Reinhold Messner famous quotes
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- Damian Granowski
Reinhold Messner, born in 1944 and raised in the South Tyrol's Villnöss Valley among the Dolomite mountains of northern Italy, is simply one of the greatest mountaineers of the 20th century. Is famous for making the first documented solo ascent of Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen.
10 of the Best Ice and Rock Climbing Destinations in Europe
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- Damian Granowski
Europe is home to a lot of hiking and climbing trips. Compared to other regions, Europe has the most mountain ranges that are conveniently spread throughout the continent. Whatever country you’re visiting in Europe, chances are, you will only be a few hours drive from a good climbing spot.
Be careful using dyneema lanyard...
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- Damian Granowski
This tutorials presents different types of lanyards used in mountaineering and demonstrating their advantages and disadvantages. At first movie Italian laboratory Centro Studi Materiale e Tecniche check laynards from rope, poliamid and dyneema. Factor fall 1 and 2.
The first winter ascent of Mount Everest
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- Damian Granowski
17th February 1980, 2:25 p.m., BC Mount Everest. Krzysztof’s voice in radio:
- Hello, Base Camp! Do you hear us?
- Yes, where are you? Hello, hello!
- Guess what?!
- Hello! Hello!
- On the summit. We are on the Summit!!!
- If it wasn't for Everest, we would never have dreamt of climbing here!
Because It’s There... 10 quotes about Mount Everest
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- Damian Granowski
Mount Everest is the highest point of Earth. First time conquered in 1953. From this time thousands of people summit on Mount Everest. Here you have some inspirational quotes about Mount Everest.
Mountain quotes (funny, inspirational, sayings)
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- Damian Granowski
Here you have lot inspirational quotes about mountains. You will find there typical quotes about mountains (for mountaineers). lot of funny quotes about mountains, but also lot of smart sentences with mountains.
The most Beautiful Peaks in the World - Gallery
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- Damian Granowski
The earth has lot of spectacular mountains. Some of these peaks are famous, while others are not as well known. This list of 57 amazing peaks is quite nice. No mater that you're a mountaineer, or just traverel. You will find tall mountains here and mountains which more than make up for their smaller size in terms of their unique geometry.
Klemen Premrl - Who is Who?
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- Damian Granowski
Klemen Premrl is professional ice climber. He specialized in mixed climbing, especially in hard ice climbing. In his climbing CV has routes like this: Riptide WI7, Wolverine WI 11, Spray On... Top WI 10, M9+, 240 m and lot of others :).