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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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