April 19, 2019 – Putting Croatian adventure tourism on the map, with the biggest welcome in the world. Day 26 of this incredible 2011 adrenaline trip covering 2,500 km along the Croatian coast.
The World’s Biggest Welcome, an ambitious adventure tourism project in 2011 in Croatia enters Day 26 of this 2019 appreciation of one of the finest tourism promotion projects ever in Croatia.
The plan? To showcase the diversity and fabulous offer of adventure tourism in Croatia by following a GPS route the length of the Croatian coast in the shape of the word ‘Welcome’ – thereby creating the biggest welcome in the world from a hospitable tourism country.
Day 26 stayed in NP Paklenica for a day of big wall speed climbing.
No significant movements were made on this day as Lacko and his team stayed put in Paklenica for the “Big Wall Speed Climbing” competition. They are currently forming the ‘C’ in ‘Welcome’ on their journey.
According to NP Paklenica, the “Big Wall Speed Climbing” competition has been going on in the canyon of Velika Paklenica since 2000. There are only a few rules to join the competition, like being over 18 years old and having teams that consist of two male, female, or mixed members.
This year, the upcoming 20th International Climbers’ Meeting and the “Big Wall Speed Climbing” competition will take place from April 26 to 28, 2019.
Here’s a look at Lacko’s competition back in 2011.
Inga Patarčić and Sunčica Hrašćanec.
An American.
“American formation”.
Sunčica Hrašćanec won at every BWSC competition in Paklenica. Inga Patarčić set a new record.
Back to the American team.
And the Spanish team of Daila Ojeda and Andrea Cartas.
Lacko and the team from the PKU Association.
A look at just how big the rock is.
The rain stopped part of the men’s competition.
But it went on.
A key part of the project was promoting tourism, and the official website has details of the key places visited during the day.
National Park Paklenica.
You can see the entire project on the Welcome website, as well as much more of Luka Tambaca’s stunning photography on the Welcome Facebook page.
Tune in tomorrow for Day 27, as Lacko spends another day in Paklenica for the big wall speed climbing competition.
To follow the whole project from the start, follow the dedicated TCN page.
