The Tatras National Park
The Tatras National Park is the oldest national park in Slovakia. It was founded in 1949 and covers a 741-square-kilometer area of the Slovak part of the Zapadne Tatry and Vysoke Tatry (West and High Tatras), also including the entire Belianske Tatras. The boundaries of the Tatras National Park (TANAP), clearly marked on all approach routes, are: the Slovak-Polish border to the north, the Zdiar-Tatranska Kotlina road to the east, a line approximating the forest line to the south, and to the west through the valley Sucha dolina to Biela skala, towards Oravice and through the valley Ticha dolina up to the Polish border. TANAP's charge is to preserve the original condition of the natural environment through comprehensive protection and guidance for the mountains' usage for recreation, therapy and sport. TANAP's administration, the state forestry offices, the Tatras botanical exhibition, research institute and TANAP museum are located in Tatranska Lomnica. The Tatras Mountain Rescue Service, a branch of the state forestry administration, is based in Stary Smokovec. Please visit also Nizke Tatry (The Low Tatras National Park) . The densely forested hills of the Low Tatras (Nizke Tatry) run parallel to the High Tatras.
Tales of The Tatras Peaks VI - The Ridge Footprints
28. 01. 2013, views 9535x
White spots on the maps fascinated people for ages. We can still search for them in ourselves. Because of this you need to raise your eyes to climb higher and push your frontiers. To conquer the main ridge of the whole Tatras in the winter is a big challenge of technique, physical and psychical conditions. The only one who managed it was Pavol Pochylý in 1978. For the last 35 years, nobody was able to repeat his achievement without any support... more
Tales of The Tatras Peaks V - Legends and Illusions
28. 01. 2013, views 1188x
Blásy didn´t consider a description of his first ascent of Mount Rysy to be good for publishing. According to him to climb this peak was without any practical meaning. However, Lenin must have probably found one to climbe it. Or was it only a fairy tale? The first ascents of the Kežmarský peak stays full of questions as well. However, the northern wall of the Malý Kežmarský peak is the highest and one of the most beautiful walls in the Tatras for sure. The superdiretissima climbed by Paľo Pochylý became a legend. And so became the Mount Mních on the Polish side of the Tatras. The most difficult route leads to its small sharp peak higher of the mountain lake Morskie Oko.
Tales of The Tatras Peaks IV - Last of the Lasts
21. 01. 2013, comments: 0, views 896x
Until august 1902 the Ostrý Peak was the last Tatras peak with a man on its top. Even experienced mountain guides called this tough peak "the bloody bastard". Thought Karol Englisch didn´t get appreciation for conquering of the unconquerable. Doubts about his more than 30 first ascents forced him to leave the Tatras. Who remained forever was Christian Kraft von Hohenlohe, the German Prince and the third richest man in Europe, in the period between 19th and 20th century. Without him the Tatras wouldn't look as we know them today. Hohenlohe´s marks remained in "his" animals, principles of nature protection and in folk's memories. Only a little step was necessary to remain a big part of the Tatras to stay in Slovak property. Edmund Téry celebrated his first ascent of Mount Prostredný hrot with a bottle of champagne. Maybe on his descent he came up with an idea of a mountain hut - today´s Téry hut. Prostredný hrot still attract mountaineers. Thanks to its unique slab with a crack in it. Best climbers, photographers and "spiders" couldn´t sleep because of it... more
Tales of the Tatras Peaks III- The Enticed by Heights
21. 01. 2013, comments: 0, views 1245x
A sixteen-year old boy was once standing on the seashore of the Morskie Oko mountain lake; desiring to be the first on the top of the Mengusovský Peak. Was it a longing for appreciation, recognition, or just for conquering the unconquered he was driven by? His achievement has inspired many. Until the 19th century people believed the Lomnicky peak to be the Tatras highest. To conquer it was the boldest dream of the youth from Kežmarok. Who was the first one on its top stays still a mystery. Enticement to be the first on the top of the Lomnický Peak turned into an enticement to conquer its challenging western wall. It attracted two of the best Polish climbers, too. Just a coincidence helped one of them to gain victory. They both, however, paid in the mountains the ultimate price.... more
Tales of The Tatras Peaks II - Dreams of Freedom
21. 01. 2013, comments: 0, views 631x
The High Tatras, Slovakia's symbol - offer shelter and asylum to all those who seek calm and refuge for their souls... Their inimitable ambience and majesty absorb man in his entirety. Anyone who enters their realm should come with humbleness and reverence. It is a unique environment where dishonesty and pride are not tolerated. They remain stony-faced to those who have come to conquer them. But they reveal a little of their mystery to those who come humbly to learn from them...
Ticho nad oblakmi
15. 03. 2012, comments: 0, views 736x
Tam nad oblakmi cítiť to tajomné spojenectvo s vesmírom... Strháva nás tak veľmi, že začíname vychádzať zo seba, aby sme mohli vnímať celý ten horský svet. Svet, ktorý v človeku podivne zintenzívňuje sily duchovné aj telesné, energiu prirodzenú aj nadprirodzenú a uvoľňuje to, čo drieme v jeho v najtemnejších hĺbkach... To, čo kriesi jeho vieru vo vlastné sily... To, čo mu po zostúpení do dolín umožňuje kráčať so zdvihnutou hlavou a čerstvou krvou v žilách.
Tu - v tichu a samote, uprostred šumu vetra, začíname tušiť vlastné poslanie, zmysel bytia. Začíname chápať hodnoty, ktorými sa život líši od jestvovania a vďaka ktorým nachádzame to, čo sa dá nesmelo nazvať šťastie. Naučíme sa ho hľadať všade... more
Vysoké Tatry - divočina zamrznutá v čase
15. 03. 2012, comments: 0, views 835x
Stará slovenská povesť hovorí: Keď Boh stvoril Zem, rozdelil anjelom krásu, aby ju rozniesli po krajinách. Najmladší z nich si chcel skrátiť cestu cez vysoké pohorie. Nevládal však so záťažou vzlietnuť vyššie. Zavadil o jeden z ostrých štítov a všetka krása sa mu rozsypala po okolitých dolinách. Starí Slovania dali divokým horám plnej zveri a povier meno Tatry. Dnes vieme, že sú najmenšími veľhorami sveta. Skúste s nami opatrne nazrieť do ich kráľovstva. Potichu sa rozhliadnuť a nechať svoje myšlienky unášať majestátom prírody. Možno sa dotknete poznania, ako všetko so všetkým na tomto svete súvisí. A možno pochopíte aj svoju zodpovednosť za zachovanie divočiny, ktorá by tu mala ostať aj pre budúce generácie akoby zamrznutá v čase... more
Premeny Tatier
15. 03. 2012, comments: 0, views 555x
Tatry - slovo, ktoré snáď pre každého obyvateľa Slovenska asociuje domov, rodinu, priateľov... prosto bezpečie. Keď dlhší čas žijete v zahraničí, práve hnedá farba Tatier na mape uprostred Európy je tým záchytným bodom, ktorý symbolizuje návrat a podvedome vyslovíme vetu: „Tam sú moje korene, moji blízki, tam je môj domov, kde sa chcem vždy vracať. A všetci - hoci každý iným spôsobom - sme na tieto naše najmenšie veľhory sveta hrdí...
"Obrazový film Premeny Tatier vypovedá o úcte človeka k prírode a jej schopnostiam obnovovať sa v celej svojej zložitosti a kráse. A napokon aj o tom, čo si nesieme skryté v podvedomí - že všetci na tejto Zemi sme jedným celkom, ktorý podlieha presným prírodným zákonitostiam. more
Tatry Mystérium
15. 03. 2012, comments: 0, views 616x
"Hory mi položili tisíce otázok. Na mnohé z nich som nenašiel odpoveď. Vždy zostalo niečo nedopovedané, ticho, ktoré ma nútilo rozmýšľať... Tento film je o mojom hľadaní odpovedí. Neuchopiteľné som však nedokázal vyjadriť vhodným textom, iba jediným slovom: Mystérium..."
Ticho za otázkami, ktoré mi kladú hory, ma núti ďalej hľadať. Odpovede nenachádzam v myšlienkach, ale v tvaroch, vôni a najmä v obrazoch, z ktorých som poskladal svoje pocity.
No vo vnútri stále zostáva niečo nedopovedané... more
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