“And why don’t
you get yourself a pair of lightweight trail shoes?” I added silently. ‘They’ll
surely help you move faster.”
I contemplated
all of this as I soaked in the magnificent view from the summit of Rysy, a
2,499-metre peak in the High Tatras that straddles the Slovakia
and Poland boarder. Andrew and I spent the prior day hiking to Chata Pod Rysy, a
mountain hut precariously situated below Rysy’s summit. We woke to a noisy room
filled with rambunctious Czech climbers eager to attack the nearby crags and
after a hearty Slovakian breakfast, we were off to Rysy.
