Alpinizm z Grupa Media Informacyjne jest tym rodzajem sportu, pasji, gdzie w niespotykany sposób dochodzi do kontaktu człowieka z naturą. Surowość klimatu, wysiłek, który trzeba włożyć w zdobycie celu połączony jest z ogromną satysfakcją, gdy zdobywamy szczyt. Wyprawy alpinistyczne wymagają doświadczenia oraz dobrego przygotowania kondycyjnego.

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Community Climbing Websites

• 14ers.com: The best site for the Colorado 14ers. Excellent route descriptions and trip reports posted in a timely manner. Run by Coloradoan Bill Middlebrook
• UKClimbing: UK based site for European climbers
• MountainProject: A nice site for rock climbers. Clean forum with no-nonsense posts and discussions but with occasional serious "attitude" problems.
• SuperTopo: Strong site with good forum that has a focus on rock climbing.
• Summitpost: A site with sometimes good climbing information. Has lost it's way over past few years. But still a popular community for climbers.

General Climbing News

• The Adventure Blog: An excellent, must read, daily blog for a variety of adventures. Run by individual Kraig Becker.
• Altitude: Very well written and an excellent source for climbing in the Karakorum. run by individual Raheel Adnan
• Mountain.RU: A Russian originated site that creates some original content. I like them for their coverage of what the tough Russian climbing community is up to.
• RussianClimb: Another Russian site. These guys are crazy strong!
• ExplorersWeb: Wide coverage from the Poles to Everest.
• PlanetMountain: Covering the international climbing scene out of Italy
• Montagna.tv: Another Italian site with good coverage on international climbing. Use google Translate.
• The Adventure Journal: Nicely laid out website covering unique adventure stories.

Mountain Health and Training

• Institute for Altitude medicine: Legendary Dr. Peter Hacket's site from Telluride on altitude issues. Excellent information - a must read.
• Body Results: Personal training via video, in person or over the web
• American Alpine Institute: some basic training suggestions by Coley Gentzel
• Sports Coach: Everything you ever wanted to know about V02 max
• High Altitude Medicine Guide : Impressive breadth of information on high-altitude sicknesses including AMS, HAPE and HACE. A must read before any big climb.
• Alpine Ascents International: An excellent training program for climbing Denali.

Climbing Reference Sites

• 8000ers.com: A very nice site devoted to the 8000m mountain. You can download tables with statistics covering summits, deaths, Sherpas and more
• Himalayan Database: The final word on if you summited a Himalayan mountain. Run by Ms. Elizabeth Hawley and Richard Salisbury
• Mount Everest The British Story: History, facts and summiteers list relating to the British and Mount Everest. Annually covers Everest for UK teams

Colorado 14ers

• 14ers.com: The best site for the Colorado 14ers. Excellent route descriptions and trip reports posted in a timely manner. Run by Coloradoan Bill Middlebrook
• Chris Davenport: Skied all the Colorado 14ers
• Climbing Life: Estes Park base team who guides and posts interesting updates on Colorado climbing
• Colorado Fourteener Initiative: Amazing organization that helps maintain Colorado's mountain trails.
• Colorado Mountain Club: Organization best known for basic classes but also does good conservation and advocacy work.

8000m Mountains, 7 Summits

• Climbing the 7 Summits: Excellent site prompting excellent book by High Altitude guide Mike Hammill. Lot's of first hand information. Well done.
• Mount Everest The British Story: History, facts and summiteers list relating to the British and Mount Everest
• Broad Peak: First Ascent of Broad Peak 8047m by Fritz Wintersteller, Marcus Schmuck, Kurt Diemberger, and Hermann Buhl on June 9, 1957
• Jordan Romero: He summited Everest at 13, the youngest ever and has 6 of the 7 summits.
• Cancer Climber: Sean Swarner's 7 summits site.
• The Rest of Everest: A unique look at climbing Everest North. Jon has produced a series of podcasts with high quality video and casual narration of the expedition.

General Personal Sites

• Speaking of Adventure: Professional climber and speaker, Jim Davidson
• Mark Horrell: Everest summiter and climber, Horell's articles are well researched and written.
• Gerry Roach: The father of Colorado 14er climbing, best known for his books on 14ers. Also the second person to summit the 7 Summits.
• David Tait: Everest Climber with excellent dispatches
• EightSummits: Bill Burke's site for his Everest climbs
• TA Loeffler: A great woman from Newfoundland chronicling all her adventures

Photography

• Jimmy Chin: Climber and Photographer. Some amazing stuff
• Quang-Tuan Luong : Beautiful pictures of mountains and landscapes plus more
• Jake Norton: Climber Guide and Photographer

Professional Climbers

• Ed Viesturs: The most famous American climber. He has made a career of climbing all the 8,000m mountains without supplemental oxygen.
• Andrew Locke: Australian climber with 13 of the 14 highest mountains already climbed
• Conrad Anker: One of the world's best high altitude climber and supporter of Nepal
• Simone Moro: One of Italy's premier climbers
• Steve House: Premier climber of all styles
• Ueli Steck: Swiss speed climber. Website down after fight on Everest in 2013
• Reinhold Messner: Perhaps the greatest high altitude climber ever

Magazines and Associated Websites

• Alpinist: Slickly produced climbing magazine of extreme climbs
• Climbing : The website for the climbing magazine. Good how-to articles.
• Rock & Ice: Pure rock and ice climbing with great pictures. Disclaimer: I am a contributor to R & I
• Outside: Quick read style of reporting on the latest. Disclaimer: I am a contributor to Outside Online
• Discovery Channel/Everest: The site of television's Discovery Channel, has one of the best multimedia coverage for Everest anywhere on the web.
• National Geographic/Everest: A potpourri of Everest information. Nice for research.

Books

• The Ledge: The story of my friend, Jim Davidson and Mike Price fall into a crevasse on Rainier; only one survived
• No Shortcuts to the Top: Ed Viesturs's book about his summits of the 14 8000m mountains without supplemental O's. A very good read.
• All Fourteen 8,000ers - Reinhold Messner: One of the greatest Alpinists, this account of his conquest of all the 8,000+ meter mountains without bottled oxygen makes it a perfect coffee table book. Beautiful pictures
• Into Thin Air - Jon Krakauer: The book that brought notoriety to Everest climbs based on 12 deaths in1996.
• The Climb - Anatoli Boukreev: The other side of the '96 disaster as told by the Russian Guide. I think his story is better.
• High Exposure - David Breashears: The story of a great climber's life including his Imax film about Everest.
• The Other Side of Everest - Matt Dickinson: Another Everest '96 book but told from the North Face.
• Hall & Ball: Kiwi Mountaineers from Mount Cook to Everest -Colin Monteath :An excellent account of the history of two pioneers in high-altitude guiding. Nice pictures. Their company, Adventure Consultants, continues today.
• The Snow Leopard - Peter Matthiessen: The classic about Nepal, Sherpas and all the wonderment of the area.
• The Mountaineers Book- A publisher dedicated to books about mountains. A great site with loads of info. Check out the Reading room for previews.
• Climbing the World's 14 Highest Mountains - Richard Sales and John Cleare: Another coffee table book. Excellent climbing accounts with great pictures
• Everest The History of the Himalayan Giant - Roberto Mantovani: Magnificent pictures make this a must own book for Everest lovers. The detailed history of attempts on the mountain make for great reading but the pictures are stunning.
• K2 - The Savage Mountain- Jim Wickwire tells the incredible story of the 1953 American expedition to K2
• The Last Step Rick Ridgeway: The story of the first successful American climb of K2 in 1978.

Gear Companies

• Patagonia: My 1st choice for clothing. I have Patagonia gear I bought a decade ago - it works like new and I use it often
• Mountain Hardware : My 1st choice for tents and bags. I have slept in MH tents on all 7 summits.
• Black Diamond: My 1st choice for climbing hardware. Their ice tools simply do the job. Solid, high-quality 'biners, ascenders, harnesses, etc.
• Icebreaker: A solid choice for merino wool base layers and tops
• Arc'teryx : Excellent, but expensive, gear. I used one of their lightweight jackets on Everest and some bibs on Ama Dablam and found the quality incredible.
• North Face : One of the "mothers" of the sport. Making a comeback for serious climbing gear.

Gear Reviews

• Outdoor Gear lab: Solid reviews without fluff. Very useful price vs. value chart
• Gear Institute: Real world test posted after extensive use
• The Gear Junkie: A well written, but busy, daily review of the latest in gear.
• The Gear Caster: A well written site for gear reviews without all the clutter of the Gear Junkie.

Shopping

• REI : Good source for comparing prices and buying on-line. I have a local store that I use all the time - like the rebates!
• Moose Jaw: A nice site to buy climbing gear at good prices, they run 20% discounts all the time. They have outstanding customer service.
• Altrec: A general purpose outdoor shopping site (pronounced "all trek"). I have never ordered anything from them but they seem to have links on every climbing site. A quick check showed some good prices. I will probably always check them for future purchases. I would appreciate hearing about any experiences with them.
• Backcountry: Great prices with a sense of humor. Steep and Cheap is a companion service.
• Steep and Cheap: a must have for your PC. A slider window appears when a new deal is available. I am always buying something through these guys - can't pass up a good deal!
• Sierra Trading Post: excellent customer service
• Sunny Sports: great prices almost all the time
• Campmor: New gear at used prices
• TravelCountry: Name brands at good prices

Misc

• American Alpine Club : The site for America's premier climbing organization.
• United States Mountain Guides Association : A professional association for certifying guides.Has lists of approved Guides with links to associations around the world.
• The Access Fund : A non-profit US organization dedicated to keeping climbing areas open and to conserving the climbing environment.
• British Mountaineering Council: The BMC is the climbing club for the UK

PPP

• http://www.marktwight.com/

GRUPA MEDIA INFORMACYJNE & ADAM NAWARA

Alpinizm z Grupa Media Informacyjne jest tym rodzajem sportu, pasji, gdzie w niespotykany sposób dochodzi do kontaktu człowieka z naturą. Surowość klimatu, wysiłek, który trzeba włożyć w zdobycie celu połączony jest z ogromną satysfakcją, gdy zdobywamy szczyt. Wyprawy alpinistyczne wymagają doświadczenia oraz dobrego przygotowania kondycyjnego.

Alpinizm z Grupa Media Informacyjne jest tym rodzajem sportu, pasji, gdzie w niespotykany sposób dochodzi do kontaktu człowieka z naturą. Surowość klimatu, wysiłek, który trzeba włożyć w zdobycie celu połączony jest z ogromną satysfakcją, gdy zdobywamy szczyt. Wyprawy alpinistyczne wymagają doświadczenia oraz dobrego przygotowania kondycyjnego.

Alpinizm z Grupa Media Informacyjne jest tym rodzajem sportu, pasji, gdzie w niespotykany sposób dochodzi do kontaktu człowieka z naturą. Surowość klimatu, wysiłek, który trzeba włożyć w zdobycie celu połączony jest z ogromną satysfakcją, gdy zdobywamy szczyt. Wyprawy alpinistyczne wymagają doświadczenia oraz dobrego przygotowania kondycyjnego.