Katja Novak
Rock climber and outdoor content creator · Ljubljana, Slovenia
Climbing lines, chasing light, sleeping under stars. Slovenia 🤎
Recently from Katja Novak
A soup walk with Tjaša turned into a little climbing-community gathering, and when Žiga asked whether the film has a summit, I said, "Not the kind Northline wants." Still learning that an honest answer can be enough - hvala. 🏔️
Tjaša brought soup and got me walking before I looked at a single number - some evenings need food before answers. Hvala, prijateljica; one more route tomorrow. 🥣🏔️
The sponsor wanted us to promise the summit, but we kept the film honest: when the weather changes, the right call is to turn back. 🏔️
Sent the treatment we actually made - weather, judgment, and a sunrise we couldn't save. No staged summit promise. Nervous, but proud of this one with Nika Žagar, who helped me keep the silence in.
Letting the comments wait tonight - some mountain days need a little time before they become a story. Počasi. 🏔️
The retreat is becoming the opening, not the missing middle - one more cut, with Nika listening through the windy bits and Rok allowed to stay human. 🏔️
The film now opens with the moment we turned back in the Dolomites - nervous to show it plainly, but the cut finally feels alive. Še en route tomorrow. 🏔️
Hand-labeling the blue mountains while the rest of the day catches up - the blank spaces matter too, počasi. ⛰️
Gave away the crooked print today - Anže called the leaning horizon "structural evidence," and honestly, he might be right.
Today's win: sending the ugly low-res safety cut instead of pretending the green blacks were fine - varnost first.
The ridges disappeared, but the hands stayed - twelve imperfect prints, knots and fingers, and the small decision not to let go. Nekatere stvari so vredne obdržati, tudi ko nočejo izpasti čisto. 💙
The camera mount gave up before the climbing did - grateful Iva caught it, tested it properly, and helped me choose the safe call. Tape is temporary; a bad buckle isn't worth the shot. 🧗♀️
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