Continental United States
Continental United States Polish-Am erican Exchange. It was marvelous for Janna Piatkowska, Zbigniew Mł ynarczyk and me to be able to climb in the U nited States as part of the Polish-A m erican Alpine Club exchange. O ur climbing began in New H am pshire with an ascent of the Pinnacle in H untington Ravine on M ount W ashington w ith A dam s C arter on August 31. The
next day Doug M adera and Chip Lee made five different routes w ith us on Cathedral Ledge. H enry B arber climbed w ith us in the Shawangunks on Septem ber 2 and 3, where our climbs included Roseland, T ranscon tinental Railway, D irettissim a and Retribution. We enjoyed climbing from Septem ber 11 to 18 in Colorado, where G lenn Porzak took very good care of us. Am ong the climbs there were Bastille C rack and R uper in El D orado Canyon, Jackson’s Wall on Castle Rock in Boulder Canyon, Twin Owls on Tiger Tooth in Estes Park with A ntoine Savelle, and the south face of the Petit G répon with A ntoine and M olly Higgins. W e stayed about three weeks in the Yosemite, where R.D. Caughron m an aged our stay magnificently. Zbigniew injured his shoulder and had to quit after a few days there. We climbed the N ut C racker w ith Tom Hargis, Braille Book on H igher C athedral Rock and Little John Right with Allen Steck, the east buttress of M iddle C athedral Rock with Patrick Barthe, Snake Dike on H alf D om e with nine (!) people and R.D. Caughron as general, M eatgrinder on Cookie Cliffs w ith Hargis, the east buttress of El Capitan with Caughron, Steck, Barthe and Hargis, Rixon’s Pinnacle by the Folly and again by the west face. On the fourth pitch of the latter I dislocated my shoulder, the same one I had done on Everest. We were wonderfully looked out for, entertained, accom panied and shown m any beautiful places, for which we are truly grateful. K rzysztof Ż u rek , K lub W ysokógorski, Zakopane, Poland
next day Doug M adera and Chip Lee made five different routes w ith us on Cathedral Ledge. H enry B arber climbed w ith us in the Shawangunks on Septem ber 2 and 3, where our climbs included Roseland, T ranscon tinental Railway, D irettissim a and Retribution. We enjoyed climbing from Septem ber 11 to 18 in Colorado, where G lenn Porzak took very good care of us. Am ong the climbs there were Bastille C rack and R uper in El D orado Canyon, Jackson’s Wall on Castle Rock in Boulder Canyon, Twin Owls on Tiger Tooth in Estes Park with A ntoine Savelle, and the south face of the Petit G répon with A ntoine and M olly Higgins. W e stayed about three weeks in the Yosemite, where R.D. Caughron m an aged our stay magnificently. Zbigniew injured his shoulder and had to quit after a few days there. We climbed the N ut C racker w ith Tom Hargis, Braille Book on H igher C athedral Rock and Little John Right with Allen Steck, the east buttress of M iddle C athedral Rock with Patrick Barthe, Snake Dike on H alf D om e with nine (!) people and R.D. Caughron as general, M eatgrinder on Cookie Cliffs w ith Hargis, the east buttress of El Capitan with Caughron, Steck, Barthe and Hargis, Rixon’s Pinnacle by the Folly and again by the west face. On the fourth pitch of the latter I dislocated my shoulder, the same one I had done on Everest. We were wonderfully looked out for, entertained, accom panied and shown m any beautiful places, for which we are truly grateful. K rzysztof Ż u rek , K lub W ysokógorski, Zakopane, Poland
