Camping and Climbing in the Low Tatras

This weekend I went with other IAESTE trainees and leaders of the local IAESTE Kosice committee camping and climbing in the Low Tatras. The weekend was awesome! We were invited by another organization to join their group. There was about 50 to 100 people all sleeping in tents at the location in the mountains. There was a big stage set up with lights, DJ, Band, and music late into the night on both Friday and Saturday night. On Saturday night there was also a Catholic Mass, huge Bonfire, and all you could eat Gulas! The first night was very cold so the second night we decided to squish 5 people into our tent instead of 3 and we were much warmer. During the day on Saturday we took a bus to the tallest mountain in the Low Tatras and climbed to the top of the mountain. On the way we stopped at a chalet and had some really good bean and potatoe soup. After reaching the top and taking lots of pictures we continued on the path that we thought would take us back down. It ended up taking us to the the top of a another couple of peaks and to another chalet. At this chalet we had the largest cup of tea that I have ever had. It was a nice sweet fruit tea. It was already getting late after this stop so we tried to hurry down the sky slopes. They were, however, black diamonds and went almost straight down so this was not as easy as it sounds. Once we reached the bottom with our legs and knees aching the bus took us back to the camp site for the evening.