FAQ
- Bolivia climbing questions
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Mallorca island and rockclimbing
- What are main specifics of rockclimbing trip to Mallorca
- Mallorca island impressions
- Rockclimbing safety Spain
- Mallorca climbing accommodation
- What season is possible for rockclimbing in Mallorca
- Transport accessibility of climbing sectors in Mallorca
- Active vacation in Mallorca
- Saint Anthony night in Mallorca
- Peru climbing questions
- Gear reviews
- Safety in the mountains
- Health in the mountains
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Elbrus questions
- Elbrus climbing gear
- Climbing Elbrus with children?
- Mount Elbrus location?
- Elbrus logistics
- How to get to Mount Elbrus?
- Elbrus German airfield?
- Elbrus difficulty grade
- 5 points beginner must know about Elbrus
- How to prepare for Elbrus?
- Are there avalanches on Mount Elbrus?
- Climbing Elbrus solo?
- Seasonality of climbing Mount Elbrus
- How much time climbing Elbrus takes?
- Clothes for Mount Elbrus?
- Pressure at the top of Elbrus?
- Elbrus air temperature
- Elbrus sightseeing
- How much to climb Elbrus
- Gear questions
- Mountaineering questions
- Mountain climbing training
- Rockclimbing questions
- Horse riding tours
- Iceclimbing questions
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Questions on the alpine programs
- Georgia 2023
- Pico Aneto - what is that mountain?
- Mountain climbing food ration
- Queries on the alpine program climbing Mount Bazarduzu
- Queries on the Kamchatka alpine program climbing
- What is combined program?
- What is Sightseeing program?
- What is pilot program?
- What programs you have of the medium complexity level?
- Basic expedition rations
- Prices for the mountain climbing programs
- Queries on the Mountain Course in Adyl Su valley
- Program complexity?
- Questions about MCS AlexClimb
- Questions related to trekking programs
Mountaineering questions
Answers to the general questions about alpine mountain climbing
Choosing the first mountain to climb?
Climbing mountain with a guide?
Which weather forecast should be used for climbing mountains?
What do you need to do to become a climber?
What is the difference between mountaineering and rock climbing?
What is mountaineering?
Ranking in mountain climbing? (specifically for Russia)
Mountaineering is a very broad concept that goes far beyond sports, entrepreneurship, outdoor activities or extreme sports.The urge to go to the mountains is born in a person unexpectedly, according to the unknown factors, people escape from their houses, break their usual way of life, go far beyond of their comfort zone. It is possible that mountaineering is some kind of stage of personal evolution.
Just think about it, the essence of mountaineering - striving for the some goal - is an inevitable element of any progress, development in any field of activity. Connecting yourself with the mountains is not possible for everyone, and it does not help everyone, but of course, this can easy become a passion for the rest of your life. Being carried away by the mountains, many people are looking for the answers to the most intimate and affecting questions, they are interested in beautiful and distant but certainly achievable goals, to which they begin to approach slowly.
The list of question inevitably inherent to the novice climbers is infinitely long - these are psychological issues of motivation, personal discipline, and focusing on the goal. There are some technical issues - the building of long-term preparation plans, tactics of preparation, selection of the optimal routes. These are highly specialized questions - on the gear and equipment, technics of work with gear on the route.
In this section, I collect the most frequent and relatively optimal solutions for those who are just starting to get involved in mountain activities - without imposing my point of view, I am happy to share my opinion and experience of more than 20 years of continuous mountain climbs in all corners of the globe. Just in case if you do not find here the answer to your question – do not hesitate to ask! In this way, you will help me to fill this section and it is really the most precious help!
Our Principles
AlexClimb Rule #1 - Safety First
From the very beginning of our activity, here nearly 16 years, the first Principle of work of School of mountaineering and rock-climbing of MCS AlexClimb is the Safety Priority. On the basis of this Principle all process of training is based, all programs and rounds are developed and carried out only within this main principle. We consider that at professional approach to development of programs, at personal discipline and correctly put motivation - occupations by mountaineering and rock-climbing are COMPLETELY safe. And from the return - all troubles and accidents in our sport come from nonprofessionalism, from ignorance or neglect by elementary standards of safety, from irrational motivation, from revaluation of own forces and opportunities. All these prerequisites we COMPLETELY EXCLUDE in our work - ours Rock-climbing, Ice climbing and Mountaineering are based on one Principle - the Safety Priority. In rock-climbing, mountaineering and ice climbing, the Priority of Safety of MCS AlexClimb-is your personal security and comfort irrespective of, than we are engaged - we train muscles and we work technology of the movement in the sports hall and on the rock climbing wall, we make the way through snowstorm to top or we relax on golden sand of the Caribbean beach after hot day of trainings on rocks. The Safety priority - the main credo of School of mountaineering and rock-climbing of MCS AlexClimb.
AlexClimb Rule #2 - Leave No Trace
Closely interacting with Nature, working with the active programs in mountains, woods, lakes and rivers, we perfectly understand the importance of carefull and respectfull bahavior towards the Nature, for its resources. From the very beginning of our outdoor-activity we adopted rules of Leave No Trace technique - the standard of behavior of the person accepted in all the civilized world in relation to environment and especially - to the wild nature. After all on the relation of people to the nature near which they exist, itself can draw dalekoidushchy conclusions on the relation of these people to... Where and as we didn't travel - we don't reserve any garbage, we try to reduce whenever possible our influence on environment to a minimum. We clear earlier zagryazyonny tourist parking of the left garbage, we take out and we take out to utilization places that to us other people left there. We consider that only thus, at personal individual consciousness of each citizen, each tourist, climber or autotraveller, we will be able to keep the nature surrounding us in its state, natural, suitable for life, - in it pledge of the healthy future for ourselves and our children.