First Polish Splitboard Expedition to Spitsbergen was succesfully!

… night, garage of our house, 23:20, amazingly dark for this time.
I protect the ice screws, remove the carabiners from the harness, you still need to clear the rope and …
I come back from the Arctic with my free thoughts, where there was little but as “pure”.
It was “slow” in front of my eyes, but this calm was intertwined with enormous energy which undoubtedly flows from nature.
Freeride, our time there, far in the ice and the wilderness, received a different face. A bit of a distance. A lot of humility. Time, which is always with us as if by the polar day, has been somewhat in the shade.
Joint watches, climbing, common fears, “terrain scanning”, taking care of each other …
Trust that is born in difficult moments when partner’s eyes are more important than your own. Would you dare …?
How do we want to change the world without a path into the unknown, without the first line.
Know to change.
The careful sequence of movements is important in mountain activities.
We kept it.
Thank you to my wife,
Thank you Progres Team.
Darek Anioł Engel
– SPLITBERGEN 2108 –