Primož Jakopin, photo diary

Lanski vrh
Veteran's Day 2025

May 31, 2025, 37 pictures

          The images, except for portraits, where the vertical side measures 400 pixels, are mostly 768 by 1024 pixels in size, numbers in front of the picture descriptions are serial numbers of the original photo files. The following people participated: Jože Stražišar, Marina Hribar and Peter Žnidaršič, Jožek Košir - Cox, Metoda Postolski Košir, their sons Gašper and Anže (Honza) Košir, granddaughter Miša, grandsons Miha and Martin (Gašper's children), Marjan Baričič, Janez Modrijan - Modrc, Andrej Baraga, Marko Vogrič - Mare, Marjan Juvan - Manč, Metod Di Batista, Jurij Andjelić - Yeti, France Šušteršič, Joerg and Nataša Prestor, Vanja Pečar, Vid Naglič, Peter Mašič, Sebastjan Zidar, Bor Simić, Uroš Kunaver - Uki, Taj Kuščer, Nina Plekovec, Jakob Dorn, Matic Špetič - Čekič, Ajda Mila Poljak - Sheena, Jakob Majdič, Matic Di Batista - Diba, Špela Di Batista Borko, Mija Jakofčič, Jure, Ela and Žan Košutnik, Vid Gregorač. The names of parts of the cave are sometimes the author's.

          Page, texts and photos copyright (c) Primož Jakopin - Klok 2025.


 

Planinsko polje


 


 
55534. View across the meadows towards Planinska gora and Javorniki ridge


 

 

Blowhole at Najdena jama


 


 
55496. Cox, a great lover of nature and technology, of caves in particular (a chimney in Najdena jama is named after him), who turned 80 on this very day, accompanied by his granddaughter Miša and grandson Martin.


 

 


 
55497. Cox with his family, from left to right: Gašper, Anže, Martin, Miha, Miša, Cox and Metoda.


 

 

Entrance to Krastača. Mainly young cavers ventured into Najdena jama taking this shortcut.


 


 
55498. Peter M., the group leader, descended first.


 

 


 
55499. Vanja


 

 


 
55500. Sebastjan


 

 


 
55501. Bor


 

 


 
55503. Jakob M.


 

 


 
55504. Uki


 

 


 
55505. Yeti


 

 


 
55506. Taj


 

 


 
55507. Nina


 

 


 
55508. Jakob D.


 

 


 
55509. Čekič


 

 


 
55510. Sheena


 

 


 
55511. Špela


 

 


 
55512. Mija


 

 


 
55513. Diba


 

 

   
 
55514 and 55515. Vid, twice good looking, serious and smiling


 

 


 
55516. Peter Ž.


 

 


 
55517. Jože


 

 


 
55518. Witty Jože helps Peter to climb back from the (too) tight entrance.





Ćlanska vas


 


 
55519. View to the east along the forest track that leads from Članska vas to Kališka cesta





Najdena jama


 


 
55520. Side niche near the top of Šerko Tunnel, where cave sediments accumulated over time, and later the water began to gradually wash out and dissolve them.


 

 


 
55521. Center of the action...


 

 


 
55522. ... even closer here






 
55523. View down towards Šerko's Fountain






 
55524. Rest in the little room behind the Radešček Passage: Peter Ž., Jože, Klok and Marina


 

 


 
55525. Marina under the rock tooth in the hall above the Michler's Fountain


 

 


 
55526. In the Ičo Tunnel: Jure, Ela and Žan


 

 


 
55528. At the top of the Dvorana nad Lijakom, Jakob M. photographed the ceiling scallops (for France), and Marjan helped him with it.


 

 


 
55529. When the last people, the four of us were returning from the cave, Sheena and Čekič, who had previously been in and out of the cave, were again at the beginning of the long path from the the main cave entrance to the pit Krastača, which now had to be de-rigged.


 

 


 
55530. Jože's headlamp, a living memory of the carbide-electric times from half a century ago.


 
 

Članska vas


 


 
55531. Vid Gregorač, our volcanologist and mineralogist, was also present.


 
 
 


 
55532. Veterans on the hunting tower: Janez, Andrej, Mare, Manč, Metod and Marjan


 

 

Planinsko polje


 


 
55533. Sunset over the northwest side of the polje


 

 

Related pages:


 


 

  Cave under the Karlovec Castle, May 18, 2025     Karlovice caves, June 8, 2025  
 


 

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