At 9 am we arrived by bus to Lysa Polana, which is a border crossing with Poland.
After the first hour of hiking (warming up) we arrived to the Miskiewicz waterfalls. Here we found out that the direct road to Morskie Oko (Sea Eye) is closed and we will have to go through 5 Polskych Stawov (5 Polish Lakes).
The views on the path and at the lakes were amazing but we have lost more than three hours when compared to planned route. We have taken a rest at the Cottage at the 5 lakes and also at Morskie Oko.
From this cottage the climbing to the peak of Rysy was hell. Already on the first one hour part between the lake Morskie Oko and Czarny Staw (Black Lake) made sweat trickle down our faces, but the around 45 degrees ascent that took another three hours killed us both.
We have even few times went off the path, gradually I was falling behind and honestly the last few hundred meters I was on the edge of exhaustion. I felt like I have no more strength to continue, actually missing more the psychical strength than the physical. First was a feeling I don’t want to go any further and later I felt depleted, my lips felt like tiny pins were irritating them.
After we got over the peak of Rysy we just limped to the cottage. It was already after sunset and going any further would be stupid (but we met a family of father and two kids who decided to continue down hill and risk getting to the next cottage – one and half hour away – while there were still some light left). The price was 500 sk per night/person, damn a lot, but we had no other choice. People like us who have no other choice… well have no other choice than to pay. They set the price high to scare away those who would come and just hang at the cottage for few days – the cottage is always crowded.
So we finished up sleeping there with another like 20 people (full capacity with few of us sleeping on the floor). We have been told that that day there was some guy who came to the cottage all the way from Morskie Oko because he found a lost jacket and came to ask if it doesn’t belong to any of the guests – crazy! There was also one guy, who passed us during the climb, in shorts and with only a plastic bag in his hand – weird. Ivos knee started to hurt, was not that bad at night, I also have not feeling too much fit.
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