KAMEN S MOUNT EVERESTA
U Alpinističkoj zbirci Zavičajnog muzeja Ogulin, kao jedan od najvrijednijih i najatraktivnijih predmeta zbirke, čuva se kamenčić s Mount Everesta.
Ovaj kamenčić zanimljivog oblika i teksture donio je u Hrvatsku i u Ogulin najpoznatiji hrvatski alpinist Stipe Božić prilikom svoje prve ekspedicije na najviši vrh svijeta 15. svibnja 1979. godine.
Bila je to prva jugoslavenska ekspedicija na Mount Everest, a vodio ju je Slovenac Tone Škarja. Uz većinom slovenske alpiniste, Stipe Božić bio je jedan od dvojice Hrvata u ekspediciji.
Na svojoj web stranici kasnije je napisao:
“Bio je to najsretniji trenutak u mom životu. Sve se u mom srcu promijenilo, osjećao sam se izaslanik svih mojih prijatelja i ostalih stanovnika Zemlje koji su ikad sanjali o vrhu Svijeta. Ovdje čovjek rijetko pobjeđuje a nerijetko umire. Mislim da penjač mora imati malo ludosti za ovakve izazove, ali ne smiju dozvoliti da ih ta ludost previše obuzme i ubije. Bože, kako sam sretan što živim!”
/ENG/
A STONE FROM MOUNT EVEREST
A small stone from Mount Everest, one of the most valuable and attractive items of the collection, is kept in the Alpinist Collection of the Ogulin Heritage Museum.
This small stone with an interesting shape and texture was brought to Croatia and Ogulin by Stipe Božić, the most famous Croatian alpinist, during his first expedition to the highest peak of the world on 15 May 1979.
It was the first Yugoslav expedition to Mount Everest, and it was led by the Slovene Tone Škarja. Along with mostly Slovenian alpinists, Stipe Božić was one of the two Croats in the expedition.
He later wrote on his website:
“It was the happiest moment in my life. Everything in my heart changed, I felt like a representative of all my friends and other inhabitants of the Earth who have ever dreamed of the top of the world. Here a man rarely wins and often dies. I think that a climber must be a little crazy for these kinds of challenges, but they shouldn’t let that craziness take them over too much and kill them. God, I’m so lucky to be alive!”
