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The Eiger Mittellegi Ridge

Tomaž Jakofčič, 24. 10. 2019

Every year, we move to Chamonix for the summer, and this year was no exception. My wife and I call it working, while our daughters Mija and Ula call i ...

Kashmir

Tomaž Jakofčič, 25. 4. 2019

I had already tried to visit India back in 2006 when we wanted to climb the magnificent, audacious mountain of Thalay Sagar (6,904 m). We’d alrea ...

The Matterhorn, the most beautiful in the world?

Tomaž Jakofčič, 25. 1. 2019

The Matterhorn is the most iconic mountain in the world. Although beauty is in the eye of the beholder, we can also safely place it among the most bea ...

The Walker spur

Tomaž Jakofčič, 21. 9. 2018

There are walls and routes that have a special status in global alpinism. A sort of evergreen alpinism. Even though they were first climbed in differe ...

Spring memories

Tomaž Jakofčič, 3. 8. 2018

I don't know why I love dreaming about things that are not relevant at the moment. In the summer, I dream of winter, when I ski I’m thinking about cli ...

Taghia in the heart of the high Atlas

Tomaž Jakofčič, 2. 2. 2018

I travel to many places, but I rarely go somewhere far away for myself to climb in peace. And it was about time to make such a journey. The walls of M ...

Happy 2018!

Tomaž Jakofčič, 22. 12. 2017

I love winter so much! Off-piste skiing and climbing on ice is something I really can’t live without. I love the cold, I love fruity teas with a pinch ...

Patagonia – between love and hate

Tomaž Jakofčič, 20. 10. 2017

When speaking the word Patagonia the average Slovene would get the stereotypical idea of a distant place, a somewhat mystical world, a somewhere far-o ...

Top of Europe

Tomaž Jakofčič, 18. 8. 2017

I have some ski turning places which I tend to repeat every year and I can’t seem to get bored of. One of these are the Bern Alps. This region is the ...