Guys from winfieldsoutdoors.co.uk prepare nice infographic about climbing to Mount Everest. You know... Everest is overcrowded, but still he is the highest mouintain in the world, but I hear that in winter there is less people ;).
From 15 january to 11 february I have been in Canadian Rockies. I climb with Mike Dorocicz, Jędrzej Jabłoński. We do some nice climbing routes (Nophobia M10, Musashi M12, Slipstream WI4+ VI 1000m and many others). Below is film from this trip. Film is in polish, but there are also some pictures... Enjoy it ;).
Angelika Rainer is one of the best female drytooling climbers. she won the Ice climbing World championship in 2009, 2011 and 2013 in South Corea and she also won the Worldcup ranking in 2012 and 2015. Her hardest drytooling routes are Steel Koan and Kamasutra (both D13+). She is also very good at free climbing, she climbs routes up to 8b+. She did first female ascent of Italia 61. A 250m long 8a route on Piz Ciavaces (Dolomites)
In almost every country where is rock is usually some climbing community. There are lot of local websites about climbing, but not every has a climbing forum, where you can speak with climbing community in this country. Here is list of climbing forums:
I meet Ramon Marin in Canmore (Canada), where we climb in Cineplex. He do Musashi M12, Steel Koan M13+ and some nice icefalls. Here is interview with this strong guy from Spain (or England).
In may 2014 I made interview with Raphael Slawinski. Originally interview was in polish, but I translated this to english. You must be prepared, than in text will be some (MY) translation mistakes :-). Original text you will find here.
A Polish climber, alpinist and climbing instructor. Known for his multipitch ascents both in the big wall and alpine style. Born in 1975 in Poland. He’s been climbing for more than 22 years. A member of the Polish National Team in alpine climbing. From the very beginning he’s been inspired mostly by challenges such as opening new routes in the most inaccessible and vertical faces in the world.
Below you have live webcam to Matterhorn.
Video from Haffner Cave in Canadian Rockies. Jędrzej Jabłoński (JJ) send classic route Caveman ~M10 (author give M10-). JJ climb without figure 4/9.
Takeshi Tani and Yamada Toshiyuki repeats The Wild Thing Ⅵ M7 WI5 1300m on east face of Mt. Chephren in the Canadian Rockies. 45 hours from car to car.
Sometimes when you commit to a goal, you find that it pushes the boundaries of what you thought was possible. "Last year I set myself up with the idea that I wanted to be the first American woman to climb M11." Mountain Hardwear athlete Dawn Glanc is an ice climber and mixed climber from Ouray, Colorado. For Dawn, M11 is just the beginning. What's your M11?
For climbing trip to Canada I took the shoes The North Face Verto Extreme S6K. I was expecting to -15 / -25 ° C and hard ice/mixed climbing, where shoes with inner boots will be ideal. Life, however, somewhat verified to use them in the field and an exceptionally warm winter meant that the temperature hovered around -5 / 15 ° C. Fortunately, at the last moment I took TNF Verto S6K Glacier GTX (review here).
Climbing harnesses are essential for climbing. They're usually designed with minimal padding, the assumption being that you'll hang in your harness little if at all, so comfort can take a back seat to weight. Mountaineers expect to travel in snowy or wet conditions, to take bathroom breaks while still in the harness and to wear the harness over a variety of layers, including taking it on and off over boots and crampons. As a result, mountaineering harnesses are typically made of non-absorbent material, have detachable leg loops to facilitate bathroom breaks, and adjust sufficiently to accommodate a variety of layers.
If you go by normal route on Breithorn, then he could be one of the easiest 4000 metre peaks in the Alps. You can go to 3820 m by skilift. From there you have easy walk on glacier, and snow slope to summit. Very recommended to go there on skis.
