Day 5

fot. Michał “Mutek” Zieliński

The first landing (yesterday) after 5 minutes already reloaded the weapon by measuring in live animals with the thought of killing, quite seriously. A terrifying situation. We did not come here to hunt, and the idea of using a weapon in such situations is “heard” situations. Well, nothing more wrong. We get out of the pontoon by the shore, we take the rescue barrel to the snow. The dinghy leaves for the next I with Tomek, two backpacks, a barrel, a splitboard and a weapon with a supply of ammunition that illustrates the complexity of the expedition and the components of the project.
There, see the white one moves, two … turning around we understood that the pontoon is already at the yacht. Then I overloaded the rifle. Many curses and questions in response to deafness … For the first time I put a shotgun into my face and squinted my eyelids with the thought of killing. An unpleasant,
somewhat horrible feeling. You think that you made up for it badly. For what?. How to reverse it. You measure a live animal. Bear. Two in a distance of 100 may 150 meters from us. 5M behind us sea … Quick verification through binoculars. A long lens of a yacht with a yacht and nothing. Fucking teddy bears. I’m fucking. One lies the other looks at us. Seemingly close, but still unknown. We stand calm, but inside the storm. We see that they are looking at us. They will run right away …
More movement, the other gets up, goes … It’s big white reindeers. Radio on a yacht continue landing, we go to the mountains.
A freeride object, which favors about 1 hour of splitting from the shore. Identification set up. Continuous observation of the site is necessary. Today’s weapon treats my neck destructive. So I’m going third. Plan for possible “mission” action set. Who when what he does. Left down, weapons in front, crouch. Whole into a pile. Stops in the sun or Indian version. All the time, terrain scanning, unfortunately incorrect. We must come back and put 2km. We go through a small canyon and steeply to the top. 1.5h an ever-larger and harder snow-covered gully. The tip on the ice axes. Snow wet, but light despite appearances, 45 degrees, good speed. Control, snow stable. I am going first despite health problems. Easy and nice down.
FIRST DESCENT 23:12 SVALBARD – SPLITBERGEN PROJEKT „IT’S ON”.
Out of curiosities, after returning, the shoes are pocked, tired, vest in the water – ignited.
1:30 we are in the set and start. Czubak and Wojtek – watch. From the road to Berentsburg an unexpected stoppage in Longyearbyen took place due to the strong wind and unfavorable conditions for further navigation. We are waiting. There is a chance of “outflow” at night. Paradoxically, in our Polish areas, it shifts lower into arctic areas. The dynamics are huge.