"It was nice and also very emotional," stated the head of the Institute for the Protection of Cultural Heritage, Jernej Hudolin. The helicopter’s journey from Mojstrana to the top of Mt. Triglav took around 10 minutes. What followed was the crucial and most demanding part of the tower’s return: physically placing it back in its spot.
"The restoration was demanding, mostly because of the logistics, but it was a complete success. How the tower will be maintained and how we treat it will depend on all mountain lovers. If we respect it and see in it the symbolic gesture of Jakob Aljaž, I then believe that it will remain on top of Mt. Triglav for the next 130 years," said Hudolin.

"All I expect from people is to act normal, as humans. The tower has its function. It has a door, which you can open. You can step inside. You can take a picture standing next to it. But all of us, who worked on this project, would not like to see people writing on the tower, putting stickers, climbing on top of it or doing other similar mischief," stressed Hudolin, adding: "Let’s remain mountaineers. Let’s take back into the mountains that true mountain spirit, which Jakob Aljaž so beautifully described to us through his actions."