11th February 2011 - Memorial ski touring to the Lupoglav peak

Last week end, BIH mountaineers organised the memorial ascent to the Lupoglav peak (mt 2102) on Prenj Mountain. The memorial hike is organised to commemorate three BIH mountaineers, Ilia Dilber and Milorad Stjepanovic from Zenic and Zijah Jajatovic from Sarajevo who lost their lives during the first winter ascent of Lupoglav in February 1970.
       

BIH mountaineers organise every year a visit to the graves of the mountaineers and if possible an ascent to the top, taking into account that it is a serious ascent for which both winter equipment and experience are required.
       

Edin Durmo and Jure Miljak, on this occasion realised the first ascent and descent on skis from Lupoglav.They skied down the whole west face from the summit to the graves in Barni Do.This achievement is the first of a series of events that they have organised in the course of this year to celebrate their 35 years of active mountaineering activity.
Their intimate wish was to start the celebrations with the long-planned descent from this mystical peak. Durmo and Miljak feel a intimate and spiritual attachment to this mountain, which they climbed for the first time, during a memorial ascent back in 1978/1979, at the very beginning of their mountaineering career.  
           
   

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