Hiking up to Mount Narodnaya, the highest peak of the Ural Mountains, Russia

On 05.12.11, In Adventures, expedition, Photos, Places, Travel, By Bolot

Hiking, trekking to Mount Narodnaya, Ural Mountains, Russia, in winter of 2010. Photo by Maciej Besta

Hiking, trekking to Mount Narodnaya, Ural Mountains, Russia, in winter of 2010. Photo by Maciej Besta

Hiking, trekking to Mount Narodnaya, Ural Mountains, Russia, in winter of 2010. Photo by Maciej Besta

Four Polish students, including my friend, Maciej Besta, completed the 1st Polish hiking (trekking) expedition up to Mount Narodnaya, the highest peak of Russia’s Ural Mountains (1,894 metres /6,214 ft), in winter 2011.

Closer to the peak, the temperature was minus 40 degrees Celcius.

Further, see 45 cold winter photographs taken by Maciej Besta and the text written by Luba Suslyakova, who runs the blog AskUral.com. Maciej Besta is our common friend.

Last summer, by the way, Maciej hiked across Chersky Range in Yakutia. And it’s him in the cold photo of Deant du Geant Glacier. He is a member of a Polish Travel Club.

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A cold challenge on Deant du Geant Glacier

On 01.26.11, In Adventures, expedition, Photos, Travel, By Bolot
A Polish climber, Maciej Besta, on Deant du Geant Glacier in December 2010. Click the photo to enlarge.

A Polish climber, Maciej Besta, on Deant du Geant Glacier in December 2010. Click the photo to enlarge.

I have a Polish friend of mine, Maciej Besta, who is a climber, mountain trekker, hiker and… student. Last summer he and his friend trekked the Chersky Range in Yakutia, Siberia/Russia. A great fellow, who loves expeditions at the unknown, less explored or off-beaten places.

In December of 2010, he was trekking across Deant du Geant Glacier. Take a look at the above picture. Great, isn’t it? Looks extremely cold and like a great challenge. My god, wish to do the same one day!

Just in a couple of month, Maciej completed the hiking expedition to Mount Narodnaya, the highest peak of the Ural Mountains, Russia.

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Winter trekking around Yakutsk, Yakutia/Siberia

On 11.02.09, In Adventures, Lives, People, Photos, By Bolot

Yesterday, on Nov. 1, I wanted to participate in the local GPS orienting, but failed. At the last moment, I couldn’t find my fur boots. They were left in a wardrobe at work the last spring. “Damn,” I said. Without extra warm boots I couldn’t bring myself to stay outdoor the whole day, when the temperature was frozen at minus 20 degrees centigrade.

Well, I missed the event. My wish to take pictures of frozen competitors was great. I do regret, but not so much. My colleague Ekaterina, who managed to compete as a trekker, promised me to bring photographs tomorrow and share them with the rest of the world. So, rejoice.

Meanwhile, check out how trekkers can look like, when it is extremely cold. Here we go!

That's Katerina. She was trekking along the hills around Yakutsk at -30C. Nov 16, 2008.

That's Katerina. She was trekking along the hills around Yakutsk at -30C. Nov 16, 2008.

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