On the Edge, Men

Bram and I were lucky enough to enjoy a marvelous vacation to Croatia this summer.  Croatia is a stunningly beautiful country, with lots of opportunities to visit the bit of Europe that is still wild and untamed.  One of the National Parks we visited was Paklenica, known for its steep rock formations. 

Near the entrance to the park Paklenica

 Paklenica is a narrow gorge with amazingly steep cliffs on either side. 

This gorge is world-renowned in the climbing community, and thousands of climbers come to scale the cliffs.  

Readying the ropes

High above, many climbers could be spotted scaling the cliffs.  

The routes all have very clever names.

 

For a point, what was a route name that we saw?  

a. Mrs. Robinson 

b. Up, up, & up 

c. Break a leg 

d. Mojito in training

e. Too fast too furious

Some of the routes took climbers high above the canyon floor.

The canyon also is known for its series of beautiful waterfalls.  It makes the hike truly stunning.

Meeting the locals.

Traversing the water.

 

Croatia is also a very religious country.  You can even see evidence of this while hiking.

Beautiful panorama.

Beautiful closeup.