Appeal for mountaineering access to Slovakia’s High Tatra
The UIAA has called for fewer restrictions on mountaineers, climbers and trekkers in Slovakia’s High Tatra Mountains, intervening on behalf of the Slovakian Alpine Union.
During a recent visit to the Tatras National Park, the delegation from the UIAA Access and Conservation Commission was confronted with several restrictions including bans on leaving the signed trails and bivouacking anywhere in the mountains, as well as hiking before sunrise or after sunset.
“To Western mountaineers these tactics appear to be draconian measures, perhaps a throw-back to the former Communist regime, and the time has come when they should be reviewed and revised,” said Commission President Robert Pettigrew.
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