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                      This is Marcin Sokołowski's private page

This page is mainly devoted to my private hobby which is concerned on any kind of mountain activity from tourism  to climbing.
Recently I  do not have to much time for it but  at  least once a year  I  go to mountains. I am member of Warsaw Climbing Club ( KWW )
Here is short list of my mountain activity ( photos will be added soon ... ) :


1990 - First time in Tatra mountains , only on Polish side : Czerwone Wierchy, Orla Perć, Rysy

1995 - First time climbing in Polish rocks

           Big trip trough West Tatras :

                    Whole main ridge from Slovakia to Kasprowy Wierch was done, together with Przemek Goraj and Marcin Wąsikowski

1997 - First time in Alps

              The plan was to climbe Matterhorn ( 4478 m) and Mont Blanc (4808 m), finally we succeeded only in climbing Breithorn (4164 m)
             which was supposed to be acclimatization route. However due to bad weather conditions it was not possible to climb Matterhorn
             ( from Italian side, in fact Monte Cervinio ), we tried twice  in both  times bad weather stopped us in the second  hut and  we wait
             for improvements but when food was  finished we had to go down  ... :-(
              The trip to Alps was done by hitch-hiking 

1998 - First time in Caucasian Mountains

              The plan was to climb Kazbek in Georgia , but in the train ( 3 days trip - it is adventure itself ... ) we were warned that time is not good
              due to terrorism, bombs etc ... ( in fact second Czeczenian war started just after our return ), so finally we went to Dombaj region
              which is in West Caucas and not so big as East Caucas , but also very beautiful.
              We climb several mountains , peak KAP - Komuniteskij Austrickiej Partii and then  we went to  Bezingi were we climbed
              Ukiu (4334 m ) and Liavier ( 4355m)  . Bezingi Valley gives a filling of really HUGE mountains ...
              Beautiful mountains , very wild and dangerous ... But then you can drink beer in Piatigorsk and everything is fine again

... - working to much ... :-( , only some climbs in Polish Rocks ( Rzędkowice , Podlesice )

2003 - back to Matterhorn ...
          

             Team : Przemek Goraj ( Grand Father ) , Piotr Mutrynowski ( vel Mutryn ), Krzys Jasek ( Kris ) , Ela and Me ( Sokol / Falcon )
             and again weather conditions are bad, but our condition either not very good. We have only one week so we decide not to
             wait for good weather under Matt but go to Monte Rose and climb Punta Gniffetti ( 4556 m ). Unfortunately one week is
             much to short time for any mountain activity unless you are perfectly prepared for effort ...

2004 - back in Alps

           Team :  Przemek Goraj, Krzys Jasek ( Kris ) , Ela and Sokol
           Alps seem to be good choice when you have 4 people and a car , this is 20 hours driving from Warsaw. So we started on summer camp
            of KWW. As acclimatization we climbed Gran Paradiso ( 4060 m ) - the easiest one. Then weather was very bad so we moved to
            Finale Ligure to make rock climbing and this was good choice , it is at the Ligurian Sea , much better then snows of Monte Bianco :-)
            But after few days we came back to Alps , and tried Monte Bianco , but weather was not good , finally we did not climb almost
             anything but it was one of best trips I had.

2005 -
     

            Paclenica in may :

                  Team :  Przemek Goraj ( temporary Max Kolonko ) , Krzys Jasek ( temporary Romantic or simply Roman ) and Justyna 
                              Ela and Sokol and many people from KWW
                  This year we went to Paclenica to make some rock climbing and the best route was Velobitaski ( 6a+ ) , it was really nice.

            Tatra Mountains :

               Just four days in my favorite Tatra mountains ( fifth time on Rysy ) good preparation for ...

           Dolomity :

                   Team :  Przemek Goraj ( temporary Max Kolonko ) , Krzys Jasek ( again Kris ) , Ela i Sokol
                   This year we decided to go to Dolomity and make some via ferratas and it was perfect choice. We did some really nice via ferratas
                   ( difficulty in brackets in 6 degree scale )  :   
                Dolomity is a good choice even for a week , it is quite close , only 16-20 hours of driving from Warsaw, it is possible to make normal tourism
               Some photos are available on Kris page

2006 -

          Skiing in Slovakia :

          Team : Przemek Goraj, Ela i Marcin Sokolowscy, Agnieszka
          It was a very nice come back to Zuberec/Habovka region of West Tatras in Slovakia, 10 years ago we have already been there in
          different group. Very nice region for skiing almost no people even during weekend, maybe due to Adam Malysz in Zakopane.
          Weather was perfect we could see Rohacze , Wolowiec , Grzes and other mountatins, we were skiing up to 16:00 and later
          taking baths in warm springs in Oravice - perfect for muscles, but swiming pool was opened this is really good when air
          temperature is -15 degrees  !!!
          Then supper and single scrable game and sleeping unitl next day of skiing , fortunatly it were only 3 days otherwise I would not survive this.
          Last day we spent on Chopok.
 

          Climbing via ferratas in Dolomites and Arco ( August 2006 ) :


         Team : Kris, Justyna, Ela and Me
         The weather was not very good in August 2006, it was very wet ... But when we arrived to Cortina it was quite a good weather and we could climbe very easy          ferrata Sentiero Olivieri, it was just for the begining and for Justyna to get used to ferratas. Next day we climbed ... near the Olimpia camping. We were strong          and in good shape so on the third day we could face famous vis ferrata Tomaselli and it was really exiciting with a lot of air under the legs ...
         Wow that was really exiciting ! At the 2 PM we finished and rest of the day we were experimenting with water black-bag to have hot shower, but the Sun was          not strong enough, so we had cold shower instead ... Then the weather has crashed and it started to rain, so we moved to Arco. In Arco we were making rock          climbing, swiming in the swiming pool and eating a log of ice cream ... Ice cream in Arco is perfect. I also climbed some ferratas, one was really hard it was ... .          Finally coming back to Poland we lost the way thanks to GPS navigating system, but this is another story ...

2007 -

          Skiing in Kaprum ( 20070211-20070218 ) :

         Team : Przemek, Kasia, Kris, Justyna, Ela and Me
         It was very nice week we had 2 days of perfect weather. We were skiing in Kitzbuhel region, Kaprum and in Zell am See. Very, very, very good.
          I like Tirolen Grostl it is very nice meal, I have to do it myself. Photos coming soon ...              

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