I’m by no means an expert in anything mountaineering related, but over the years, I’ve been able to pick up a few useful things that make now the difference between a critical situation and just tolerable discomfort.
What I am surely no capable of is teaching stuff properly to others (as opposed to a few subjects in Engineering I can claim with sincerity I am qualified enough). I lack … read more
Introduction
August 26th (Łysa Polana – Zakopane)
August 27th (Jordanów – Hala Krupowa)
August 28th (Hala Krupowa – Zawoja)
An invitation of a Polish friend of mine to join him on a long distance hike in the Beskid mountains gave me an opportunity to leave the August antsiness of the touristy places in and around the High Tatras, since at the summer’s closing I had been … read more
Introduction
Malý Pyšný štít, August 24
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Summary
Footnotes
Pyšný štít is the fourth highest mountain in the High Tatras, and one of only four peaks in the Carpathians exceeding the 2600 meters mark1.
Despite this, few people bother to climb around here, and that is for a number of reasons.
There is no tourist trail leading up, so you have to … read more
