The exhibition “Revolutionary. Mountaineer” – Vukica and other women who wrote the history of mountaineering in Montenegro until November 15th at Njegoš Park 📸🌳

The exhibition “Revolutionary. Mountaineer”, dedicated to Vukosava Vukica Mićunović and other women who marked history and contributed to the development of mountaineering in Montenegro, has been set up in Njegoš Park in Podgorica In many anthologies, Vukica is recognized as a significant woman for Montenegro The exhibition “Revolutionary. Mountaineer”, through photographs and media records from archive material, presents Vukica as a mountaineer in greater detail to the public for the first time She was the first president of the Mountaineering Association of Montenegro, since its founding in 1950 She is the first woman from Montenegro to climb a peak higher than 5,000 meters, Elbrus Vukica climbed the highest peak in Europe 70 years ago Along with the story of her pioneering achievement, the exhibition also shows other women who have contributed to the development of mountaineering and mountaineering disciplines in Montenegro to this day Among them is Ksenija Drašković from “Javorak” Nikšić, who included a large number of primary school students in the mountaineering school, among whom was the then twelve-year-old Dragan Gašo Lalović, the technical leader of the first Montenegrin expedition to Mount Everest in 1996 The author of the exhibition is Damira Kalač, a journalist and founder of the specialized mountaineering platform Maja.team “With gratitude to the Mićunović family, especially aunt Božidarka, because she understood Vukica’s mountaineering path and preserved a valuable archive, which is a witness to the life of one woman, but also a witness to a time Thank you to every woman for every step she took for herself and for future ones”, states the author The exhibition design is signed by Ana Pajović from Studio Ribizla The realization was supported by the Mountaineering Association of Montenegro, the Secretariat for Culture of the Capital City Podgorica, Ljetopis Automotive and Lektura.me More on the story and on the portal www.maja.team