Lake Bohinj
Glacial alpine lake beneath the Julian Alps, ringed by forest, meadows and mountain trails.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Lake Bohinj, near Lake Bled, stands you beside the bronze statue of four men at Ribčev Laz, one of them pointing toward Triglav. It follows a farmer, two miners, a chamois hunter and a village surgeon on a three-day climb in the summer of seventeen seventy-eight, sent by a baron with a scientist's failed attempt behind them. You'll also hear about the two written accounts of that climb, and the question of whose names deserve the bronze.
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