Tam Nahoře: Untold stories of Tatra mountain huts
504 photos. 453 kilometres walked. 272 pages. 155 historical facts. 111 curiosities. 68 archive images. 20 people. 13 stories. 10 months. 1 book.
This is a book of untold stories from Tatra mountain huts. Inside you'll find tales, reflections, small anecdotes and true legends that no mountain lover should miss. You'll learn, for example, about the Pope's secret visit to Sliezsky dom, about drawing matches at Rysy, or about a Czech hiker and her wedding veil. The stories are written by journalist Samo Marec, whose father was the keeper of three of the huts.
For each of the 13 huts, we describe the atmosphere and add curiosities and timeless tips. We also added original photographs by Jakub Čaprnka and drawings by Ivana Čobejová. Each hut has its own original illustration by Adrián Macho.
Tam Nahoře stands out not only for its content, but for how it's made. 272 pages, 280 × 215 mm. By its thickness, more a collector's piece than a practical guide. Paper all the way from Sweden, chosen specially so the large-format photos feel as authentic as possible.
Tam Nahoře: Untold stories of Tatra mountain huts
Sale price60 €
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Tam Nahoře: Untold stories of Tatra mountain huts
Sale price60 €
Did you know that...
Tam Hore, Na Chrbte and Kade? Tade! form a trilogy of mountain reportage books. The first explores the huts of the Tatras, the second the mountain porters, the third the trail markers. After that, we came down from the ridges with the book Doma.
All three books come with a premium cloth cover. So even with frequent reading they won't get scuffed, and they'll stand out even more on your bookshelf, on your coffee table. Or wherever you choose to display them.
More than 6,000 happy customers and Martinus Book of the Year 2022 are hopefully guarantee enough that they please the eye inside and out.
These books wouldn't exist without you, our community of passionate hikers
Crowdfunding is in our blood. Every single one of our projects got started that way. Whether it was Žurnál or mountain shelters. Our mountain trilogy is no exception – it literally broke the record in Slovak book crowdfunding. Thank you to all 2599 backers who helped us get these stories onto paper. Without you, they'd have stayed in the print files.
We have nothing to hide
Radical transparency is one of our values. So here is exactly what it is made of and where the money you pay goes.
Where your 60 € goes
Healthy margin
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Production9,99 € · 17 %
Printing, paper and binding of the whole book.
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Author team0,50 € · 1 %
Texts, photos, illustrations, design and royalties per copy.
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Marketing8,57 € · 14 %
Advertising. We count 15 % of the price excl. VAT.
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Logistics3,00 € · 5 %
Warehousing in Orava, packing and a shipping subsidy.
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VAT 5%2,86 € · 5 %
The tax we pay to the state.
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Running the company35,08 € · 58 %
Salaries, support, new products and profit.
Specs and materials
Format
Block 212 × 275 mm, portrait
Paper
Munken Print Cream 115 gsm, endpapers too
Binding
Sewn hardcover V8, 3 mm board, headband
Cover
Imperial cloth, blind embossing, label, colour foil
Printing
Full-colour offset print 4+4
Pages
272 pages
Production
Český Těšín, Czechia
Carbon footprint
Even a paper book has a footprint. We calculated it for the whole of 2025 and divided it per item: DEFRA 2025 emission factors, transport by parcels, services and marketing by spend (GHG Protocol). We keep refining the method together with our suppliers.
≈ 1.9 kg CO₂e per book. Roughly like driving 11 km by car.
Production1.23 kg · 64 %
Materials, printing, binding and cover.
Running the company and marketing0.43 kg · 22 %
People, software, ads and energy, divided per item.
Transport to us0.19 kg · 10 %
Materials to production and finished products to the warehouse.
Transport to you and packaging0.07 kg · 4 %
Parcel and box.
What we do about it
- We print in Slovakia and Czechia. No air freight. Our warehouse sits next to the printer in Orava, so finished products do not travel for nothing.
- We do not shrink-wrap diaries one by one. We use bulk packaging to cut down on plastic.
- We ship in recycled cardboard and, when we can, in boxes our suppliers sent us goods in.
- For trips and small transfers we book shared transport and BlaBlaCar.
- We print to pre-orders. If something does not sell, it does not end up in the bin but in our outlet or in schools.
What you can do
- Order more things at once. One parcel instead of three.
- Choose a pickup point or locker instead of home delivery. So the courier does not drive out for a single parcel.
- Buy second quality and sale items. We also work with production seconds. Everything usable is cheaper in our second quality section. You save money and rescue something that would not get a chance elsewhere.
- Buy only what you will really use. The smallest footprint belongs to the diary that never had to be made.
What Žurnál fans say
4.81 out of 5 · 26 reviews
Krasa v jednom celku„Krasa, ktora pomaha upokojit mysel.“
Spokojnosť„Veľká spokojnosť. Kniha na prvý pohľad vyzerá luxusne, zaujímavo, pekne. Vnútro nesklamalo tiež. Parádna práca 👌“
Tam hore„veľmi pútavo napísané dielo, zaujala ma aj väzba knihy, odporúčam všetkým milovníkom Tatier a tatranských chát. Pepo.“
Super kniha„Ja som knihu sice len prelistoval lebo to bol darcek pre manzelku. Tej sa knizka urcite paci lebo nad nou stravila hned niekolko vecerov.“
„Knižka je kráska ;) Každopádne na stránkach, ktoré uvádzajú Hrebienok a Bilíkovu chatu je preklep v obci, z ktorej sa na tieto chaty vyráža. Namiesto Tatranskej Lomnice, by tam mal byť Starý Smokovec :) Opravte do ďalšieho vydania.“
Tam hore nevypovedane pribehy„Kniha ma uplne dostala, ked som si ju citala mala som zimomriavky. Paradne spracovanie dakujem za skvely zazitok pri citani a tak isto o motivaciu navstivit chaty osobne;)“
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