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Ascent to Świnica (High Tatras)

Description

Hiking tour from Kuźnice (1011 meters AMSL) to Świnica (2301 meters AMSL) via Schronisko Murowaniec (1500 meters AMSL) and Zawrat (2159 meters AMSL).

Świnica is a mountain straddling the border between Poland and Slovakia in the High Tatras mountain range.

Descent to Kasprowy Wierch (1987 meters AMSL).

Photos and video

Map

Notes

In summer thunderstorms can be very dangerous and possibly deadly because of the many via ferrata sections … read more

Visiting Poland: Kraków, Warszawa, Poznań, Szczecin, Wrocław

Table of contents

  1. Introduction
  2. Cities and places
    1. Kraków (Krakau)
    2. Warszawa (Warschau)
    3. Poznań (Posen)
    4. Szczecin (Stettin)
  3. Genealogy
  4. Epilogue

1. Introduction

My mother’s parents are from small towns near Wrocław, a city in Lower Silesia that belongs to Poland since 1945.

My grandparents met in the mid-1930s as my grandfather was working as a butcher in and around Breslau1 (which was the German name of Wrocław) and my grandmother was occupied … read more

Ascent to Kościelec (High Tatras)

Description

Hiking tour from Kuźnice (1011 meters AMSL) to Kościelec (2155 meters AMSL) via Schronisko Murowaniec (1500 meters AMSL).

Kościelec is a mountain in the Polish part of the High Tatras mountain range.

Photos

Map

Notes

It’s a technical ascent especially on the last meters, so Crampons and an Ice Axe are mandatory equipment items in wintry conditions (checking the avalanche reports beforehand should be a matter of course).

I … read more