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WAR II, THE REGION WAS STILL PART OF THE SOCIALIST FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF
YUGOSLAVIA.  CONTINUING THROUGH WHAT WAS ONCE YUGOSLAVIA, WE TURNED
NORTHWEST AND WENT TO ZAGREB, THE CAPITAL OF CROATIA.  OUR SPECIFIC GOAL
WAS SLJEME 9A/ ZH 002, A NATURE PARK JUST NORTH OF THE CITY, WHERE WE
OPERATED WELL INTO THE NIGHT.  ACKNOWLEDGMENTS  IN THE PROCESS OF THIS
EXPERIENCE, WE WERE THANKFUL FOR EVERYTHING WE LEARNED.  WE SAW REMNANTS OF
THE HISTORY OF THESE REGIONS AND GOT A GLIMPSE OF SOME OF THE GEOPOLITICAL
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ISSUES FACING THIS AREA OF THE WORLD.  I WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND A GRATEFUL
THANK YOU TO ALL THE LOCAL SOTA ACTIVATORS AND CHASERS FOR THEIR PART IN
OUR EXPERIENCE, GENEROUSLY ASSISTING IN PLANNING AND EXECUTING THIS ROAD
TRIP.  THEY PROVIDED US WITH INVALUABLE INFORMATION IN ADVANCE OF THIS
TRIP, INCLUDING EXTENSIVE SUMMIT DETAILS AND EVEN HOTEL AND ADDITIONAL
SUMMIT RECOMMENDATIONS, AND ALSO MET WITH US AND OFTEN LED US UP TO SUMMITS
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