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Wicked Big Canyon: Italian Rio Simon

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It's our last full day of our trip and it was a big one. When we started doing research about our trip to Slovenia, we found a canyon in Italy that looked really exciting (Rio Simon) and was only about 1 hour away from where we would be staying in Slovenia. I looked into options for doing it, but none of the outfitters guide it because customers would have to be experienced canyoneers to do it. One outfitter said they would try to make it happen for us, but it didn't work out because they could not get two more people who wanted to do it (in order to make it worth their while), even after trying to collaborate with other outfitters. It seemed that it just wasn't in the cards for it to happen and then the Universe stepped in and did us a solid. Our guide Andrej from Fratarica Canyon was chatting with us after we finished the canyon. When we mentioned Rio Simon, he said that he has really wanted to do that canyon as well, so he got in touch with his guide buddy (Roman) in Ita...
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Mt. Krn not exactly as planned...

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At the very southern end of the Julian Alps lies Mount Krn and it is one of the most important summits in this mountain range. This mountain is historically significant as it was a battleground during WWI between the Hungarians and Italians. An elite Italian unit took the peak in 1915. Besides importance, it is known to have incredible 360° views from the summit with lots of mountain peaks to see (unfortunately, we cannot attest to this). Dan really wanted to do the via ferrata route up, but it added 2000 ft of elevation gain (already hiking 4500 ft of elevation gain), however the weather did not look good and we had a big canyoning day planned for the next day. So, I convinced Dan to do the 10 mile loop hike with a ridge (kind of like Franconia Ridge, but a little more elevation gain, a little longer and with cows and sheep).  The cool looking waterfall on the drive to Mount Krn An outhouse at the parking for Mt. Krn We usually do not beat the time on the trail signs, but today we...
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