The High Tatras Mountains of Poland and Slovakia

Photos by and courtesy of Dodo Kopold - The rugged High Tatras mountains are east of the Alps, on the border between Poland and Slovakia. Though the Tatras' high point is only 2,655 meters (8,711'), and though many North Americans have never even heard of the range, top eastern European climbers trained on these rugged peaks for decades while their travel was restricted. Slovakian Dodo Kopold has no such problems, but he still loves the High Tatras. This fall and early winter, Kopold has been putting his stamp on his native mountains in a big way. Read more.

diagonal route

Ganek, NE ridge

bivy

good night Andrej

in the morning

good night

getting more steep

linked up two routes

and the storm comes...

soloing

climbing in snow storm

good stuff

again in storm

this way up

and this way too

summit in strong wind

I used the rope

way down and the sun is here again

tricky moves

this is it

dodo kopold self portrait

Zelezna brana tower summit

start in steep snow

start

summit of Kacaci mnich

good to be down again

second bivy, hard stuff

deep snow

free climb the line

in ice

is it still climbing?

like in paradise

steep solo climb

upper part of the face

way up

getting dark

way up

bivy

close to the summit

before we will sleep

summit after 2.5hours

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