The Moravian Segment
~ Monday, May 18, 2020 ~
Elena was at the Moravian Gate in May. The wind came through from the north, as it does when the mountain chains on either side funnel the air from the Polish plain down toward the Danube basin. The pass is wider than it looks on a map — the contour lines suggest a narrowing, but the ground is open and gradual, and the headwaters of two river systems lie within a few kilometres of each other at the watershed. You stand at the Gate and you can feel the topography doing what topography does: making certain routes obvious.