Can you do it?(yes!)
We will collect for you as many hiking motivational thoughts as possible, which will help you muster so much courage that you will go from being an admirer of mountains and nature to a regular hiker or even an mountaineer. In this section you will find the right combination of useful advice and relaxing content related to mountaineering/hiking. As an introduction, we will highlight many interesting mountain anecdotes and jokes to let you know:
From desire to conquerors of a useless world!
The peaks of the mountains were contemptuously called the useless world by the uninitiated. But when you start visiting the mountains and nature more often you will realize quickly that it is definitely not a useless world.
You will also discover much wisdom about the benefits of these places, routes and destinations.
Regarding paths and goals, read most powerful thoughts from famous mountaineer Nejc Zaplotnik’s in his book The Path: “Whoever seeks only for a goals will remain empty when he reaches it, and whoever finds a path will always carry the goal within himself.”
It is clever to GO IN THE MOUNTAINS in a group of people
Do not visit the mountains alone, but always, especially if you are less experienced, in the company of guides of AAS/PZS organisation or at least more experienced mountaineers.
WHY TO TRUST THE MOUNTAINEERING GUIDES of the Mountaineering Association of Slovenia, which we can recommend, you can find out here.
Safely into the mountains
Among other things, we will also add short videos of making the most useful knots and the correct use of other technical and protective mountain equipment.
To ensure that you are technically well prepared for your visit to the mountains, you will find short videos with tips on our YouTube channel.
We will as also advise for mountaineers who have problems with both equipment and motivation.
A Beginners Guide to Traveling Alone for the First Time
We would appreciate any thoughts, impressions, or suggestions, which will help people who are hesitant to change their lives with hiking and mountaineering.
Once a year, we will reward the author of the most original message by printing their thought on a t-shirt or multi-purpose tape (the so-called BUFF).
The manual / guide with tips for first solo travels you can download at: