Lambada, second ascent in 1998  

First climbed in 1992, in solo ascent, Lambada contemplated for as long time, if she was about to let anyone else to climb it. Then in 1998, the incredible happened. It formed and with Klemen we were the first to repeat it. At the time it was an M6+ grade and we comfirmed it as one of the hardest ice climbs around.

Since then, it often forms fat and solid, making ascents easier than before. In 2005, conditions were fortunate again. One can play and picks his own route and difficulties, as he wishes or dares.

   
In summer, few of the passing mountaineers know, about the double life of the waterfall. Vivid water stands almost still during cold winters, playing with rare sunrays, standing up the wind and avalanches and withstanding occassional axe strikes of a climber, bound for it's top.  
   

At the end of a season, sun makes sure this delight doesn't last too long. It melts through, turns ice to slush.

 
We have opened another route to the left of the pillar, a mixed line that joins the ice again at the lip of the overhang. It is rated M 8 or so.
 
 
  Panoramic view of Vršič pass, from under Lambada.