in the center, that is Triglav... It's the mountain just to the right of the center.
So basically, this mountain was the steepest and most difficult I think I've ever climbed. It would take me two days just to reach the top when the next closest was Mount Lafayette in the White mountains that took 1 day to Summit and return (but back when I was 18 years old haha). You can see from the photo, just how spectacular this mountain range is. To sum up the hike, there's a real steep part...it's probably 1000m in an hour and a half. and then it levels off to travel through the valleys leading to kanjavec's summit. I made it about 3/4 of the way....almost to the second hut where you can sleep just before or after summiting. I knew I could have made it the whole way, but I turned around out of safety concerns. If I go again, I'm going to go with another climber and on a clear day. If anyone wants to plan a Kanjavec trip, let me know!!
I'm going to let the photos of this mountain speak for themselves! These are in order of time. The first photo is of the road leading to Kanjavec and the last will be of leaving the mountain and getting back towards the campsite. Enjoy!
I'm going to keep adding videos... up to about 15 of them as my internet connection allows...