
| In 1998 was I finally able to cross between the two valleys, "Malá Studená Dolina" and "Velká Studená Dolina", via this challenging "saddle".
We (my parents, my sister and me) attempted in before a few years earlier, but we decided to turn around when we realized that the path is blocked by a large oncoming group of people, a backlog that was created due to a long delay caused by a person who "froze" in fear not climbing up nor down and unwilling to let go off the supporting chains and to step his foot one more step forward or backward.
It took a lot of time convincing and support to get the person out of there and make room for others to pass. Passing the oncoming traffic was possible but tricky and some of the people in the group, I was with, refused to even try it.
Fear of heights is nothing to take lightly nor underestimate. |