This is my 3rd time trying to climb a 8k mountain. The first time was in 2021 on Lhotse - no success that time because of the weather (or so I tell myself) - and after it, I said: never again. After that, in 2024, I climbed Manaslu, reaching the 8,163m summit despite a few

Begining of autumn, not too hot, but still no to cold,  first autumn colors and empty week - so the idea is to explore Romania by car! Unfortunatelly we have only 9 days total with the road from Krakow, so more or less 7 full days in Romania, what is possible to see in suchshort

Oops, I did it again.

3 years ago, after returning from the Lhotse expedition I said - NEVER AGAIN!

This time mount Manaslu - the eighth-highest mountain in the world at 8163 metres. As always, I have the ultimate plan - climb without oxygen and without a sherpa guide. So, in

There is a constant debate among climbers about which mountain should be considered the highest point in Europe - Elbrus or Mont Blanc. But having visited both peaks, I can say that the route of climbing Mont Blanc, even along the classic route, is much more interesting and beautiful than

Initially, the ascent of Mont Blanc was planned not along the classic route through the Tete Rousse and Goutera shelters, but along the route from the Refuge des Cosmiques through the three peaks of Mont Blanc - Mont Blanc du Tacul, Mont Maudit, Mont Blanc.

But a few days before the

Aiguille du Midi is the highest cable car in Europe. There is an ascent only by cable car or along rather difficult climbing routes. And also from it (or rather from the plateau nearby) starts one of the popular routes to the top of Mont Blanc - Three peaks. We already knew that the route could

The route of climbing the classics through the top is separate

Driving to Lenin Peak along the classic route starts from the Base Camp, located at an altitude of 3,500 meters.

More precisely, several camps of various travel agencies are scattered on the ancient moraine of the

This article is written as a summary of all the useful materials I found in preparation for climbing Lenin Peak in 2016. It is not an instruction for climbing, and it is not the ultimate truth, it is just a generalization of some articles on this topic. Remember that staying in the mountains

Lenin Peak is a mountain peak, 7134 meters high, located on the border of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.

Until 1928, the mountain was called Kaufman Peak, and since 2006, the Government of Tajikistan has changed the name of the mountain to the peak named after Abu Ali ibn Sina. But the old

In the morning, there were still no clouds in the sky, and in the hope that our friend was mistaken when he said that navigation was closed, we hurried to the village of Liloan, from which ferries go to Panglao Island. While we were on the bus, the sky was overcast, and even a light rain began

Everyone has ever seen photos of blooming tulip fields from Holland. A riot of colored stripes all the way to the horizon. But it always seemed to me that they had planted one or two fields for photos and that was it... There are no more blooming fields. However, ordinary tourists have too many

The Szecheni Bathhouse (weng. Széchenyi fürdő) is the largest sauna complex in Budapest and Europe. Its construction was started in 1909 according to the plans of Diese Ziegler.

We tried these baths, even twice, during our week-long trip to Budapest, at the end of September 2014. By the

What is interesting in the vicinity of Krakow?.. We have already written about the Salt Mines in Wieliczka and the Tyniec Abbey. This time we were brought to the Ojcowski National Park. Established in 1956, Ojcowski National Park is one of the smallest in Poland. It includes parts of the valley

What to do in Krakow if you have already visited the historical center, explored the length and breadth of the royal Wawel Castle, and you do not have a heart for visiting museums... Of course, he will go to explore the surroundings. One of the options is the salt mines in Wieliczka. Well, we

The Valley of the Five Staves is one of the most popular routes in the Polish Tatras, everyone goes here from young to old. After all, there are beautiful 5 lakes (Stavov in Polish) in the valley, and some of the highest Polish mountains rise around.

The route is perfect for one day and

So the second day in Zakopane has come, and with it even better weather! The sun is peeping through, there is no rain – great. And today we are going through the valley of the White Stream and the Chamois rock to the top of Gewont.

Gewont is a whole array. On the long side, the Gewont

The Koscielska Valley is located in Poland and is very popular. And there is something for it – it is not difficult to pass, it is very picturesque, with peaks and lakes, a canyon, and four of the five caves of the Tatras open to the public.

I'll make a reservation in advance, it's

The track around Annapurna, or as it is also called the Annapurna Track, is considered one of the most impressive trekking routes in the world.We walked this track on our own, although this was our first trip to Nepal, so you can do it too, and for this we described in detail every day of the

Traveling by motorcycle in Europe, we decided to go to the mountains to see some of the most famous castles in the world - Neuschwanstein and Hohenschwangau castles. They say it was Neuschwanstein Castle that became the prototype for the castle on the Disney logo.

When we were preparing for trekking in Nepal, we read a lot of reports. Some of them had only emotions and photos, but there were also useful reports with the time of passage, with the cost of accommodation, but in none of the reports could we find food prices, the maximum that we found was the