NOSENIE NÁKLADOV AKO FORMA ZAMESTNANIA A TRANSPORTNÉ PROSTRIEDKY V KONTEXTE ROZVOJA TURISTIKY V PROSTREDÍ VYSOKÝCH TATIER

The paper explores the forms of mountain and high-mountain transport on the Slovak side of the High Tatras since the time of the first mountain discoverers until the present day. It also examines the differences between particular historical periods in the terms of transportation and general model of organization of the high-mountain transport. The paper is based on the results of the field research, literature, as well as analysis of an ample photographic and iconographic material. It aims to answer the following questions: when did people begin to carry cargoes to the mountains; what were the principal areas and means of the high-mountain transport; what population groups have specialized in this profession and for what social reasons.