At 27,766 feet, and with several technical sections, Makalu is one of the most demanding climbs in the Himalayas. Follow along as a team of some of the top mountaineers attempt the first ski descent of the world’s fifth-highest peak. The Makalu Ski Expedition Is Exactly What Mountaineering Should Be This month, a team of five elite climbers and skiers are in Nepal …
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First Macedonian Traverse
First Macedonian Traverse is hiking trail that runs from Ljuboten to Ohrid. In its features it is the longest hiking trail in Macedonia, and is probably one of the more difficult hiking trails of this type in Europe.The trail is set in 1975 by a group of Macedonian mountaineers from Mountaineering club “ELEMA” from Skopje.TRAVERSE passes across Western Macedonia through …
Read More »Get psyched for REEL ROCK 10
It’s hard to imagine that it was already 10 years ago when Big UP and Sender had the harebrained idea to join forces and launch the REEL ROCK Film Tour. Our initial vision was to unite Big UP’s hardcore bouldering fans with Sender’s trad freaks, but it has blossomed and evolved into a global film tour that not only delivers …
Read More »Sculpted in Time: The Wise Man
An interesting mini documentary short life story for those who all their lives haspassed in the mountains. The Wise Man’ is the emotive story of Eddie Hunter’s personal connection with Banff National Park and Mt. Norquay, a mountain he has called home his entire life. Born in 1926, the same year Mt. Norquay was established, Eddie has been skiing Banff’s …
Read More »Echo2014-Today’s program Cinema Frosina MKC
05.11.2014 Wednesday – Cinema Frosina 17:00 Screening the short movies taking part in the Best Amateur Video Award 17:15 Slomo 17:32 Wild water 18:02 Distilled 18:55 Screening the short movies taking part in the Best Amateur Video Award 19:10 Nordfor sola 19:56 Cold 20:16 Gare au Gauri (Shankar) 20:43 Presentation by SD Peoni 21:13 Presentation by Klemen Premrl 22:23 Screening the short movies taking part in the Best Amateur Video Award …
Read More »Luboten traditional climbing (2499 m) Shar Mountain
Peak Ljuboten, Shar Mountain Starting at 6:00 pm before the train station in Skopje. 2:30 hours walking to the mountain hut and 2 hours to the top. Cost: 300 denars transport. Registration and payment by Friday 7th November 20 am, at the Student Parliament, before dorm Kuzman, every day from 8 to 20 pm. Contact: Zoran 070-641-998 and Verce 070-342-787
Read More »Echo – Mountain film festival
Program 03.11.2014 Monday – Cinema Millenium 19:00 Towards the summit 19:25 The last great climb 20:35 Into the mind 04.11.2014 Tuesday – Cinema Frosina 17:00 Screening the short movies taking part in the Best Amateur Video Award 17:15 The penguin runner 17:37 Down the line 18:10 The last wild race 19:10 Presentation by the Macedonian Ecological Society 19:50 Presentation by Lukasz Warzecha 21:30 Screening the short movies taking part in …
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