Primož Jakopin, photo diary

From Škratovka to Radošca 2 and Skednena jama caves
No open-pit mining

March 23 till April 13, 2022, 38 pictures

          Most images are approximately 683 x 1024 pixels in size, numbers in front of the picture descriptions are serial numbers of the original photo files. The names of the cave parts are the author's. Some participants and persons, mentioned in the text: Metod Di Batista, Janez Juvan - Manč, Marjan Baričič, Jožek Košir - Cox and Marko Vogrič - Mare.

          Pictures photo and copyright (c) Primož Jakopin - Klok 2022.


 

Škratovka, March 23


 


 
50923. View from the shelf leading to the inside of the cave, along the Entrance Hall towards the surface


 

 


 
50929. The author as a surrogate extra in a draft study for the article on cave beauty


 

 

Ljubljana, March 28


 


 
50961. Upstream view of the Ljubljanica river from the embankment Petkovškovo nabrežje


 

 

Ljubljana, March 30


 


 
50978. Black-red shoes of a lady at a party candidate meeting during the 2022 election campaign ...


 

 


 
50979. ... where the participants were served these canapes. One of nine trays, each was different.


 

 

Sebonji laz, 804 m above sea level, April 3


 


 
50982. View towards Lake Cerknica and Mt. Snežnik (1,796 m) ...


 

 


 
50983. ... in a closer view


 

 


 
50984. View towards Nanos, with clouds and sun


 

 

Ljubljansko barje, April 4


 


 
50985. New toy - a 19 inch Sanchi foam glider airplane. Nice, easy and very affordable, a real pleasure if it would also fly well.


 

 

Ustje, April 5


 


 
50986. View across the meadow in the east-northeast direction, the wall on the left is on the east side of Iški Vintgar gorge.


 

 


 
50987. Another view, to the east-southeast, towards Vrbica and Krvava peč, ...


 

 


 
50988. ... a view of the house at the top of the meadow, ....


 

 


 
50990. ... and a view back along the access forest track.


 

 


 
50991. The meadow, the spruce forest and the sun


 

 

Tisovec, 619 m above sea level


 


 
50993. View through sparse forest of thin deciduous trees at the top of the hill, towards the sunset


 

 

Lanski vrh, April 6


 


 
50994. Entrance to the cave Radošca 2, the worksite is at the bottom of the shaft under the wall, view from Rado Radešček collapse doline.


 

 


 
50995. View of the stone-filled continuation at the bottom ...


 

 


 
50996. ... and here after the author removed a few rocks. The cave continues through the black patch in the middle of the photo.


 

 


 
50997. View down from the shelf at a depth of about 11 meters, Manč is at the bottom


 

 


 
50998. View from the shelf at -6 m down into the depth, Metod


 

 


 
50999. ... then to the south-west, to the temporary rock depot ...


 

 


 
51000. ... and in the opposite direction, towards the bottom of the entrance shaft.


 

 


 
51001. At the side a piece of rope is hanging. Here the pulley is attached when the team is small and the stones can only be hauled to the temporary rock depot.


 

 


 
51002. View from the entrance shaft towards the surface


 

 


 
51003. Cutting part of a spruce trunk in front of the entrance, a support for the bottom tunnel


 

 


 
51004. Marjan is heading back to the bottom and has taken with him eight corner sheet metal pieces that will connect the newly installed supports.


 

 


 
51005. Marjan, descending


 

 


 
51008. Lungwort, Pulmonaria officinalis


 

 


 
51010. Metod, returning to the surface


 

 


 
51009. View from the north of the entrance to the cave "Secret entrance of mother Luša", which Cox dug in the summer of 2011. In front is the landfill, excavated rocks from Radošca 2.


 

 


 
51006. View of this landfill from the cave ...


 

 


 
51007. ... and a view out of the entrance.


 

 


 
51011. View from the northeast side of the bridge over Unica river, with Planinska gora


 

 

Skednena jama, April 13


 


 
51018. South entrance from inside out, Solomija and Alja. For Solomija, it was the first cave in her life.


 

 


 
51019. Drops from the ceiling in the palm of the little hand


 

 


 
51020. View from the North entrance to the collapsed doline


 

 


 
51022. Mother's happiness


 

 


 
51023. Morel mushroom, Morchella esculenta, that Mare found in front of Članska vas shelter.


 

 

 

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  From Orlek to Škocjan, March 9 and 12     Najdena jama, May 11  
 


 


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