New perspectives seen from the highest peaks of the world

mountains are so old that even those

youngest

appeared earlier than first human beings

much earlier

however once there was a special day

when people finally met mountains

in the origin of humankind they were

only a heap of stones

with no value to prehistoric people

they seemed unattainable and dangerous

thousands of

years later in the ancient era mountains

were associated with various gods

they were simply sacred places a great

example

is mount olympus treated in the ancient

greece as an abode of zeus

and other greek gods it was definitely

inaccessible for people what is even

more interesting

there were some places where mountains

were not were not nearby

for example ancient egypt where pyramids

for pharaohs were built on the pattern

of mountains

centuries later when other religious

arose

people looked at mountains in a more

practical way

building a city surrounded by mountains

was a brilliant

strategy enemy soldiers could not

pass them easily in the medieval era

mountains were

exploited in order to gain precious

natural resources

and building materials nonetheless the

true fascination with mountains

occurred a bit later artists began to

consider natural beauty as a supreme

value

painters started to draw wonderful

landscapes

displaying elevated areas even some of

the poetry was focused on mountains

thanks to art the fascination had begun

to

flourish the mountain exploration in

europe

began on the 8th of august 1786

when two climbers michael gabriel

packard

and jacques balmat successfully ascended

montblanc at the request of a scientist

horace benedict from the peak they

calculated mount blanc’s attitude and

were mistaken only by around 300 meters

mount blanc was established as the

highest as the highest mountain in the

world

however at that time no one in europe

knew

that there were that there were peaks

twice as high on our planet

still not concurred

the feat of reaching mount blanc changed

the mountaineering

world significantly

people realized that climbing high

mountains

is possible the the idea of capturing

the world

the world from a higher and higher

perspective

has become a worldwide competition

at that time artist’s goal was not to

draw

mountains but to depict the view seen

from their top

from then mountaineering was only about

pushing the boundaries

generally speaking high altitude

climbing from its origin

was about continuous discovery of new

perspectives

higher perspectives in the 19th century

mountaineering exceeded beyond alps and

other mountains in europe

climbers from the from the old continent

started to conquer other peaks summits

like chimborazo

in the south america kilimanjaro in

africa

or mount or mount sound alias in north

america

these were immense successes in the 19th

century

which were a significant push forward at

that time mountain

conquest took on a more international

flavor

the final frontier was set by the

highest mountains of our globe

himalayas and karakoram the development

and

geography allowed to define that were

that there were

14 peaks exceeding the barrier of 8 000

meters

all of them in the mountain range of

himalayas

mountaineering became a sport football

basketball baseball all of these were

played on specific

courts and the court of high attitude

climbing competitions

were of course himalayas ascending a

mountain

is a team game despite the fact that

sometimes only one person

reaches the summit a bunch of people is

needed to make

climbing in the highest mountains

possible

in a short period of forty of 14 years

between 19 1950 and 1964

every 8 000 there was reached by teams

from all over the world

the first ascent of mount everest made

by george mallory

and tenzing norgay was a stunning moment

the mountaineering society thought that

at this point

every challenge that mountains could

give to

humans has been accomplished

could be further from the truth

it is true that every 8 000 there has

been conquered but only during summer

the next challenge was climbing in the

winter time

poles became masters in this new

competition

they managed to put their feet on 10 out

of 14

peaks in the winter season perhaps that

is why they have been

called ice warriors

first winter astant of mount everest has

been completed by

christoph vielitsky and leshak chiche it

was definitely one of the biggest

successes

in polish himalayas in high altitude

climbing

there is an individual feat getting the

crown of himalayas

in order to reach it one climber has to

summit all fourteen eighteen

eight thousanders like cristiano ronaldo

and messi and football

in the mount in mountaineering in the

mountaineering world

arnold messner and yeah were competing

for a

title of the first human to accomplish

this feat and get the crown of himalayas

messner won the race however kukuchka

completed the

crown only one year later in

unquestionably

better style some of the peaks were

reached by him during winter

whereas on a few on a few others he

paved the new

routes three months ago the chapter of

winter austins finally came to its end

when sherpas from nepal surprisingly

reached k2

summit which is the second highest

mountain in the world

at this moment it is worth mentioning

that the limit push and creation of new

boundaries in the world of

high attitude climbing was not as

straightforward as it sounds

1055 people died in the name of

exploring new perspectives in the

himalayas

climbers were dying under avalanches due

to low temperatures

high due to high altitude sickness or

simply bad weather

it is a deadly passion but every every

climber knows it

and takes the risk into account

there must be something purely magical

in mountains so that people

decide to risk their lives in their name

now it is high time for a new chapter in

the mountaineering world to begin

the question is what will be the new

boundary

the technical development and the

expanding knowledge will increase human

possibilities

like it has been so far seventy years

ago

reaching mount everest was a prime feat

of physical

power now during the spring season

on the highest mountain of our globe

there is a supermarket queue

in the summit zone recently in the

mountaineering

in the mountaineering world a new trend

appeared

climbing an eight thousander with skis

on the back

and then skiing it down a polish climber

andrei barghill

has popular popularized it who knows

maybe this is the new perspective