Author: Stipe Božić

Davo Karničar gave up on K2

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Alpinist and extreme skier Davo Karničar has given up the second highest peak in the world, K2. The reason for giving up is the back injury.
According to the news sent by POP TV, Davo Karničar skied from Camp 1 from 6,000 meters to the base camp. It was a test skiing in which he injured his back. The injury is not tough but it does not allow it to be actively relieved in curves on a steep slopes. So he returns home.

This mountain has a terrifying reputation – so far, les than 400 people climbed to its top and 77 died. At the same time, Polish climber Andrzej Bargiel also intends to become the first man to ski from the top of K2 and he is advancing toward the top.

Otherwise, this year, a pretty crowd at K2. There have been many commercial expeditions. A total of 85 climbers are trying this summer’s to reach highest mountain in Pakistan, many of which are not well-prepared. Some are so poorly equipped that they have come to the base without a single meter of rope. Guides of commercial expeditions are angry at them and threaten them if they do not pay the use of their ropes back to the valley. The time of classic mountaineering seems to pass slowly. Nepalese agencies dominate the market, and Sherpas lead the way, though the Poles make their mark. The season of ascensions of this summer in the Karakórum pakistaní advances to its rhythm. A pace marked by the whims of challenging weather and demanding conditions that can become extreme in a short time. In this context, some testimony comes from the base camp of K2 (8,611 m), the highest peak in Pakistan and second on the planet, showing signs of everestization.

 

Davo Karničar želi skijati s K2!

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Davo Karnicar was celebrated as the first man who skied from the highest peak of the world, Mount Everest. In 1995, I watched when he an his brother Andrej skied from the top of another Himalayan peak, Annapurna. Yesterday 14 June, he went to Pakistan aproach to second highest world mountain. He wants to become the first who skied K2.
I wish you a lot of luck my friend.

Motivational speaker

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With the help of my own slides and video clips, I am trying to tell the story of my experience in the organization of the sports and television venture SEVEN SUMMITS, in which I climbed the highest mountains of all seven continents and about which I produced a documentary series and wrote a book.

MOTIVATION!

Motivation comes from the word motive and it is a reason for doing something. So if you have a goal in mind – your “what” you want to achieve – then your motivation ensures that you don’t run out of gas before you get to your destination. Motive! It comes from within! No one can command you.

It is very important to know:
Where ideas come from and how they arise before project planning?
How I do the first step and developing an idea with possibilities?
Can I do it at all from the sporting and financial aspects?
Who are my strategic partners?

For successful project I have to give myself completely to it, and be aware that I will have to do most things myself. Because if I believe in the project, it can be seen and transferred to others.
I have to be careful about choosing the team with whom I will prepare a project and with whom I will travel. In addition to experience and necessary qualifications, team members must be friends or at least tolerant of each other.
Competition! Other people’s successes in business and sports make me happy and motivate me to do an even better climb or film. Exchanging experiences with other alpinists, writers and television authors reinforces my belief that I am on the right path.
I must learn how to behave in crisis situations and what to do to overcome them.
In the end, celebration is also important, but in my case it’s not good to celebrate too early, while I’m at the top, because the summit, in my case, is only half the way I’ve gone.

Motivational speaker

7 summits

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Seven Summits. Published by Profil – Zagreb

The best adventure writer in Croatia.The Seven Summits (now, only on Croatian) is the story about realased dreams, about vicrorys over the nature own weknes. It has not trimfalistic contents, but stil it is story about satisfaction and happyines becouse off succes.

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Sacred mountain of the world

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Almost all known religions placed their deities on top of mountains. Olympus , Kailas , Fujijama are only some of the mythical peaks that the supreme gods used to inhabit.

While travelling and exploring all seven continents, 1 have come to realize that almost all high mountains under which people once lived played an important part in human beliefs. lndra’s throne was on the peaks of Himalaya and it is from there that he went on his innumerable campaigns against the evil Ravana, as the ancient Vedas say. The ancient Greek god Zeus ruled from the peaks of Olympus. Some Eastern religions attribute the same virtues to the god Djaus, which has lead many historians to believe that all modern religions stem from the same source.

In South America , for example, the lncas believed that the peaks themselves were gods, which is why they brought them various offerings, including humans.

The highest peak of North America was also considered sacred by the native Indians. They named it Denali , which means The Magnificent One in the Atabascan language.

As far as we know, Africa didn’t produce any major religions that would be comparable to Christianity, Islam, Hinduism or Buddhism, but this did not prevent the local inhabitants to place their gods on the highest of mountains.

In Europe churches were built on high grounds or towering mountains w~ marked paths, as can also be seen in Croatia . Before the arrival of Christianity many mountains were considered sacred by the Ilirian tribes, as modem homonyms indicate. The Australian Aborigines believed that many of their high grounds were holy places. The most famous among them is the granite monument Uluru in the continent’s heartland. The islands in the south-western Pacific abound in various religious beliefs that have hardly been explored, which makes them all the more interesting.

The only continent whose peaks are not associated with any religions is Antarctica , which is no wonder since it is completely uninhabitable to people.