Words: Cosmin Andron Photography: Cristina Pogacean, Jonathan Parker, Cosmin Andron Ladakh 2017 We arrived in Delhi mid-August, hopeful and with loads of luggage. Cristina and Nasim (her partner) were aiming for H17 in the Zanskar valley, an unclimbed granite monolith. I was to join them as logistical support but I also had plans of my own: last… Read more →
Some discussion erupted on youtube about this video. I’d like to point out a few things here, on my website: first of all the series is aimed at the general public and it has to condense in 3 minutes practical information easy to absorb by audience with little technical knowledge. The contentious point was my saying “factor 1 falls… Read more →
La inceputul acestui an (15-16 ianuarie 2017) am fost invitat sa tin o prezentare avand ca tema programul EEMGA – IFMGA si problematica profesiei de ghid montan in Romania. Strict pe acest subiect al ghidului montan au fost doua prezentari: a mea, in calitate de project manager al UIAGM-IFMGA-IVBV pentru acest program, si s-a referit atat la cadrul general din Romania cat si… Read more →
Probabil cea mai potrivită introducere în ascensiuni la mare altitudine in Himalaya, Stok Kangri este un vârf accesibil celor cu experiență alpină moderată și vacanțe scurte. Expediția este organizată și condusă de: Cosmin Andron, Ghid Montan Detalii aici Read more →
Cheile Turzii 22 – 23 aprilie 2017. Participă la acest curs pentru a-ți fundamenta tehnicile de escaladă la stâncă și a procedeelor de asigurare. Cursul intensiv de escaladă este destinat atât începătorilor care vor să avanseze la nivelul următor cât și cățărătorilor care vor să facă trecerea de la escalada în sală la escalada la stâncă. Prin absolvirea cu succes… Read more →
Well, how much can one talk about a “lid” without sounding silly… Not much, I can assure you. However, what I discovered, is that it is inversely proportional to the amount of time one spends choosing a good one. I started climbing in a time and culture where helmets were used only for motorbiking and were slowly transitioning from the road… Read more →
Cheile Turzii 20 – 21 mai 2017. Cursulul se adreseaza alpinistilor care au cunostintele si experienta necesare parcurgerii traseelor de alpinism cu puncte fixe de protectie de doua sau mai multe lungimi de coarda. Scopul cursului este de a invata si exersa tehnici de salvarea a partenerului sau de auto-salvare in cazul unui incident in perete. Datorita specificului cursului numarul… Read more →
Two years ago GoalZero expanded its ambassador’s programme to the East and I was presented by Absolut Explorer with a nice selection of gear to use and abuse. Up until then I either assumed that expeditions will mean long periods of disconnect or that at best an eclectic combination of devices and solutions (not all of them compatible) will manage somehow… Read more →
I In the winter of 2016 I received a request from a free-lance journalist, Maya K. Prabhu, asking for opinions on the alpinism scene in India for a piece she was preparing for the USA based magazine ‘Alpinist’. (Since then the article has appeared in issue nr 54 / summer 2016 under the title Notes from the Frontier). Following the conversation with… Read more →
Tendon Master 7.8 half rope – a somewhat long winded rope review – Disclaimer: I am brand ambassador for Tendon ropes. However, in relation to all equipment sponsors I had or have, I have never endorsed to guided clients, friends or in articles a product I would have not paid full retail price for. Ropes: every climbers… Read more →
