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The powerful massif of Elbrus has two peaks, the higher, western one (5642m) and the shorter – eastern one (5595m). From a great glacier dome, which covers this highest summit in the Caucasus, 22 glaciers that take up an area of 144 m2 flow down. For several years Elbrus has been said to be the highest mountain in Europe as the boarder between Asia and Europe is marked along the main crest of the Caucasus. For Krzysztof Dudziñski an expedition to the Caucasus was another one into the mountains higher than the Tatras. Apart from cave expeditions he paraglided above the Alps, Andes, and in middle Africa newspaper: Tygodnik Podhalañski no 39/2001 author: Krzysztof Dudziñski
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Which summit will I reach next Sumer? I wonedered after last year holiday in the Italian Dolomites. Maybe in Turkey or in the Caucasus?
Mont Blanc – the highest peak in Europe. The expedition was organised by a group of hotheads from Katowice.
Getting ready. First I select my luggage carefully as I will carry it on my back almost to the summit. I should take only the most important things; sleeping bag, foam pad, harness, down –filled jacket, gas burner stove with a small cylinder, so called EPI-type. First aid kit, high calorific food; chocolate, dried fruit, raisins, sunflower seeds. And finally my bag is 40 kg heavy. To save money we plan to sleep in shelters which differ from typical ones because there is no service so we have to do everything ourselves. They are for free and they are not in a good condition. Time to set off. The journey doesn’t start well. The train by which I travel from Dabrowa Gornicza is 3 hours delayed
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A teenager alone at 7 thousand metres, a while before reaching the summit fell down with an avalanche. He was falling 100 metres down without any protection. Only a scar on his leg reminds him of this accident. Adam Bielecki, age 17, a student of Kruczkowski Grammar School welcomed New Year in Kazachstan...
newpaper: Gazeta Wyborcza, author: Ma³gorzata Go¶liñska
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