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By mountaintravel • April 1st, 2008

oryginal post by : – http://www.climbinghimalayas.eu/
Acclimatisation on Island Peak (6180 m)
Two members of the expedition, Artur Hajzer and Robert Szymczak, decided to acclimatise before the proper climb on Dhaulagiri by summiting Island Peak (6189 m) – a popular trekking peak. Ryszard Pawłowski has already gained initial acclimatisation after climbing Aconcague twice in February and March [...]

  New Zealand’s “colossus”, Sir Edmund Hillary, was farewelled in a state funeral in Auckland that combined tears and laughter as his family and friends shared memories of his great achievements and humanity.
St Mary’s Church in Parnell, where the funeral was held, and the neighbouring Holy Trinity Cathedral, where Sir Ed had been lying [...]

Legendarny alpinista, poszukiwacz przygód i filantrop był najbardziej znanym Nowozelandczykiem
Edmund Hillary dokonał pionierskiego wejścia na Mount Everest wraz z Szerpą Tenzingiem Norgayem 29 maja 1953 r. “Załatwiliśmy skurczybyka” powiedział do towarzyszy eskapady po zejściu ze szczytu, a dzięki relacji BBC słowa te usłyszał cały świat. W szeregu wielkich poszukiwaczy przygód stawiają go również inne wyczyny: [...]

Everest legend Edmund Hillary has died at the age of 88.
This is a big loss to the world of exploration, Hillary’s family and also to Himalaya chronicler Elizabeth Hawley, 83, who remained one of Hillary’s closest friends since his great Everest ascent.
Full story : http://www.mounteverest.net/
Edmund Hillary has passed away, taking a big chunk [...]

Polish Bloggers Choice Award – Blog Roku 2007.

Oficial site : Blog Roku 2007
New edition of Blog Roku 2007. The jury is accepying now nominations for all polish blogger’s even that living out of Poland, like Przemek from Australia which has a blog : http://melbourne.blog.onet.pl/. The oficial site “Blog roku 2007″ include many categories. I [...]

The Great Finale

The Great Finale is the basis for all the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity’s projects. Sponsored by big companies it is a huge, ‘multi-layers’ action and the source of funds -eventually spent by the Foundation on medical equipment for Public Hospitals in Poland.

The Finale is one day long, nation-wide money gathering on [...]

The Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity

Offices of GOCC on the world :
Foreign offices of organizers : XVI Final Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity
All you need to know about Wielka Orkiestra Świątecznej Pomocy (WOŚP)
Very much like each of the last 14 years, the year 2008 will begin with the joyous labour of Christmas help. Ever since [...]

The Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity

Office of GOCC on the world :
Foreign offices of organizers : XVI Final Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity
1. WOSP, EDINBURGH – The Great Orchestra Of Christmas Charity :
For immediate release “The Great Orchestra Of Christmas Charity”
Sunday 13 January to Thursday 17 January 2008
A series of cultural activities organized to [...]

The Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity

Office of GOCC on the world :
Foreign offices of organizers : XVI Final Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity

Wielka Orkiestra Świątecznej Pomocy (The Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity) is the biggest and most prosperous charity organization in Poland. Its objectives, included in the status document, are saving children’s lives, health promotion [...]

I show you few events from 2007 ; full story – Explorersweb : Year-In-Review – by Explorersweb.com
1. Winter climbs
“In recent years a total withdrawal from wintertime climbing can be observed in the Tatras, the Alps, and the Himalayas,” Krzysztof Wielicki wrote in his manifest , “If you do not take up the challenge, [...]

Wish this Christmas Eve brings for you the gifts of happiness, good helth & joy !
May your holiday season be as beautiful as a Winter Wonderland! Merry Christmas !
Family members begin the celebration with a prayer and breaking of the Christmas wafer (opłatek – symbolising the bread eaten daily — our day-to-day common life) and [...]

Polish Bloggers Choice Award – Blog Roku 2007.

Oficial site : Blog Roku 2007
New edition of Blog Roku 2007. The jury is accepying now nominations for all polish blogger’s even that living out of Poland, like Przemek from Australia which has a blog : http://melbourne.blog.onet.pl/. The oficial site “Blog roku 2007″ include many categories. I [...]

The golden decade of Polish Himalayan mountaineering, besides the unquestionable personal accomplishments of Jurek Kukuczka, Wanda Rutkiewicz, Wojtek Kurtyka and others, also saw winter achievements that were a team rather than individual success. It was particularly noticeable during the winter expeditions how the whole team worked for the result. In Winter it is difficult to [...]

The most important festival in Tengboche is called the Mani Rimdu. It consists of nine days of ceremonies and meditation (Drupchen). This is concluded by a special blessing ceremony given by Tengboche Rinpoche to the public and the world renowned Mask Dances performed by the monks at Tengboche Monastery

The following are the approximate dates of [...]