Revenki's photos with the keyword: chains

It has a trippy sense of scale when you look closely.

Coming down from the "pass" (more like a notch at the top, not much to it). Most of these people were part of a youth group, which was crossing from the other side.

Coming down from the "pass" (more like a notch at the top, not much to it). Most of these people were part of a youth group, which was crossing from the other side.

The youth group crossing from the other side (ie: the wrong direction).

Coming down from the "pass" (more like a notch at the top, not much to it). Most of these people were part of a youth group, which was crossing from the other side.

In reading about hiking in the Tatras before the trip, I found several references to having to use chains in difficult portions of certain trails. It sounded a bit offputting, but when I was actually confronted with one, it was no big deal (even though it might look a little scary from this angle). This is the set of chains just downriver of the upper bridge over Vel'ky Studeny Potok, the creek which runs through the valley. I'm not sure, but this picture might be of the same set of chains from the other direction.