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Projekt Wspinaczkowo - Naukowy ”Mount Hayes 2009” Projekt wspinaczkowo - naukowy ”Mount Hayes 2009” Żołądek Marek i Apollo Michał na Denali (West Rib – Cut Off) Apollo Michał Żołądek Marek Cel wyjazdu: Mount Hayes (4215 m n.p.m.) najwyzszy szczyt Eastern Alaska Range, zdobyty po raz pierwszy w 1941 roku przez zespol Bradforda Washburna. Gora ta jest rzadko odwiedzana przez wspinaczy ze wzgledu na skaplikowana logistyke wyprawy. Naszym celem jest powtorzenie jednej z drog w ramach aklimatyzacji a nastepnie proba wytyczenia nowej drogi. W masywie tym nie dzialala do tej pory zadna ekipa polskich wspinaczy. Nie ograniczamy się tylko do wspinaczki, na naszych wyjazdach prowadzimy badania i zbieramy dane z zakresu zmian klimatycznych: „Lodowce górskie świata” pod kierownictwem prof. zw. dr hab. Jana Lacha (IG AP Kraków). Specyfikacja warunkow wspinaczkowych na Alasce jest nam dobrze znana po ponad miesiecznym pobycie w masywie Denali w 2007 roku i powtorzeniu drog West Butters oraz West Rib (Cut Off). Cel zapasowy: Mount Hunter lub Mount Foraker Trermin wyjazdu: Kwiecien – Maj 2009, ok. 3-4 tygodnie dzialalnosci gorskiej Sklad wyjazdu Marek Zoladek KW Warszawa Michal Apollo KW Warszawa Kosztorys: Przelot Krakow – Anchorage – Krakow 3500 PLN Transfer Anchorage – Talkeetna – Anchorage 190 USD Przelot Talkeetna – BC Mt Hayes – Talkeetna (Talkeetna Air Taxi) 1100 USD Zywnosc 500 PLN Ubezpieczenie 280 PLN Noclegi 200 USD Suma na osobe: 4280 PLN oraz 1490 USD = ok. 8450 PLN Wklad wlasny: 2950 PLN Sponsorzy: 2000 PLN PZA: 3500 PLN Wczesniejsze dofinansowania z PZA Marek Zoladek: Zima 2006 Wspinanie lodowe w Dolinie Gastein, Lato 2006 Dolina Miyar w Himalajac O nas Michał Apollo (ur. 1981) Absolwent geografii Akademii Pedagogicznej w Krakowie, członek Koła Naukowego Geografów, Klubu Wysokogórskiego Warszawa oraz Polskiego Towarzystwa Geograficznego. Miłośnik wyjazdów wspinaczkowo – trekkingowych w różne rejony świata, wliczając Himalaje, Andy(Aconcagua, Patagonia), góry Alaski (Denali), Afryki, USA, Góry Skaliste (Kanada). Zapalony podróżnik, pasjonat gór, fotografii, autor licznych artykułów i prelekcji. Uprawia wspinaczkę skalną, pokonał wiele trudnych dróg wspinaczkowych od Tatr, przez Matterhorn, po Mont Blanc. Wspiął się na kilka 4- tysięczników w Alpach. Organizator wypraw w różne góry świata. Zdobywca dziewiczego szczytu Himalajach – Masala Peak 5650 m n.p.m., – za który został nominowany do prestiżowej nagrody środowiska wspinaczkowego "Jedynka". Marek Żoł ą dek (ur. 1982) Absolwent geografii Akademii Pedagogicznej w Krakowie, członek Koła Naukowego geografów, Klubu Wysokogórskiego Warszawa, Polskiego Towarzystwa Geograficznego, organizator wyjazdów wspinaczkowo – trekkingowych m. in. w Himalaje, Andy (Aconcagua, Patagonia), góry Alaski (Denali), Afryki, USA, Góry Skaliste (Kanada) oraz na Ziemię Ognistą. Na koncie ma liczne drogi wspinaczkowe w Tatrach i Alpach. Zdobywca kilku alpejskich 4- tysięczników. Wspinał się w skałach i górach, latem i zimą, uprawia także wspinaczkę lodową i dry – tooling. Inne pasje to rower i snowboard. Zdobywca dziewiczego szczytu w Himalajach – Masala Peak 5650 m n.p.m., – za który został nominowany do prestiżowej nagrody środowiska wspinaczkowego "Jedynka". Autor licznych prelekcji oraz artykułów o tematyce podróżniczo – górskiej..
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