Sněžka: Czech Republic High Point

Significance: Highest Point in the Czech Republic
Parent Peak: Hoher Ifen, Germany/Austria NHN: Malý Kriváň, Slovakia
Elevation: 1,603m
Date climbed: Summer 2021
Coordinates: 50° 44' 9'' N, 15° 44' 23'' E
Guidebook: Europe’s High Points (Cicerone)
Links: Wikipedia (Czech Republic / Sněžka), Peakbagger

I bagged the high point of the Czech Republic sometime in the Summer of 2001 while I was living in Prague. Stangely I have no photos of the trip at all. This was a year before I bought my first digital camera but I had since scanned in every paper photo that I had taken. I have a lot of photos of my time in the Czech Republic, just not of this day. It’s strange as, although it was a while before I got into High-Point bagging, this would still have been a big day out.

My only memories were that I went with my Czech girlfiend (at the time), her brother and probably a couple of other Czech mates. The walk to the top was straightforward and we had an amusingly named drink called Pschitt! in the cafe at the top. I was also interested to see the mobile phone provided switch between Czech and Polish as we crossed over the border between the 2 countries at the top.

I know that the country is now called Czechia but I still can’t get used to it.

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